The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-06-12
HEnsY wArTessoS on BRYAN

I the national lcmlrrafIC r-rFe 1fIll ~
1908. william Je1uIngs Bryan vii
I have been put In nomination 5y states
enough Do their separate and several
conventions 10 leave 10 ,he larger
. body only the business ~ r9nf.ruing
an already agreed candidate. the 81
.ectnz ~ his yke-ma'e and the
building n a platform
IN this there appears a certain IN
sun,' % the people which often baf
ass the beet laid plans u the
most farseeing statesmen and astute
politicians
That which Or about 20 happen %
Wr Bryan happened 20 Mr Tldsn.
Rejected by the party leaders in 1850
ahen the issue 0f tda old ticket would
have swept tho country. biz mani
mDr. acceptance came zoo iafc ln
1855 Thafaae ~ Grag stone bad grown
nII and nfrm. and could not avail
himself o' 'he pIory that a. length
aas hI He lived. however. long
enough ~ witness the triumph 0f 'he
cause which was Gear 'o his heart
ln tho person 90 % nominee put for.
ward by himself and bis Immediate
friends
Mr Bryan is more fortunate than
Mr Tilden He carries no disabilities
be has survived tho crudities and
hysteria 0f the lilstarrod campaign ~
1896 Though ho vent 10 a dwindling
Instead of a rising vote IN 1900. he
has held his organization and follow.
lng intact. The end Of the campaign
of 1904 saw him the one kingpln
erected ard standing: and since then
n must be- conceded that he has car.
r.od himself with prudence and
aplomb. intimating 20 thoughtful Oh.
servers The growing. rather than the
waning. man
Tho Ncbraskan IL at the height Of
his powers n the party cannot be
united on him. upon whom else?
There ls living hope among the dem.
ocratic rank and file that We can ear.
~ the next election. and a latent fear
that the chance Of doing 80 may be
bllghted by possible factlonism, mud
died by misleading Influences. These
democrats refuse 10 take two bites
at a cherry Mr Bryan Is as good as
he will be- two years hence They In.
tend to say so They do not intend 10
wait what he will most need will be-
moral support. and this they mean 20
heap mp In sufficient measure and In
advance As consequence. each
state. at least In the west and south.
which meets In convention for any
purpose from now onward will fol
low the lead ~ Missouri, Arkansas
and Indiana. naming him rs the
standard bearer for 1905
So much for the more or less super
ficlal and party aspects of the case.
But. behind them and below them.
there lie. yet halfhiddcn forces i'm.
measurable and momcntous The
people have lost control Of their gov.
crnmont. and they begin TO feel H.
10 see a.. 10 know II. The free silver
emotion. for Il was little else was
merely the manifestation of dis
temper OF whose real nature an cX.
tent. In 1896. the country was not full
ly advised Something allied A. II
cried aloud. aud, In answer to this
cry. various doctors appeared, many
~ them ompirlclsts. most Of them
strangers. but all Of them urging a
nostrum which. as everybody ought
now TO realize. was not remedy at
all
II Mir Bryan had been elected In
I lS9G. and the free silver curc.all could
have been tried Il would have brought
no relief on the contrary II would
have resulted I'm overwhelming dis
appointment and reaction. Just as the
trend Of modern thought had set
against tho double standard at the
close Of A. slavery had become impos
siblc and II went its way Free silver
was equally impossible and IL has
gone It's way ms disappearance makes
democracy whole again n brings
democrats together once more precise
Is as after the war of sections they
came together, an factions aud fac.
tonul issucs removed the bond Of
agreement yet vital and ctoruol che
pact Of the MASSES against the classes,
the militia against the regulars, the
government of the people and by the
people, seeking the greatest good 10
the greatest number, against the or
ganlzed power of dishonest mouey get
ting through layoritism ana privilege
the government Of the syudicatcs hy