The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
win Jensrsonians by sham adherence 10
Jeffersonlan principles

Many viii Vote for Roosevelt.
Watson has made many friends by his
letter of acceptance. and the Bryan
Democrats generally endorse what he
said about the honcstS OF Roosevelt and
the fact that he is not incorporating TO
secure votes. At first they were in
clined to vote for Watson as a rebuke
to the Parker gold Democrats. but OF
late many OF the former free silver men,
particularly in the rural districts, have
taken it into their heads that they might
follow the precedent set for them in
lS96 by the gold Democratic wing, and
instead Of going to Watson. 90 straight
| out to Roosevelt and thus make the les
son as Impressive possible.
There was great shout Of joy among
the Indiana Democracy when they read
Watson's letter. and in more than one
community they ch'rrcd at the clever
manner in which he took off the hide
from the hypocrisy OF Alton b. Parker,
when he said:
With Mr.. Parker It Is different. He is not
| a Jerersoniun Democrat. yet he seeks TO
secure the support Of Jerersonlnns. His
| attitude is thoroughly dislneenuous, pro
foundly lacking in true manhood and lend
| ership. lie was willing to stand upon the
| New York State platform which Mr.. Bryan
denounced as dishonest platform. Ills
| position was so indefinite, so foxy. so en-
| tlrely neutral that MIR. Bryan declared to
| cheering thousands that rnrker was "abso-
| lutely unht for the Democratic nomination.
| and that nobody but an nrtful dodger'
| could stand upon the New York platform
| which so much resemblcd Its father, David
| Il. Hill.
This clipping from Watson's letter is
being carried in the pockets of thous-
| auds of loyal free silver Democrats and
nesting in the same pocket with it is
| little leatlet containing extracts showing
Mr.. Bryan's opinion of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. The In
diana Democrats remember the sincerity
with which Bryan said in his speech at
| Chicago last April. long before the con-
ventiOn at St. Louis:
Taking the New York platform ns a text,
| can prove to every unbiased mind that
| Judge Parker Is not it man TO be noml
! mated by the Democratic party or any
| other party that stands for honesty and
| fair dealing In politics. We have evidence
sufficient to convict Judge Parker OF abso-
Lutte untitness for the nomination.
While Mr. Bryan comes into the State
at the particular request of the Parker
managers. it will not take him long to
find the sentiment Of the people. They
will listen to him as they did OF old,
and they will cheer his magic eloquence
to the echo. NonethelcSs they will not
vote for Parker, because they know that
Bryan himself has been tricked and
cstrnuEed. They know that Mr. Bryan
will support Parker only because he
deems it his duty TO maintain his regu
larity in the party, and thus still fur
ther to shame the political traitors who
left their party in 1896. and who are
now seeking to be returned to power
through the votes Of Bryan and the
Bryan Democrats. whom they denounced
So freely only n few years ago as luna
tics and iueeudiHry.
Mr.. Rryan'. PurDose,
The people here perfectly well under
stand what Mr. Bryan means by going
on the stump FOR Mr. Parker. Most
of them look forward to still another
regeneration of the Democratic party.
following upon the crushing defeat OF
Parker next month, and they expect that
their splendid standard bearer will be-
the leader OF this final and successful
reorganizat ton OF the Democracy. 1t was
a personal triumph to William Jennings
Bryan in the St. Louis convention when
he secured the omission in the platform
o; any allusion 10 the gold standard, and
his friends feel that he was personally
tricked and shamed by Judge Parker's
gold telegram. They fully agreed with
Bryan himself when he said in the Com
moner of July 18th. in speaking about
Judge Parker's gold telegram:
Then his friends attempted to secure,
| gold plank when WAS Overwhelmingly de-
| feated In the convention. After he had se
cured the nomination he injected his views
upon the subject at time when he could
not be taken from the ticket without great
| demora liZHtion. The nomination. therefore,
was secured by crooked and indefensible
methods. II was plain and deliberate at
| tempt to deceive the party.
None of Mr.. Bryan's speeches in In
diana during his whirlwind tour of the
State can by any possibility efface the
effect which has already been produced
| 10y his own deliberate statements before
and after the convention. These loyal
silver Democrats have learned only too
well that the men now in control of the
party despise Bryan as much as ever
they did. and that, il Parker should be
elected, the loyal silver Democrats, who
represent the great mass of the party,
would have no more to say in the ad-
ministration than they did during the
closing years of Grover Cleveland's term
in the White House.
Bryans tour in Indiana will only ac-
centuate the love of the silver Democrats
for their leader. 1t will only make them
more determined tu punish the New York
cotcrie which surrounds Parker for its
persistent attitude of hostility to Bryan
and all his friends. The silver Demo
Gratis of Indiana are too smart to be
tricked hv INSCRIPTIONS political man
|
didate who represents. as Parker does
TO an extraordinary extent. the prevalent
eastern sentiment of bitter hostility to
William Jennings Bryan and everything
he represents.
Look ont for sensational slump in
the Democratic vote of Indiana. Make
up your mind that the loyal Bryan Demo
Gratis have become tired of being made a
football for the INSCRIPTIONS eastern
men who have seized upon the manage
ment of the party 10 the exclusion OF
every western idea and of every western
man. The Democratic vote for Roose-
welt will be large, the Democratic vote
for Watson will be much larger, but the
Bryan Democratic vote which will stay
at home on the Sth day OF November,
will astonish the natives.
PARkER'S SILENCE.