Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-05-05
s,xl1ox xtIIlNDs Is INTERESTING.

IL the o~rs;o.c4! emporium ~laudato-!
c: DeDocrac! and al things Demo
cratic, which vas Ldulged IT IL Mex
YORK the other night, the remarks Q,
Senator Newlzpis o! N=TaGa, are ertit-
led 20 Reorganization t.aLEae5s and point.
S=as:O! Newlaads said 4 number 0;
things which will arr.s: attention and
p-oT5ke comment. He not Only boldly
Caie claim 20 a certain party proprietor.
ship II the ~Iers1nue. and Policies Of the
present administration at Washington.
but be did not hesitate ! predict the
coGrse which would be followed il the
future IL Democracy vas disappointed
Ii its present expectations. Vigorously
declaring that Pre=!ien, Roosev e.i l.
easily ooe OF the best Democrats nov ID
public lie, Senator NeE!aIds pro,essei
to tore=ee Z revival Of Mr.. Bryan'z pop.
ulaaty thould the present occupant Of
the White Hous- neglect 70 pu; into
effect the principles 'or which be aud
the NebraskAn stand in common.
The claims which Senator Nexlands
lays to party fellowship with President
Rnos ev are not original With himself.
They have been made before, but they
have not been made IL quite so much
detail and circumstance as Senator
cw.aud= made them. NJ. Bryan L.
probably more thar any other man re-
ponsIOle for the idea, and he undOubt
edly drew his inspiration from conduct
and u~:teraDces on the part OF the Presi.
dent which smacked OF the platform
adopted at St. Louis rather than tina:
winch was put forward at Chicago last
year.
But whether there Is or is not sufficient
foundation TOR the belief that At heart
President Roosevelt Ia more Democratic
than Republican, Senator Newlands
left no manner Of doubt OF his own con.
yictioD ;hat the masses Of the American
people stand for the principles professed
by the radical elements Of his owe
party. He outlined at zone length the
things which Democracy should repre-
sent III :he public mind. For the most
part these were put into eloquent but
wIthal trtc, phrases 10y Senator New
Ianda. The inevitable conclusion to be
drawn from the speech. as a whole, how.
ever, Is that the people OF the country
are ripe for more or less radicalism III
their politics, and that they will lend
support IN the future TO that organiza.
ton and those leaders who promise most
speCiiially 10 give it to them.
1t required some courage for Senator
Ncwlands to stand before the socalled
sane, cafe aud conservative" Dem.
ocrats OF New York-gentlemen who
have betrayed Mr.. Bryan OH more than
one occasion and III more than one way
and tell them that four years hence
the Democracy OF the country may turn
with enthusiasm to "A standard bearer
who for years has Oeen pre-eminent Tor
steRdtastness, Tor courage, for patience
under defeat, for faith in the ultimate
wisdom and power OF tie people; the
man who has been undertaking, %coneis.
teat, courageous; the man whose intcg-
rity nobody doubts and i'll whose since.
rity everybody believes" II no was no,
launching a boom FOR tho Nebraskan's
candidacy i'll 1908 no was at least nd
ministerinR something suspiciously re.
scmbilnR n rcbuke To that particular
faction OF Democracy to which no spoke
and whose especially invited guest he
was.-Charleston. S, q; NcwR-Courier.