The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-02-24

ncluS tIdl give uS lIc OdldIltC IA po"SA
in the commerce that goes on increas-
ing in grandeur, finding and furnish
ing the opulent and increasing mar
kets of the world.
The gardens of the South, with her
bloom and fruit, that test the COM
mercial capacity of our great railways
and rivers-the manufactures too, in
the South--testify that our great re-
public is the foremost of the sovereign
ties that sit in the council boards of
the powers, that understand perfectly
| where we stand, broad based from
, Mexico to Canada and the Atlantic to
the Pacific.
Our North and South, East and West
have been joined in the generosities of
peace and the wars that add the
splendors of the land for the people
expanded. In it all is the Mighty
South that the governor of North
Carolina has proclaimed, and he has
added to his home record one of the
best school systems for the children of
the people contained in our country or
the world, winning a victory and con-
quest of peace--a harvest of glory
without bloodshed, and fame without
the sorrows of strife.
James X. Polk is the last Southern
democrat nominated and elected pres
fdent of the United States, and that
sixty years ago. Zachary Taylor was
nominated as Wing" but not an
ultra Wing" John c. Breckenridge
was nominated for the presidency by
a part of the democratic delegates
chosen in 1850 and defeated. Andrew
Johnson, a southern man, was not a
southern democrat when nominated by
republican national convention, but
a friend of the Union under extra =
| ordinary circumstances.
The South, in 1904, did not ask for a
Southern candidate on the national
ticket, with the exception of the vice
presidential candidate, and even his
good name did not turn West Virginia
from her place in the republican states
The South looked to New York alone
for president and platform, and the
great defeat of the democratic party
was the logical result.
| The South said first, from the Pc.
tomac to the Rio Grande. that the
Southern people deferred to New York
and the words in constant use. and &C.
cepted from the Ohio river to the Gulf
were: Let New York point the way
and count on us to follow" 1t was this
that ultimately gave Missouri to the
Republicans. though the grand old dem.
ocratic senator from the central state
had held the confidence Of her people
for a generation. Even ne was sacri.
ficed to the sentiment Of New York
the state that is self-assured and Gre
ated-so that the extent and earnes
feeling and determination against h,
gold standard in a vast scope of tn,
been understood in New York as l
might. could. would and should hav,
been. It seems to be true that tn
problem" of fact for the New Yorl
politicians, and largely the people. i
that the western states were brough
to consent to the gold standard upol
the suggestion that gold. as the on
, metal to measure money. reduced tn
toll for the payment OF debts. but Nes
York has lost the gift Of continuance
4 The South gave Its strength at tn
! st. Louis convention into the hands Q
New York. and with II the nominee 70
r the presidency. and declared for gol
e as the only true standard. though two
}. thirds Of the states we're then and ther
! against the gold plank. and voted fo
0 the gold standard. though they wer
h opposed to it: and the nominees "a
t president and vice president were p,
e on the gold cross. as Bryan said 9