The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-09-14
COL. WATTERSON '~
. ON THE OUTLOOK.
Tells Bryan What He Must Do if He
Expects to Win, and He Express
es Himself in Terms That
Cant Be Mistaken.
louisville Courier-Journal.

Once-upon-a-time there lived far
mer who had an hundred acres of good
arabic land ready for the plow, but on
the other side of the clearing was a
wood, and he insisted upon telling the
wood before he titled the field, and,
whilst he was telling the good the
rains came and the weeds grew, and,
10, the season was ended and the
chance of Il harvest was gone.
Once-upon-a-time there was sea
captain whose ship had gone ashore
upon reef of coral and silver, but he
got her afloat again, and was turning
her prov homcward, when he spied
above the distant waves beyond an
iceberg; he mistook this for a whale,
and harpooned it, and i'll seeking to
get it aboard his ship went down, and
he with it, into the fathomlcss depths
of the ocean.
Mr.. Bryan, the Republican farmer,
needs, Mr. Bryan, the Democratic sea
captain, needs to read anew the handy
old horn book of human nature and
common sense, with it's plain tables
and it's homcly wisdom. even ms
Abraham Lincoln read il. when he
came to the head of affairs for the
rescue of the Union.
Most things in the world that are
great or simple, and one thing at
time is an apt saying. In trying for
too much. we often lose all. The po-
litical situation in the United States
nj this imr is in Il fluid state. Par
ties find themselves not Il little at
loose ends. The people have taken the
bit in their teeth. as it were. The
next Presidential election is, as the
turfmcn phrase it. "anyb"dy : race.
Old issues have PASSED away. New
issues are cr"w,lin~ upon the scene.
Tie popular mind is receptive. the
times are formative. Inevitably. there
i hrlll L. he some rnniu~luU as to
the true and the false. But. back of
iir inccrtituNr. stand the sam" array
of f"rcc> which have showed them
selves since the framing Of the Con-
Stitutiun: the same organic differ
enceS which have separated the voters
into parties. from the time when
Hamilton and Jefferson stood forth,
the one as the champion of strong
Federal government. It's power cen
tralized and its will absolute. the other
as champion of a government of limit
ed and delegated powers. to be cXer-
cised within the letter Of the written
law. strictly construed.
The incidents alone are altered. The
enterna struggle of the many to pre-
serve the largest area Of liberty, con-
sonant with government. the few to
usurp the functions and opportunities
of government, is just as vital and
rs fierce today as it was when old
John Adams was throwing men into
prison for Scdton and Nick Bidllc
using the Influence and resources Of
the Bank to corrupt the lcc,orate and
to foster muncyed ariSt"cracy.
1t WAS the glory of Jefferson that
che did 10, bite off more than he
could chaw.' So was this the glory Of
jackson. Mr. Bryan should turn again
to the history of both. He stands as
their successor in leadership. He is
our captain. If we cannot unite on
him we can unite on no one. II we
>cannut elect him, we can elect no one.
Is he not big enough and broad enough
to see that the country wants the
stables cleaned. not lcstroycd-that
The old house is yet good enough to
live in and must not be torn down in
any evcnt-the keep and furnishings
mostly at fault, not the walls, or
wainScnating or general style of archi-
tecture-~.and that whatever changes
We make must take due regard fo1
habits and customs that may not be
brushed away like cnbwebs. however
now The broom and rcSolute the hands
that ply it7
In politics as in war success sets
the standard. What good the general
however he fights and whatever hi.
intention, who only loses battles? Mr.
Bryan should not deceive himself. Il
is because the mass and body of Dem
ocrats believe that it is in him as il
none other, to win the next Presiden
tial battle, that they rally to him. II
it be lost, though fault Of his, thai
will be the end of him as Of Democ
racy, and we shall see the advent OF
an era of cxtremism such as preceded
fho Wor nP Snoocciop tho iscnn IN.