Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-02-07
ALL KINDS OF DEMOCRATS.
The Party So Badly Cut UP That
the Glasses Are In
Vulnerable.

There was time that haIcyon and
VoclIerous period when to Republicans
ever! thing seemed TO be going the way
OF the other fellows, when but one
label was necessary to designate the
believers in particular faith. Il am
Democrat" was enough. and in some
cases more than enough. says the
Troy Times. AT any rate it left no
doubt as to the classification of the
man who wore the tag. He was a re-
cruit in the army of Democracy. and
all that he wanted was a chance to get
at the common enemy and do" h m.
And If he went from one end of the
country to the other that tag was as
good as countersign anywhere. 1t
took him into every camp OF his party
and no questions asked.
But how different is it now! A man
who goes about displaying the sign Il
am Demrocat" will have to explain
what kind of a Democrat he is or pre-
pare to dodge things. Our Democratic
brethren are badly cut up. so badly that
they seem to have divided not only
into clans and classes, but to have split
into almost as many component parts
as there are individual Democrats. In
congress the other day Champ Clark,
of Missouri, who has added to the
gayety of nations in many ways. was
making what he represented to be a
Democratic speech, when he was asked
what kind of a Democrat he was, and
he instantly replied: IL am aiChamp
Clark Democrat" And there is no
doubt that he is. while from the utter
ances OF colleagues in the same body
1t may be assumed that each is Just
about the sort of Democrat he person
ally chooses to be. without the advice
or consent of any other Democrat.
In New York the other day Judge
Parker. lately the Democratic candi-
date for president, met Bird S. Coler.
lately the Democratic candidate for
governor. and now president of the
borough of Brooklyn. elected by Demo-
Gratis who supported municipal owner
ship nominees. A mutual friend asked
the judge If he knew Mr.. Coler. and
the judge replpied that he did and had
been acquainted with him when Coler
was Democrat. Evidently Mr.. Coler,
who still claims to be a Democrat. is
not the sort of Democrat that Judge
Parker processes to be. Continuing. it
appears that Tom Taggart, who as
chairman of the Democratic national
committee. ran the last Democratic
presidential campaign. is not the sort
OF Democrat to whom the Bryan Dem
ocrats cotton. SO the Bryan people are
trying TO retire him. and from latest
advices it appeared very probable that
ne would soon shoot the political
chutes. The Taggart brand of Democ-
racy does not commend itself to the
Bryan contingent, though what kind of
Democracy the Bryan brand will cover
when Mr. Bryan himself returns from
his swing about the sphere probably
Mr.. Bryan himself does not know.
So 1t goes. The Democracy for
whlch Hearst stands is a different
thing from that of Tammany and Boss
Murphy. Judge Parker represents one
IDEA; Bryan different one. The
western Democrats want many things
which the southern Democrats will not
stand for. and there is no cohesion he
tween any section or group. Under
the circumstances the Missouri states
man took the safe course In declar-
Ing himself Champ Clark Democrat
ne avowed the only creed TO which he
could adhere without arousing enmity.
In fact, the way Democracy is "all torn
up 1t is a question whether a Demo-
crat can agree with himself. The old
war cry: i am Democrat" has
given place to the query: What is a
, Democrat"