The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-12

of fact, brought out by you-can unite
all h elements necessary to elect,
who will sweep the country against
anybody the Republicans can put up
in 1908"
This is all we have said. We stand
to it. We undertake to boom nobody
far less anybody at Mr.. Bryan's ex-
pense. 1t is not we wno would play
the part of Warwick. 1t is Mr.. Bryan
we would have play it, in the event
that he has the least distrust of him
self.
The man we have in mind is close
to Mr.. Bryan. He is a typical Ameri-
can. He has made his mark deep up
on the popular mind and heart of a
region thence we must derive our
outlying strength to win. He is clean
able. approved, loyal, against whom
no element, or faction, il the Demo
cratic party-nor any reasonable Re
publican element dissatisfied with it's
own party-could offer the smallest
objection; as good a man for the De
mocrats as Hughes of New York, is
conceded to be for the Republicans;
and our belief is that he can defeat
even Hughes, n insure us a Demo
cTdIlc Victory next year.
In the matter of a m~oustache, there
is controversy, but his hair is not yet
touched with gray.
ii.
A single year in American politics
sometimes works a miracle, and m
times a revolution.
When, last summer, Mr.. Bryan re-
turned from foreign lands to his own
nativity to receive a welcome which
was national in character, it seemed
to us that the road before him was
broad and open and led straight to
the White House. According to our
old-fashioled ways of thinking he had
but to turn his back upon the past
his face toward the future-taking the
present as he found ito make his
calling and election sure.
The whole party was ready to rally
o him.. The country was getting
sick of spectacular politics of the ov-
er-strenuous variety. If Mr.. Bryan
could have seen his way to letting
we'll enough alone,-there being is
a-plenty in hand without going
to the bush for new ones-Ae would
then and there hav shown his states
ma1ship as good as his oratory.
This he was unable to do. Another
the Baptist, a second Ignacius
10y dAd L. Wdo 4AS I'LL " 4 o1Ouu |
in the wilderness, the rather a propa-
grandist than a practical politician.
him, Railroad Ownership was a spe
cific and he said SOTO him the n
and the Referendum are spe-
cities, and he says so-being an hon
man, why shouldn't he? TIC us,
and to a very great body of people
especially in the Sputh-none of them
seems to be a specific; a~ssuredly they
and, still an old-timer in our notions,
we would have had Mr.. Bryan lead us
no bridges until we come to
them.
Here rises a certain friction be-
,ween Mr.. Bryan and myriads of De-
He thinks, or appears to
.hink. this difference an issue of con-
involving right and duty. We
.hink it simply a matter of circum-
n discretion; he essential
o the ultimate point we aim at be-
the unificatiOn of all the elements
If opposition to the Republican party
ind stand-pat Rep~ublicanism, to the
Roosevelt hierarchy n Big-stick
.2ooseveltism.
Who is to decide? Mr.. Bryan may
re right and we be wrong. Oldfash-
o1ed prudence may a become newt
ashioned imprudence, and vice versa.
Nevertheless, we can see the situation
'nly the n way, that it will take all
he Democrats who went astray in
500, and a good many Republicans
to win 1ext ear and hence :
We but C Mr.. Bryan himself when p,
We say TIA if the party can find a !
nan who is likely to get votes !
han he is likely to get, it should no. !
innate that man. 8
We have an entire yea to look :
bout us and to consider this question :
n all its bearings and belongings. ;
We should not only consider it careful :
p~rayerfully and dispassionately, !
as the friends and not the enc :
MES of Mr.. Bryan; for the reason that =
IT. Bryan and his friends can defeat :
nytAing the party does or attempts .
D do. which is not agreeable to them ;
elves. This is a simple fact. On the :
hreshold we concede it. =
IN the case of Mr.. Bryan, if he be /
ne nominee year, he becomes :.
is own platform. With the many is
ues embodied by Mr.. Bryan within
imself, whence are the indispensable =
endorsements to come? In 1889 :
Lr. Clay stood to the Wing party :
cry much where Mr.. Bryan stands 10 g
ay to the Democratic party. But. !.
IT CLAW like Mr. Rrvau had sustain q