Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-04-28


=. Roam For Two Trust Parties.
Norman T.. Mack. the editor auI /
owner of the Buffalo Times, who is the
Democratic national committeeman oi
New York state ami me'mIsr " the
executive committee, SPOKE as follows
about William j. Bryan when lie was
recently inter, icwcd 10y James Creel-
nan Tor the New Yu.k World:
Il recognize william J. Eryan IA tn
..at.uuil header of the nc.Ho rI.it l'ar-
IL. MIR. Bryan has po.iei more woes
imam any utncr Living Democrat. lie
has p1lieI Il million n.O Z votes thah
Alr. cleveland or Mr.. Parker thtI
some other Democrat receives larger
number of votes Mr.. Bryan Will con
tinur to be the national leader OF hiS
party"
Mr. Mack was not anxious TO tax
about politics. but when the divided
condition of the Democratic party was
ment .oned he spoke with frankn2ss.
The Dem Dcratic party AT this time
reminds me of the boy baby in the ad-
ycru,pmeut reaching for cake OF
SOAP and labeled He won't be happy
til he gets it The people who make
M the rank and file of the Democracy
will never be satisfied till the men WHO
have been engaged in securing AMI
making money out Of special govern
mental privileges have been sent To the
rpir of the party The party iust now
seems to be made up OF two Clements.
Ninety eight per cent of IL CONSISTS OF
men who seem to be in favOt OF pro-
grc,sivc Democracy, which says what
it means ana is honestly opposed II the
/ use Of the party or the government To-
/ private advantage. Those who make
/ w the remaining > per cent seem To D."
/ convinced that they are the real Demo
/ Gratis, but-we might as well be honest,
! they call themselves conservative Dem
/ ocrats-with the exception of very
few who have been misled you will
| find that in nearly every case. the so
called conservative Democrats who
! have opposed the party most of the
time for the past ten years are either
Il the head of big corporations looking
for special privileges or are atornn US
! hired by such corporations II secure
special privileges for large money con
silerations.
"The Democrats of the country might
as well understand clearly that they
can never win by the use OF hoDfle.
intend to speak frankly Take my own
county, Erie, for instance. In 1900 we
had fund of about $4,1oo in that
county. We lost it by about 4,S1t
votes Last year we had fund OF
more than $4,000. We lost the county
by more than 1900 votes
Now. iii 1896 it is Il we'll known fact
that there was not a county in th(
Union in which we had money enougl
TO buy the necessary postage stamps
ANA vet we came within 601,S14 votes
of electiug pre- sileut. Last year We
: had plenty of money. | don't believe
that the public should be misled, and
will speak plainly. Last year we h1C
all the money we could use in this
(New York; or any other state. Yet w,
! lost the election By 2,1+2, GG2. a defeat
in spite of our abundance of money
more than four times as great as ii
1886, when we were so hard up 70
funds If it had not been for TIN
strength furnished by local issues IN,
. ;,, 200,
; York, Michigan, Massachusetts ant
Minnesota we would have come out o
the campaign stripped bare.
THE truth is that the Democrat
= party must stand for something def
mite if it hopes to win at the polls. Yo
don't need any better evidence thai
that last fall Chicago went 10000 Re
| publican. while this year. indeed with
in the rast few days. when the mun
: cipal fight was made on straight on
: and out issues, Chicago went $500
Democratic. These things ought TO
a lesson all Democratic leaders.
at is given out constantly that tn
leadership of the so called prOgressiv
l or radical Democrat is opposed to b
business interests. That is not true.
! is not opposed to legitimate private CT
tcrpriSe. on however large scale.
have never heard of any Democrat BIZ
ing opposed to Mr.. Wanamaker's e>
= adjustments or to any other of th
i great dry goods stores or similar bus
nesseS. The things that progressiv
= md rnli,aI Daulpnpots pbioct IN ar
{ the policies of men advocating speci;
legislation and engaged in bribery an
so consolidating and watering cOrpOr;
tons as to menace the business of tn
country. The legitimate merchant In
to buy land, to build on it and to pa
| taxes. He gets no special privi!es,
| from the government"
"Whom do you recognize as the n;
tional leader of the Democratic part
today?"
"'The man who received millio
more votes than any other living Den
ether Democrat can show large
vote
you mean Mr. Bryan?"
Il mean Mr.. Bryan. He polled a mi
lion more votes than either Mr.. Clev,
land or Mr.. Parker. look upon him q
the national leader of the party
But Mr.. Mack. would not Me-
York reject Mr.. Bryan again."
= "That may be true, but it is also tiu
that the other states rejected the cand
date and leadership presented by Ne
York last year. New York must tai
5 It's chances with the other states.
the Democratic party is to have al
q clnncn to win Ii muSt hnrn n Dom