The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-09-13
4 THRUST AT BRY AN
AND THOSE DEMObRATS WHO
AGREE WITH RIM.
Jerome Seeking Aid Of Gold Demo
Gratis and the Republicans in
His Fight.

District Attorney VIM. Travers Je'
rome of New York was the central
figure in the conference of upstate
New York Democrats called to meet
at Albany, N. z, on Wednesday to
consider the condition of the Demo.
cratic party in the State OF New
York. It was declared by the spon'
sors OF the conference, leading among
whom vas ex- Mayor Thomas M. o.
borne of Auburn, that Mr.. jerome
was present merely IS speaker, not
as a party to the conference and that
the meeting was not In the interest
of bis candidacy, or that Of any other
man for the goVernor.
Mr.. Jerome mentioned no names In
bis address. He dealt with the gen.
eral purposes, general condition and
possibilities Of the Democratic party.
He declared 1T az his understanding
that the conference was Ia the inter
est of no particular candidacy, least
Of all Ito dictate to or threaten the
convention Of our party soon to as
semble at Buff slo."
He took direct iasue with the opin.
lon recently expressed bY Gov. Folk OF
Missouri and others though he named
no one.
Real leadership Is nowhere In
sight," said he, land what passes for
leadership seems to consist Of demag.
ogic denunciation Of existing condi'
tions and the advancing Of vague
schemes Of socialism and paternalism,
which are essentially revolutionary IN
character.
I'VE are not on the threshold OF
the greatest political awakening this
nation has ever known, marking the
beginning OF new age,' but We are,
I believe, about 90 return to our senses
and to earnestly address ourselves to
the solution of the difficult problems
confronting US by the methods which
the past has shown to be entirely ade-
quate to meet the greatest emergen.
cies.
Oar elections, where national po'
littcal parties are involved, have be-
come little more than ignoble scram.
oles for Office, In which each candi.
date declares how good he will be II
elected to ofise and Vles with bis op-
ponent In claiming trust. busting and
anti.corporation virtues, not forget
ting to emphasize how warmly his
nesrt beats for organized labor.
I'm the midst Of all this, the plain
people go about their business, see.
ing no real issuss of present interest
In dividing the national parties, they
stand indiff srent to each, ready and
free to chose when an issue arisss
that interests them"
The Republican party, he continu-
cd, had always been conservative, op.
posed to change aud innovation, until
today, half consciously 1t voices 1ts
character by declaring itself to be the
osrty of the ''standpattar. "
"Ol the other hand, THE Damocrat'
10 party has been the party OF the
Liberal. Oaly recently, he said, had
efforts been made to drag the party
from the path Of progress to that OF
revolution.
"The men responsible for the pres.
snt demoralizs condition of the party
machinery should be driven out. From
great vote getting organization,
they havs made it simply a delegate.
getting machine" :,
The Democratic party, "disgraced
and humiljated BY years OF mtsmsn.
sgement, to give it no harsher name,"
would array themselves behind their
osrty candidates If they are men OF
character, standing on q platform OF
real Democracy.
And in that platform" he said,
'they want no crazy ocialism nor
revolutionary psternalism. WHAT they
want Is men and not measures. They
have little faith 10 news laws while
5hara Is not honesty and capacity
:uough in public servants to work uhe
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