Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-03-19
BRYAN. CLEVELAND, ETC.
Radical and Traditional Democracy
and Their Represe natives.

Radical and Traditional Democracy
and Their Representatives.
Mr.. William Jennings BRYAN rep.,.-
sents the radical Democracy: but who
represents the traditional Democracy
Some may say that Mr.. Cleveland does
and there is no question but THAI he
stands for all that was held sacred Nv
the i'lustrious leaders of the part. in
that elder. and mayhar BETTE, day Of
the republic. when Democratic o:ipci.
pies were triumphant and Democratic
policies prevailed. But Mr. Cleve!and's
day is ever: his race is ran: he is of
the past; ne belongs tc history. Then.
who shall dispute the. orimacv with
Bryan Who will dare mention TilIen
and Thurman in Democratic CONVENT
Gle? Or shall some prophet arise 10
oeWail ;he lost grandeur and the de
parted glory of a once splendid and in.
vinc'ble Israel. and cry as did hir. OF
yore when the day CT wrath tlawret,
for Jerusalem: Open Thy doors, o
Lebanon, that the fire may dcvou- Thy
cedars?"
Mr.. Bryan does not seem ia think
that any one but hinsclf is capable of
detcrminin. fer Democrats what i, a
flesh pot Of Egypt and what is the
wine and honey Of Canaan. ana he is
likely to set into an llnpleasantness
with Mr.. Watson. Of Georgia and New
york about that one Of these days If
we are to depend on Mr.. Bryan to
Judge the Democratic Israel. Theodore
Roosevelt and Robert NJ La Toilette
are just the same as Democrats or a
little samer. and he is almost extrav-
aSant in his Communications cf certain
policies these two distinguished ReDuD.
'cans have set oM foot. Those policies
may be democratic, and Doubtless they
are suEerlatively SO in the eyes of the
Democratic party this country no.: mas
on its hands, but there never was arv
such Democracy in the past. and there
is nothing more certain than thai
Samuel J. 'rilden. Allen G. Thurman.
Thomas A. Hendricks and Thomas F.
l3ayard would not have walked on the
SaTue side Of the street with it. much
less asked to keep company With it.
Wien France was o>elthrown 1T
Sedan the elder Bennett of the Nevs
York Herald. said that what France
needed vas man. ] hat is wha: the
Democratic party needs today. There
is plenty for such man to do and much
FOR him to say-ths disciple of tr,.!i-
tional Democracy, il lie should appear.
The cOuntrS is in a state OF urresr that
tErs atens political decentralization. TIC
Democratic party is not Responsible
Tor it. 1t has no. made a law since
Marc II 3 1851, if we eXcert the two
Years lS93-1"@5, and the only economic
Of which it is guilty..
and that survives, is the restoration of
the public creGit and the rescue Of the
treasury from the silver basis. For
the trusts, for rebates. and things the
party Of Tilden ard Of Cleveland is in
no way responsible. These are veciis
that we're strewn under the hus!,andrv
'of The Republican party TIE Deoplr
cannot shake their shabby and shrunk.
en- purses at. the traditional Deno:,a
cy and tling the reproach You done
it
Every III Of lie political law III tic
land as II :'.w exists. @X,.cot the repeal
OF the purs chasing :.lrs;, of the Shcr-
man silver law. is lse.,ul,.can ami
most Of II :':'cnsoly a,.l aygressive,y
Republican 4 pretty fair marx that
II the Democratic party only had
mighty hunt.T: who ,.ncN how t., shooI:
but Mr.. BRYAN. who appears to i've
everybody himself--cX.r;h Tom
Watann-in Democratic councils las
virtually "silcred partnership with
the Republican President Of tie Uni
ted states md the Republican COVER
nor CT Wisconsin,
The Democratic party E:ay sc. out Of
the wilder; .css that Say. bu, nobody
else ever id, aE,1 it is va:v ,loubii il if
anybody else ever WASHINGTON
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