The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-11-25
THE COMING OPPOSITION.
Probable Coalition aud Creed OF the
Democracy for the Next
Campaign.

VIVA, sort OF a reorganization and
rcalignment will tske place In the
democratic party In the next four
years. What Kind OF a coalition and a
creed will the republican party have
to iEht In isOsl These are queries VI
some interest 10 democratic. populists.
socialists. republicans and all other
political elements. II IL generally as
sumed that the radicals Of the demcc-
racy will be In the ascendant In that
party By the time the campaign of
1895 opens. and that these are 10 be
the force which the republican party
will be called upon 10 combat. Mr
Dobs. on the other hand. says that the
democratic party will dlsirteerate, a.
a result Of its crushing defeat last week.
n that the socialist party NIl take
its place. A. Dehs was the presidential
candidate ot the soclal democratic parry
In the two latest national elections,
and X he pOlled n considerable vote.
his words on this point will have some
weight. Debs had ~ 0e0 votes In 1900
lie got al least coo 900 In 1904. and the
total. when all the returns are In. may
go above that figure.
but the rest Of the radicals are not
In agreement With Mt vebs. Thomas
l.. Watson. who probably received 10
the ncighbofhcOd OF 100000 votes as
the standard bearer VI the popullst
party In the canvass just closed. says,
too. that the democratic party must
nOw 20 to pieces. aud that u rcorraniza-
ton Will take place on lines similar TO
those ct which the populists made
their recent fight lie dcrifcs the idea
that his old friend Bryan will be able
To %galvanize any new life into the DEM
octatic party The populist creed In
cludcs these tenets. among others; The
national ownership VI the railways. the
tclegraphs and Oh" t~clephOncs. an In.
come tax. postal savings banks. the
Initiative aud referendum. govern.
mental control of all money issues, de-
prlying the rational banks OF the ptiti-
lerc Of emitting currency. local option
IN the liquor question throughout the
country. the election of the president,
United states senators and federal
Judges by direct vote Of the people. 70.
duction In the army and navy. aud. OF
course. the free coinage OF silver at the
10 to | ratio. This L. the programme
which III. populists wan 10 set up for
the coalition which II to hrht the re-
publican party In 1905 although neither
the populists nor the socialists care
much about free silver. preictring
! g%reonbacks To- coin Of any sort,
Messrs. Bryan, Heart and the other
radicals who arc ~ rood standing IN
the democratic party are the men who
will shape the creed Of the republican,
opponent four year, hence ard put up
the candidate. Most OF the things that
the populists put torNard could be- ac.
cepted by the Bryauite section u the
democratic parry BRYAN himself has
como out In fayor Of ownership Of %,
railways by The individual states. which
would be q more drastic and demoralis-
Ing move than the uwucrship OF a.,
national government Tor ~ MASTER
for the railway would Introduce q
chaos In the management Of these biz
and Important Interests which would
dlslocaic all luGustr, aud threaten IA,
foundations OF society. Nevertheless
the democratic party j, the organization
which viii make the nrht Saint the
republicans four year, hence D,bs and
Nl'son's assertions that the democracy
Is dead for good this time viii not BE-
accepted by many p"r.ons Who hay,
followed the history OF that orEaui2a-
ton The democracy has met many
stirrrrue defeats. though the last wa.
a little moro swcCplig and humiliatins
than any Of IT, previous disasters. Stl!l
that party Will keep mp rs organization
Il WILL alter it, creed and H. leader
ship Ia the next year or two, but N,
NJ ne VIII stick, and many OF tLOse who
voted for Parker recently will support
the man who is 10 be- put up in the next
national convention It viii be IN,
democratic party that the republican,
will meet In l1us. but 70 will be Bryan.
tied aud ilelrstizcd party, In which the
fighting ingredient will be at the front
and which will be- able Ia make a NOR,
picturesque and stirring campaign than
that which Parker and his follower,
put mp.