Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-07-28
CHANGES PARTISAN FAITH.
Chicago Chronicle, Prominent Demo-
cratic Organ, Will Hereafter Ad-
vocate Republicanism.

The Chicago Chronicle. since its
founding a democratic newspaper, con-
tinually friendly to sound money. an
nounces in its issue of July ~ that here
after it will advocate the principles and
candidates OF the republican party The
editorial in which it makes this declara-
tiOn follows:
THE CHRONICLE REPUBLICANS
When l,oOG men. representing the demo-
Gratis Of the United States. most Of them
chosen with much difficulty as representa-
tiVes of what is called conservative dcmoc-
racy, permit a mere dcmagoguc to built
them into wrongdoing it must be that u :
oemagogue is greater than the party
TWo-thirdS Of the delegates to the ma
tional democratic convention voted for
Judge Parker on the first bailot--the man
whom Mr. Bryan had traduccd for three
months, the man whose friends Mr. Bryan
had Nililied. the man who Mr. Bryan had
SAID should not be nominated and could not
be elected.
When cowardly committee representing
these delegates brought in platform
which was silent on the money question not
voice was raised in CNpoStulation or pro-
test. While hundreds were ready to shout
for Parker. not one appeared in defense Of
elementary democracy.
MI ErNan not only gTacouSly permits
the democratic party TO name a candidate
whom he has done his best to defeat in
advance. but he places him on platform
with hole IN il big enough to drop the
ntire party through.
1t IS bad enough TO have Mr.. Bryan DOM
mating radical democratic conventions
When Mr. Bryan is able 10 silence a "con-
servatIVe' democratic convention the sit
uation becomes intolerablc y mixture Of
William j. Organism and David B. Hillism
is iusuppOrtab!c
The Chronicle is not in sympathy with
Mr. BrNar'S IDEAS. For eight years it has
refused to believe that Mr Rryans ideas
We're acceptable TO the real democrats Of
tie country. The result at St. Louis APP
pears to end the discussion. He and Hin
are in control He and Hill have named the
ticket and made the platform.
a timiI eastern democrat, who fonlly
| imagined that he could be nominated as
an unknown, has been placed on the ticket
with an octOgcnarian free silverte from
West Virginia and supplied with a plat
form which amounts to an Endorsement
of the platforms Of Chicago and Kansas
City. The popuistic west and the reaction
| airy south are again in alliance, with a new
leader. it Is true. but with no change in
principle and purpose. The ticket bears the
stamp Of pupuism. There is not plank in
the Platform which was not modified by
populsm.
The democratic party is attached to Bry-
anism. 1t is subscrvient to Bryan. 1t has
been persuaded against it's natural inC!na-
tiOns TO nominate an unknown candidate,
whom Bryan has antagonized, but it has
permitted Bryan to do the rest. The dem
ocratic party is Bryan, and there is no
reason to suppose that its triumph under
| the leadership Of a man who voted twice
for Bryan and free silver and boasted of it,
would be anything else than triumph for
| Bryan.
Dsagrccing fundamentally with this
! leader and his party in most things. and
agreeing with the republican party in the
| essentials of lis creed, the Chronicle to-day
| takes leave of the democratic party and
/ allies itself with the republicans.
! As at present constituted and led, the
! democratic party is a menace to the peace,
the prosperity and the integrity of ,the
/ United States and It's people. 1t Eas dis
/ carGed democratic principles and taken up
with the raGicalsm Of popUI!sts and social
| lists and the obstructiOnism and the cow
ardicC OF wreCkcrS ana demagOgucs. No
! good can come out Ofit. With a bank for II
/ candidate and a blank for a platform, 1t
| Will become more and more contemplate
/ iustrumcntality for The exploitation of
/ William J. Bryan and the school Of Gema-
| gogues following in his train.
The Chronicle believes that the repub-
! liCan party, while not free Of fault by any
/ means offers the American people At this
/ time the only prospect of efficient, inteili-
| gent and honest government that is any
| where to be seen, and. so believing, il will
! do what it can 70 advance its principles
| tEG TO strengthen its candidates.