The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01
Lettsy. to The Editor
MR .wALKER PERCY.

Replacs to Cxa4lelsn of Himecn ant Some Other Democrats.
 Editor The Advertiser. have read with interest rhs article from The Montgomery Journal, luo!cc in this mornings Age-Herald, Tn wnlcI The Journal recommends the 'eIee 1l
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 ion of some other nominee for Presi, dent than William Jennings Bryan. oi an editorial in The Mobile ReSister
 a sn ae.s :h. The ssnar of to my especial consideration.
 The Mobile Register edtt?riaily states that anti-Bryan delegates in tne Democratic Convention or tnis s, Stass useful nor ornamental: and that the State Convention is pledged in advance to MT Bryan; that Bryanism and Ala. bama Dsmccracy % mean the as ssrminrhs samS ums m who do not approve of MT; Brynn nomination must organize independent of the Democratic Party ana pleaa z MT. Brvan from the outside; ana nv,nni. ,na.
 'Si The Ase-Hsraid Of the same date. publishes dispatch from Washington in which Southern Democrauc G1us GWs will send | delegation from our State instructed for MT. Bryan, but they VII also be instructed to vote for plat form on which there can be no Demo- Den@- inent in the party believe there should be a repudiation of government owner ship and the initiative and referendum.
 If 1t Is true. as stated by The Reg racy mean the same thing. thous- ands of thoughtful and earnest Demo cratic voters of Alabama will want 10 know what Bryanism means If Bry- what is .ryanism? Some years ago 1t was the free coinage of silver on the basis of 16 to 1. More recently 1t was government ownership of railroads and listic and radical departure From the form of representative government de- vised bv the founders of the Ameri- can Constitution. MT. Bryans poitu- financial problem of the day. is the guarantee by the United States Govern fnent of deposits amounting to twelve billions of dollars in all of the national some of the things that BryanisIn has meant. In addition, 1t has meant the domination for more than q decade or a great party by g brilliant man who ference of opinion: who believes Gas The Register has stated) that Bryan ism is Democracy. and that no Demo- crat. however able, useful and high minded he may be. Is entitled to parti- nniess he has a catholic faith in the truth and wisdom of all the policies which MT. Bryan has sadvocated ana ism ny and Democracy are synonymous, then thousands of citizens who thought they were Democrats because they De. lieyed in the teachings of Jefferson and Jackson ana ,l in nave ne to eonsidsr anew whether they are still Democrats with each fresh theory from the infaiiibie leader.
 1t may be. as stated by The Register. that Bryan is invincible within the party. 1t Is certainly true that he has not been invincible in his appeals as . nominee of the party to the voters or the United States. It would seem to A man who is not merely invincihle within the party, but for a man who may win in the country, and whose nomination will tend to strengthen ana build up tho party. In isss & MT: 5rysn,s ,,s party. and in the subsequent campaign he apparently stirred the nation. In 1900 Mir. Bryan and the party lost ground. If 1t is true that<the occupa- man for more than two terms is a menace to. the welfare of the nation. that Nthe nomination of one man by great party for more than
  to be a great menace to the welfare ana prosperity of that party.
 It is unfortunate, if true. as stated by The Register, that the State Conven- ion is pledged in advance to Mir. Bryan. Discussion and counsel among Demo- crats in advance of the Convention would seem to be valuable in the se- lection of . nominee. In advance f titled to their opinions as to who the nominee should be. and should have the courage to express them. While 1t is disappointing to those of us here who believe in the selection of some ether nominee than MT. William Jennings Bryan, and the expression of our opinion should earn the disapproval of The Mobile Register, this deplcrable result will not deter us from express ing to the voters of Jefferscn County our conviction that, Mir. Bryans nom ination would result in still further weakening the party; would result In defeat for Mir. Bryan next November; and would prolong the financial dla- smoke-stacks in Jefferson County and thrown out of employment thousands of our best wage-earners. We believe MT. Bryan's nomination would infiict a ersct ers ssiarisd men upon aHs susi ness men of Jefferson Countyr in common with practically all other citi- zens of the United States. If Bryanism IS OeluOCTdTys Lne pEospSGb tOL US SuS- cess will not tend to restoration Of business confidence; and tc the SoutlI- ern Democratic Congressman who Is quoted in The Age-Herald as advocat- ing the nomination of MT. Bryan on a platform repudiating government owp- ership and the initiative and referen- dunn. l would say that 1t would be a cowardly /straddle to nominate Bryan on an anti-Bryan platform. If MT. Bryan is nominated he will be his own platform and will win or lose upon his own personality. l am opposed to Mr. Bryan. opposed to his platform; and opposed to his over-shadowing in.lu- ence upon the Democratie Party. IS a Democrat shall exercise the privilege of expressing these sentiments until Mir. Bryans nomination, which The Mobile Register so confidently predj IS. If he is nominated. '>lieve he should be nominated squarely upon a platform of his own making. and when he has the party's endorsement he will com- mand my vote.
 Walker Percy.
 SuE9estiOn-As To Lawyers.
 Editor The Advertiser:
 It looks like we have been throw ing away good money to get up rail- road bills. What the State needs for the fourth chapter of 1907 legislation. is a lawyer.
 know of two lawyers that will fill the bill" With a great deal of con. ndence I suggest Thomas Watson--wtth