Arizona republican., 1904-05-22
The Dark Horses.

democratic party mas not yet uepdrIeu SO far from unreason as to conclude that 3ryanism is not to be reckoned. Bryanism itself is just as impossible as Clevelandism and those are the two and the only two factions of the dem ocratic party as it exists at this mo- ment.
 There is a good deal being said about dark horses. Olney in Massachusetts Parker. German in Maryland, the Dis trict of Columbia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania has been supposed to be only holding the fort for Parker.
 It was thought also that the defeat of Hearst after a very vigorous cam paign in Wisconsin last Tuesday was Parker victory but it appears that Wall, the victor over Hearst, there is regarded seriously as one of the men who can bring the disjointed elements of the national democratic party to- gether. Concerning the candidacy of Wall, the Lacrosse Leader has follow ing to say, and what it had to say was enclosed to this office in an envelope, bearing first class postage:
 Ut will be we'll before deciding that the nomination of Judge Parker would be a wise one to reflect carefully upon the same from every standpoint.
 "To compare his recommendation by the New York convention to the case of Grover Cleveland in 1892 is without force. The cases are in no ways sim liar except that Tammany Hall op- posed instructions for both of them Grover Cleveland in 1892 was a known quantity, Judge Parker is not. In 1892 there was no decided opposition to MT. Cleveland anywhere in the country, ex- cept from Tammany Hall, and that was not based upon any policy or his or lack of faith as to his being in ac- cord with the principles of his party. The party throughout the nation enter tained no doubt of his loyalty to it and had not been through any trials that tested his devotion to party principles as laid down by its national conven- tions.
 No such tests as the elections of 1896 and 1900 were behind it and none of those bitter feelings that have existed since those elections were abroad in the party.
 "It Is folly to predict that success will come to the democratic party this r. beaten, unless the party can poll its full vote and obtain recruits in addi- tion thereto. It cannot hope to win by making a nomination that will alien- ate a large and powerful following, which would happen if the nominee were selected so as to make it appear that a large portion of the millions of voters who stood by the party during the last two presidential elections was unpatriotic; in other words to condemn those who supported MT. Bryan.
 Tt is absurd to suppose that New York state will give it's electoral vote to the candidate if any considerable number of MT. Bryan's followers in that state are dissatisfied with the nomination and decline to support it.
 "There are many who are inclined thoughtlessly to believe that MT. Bry- an is without influence in that great state. An examination of the poll, | however, proves the contrary, and in this connection it should be borne in mind that to arrive at a proper deter imitation of the conditions the total vote should be the basis of examina- tion, rather than to draw conclusions from majorities or pluralities, which latter are oftentimes very misleading. Examine the following table of the total democratic vote cast in New York commencing in 1892 and for every state election thereafter until 1902, and reflect whether Judge Parker can car. ry New York for president this year: 1S92-Cleveland, president .. .654, S6S 1S94-Hill, governOr.... ... ....517, ,710 ! 1S96-Bryan, president. ........ 551, 369 1S97-Parker, court of appeals .554, 6SO 1S9S-Van Wyck, governor. .643, ,921 1900-Bryan, president. .... .67S, ,3S6 1902-Coler, governor. .... ... 655, 39S
 At only two of these elections-1S92 and 1S97-were the democratic candi- dates successful. It will be observed that in 1900 MT. Bryan received the largest vote cast during a decade for any candidate; that he received 23,51S votes more than MT. Cleveland did in 1892, 160,0 900 more than Hill in 1894 and 123,O00 more than Judge Parker when he was elected in 1897 and made his much talked of phenomenal run, which election is now so frequently referred to to prove Judge Parker's great strength before the people of New | York
 These figures certainly indicate that MT. Bryan is not without strength in the state of New York and that his in- fiuence upon the result i.i that state will be most potent. Even if small percentage of those who voted for him in 1900 are alienated from the party