The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-22
CHICAGO CHRONICLE
GOES REPUBLICAN
Conservative Democratic Paper
Makes a Complete Flop
in Politics.
IT'S TRIBUTE TO BRYAN
Takes the Ground That Nebraskan |,
Still Dominating Force in the
Democratic Party, and Can't
Stay With Him.

Chicago, July l5.-The Chicago Chronicle
has caused political sensation by COM
ing OUT With the line "A Republican
Newspaper" at the head of its editorial
page, and editorially announcing why it
has left the democratic party. The edi-
toral follows:
When one thousand mon representing
the democrats of the United States most
OF them chosen with much difficulty as
representatives of what is called conserv
alive democracy, permit a mere dema-
gogue to bully thcm into wrongdong it
must be that the drmagoguc is greater
than tn" party.
Two thirds of tho DELEGATES to the ma
t'onal democratic convention voted for
Judge Parker on the first hallot--thc man
whom Mr.. Bryan mad traducrd for three
months. the man whose friends Mr. BRYAN
had vi'iied tn" man who Mr.. Bryan had
said should not be nominated and could
not be r.rctcl
When cowardly "ommitteo represent
ing these delegates brought in a platform
which was silent on the money question
not a voice vas raised in expcstuaton or
protest, While hundreds Wore ready to
shout for Parker, no one appeared in de-
Tense Of elementary democracy.
Mr. Bryan not only Graciouslv permits
the democratic party, to name a candidate
whom he has done his best to defeat in
advance, but h. places him on a platform
with hole IN II big enough to drop the
entire party through.
1t IS bad enough TO have Mr.. BRYAN dom
mating radica! democratic conventions.
When Mr.. Bryan is able to silence Com
sentative" democratic convention the stu
alton becomes intolerahle \ mixture Of
William j. Organism and David Il. IIll.sm
i insuportab,r.
The Chroni"i% is not in sylnuathv with
Mr. RryanS .dca Fer eight years it ras
refused to believe that Mr.. Rryan's ideas
We're acrHptabl" to tho real democrats Of
tn" country. The result al St Louis an
pears
are in control. He and Hin have en-, named ed
the ticket and made, the platform.
A timii eastern democrat who fondly
imagined that ne could be nominated as
an unknown. has been placed on the
ticket With an octosenarian free silrerite
from West Virginia and supplied with an
Endorsement which amounts to an indorse-
ment of the platforms of Chicago and
Kansas City. The populistic west and the
with a now leader, it is true. but with no
change in principle and purpose The
ticket bears the stamp Of populism. There
not modified by DOpulism.
The democratic party is attached to
Organism. 1t is subscrvient to Bryan.
IT has been persuaded against its natural
incinations to nominate an unknown can
didate whom Bryan has antaeonized but
it has permitted Bryan to do the rest.
The democratic party is Bryan. and there
is no reason to suppose that Its triumph
under the leadership of man who voted
twice for Bryan and free silver. and
boosted OF 1t, would he anything else than
a triumph for Bryan.
Disagrecing fundamentally with this
leader and this party in most things and
agreeing with the republican party in the
essentials of its creed. the Chronicle today
takes leave of the democratic party and
allies itself with the republicans
AS at present constituted and led. the
democratic party is menace to the peace,
the prosperity and the integrity of the
United States and their people. 1t has
discarded democratic. prime ples and taken
up with 1he radcalism of populists and
socialists and tne obstructonism and the
cowardice of wreckers and dcmagogues.
No good can come of it. With a
blank for candidate and a blank for
platform it will become more and more
contemplate instrumcntaity for the ex-
poitation of William j. Bryan and the
school of demagogues following in his
train.
The Chronicle believes that the repub-
lcan party, while not free from fault by
any means. offers the American people at
this time the only prospect of efficient, in
telligent and honest government that is
anywhere to be seen, and. SO believing 1t
Will do what 1t can to advance its princi-
pies and to strengthen its candidates.