Arizona republican., 1906-09-01
MIR. BRYAN's HOME COMING.

A review, or a comprehensive crlu- cism of MT. Bryan's speech can only be made by those who have ample time and a world of space at their command. With the characteristic Bryan method, he recited almost every point of human unhappiness and called attention to a score of conditions that should be rem edied. This is the artful dodge of every skillful speaker who seeks to- curry favor with the masses. By dwelling upon their woes the feeling arises that the speaker is with them and of them. His prominence at the time instinct ively begets the conviction that he is the Moses who has come to lead them out of the wilderness.
 It is a fact that any man Of ordinary intelligence can propound more ques- tions and call attention to more desir- able reforms in an hour than wise acre can answer or outline in a year of study and argument. It will be con- tended that Mr. Bryan with each sub ject. referred to a curative measure. That is true in the main but most of his curative measures are themselves as doubtful and as much open to argu- ment as the evils that called for their suggestion. It is not proposed at this time to point out the blowholes iH any specific remedy that MT. Bryan has offered. There are too many of them. When he shall have trimmed the list of his proposed reforms to a number practicable for incorporation in a party platform, forced that platform upon the democratic party and then climbed upon it himself, there will be plenty of time to take them up seriatim and discuss their merits.
 The address as a whole enthusiastic in it's alleged defense of the masses, against the wrongs to which they are subjected, seems more than any pre- vious effort of MT. Bryan, intended to captivate the galleries. MT. Bryan even though d patriot, has become a politician. As such he is making the best of his opportunities. Some of his statements were positively ludicrous and others, it was too evident, were but the "stalling" of a politician who felt it incumbent to say something on the subject lest he be charged with evad- ing the issue. His criticism of the pol icy in the Philippines was necessary to comport with his previous utterances and the best he could do was to sug- gest that the nation should hasten to announce it's intention to do in the archipelago what it has already done in Cuba. He was unmindful of the fact that just now it appears that the Phil ippine policy is resulting more satis- factorily all around than the Cuban policy. If he sought to be conservative l he would be forced to admit that in great measure both are yet but ex- perimental and still in evolution and in both instances this government has done well.
 The issue which made MT. Bryan l famous, free and unlimited coinage of silver, he passes with what must have been intended for a joke. The railure of his dire prophecies to materialize is accounted for by an unprecedented dis covery of gold. Because this fortunate circumstance occurred he is willing to let bygones be bygOnes and forget the issue. Were he patriot in the fullest sense and honest in his convictions. he would not pass so lightly the chief issue in a nations prosperity, its none | tary system. He must know that the remarkable production of gold is liable ! to stop at any time when al the old l troubles and more. too were MT. Bryan | correct. would face the nation.
 MT. Bryan's welcome home was surely ! complimentary one. an incident that | undoubtedly moved him to the most | tender and sincere sentiments. But ! even in this his friends of the press | saw their opportunity for political cap | ital and made the most of it. The fact ] of his being plain citizen was fea- tured more than would have been any title that he could have secured. even i by the votes oi the people The cod 1 fact is that the demonstration was not because he was d plain" citizen but because he has enjoyed more distinc- ton than most people who have suc- ceeded in securing title. As the cen tral figure in two presidential cam