The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-06-14

The PILOT is most heartily in accoro
with the spontaneous democratic move
ment recently started and having for lt'
object the nomination OF William
Jennings Bryan for the presidency III
1908
The contemplation of the far reaching
significance of this great movement can
not but meet with the most cordial ap
proval of every really-democratlc demo
crat in the land. The time is ripe Tor
change. There is general awakening.
The public conscience has been quicken
ed. There is growing realization tha'
the republican party is utterly incapable
of coping with the great national PROB
lens that demand wise, speedy ana
correct solutions. 1t stands TO reason
that these problems can not he solved
by party that has developed INTO
gigantic syndicate so closely affiliated
with the forces of plutocracy that II
may be Justly said without indulgine
in the slightest exaggeration, that the
general government has come to be a
government Of plutocracy, by the Syndi'
cate for the predatory trusts,
The appalling abuses and Corruptions
that have sprung up during the past
eight years under republican ministra'
tions cannot be rectified or abolished by
party that is closely identified with
these abuses and corruptions.
The republican party might deal with
difficulties from without, but 1t cannot
cope with the APPALLING difficulties from
within-the insidious, cankering disease
that has fastened itself upon that party
A healthy man may overcome great ex
ternal difficulties but a sick man Is IN
need of the services of good physician.
The abuses and corruptions referred &c
constitute disease. The republican
party is intimately connected with the
forces that have brought on the disease.
The republican party, therefore, can not
cure that disease. 1t is itself sick and
in need of the services of u physician.
There il, therefore, a crying need fol
a change. And the realization OF this
need is now in constantly growing EVIL
dence the nation over.
The awakening has come. The elector
ate of the nation demand change. They
want to sweep away abuses. They
mean to restrain the forces of predatory
wealth from continuing the appalling
wrong doing the country has suffered
from during the past few years. They
desire to abolish corruption and to this
end, they demand IA thorough house
cleaning. They desire to Dust the re-
publican party and to restore the ma.
chinery Of the national government to
the people. Hence the strength Of the
present movement of the genuine de-
mocracy.
But such movement calls for Il
superb leader. and such n leader the true
American democracy has in the person
of the Great Commoner, William Jen-
nings Bryan-that brilliant champion
of democratic principles and the rights
of man-that great, wise and fearless
advocate of civic righteousness who
possesses all the qualities one would
look for in statesman of the highest
rank
The PILOT il, Of course, heartily in
favor Of an Endorsement OF Mr.. Bryan
by the democratic platform convention
to be held in Milwaukee June eth.
Why Of cD,rSC For the simple reason
that The PILOT has for the past two
years that il, under its present manage
ment- consistently and increasingly ad-
vocated the principles of the Organic
democracy.
This article has been prompted by Il
letter received from The Milwaukee
Journal on the subject.
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