The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-21
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To ms epsrcs 40 fue evw-&,i what
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"who has the os0adsses AZ Ne business mon
ssd ske fsrsnsp-p In fne erx Of October
.Obesrvss- urges the familiar warning.
-Dsmocrsts n large numbsre vii not vote
for Bryan" what s~uhseanaat o "
there for the asseruoas The nearest sp.
preach 20 q matter Of fAct test vas the gold
D~mocra do vote 10 ieeo. The vas In round
numbers iss. 900. or taxing out the vote ~
Mssascbusetts. New York and Pennsylvania
Il was the tnsiGnincant number Of 1000. 40
compared with the $500. 900 for Bryan. The
impIscabie Cleveland contingent which fur
pished tho Palmer and Buckner vote has been
steadily falling Away. 90 that now opposition
to Bryan IN the Democratic party 10 confined
mainly 10 what N known - the corporation
element No doubt the anti-Bryan senu-
ment exists. Much OF 70 OF course IL spon-
taneous and sincere. whether mistaken or
otherwise. but most Of 10 IL probably directly
and Indirectly Manufactured IL Is easy 70
exagesrats the extent Of this sentiment. and
Il IL natural to make political capital OF it
but to all appearances. on IN unbiased view.
Bryan 10 nov stronger with the people TIRE
~spectivs Of party than he his ever been.
Indeed, to impartial students Bryan's
leadership IL an unprecedented phenomenon
In our political history and should be studied
In the spirit of truthseeking citizenship.
He wss placed at the head Of his party under
the most trying circumstances He had to
contend with the strongest political organt-
cation that has ever existed. and almost
single handed he waRed battle with the
combined forces of privilege. special inter
ests. corruption and greed. backed by the
largest aggregation OF ezra ged and terri
fed capital the world has ever seen. In
spite Of these odds 1t REQUIRED a ave million
dollar corruption fnnd to defeat him. 10
appeared In the result that six millions and
a half Of his fellow citizens had voted for
him: in round numbers one million more
than had voted for Cleveland four years
before. In other words. he not only held
his party intact, saw the insignificant de-
lection of the gold Democrats, but he added
hundreds OF thousands TO the party vote.
still more strikingIy shown In his second
campaign, when IN the face OF previous de-
te sstis sSf hs = b sISe .Ss pe ropc,sa w Vote ed reesis.
ing more than q million and q quarter more
than did Parker four years later. In the
I perveq.s to assert that Democrats viii not
More sisniacsn. than number, is the fac,
ttsuiaent middle GLASSES, When we con:
full moneyed interests and privileged classes
at the other, together with the army AID Coo
! ininenced and controlled by these Interest
and classes. Il 10 plain that the Bryan vote
% S"SS 81 osx small sH% Sa. sTS% t mem 1af tns pSo ass Eo"si
men and the independent labcrers. Under
these drcunst ances Bryan's defeat was IN
and nciticsl victory. 70 these ccnsidern;
tons -0bs.ryer" seem. to be quite blind: and
career OF tEis sx,raordinsr man.
As to "initiatiye and referendum and Gov.
eminent ownership doctrines these are rot
10 the principie Of the initiative and %referen-
dunn a. q Democratic, method Of procedure,
OF Sft IL ne and ne NJ" %nt a' he does ts Ray il p SsnSot be- ror an
issue. for surely there can be no Democratic
objection in. principle 20 9 method by which
what shall be the public policy. Tho asser-
ton that the initiative and referendum Tn
eramsut Is srstaito%s and misisadins. and
Observer should know that IL is made not
by the friends OF Representa- tive government
should also know that In 10 far as the initiative
and refereaduin has BEEN adopted In seyeral
Sss't bes ss TO oI pS' eecs the enc pus stSs .nd H" aiensS
OF representative government from destruc-
ton by corporate Influences"
ership is different. From the point of view
batabie Question Whether this i q D.mocrali..
himself in his Madison Scmare Garden speech
to the principle. Of Government ownership.
, Ne only asserted his conviction a. 10 it's ulti-
mate expsdlency. In principle. he fsyors Gov.
srnment control n nanda pledged TO give
ment eynership d railroads or railroad
ownership of. the Government he does moi
hesitate to choose the former alternative.
u. Observer Will take issue with Bryan on
this alternative bis position would be fairly
and souarely taken. otherwise his argument
I hope I nave said enough to show that
Bryan r. not receav wing fair treatment in sud-
statements. ~ -Observers." In making thi'
prctea and appeal ! am moved by the cor
tstive. capacity Brysn deserves fair treat
ment IN : prssminept degres because 81 th'
manship With which he has maintained. hr'
position - the foremost political leader OF III,
extent the world over. whether he IL righl
or wrong In any particular instance IL. Of
cOuree, always a fair Ousetioa. but In ever
csse his viev should h coeGidered with per
feet fairness and With great seriousness.