The La Jara chronicle., 1904-10-21
7hey Are Certain to Rebuke the Hill -Sheehan
machine Affront and Insult to Their Leader.
RESENTMENT IN INDIANA IS VERY STRONG
Some Will Vote for Populist Watson, Others Will
Support President Roosevelt and Many
Will Stay Away From the Polls
on November 8.
lSrerlal CorrcsponLiencel

Indianapolis, lnd.. Oct. IL,
The decision " the Democratic man
ncer. to inlusurate whirlwind cam
paicn in this state. with William jen-
I.incs Bryan as the star orator. and their
still later decision To push him to the
front constantly and 10 double the mum
her pf hi, speeches. hu> revealed at last
ua extraordinary situation, which has
,hor,ushly alarmed tie leaders. Bryan
stas been brought to ludiauu for the sole
purpnsc NJ scrinc II his personal iniln-
cncc could not he relied on to stop
wholesale rrbclli"n on the part of the
old line Democrats. 1t has been an open
secret for some time, but until now the
Democratic mIuagers have constantly
denied IT. that the rank aud file of the
Indiana Democracy, the men who'voted
for BRYAN because they loved him. the
men who worked Tor silver because they
believed in it. have been thoroughly dis
gusted with the one-sided reorganization
of the Democratic party. II is to bring
these men bIcl; into the fold that Bryan
has been brought here. but it is not he
;ieyel that the brilliant Nebraska leader
will do more than make perfunctory
speecheS for Parker. because in every
country town are to I've found leaflets ex-
pressing what Bryan's real opinions are.
and Just what he thinks Of Parker and
the desperate politicians who secured his
nomination at st. Louis.
The old line Democrats of Indiana are
naturally a peculiarly loyal and straight
forward class of men. They represent iii
sheir party the bone and sinew Of the
great manufacturing class. and more par
ticularly the thoughtful, rock-ribbed, in
seiliEent portion OF the farming COM
munity They voted for silver in 1896
aud in 1900 because they believed that
she system OF free coinage advocated by
Bryan and the great mass Of the West
ern Democratic leaders would put an
end to their poverty aud give them a
chance TO compete On evcn terms with
the Wall street maEuates, who. they Were
told, were stealing away from the people
the wealth OF the country.
Object to Being Called Traitors.
Conditions have changed since then.
Jndeniable prosperity has come TO all
classes. and there is no longer a disposi-
+ion to press the silver question to the
front. These old line democrats, how
ever. do not relish ~ idea of being
called lunatics or traitors. and still less
do they relish the development of party
c,nlitics which has absolutely turned over
she control OF the Democracy to the very
uen whn bplted the party in ls96. They
tave never believed it right that the tail
should attempt to wcg the dog, and they
cannot forget here in Indiana that the
men who are now seeking to ostracize
the faithful Democratic masses, and who
are doing everything in their power TO
create a Wall street control of the Demo
cratic party. are the same ones who open
I..fV l.a
cracy aud voted direct for the Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency.
There are no more loyal Bryan Demo
crats in the country than those Of In
diana. This is particularly true OF the
country districts. The people loved and
believed in their splendid leader. and it
ia y significant thing that when the
other states through the Mississippi val
ley voted for Mckinley by an enormous
majority, Indiana kept the plurality
down 10 a narrow margin. Mr Bryan
made a campaign in this State that year
which made friends wherever he went
IL is these warm friends and admrcr'
OF William Jennings Bryan who. in the
present campu sn, have been Disguised
and insulted by the men who are now
in control OF the Democratic machine
They cannot forget that in 1SD6. here
IN this city Of indianapolis, there wa
held convention to organize an indc
pendent Democratic party. The golC
Democrats oC Indiana led the mOvemcn
against Bryan. They were foremost il
Mrgiug the nomination of Palmer auC
Buckuer They urged all gold Demo
cratS to vote for these two old generals
and not To cast ballot for William
Jennings Bryan, who was denounced
much more severely by the gold Demo
crats than ever he was by the Republi
cans There was an appearance OF 10y
nity to the old party, because Palmer an'
Buckncr were both old-time Democrat
aud they conducted their campaign on {
Democratic basis. Yet every one know
what happened. The gold Democrats
insteai of maintaining show of regn
Iarity by voting for Palmer and Buck
ner. voted by thousands for Mckinley
The Palmer and Buckner vote in In
diana was a mere shadow, and did no
begin to Indicate the real strength Of tn
bolt.
Bryaui.e. Were Generous.
Throughout all the campaign of 1891
the gold Democrats. not only in indiana
but in the country at large. abused Bryan
aud Organism in the most savage terms
hht iFNt4Nfh '''h
the Republicans who made their hgh
On an honest basis. who flooded the coun
try with literature in behalf of the gol,
standard but who never assailed thu
personal character or the integrity of tn
beloved Democratic standard bearer. Ii
the convention at st. Louis the gol,
Democratic men were in CONTROL al
though not in the majority. There wa
sentiment in the party that some kin,
of reorganization was absolutely neces
sary to success. The Bryan men wer,
clearly in the majority, not only in tn,
convention, but throughout the country
Yet they were generous, and they wer'
willing to kill the fatted calf for th
prodisal son. But they expected hin
60 eat only his own share Of the bar
h~cus, and had no no'i"p that after h