The weekly true Democrat., 1907-12-06

MARION. tg.A.s Nov, -. ltlf,
kllI4I n no w A. ttna
Alaticss 1r a1li anosg q Atin1 So
EaRntA anyelE and Haoeclg itV1, ilnl
hpred iedit iteEial - sogns ef fnDrlblg 6oMth
eEn peWqpapasu. aettiha f0fth itha 4ael
! that ~ Bryan Gagba nosftb BE- nade
tONlgidld0o aadilet Q Souahofnn man taBe
Eea iRninGa And inlthe last iisEaA l0fl rhe
\ TEna Democnot Ibnotice yAilBeat itttla
hQuib from che New York World which
winds opi ae follows = N But why should
the Democratic party accept MrsIRryf
nal Is the party 20 infatuated with de-
feat that b would not exchanges the cert
ltaintyl of disaster for eTen the pDssibil4
itH Of victory ?lnsThib and much of like
stuff, Mr.. Editor, coming from theibig
papersof the eo0ntry, and copied and
saddednt0 by the lesser nrho less brill
Bhant stars In the newspaper fihmament,
ia caleulatedy 20 shake the faith iOf our
drank and fiie8 Ia the AeaderShip of our
great eDmmoDers But woUldn't It be
well, before we fipallya throw him over
and rnn Oft rwitht the gelpfnggpAck that
follow the horn of these other leaders,
to lo6k.lBtklT aiineld da6desed afgh view
jng the p tth of. the future by theBght
of the lamp Of experience The leader-
ship Nof these ''coRsefYa atiVes9n as bhey
are pleased to- call themselves, holds
out hope of less certainty o. defeat
than that of Mr. Bfyan. in 1896 we had
Mn Cleveland. the mead and frontDt The
conservative" people,. in the presiden-
tial clair He was a gold standard
man and had eondueetd his admlnist r4-
tion OF the governments strictly in hhe
,Ayiths.that dOlieyJ Andget, ,7When the
National Democratic Convention met IN
Ghieago,f l. think, there is 20 man in
America, got even The Iedkora Of the
New York World, who Il Is aSsipine
enough to claim that any man Of Mr..
pohtiEa faith, would have
stood a ghost Of a,ch;iuce TO be elected
On The Democratic ticket N fact, 50
c6f1t iete1y b.fd Mr.. GltveiaDh's agnj1
istfhti6h dtnnoraliked TIE party th4rh5-
Body befievtd d IL possible FOR any DEM
crAt to win, and the brilliant Nebras-
kan was put hp,onot ohy ias a foflorn
hope, but as an onty hope, and the re-
suit more than justified the 'actiOI oil
that convention, Ior,while Bryan didn't
wing he pOiled more votes than any
Democratic candidate fofthe presidency
has ever polled, before or sincet ClaVe!
land included. In 1900 1t would have
been remarkable indeed, il the Repub-
lican party, after having been sagaciOus
enough to redeem the country from
some of the idle effects of CLEVELAND s
folly had not reGeiyed the endorse-
ment of the people, but the con
or gold standard peo-
pie, were loud in. their claim that
Mr.. Bryan and his Tree silver platform |
had caused the defeat Of the party, and
N 1904, we free silver guys took back |
seat, and let the conservatives fix |
.hings up 10 suit themselves. They |
wrote the platform, and ndmihated the |
They selected man whose |
honesty and integrity was absolutely |
1ey0nd question, aud who had been a |
consistent gold standard man and who |
,ook extra pains to make it plain chat |
le, in supporting Mr. Bryan had ex-
no change of heart along this |
inc, and now we were. assured, we
'honld see the grand old Democratic
Party, with a safe and sane leader
It her head, rise ppiR her might and
nit the old Republican Party a solar
)lexus blow, that would send Roosevelt
Iack to his bear chase, and all the Re
publican leaders, In a bunch into the
hades of private life, But Alas Alas
when the vote was counted, it was
ouhd that the New York Judge had
allied to make as good a race as the
had, even IN 1900, and now
hey told as, and the Savannah Morn
ne News is fond or repeating this state
nbnt, that "the leaders Of the
Democratic party are opposed to Mr.
bryan but that the rank and file Of the
,atty favor him. Now Mr.i editor, If
ne leaders oppose Mr.. Bryan, and the
ank and file favor his nomination., viii
iou kindly state wlio they (tht leaders) |.
ire leadnK? ? would Ike very much
o see the Democratic party 7ictoriods
n the coming Presidentiale election, but
we must forsake our principals 20
yin--if we must put up m;ln, who is
Iaif Republican t0beat the Republican
'arty --then [ say, and think the rank
md die" agree with me, let W. 90 uOwn
n defeat. Il we must nave man Who
) Republican, or balE Republican IN /,
rinciple in the Presidential char, let
he Republican party elect him, and
houlder the, responsibility of mis- ad-
And j Want ~ say JIM CON
hsion, Mr.. E1it6r, that DENT. believe i
hat there is another man N Amegi,a. !
no can poll as many. votes, a. thc bead |
I the Democfatic ticket, be he Sorth-I
IN. Southern, Eastern OF Western " 4
William Jennings Bryan
Very truly,
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