The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-04-13
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country are discussing Presidential
timber for 1908. OF course it is
too early to predict who will be the
nominee in 1908, but the following
from the Washington Post is able to
stand alone even at this early day:
"The Presidential campaign of
1908, so far as relates to the pre-
Iiminary parts and parcels thereof,
is we'll under way on both the
Democratic and Republican sides.
Indeed, it may properly be said to
have begun OH the Democratic side
by the twice-defeated candidate but
still most influential member of that
party long before the alleged cam.
paign of 1904 was inaugurated by
the nomination of Parker and
Davis. When it became evident
that the Southern Democrats were
favorably inclined TO the ''sane and
safe" movement and would accept
David b. HIPS candidate, MIR.
BRYAN turned his attention to 1908,
and laborered necessarily to produce
a candidate that would put his fac
tlon Of the party on top again. How
effectively he wrought was apparent
when the votes were counted. That
he should take the stump for Par
ker was an indispensable feature OF
his programme. To have future
he must be a regular, not a boiler.
How we'll his disciples understood
the situation was also demonstrated
by that count Of votes. Not long
after the election Mr.. Bayan visited
indianapolis and was proclaimed the
leader Of the Democratic party by
Chairman Taggart. Accepting that
proclamation as authentic creden-
tials Mr.. Bryan has ever since been
busy in getting up a collection of
planks for 1908 and rallying the
Democratic brethren and all of the
"plain people" for successful
movement against the Republican
party, and, incidentally, against
everything that smacks of cOnser-
vatism and in support of all that
is radical. The country has Mr..
Bryan's' positive assurance that his
efforts are already crowned with
success, Even at this early date,
more than three and half years be-
fore the next Presidential election,
he casts his eye over the next ex-
panse of forty-iive States, with their
100000 OF voters, anu declares,
in effect, that his brave battle for
Democratic unificstion has been
won. In his speech at DesMoines
last Saturday night, he said: THE
Democratic party is again united,
and it is united upon the basis of a
forward movement. The Democrats
are ready for the fight of 190S.'
"Possibly the Iowa Democratic
squad whom Mr.. Bryan addressed
on that occasion "is again united"
but "the Democratic party" the vo-
ting citizens who call themselves
Democrats-for there really is no
party cannot be re-
garded as united in or On anything.
AS to "the enemy's country" the
leadership of MIR. Bryan is as unwel-
come to-day as it ever was. And the
New York World, the leading DEM
Ocratic paper last of the Mississippi,
persists in printing such editorial
deliverance as the following:
Theodore Roosevelt will be re-
nominated for President of the
United States in 1908, and he will
be reelected. Through his domino
ton of the party organization and
his control of the Postoffice De-
partment in his own hands. There
will be no trouble about obtaining
majority of the delegates in the
national convention. He will be
re-elected-not merely because he
is the idol of the people or on &C
count of his virtues or by reason of
the mistakes that add to his popu.
larity, but because there will be no
real opposition. The Democratic
party is and will be hopelessly di-
vided against ITSELF"
"Mr. Bryan joyfully and proudly
proclaims that 'the aggressive and
progressive element - the radical
element, if you please-of the
Democratic party is again in con-
troll of the party The effect Of that
announcement on conservative citi-
zens, regardless Of party, will be
as soothing as the Haunting of a red
flag in bull pen. The term sradi-
cal element as used by Mr.. Bryan
to-day, means good deal more than
it meant in 1886 or 1900, for the
country understands that he is pre-
pairing to cater to or dicker with the
socialists, just IS he did with the
Populists in 1896. Conceding that
there is strong demand for more
radicalism than was represented by
Parker and Davis, and that the Re.
publican party stands pat on abuses
that it should have reformed, it
does not follow that the country is
prepared to welcome the revised edi-
ton of Organism as = relief from
existing conditions"
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