Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-07-20

vote Imperialism" is as dead as
the Capulets and is not enough OF an
Issue to gain one vote in a thousand.
AS TO injecting the ace issue into
politics, the president has simply en-
deayored 10 enforce the laws as they
apply to all citizens protected by the
constitution. If entertaining at lunch
The highest type Of the African race
Is injecting the race issue in Mr..
Bryan's opinion, then he Is, indeed,
a man of smaller calibre than had
heretofore been supposed, Measured
by high aims and net results of a life
work, Booker I. Washington Is likely
to stand higher in history than vii
liam Jennings Bryan. Champ Clark,
David B. Hill, Benjamin Tillman and
John Sharp Williams.
The charge that Roosevelt is for
war, a man oil blood and IRON" is
amusing when ii is remembered how
Mr.. Bryan rushed eagerly into the lit,
tie mix-up with Spain and only sue
ceeded In taking the lives of a few
Florida mosquitoes. President Roose.
welt Is the last man to seek a or
invite trouble with foreign powers.
Yet he will never be found derelict
when ii comes to standing mp for the
rights Of the American people, here
or elsewhere.
Mr.. Bryan's fourth and last reason
for voting the ticket is because the
platform favors 4 reduction of the
standing army. As this government
has practically no standing army
when compared with foreign powers
this pretext is tie aimsiest one of all.
and shows how eager Mr.. Bryan is
20 make an appearance OF keeping
in line, after ali OF his pet hobbies of
government anu economies have been
RELOCATED TO oblivion. Government by
injunction, income tax, initiative and
referendum. free silver. government
ownership of railroads, regulation of
trusts. with which his name was in
separately connected have been sent
to the political bone yard and Mr..
Bryan must take the medicine. even
if il leaves a bad taste in his mouth.
But Mr.. Bryan does not yield with.
out a protest. The manner in which
he and his following were tricked by
Parker after the convention had de.
clared against a gold plank in the
platform. can partake of nothing less
than gall and norwood. Mr.. Bryan
cannot conceal his Indignation and a
lew extracts fIom his statement re-
veals the warmth of his feelings. Re.
lerring to Judge rarker's long silence
on the questions before the country,
Mr.. Bryan says:
Judge Parker stands for enough
things that are good to justify me in
giving him my vote, but, as | have
tried to point out for several months,
the triumph OF the Wall street ele'
ment of the party denies to the coun'
Try any hope OF relief on economic
questions. | have nothing to take
back, | have nothing to withdraw OF
things that | have said against the
methods pursued to advance his can
didacy. It was a plain and deliberate
attempt to deceive the party. The
New York platform was vague and
meaningless and purposely so, be
cause the advocates of Judge Parker
were trying 10 secure votes from
among the people who would have
opposed his views had they known
them"
OF the eleventh hour buncoe game
in which the candidate committed the
convention 10 the gold standard, and
when he had the nomination safely in
his sack, Mr.. Bryan states the case
in the following:
after the party had reloiced owe
the harmony secured by the omission
of the question, and after he had Sc
cured the nomination, he injected his
views upon the subject at a time wher
he could not be taken from the tick
ct without great generalization. The
nomination was secured. therefore
by crooked and i~ndefensible meth
DDS"
In order TO have a political future
Mr.. Bryan will give the ticket a half
hearted support. but many of his fol
lowers in the past who have no per
sonal interest in politics. will refuse
to even taste the dish of crow that
was ordered for them at st. Louis.
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