Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-15
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right al the present TO say what the
Democratic platform shall ne III l.">'
than any other distinguished democrat
For the next four years, IN" Demo-
cratic creed must remain what me y.
Louis ulentirn If 1904. mad" it. ana
the machinery Of III" party ifiiisi re-
main in ,ht hands ii tn" men Wh" nov
hold il. Til" air sill rInSS WIN the
oloqucnce with when Mr.. l;rNan en-
dcrScd the candidate ~ the II. LOUIS
convention. spoke Of him As the Moses
of Democracy. suri;c If Parke"'s Ideals
a.; his own ideals ana l.rocllimcd the
sincerity" with winch he was advo-
eating both the platform and tilc nomi-
nee of 140i
Mr.. Bryan himself will remain for
four years as mucn bound by the ac-
ton of the 81. Louis convention, as
Il" was when h. made his WhirlWind
"trip through Imoli,ii:l. II the action at
the convention bound him then ii
binds him now The 1'ccticn didn't re-
lease him He can only be released by
another national convention, and that
national convention will not meet till
1905: therefore. when MIR. Bryan cuts
loose from Il platform which he 50 re-
Gently asked the people to endorse in
behalf of Judge Parker, he takes 4 po-
sition which is that of bryan. the in
diVidull. and which cannot bind any
other Democrats whatsoever. For four
wears the Democratic party has got to
stand by the action of the st. Louis
convention. whether they wish to do 50
or moi. What they Hid there is official
and binding Mr.. Eryan himself save
it his sanction.
Again, MI. Hry;in has no substantial
reason for believing thai he can ever
get the national Democratic party 10
a,k'pt the Ponulist program which he
has just formulated. The Democratic
party never did do it and the p"cslImp-
ton is that ii nrVrr viii. The pluto
cratic element has lu$t as much power
Within tie party now as it had when
the 81. Louis convention met. Indeed.
Il has more 1t has all The machinery
now viii: h the Bryan men then had:
il has the sam. control over the news
InpcrS which ii then had; therefore,
il is as certain as anything can be that
they will be able to again defeat Mr..
Bryan in the national convention when
he "ones before it with his Populisl
platform.
suppose. however. that he should be
victorious over Them in tn" national
convention. can they not knife him just
as successfully rs they did III lS'@? Is
it not absolutely certain that they ar"
lust as much joined 10 their idols now
as they Ncre then? VIII they not he as
desperate and as Inscriptions in knit
ing their own ticket as they We're ill
1S96? Every argument based upon hui
man nature says that they VIII. Then
even if Mr.. Bryan should win the nomi-
nation of his ropulist platform i'll Las.
the pluto,iattc elemcn, iii his own par
ty will l.di. his progress and compass
his defeat just as they did before.
Again, suppose that the plutocritic
element should triumph over Mr.. Fry
an in 1908, as they did in 1904 then
what? Mr.. Bryan will have to submit
inst as he did submit in 1904, after ha"-
ing declared publicly and positively
that he would never support gold
standard nominee If the Democratic
party Mr.. Bryan could not bolt in
1908. The time to have done that was
1904. That opportunity will not return.
He himself has set the example of sub
hitting to what was wrong. because,
although it was wrong. it was regular.
In short. the Democratic PARTY presents
this hopeless situation. The B;yanitcs
cannot drive out the plutocratic clement
the plutocratic element cannot drive out
Mr.. Bryan. They exhaust their stree. Il h
with internal struggles leaving the l-artA
where ITS enemies can always defeat II
1T the polls. There is this further wca,,-
ness in the program al MIR. Bryan. iii,
plutocritic element has shown that it can
safely deity him and combat him Though
he is tn" nrmincr. whereas n submit !
4" th' m when They put M p;Ut"clatie
nominee. From :, party 81 huprl, SSlN di-
vidcd il is I'll" rhukcSt l"!I3. Iii my jun&,-
nnnt to expect any reforms. From YEA.
I" year il is 4 dr,ary 90 round ana round
Of ON" faction fighting anoth"r faction,
each OF which hl.cl n:itciy Whips tn" eth
cr ara neither OF which ever whips tn,
enemy.
| shnuld Il" only too glad to co-nrt !att
ON parallel lines aud honorable terms with
my J"ittrS,uln Democrat like Mr.. Bryan
or Mr.. Hearst of GeorSc Fred Williams,
t" accomplish Il purpose which is common
To lis all. hut ! believe that the best WHY
To aSSutt- tlr final success Of the reform
movement is for us to build up u party
of Jcttc!Sunian Democracy ON solid foun-
dationS whore unity of sentiment goes
hand in naud with unity ut purpose, and
Wncfc, thtlt tore. som" nope ot accom-
rllShing that which We wish +" accom-
rilSh can " reasonably entertained.
In tn" SOu,h Tier. are peculiar reasons
why the rr's' mt pohc> % the Democratic
leaders should he defeated and Il nc,t..r
line Of policy adopted. For tho last :.
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