Evening journal., 1907-12-16
The Problem Of 1908.

Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Throughout the Republic there is a
feeling among the great common peo-
pie that the newspapers have ceased to
be newspapers That the press in
general, particularly the city papers,
are simply organs Of promoting wealth
and 1t is largely true. In recent
magazine article discussed the sub
ieot under the title of The Reason Of
the Press" In that article 1 said as
a general proposition it may be truth
fully said the city press is simply a
prostitute, as much the property Of
predatory wealth as is their lap dog
or automobile. But there are a few
honorable exceptions. Here and there
we find a city paper that is true to the
people, and il Is a pleasure to mo to
place THE EVENING JOURNAL of
Wilmington in that list Ct newspapers.
All political parties are in process Of
dissolution. Nay. we have ceased to
have political parties as far as the
bosses" of the old parties are con-
cerned. Can any one point out the
difference between the Democracy of
George Baer and the Republicanism Of
what Is the difference between the
Democracy Of Bayard, Bancroft, Gray,
Ford. Salisbury, etc, and the Re-
publicanism of Lea. dupont and Co.
The bosses Of both machines are ad-
vocates of special privilege. They hate
and fear President Roosevelt. There
is only one man they hate and fear
more and he is William j. Bryan.
IT would be laughable if it were not
SO serious to read the utterances OF
pseudo Democrats of Philadelphia as
Donnally and Ryan, of such Democrats
OF New York as Judge OBrien and
McCarren, of such Democrats in Will
mngton who rant OF nominating Judge
Gray for the Presidency. Are these
men stupid. or do they fancy the peo-
pie stupid? Now a question. What is
the matter with the Democratic
League of Wilmington is it dead
Why doesn't the League speak? Has
the league been "doped?" The Demo-
cratic League was formed TO support
Bryan and Bryan Democracy. Why
this silence? II is hardly necessary for
me to say / am not opposing Judg,
! Gray personally The Judge is an sX-
cellent citizen. scholar. and all that
/ but Judge GRAY is not a Democrat
neither is Bayard nor any of The
boomers Of Judge Gray. They were
all false to Democracy IN 1906 They
have chosen their path Let then
get into the camp of special privilege
Now, although 1 am away from home
1 stiu retain NV business and politica
/
notice on the Gray boomers and thu
Democratic League that if by an,
chance Judge Gray should be nomi
mated on the Democratic ticket an,
the idea is absurd. I shall organize
Jemersonian Democratic League in Del
aware that shall fight him on thu
! stump and at the polls. and I asser
that Judge Gray win not carry his owl
State. William J. Bryan will be III
| Democratic candidate Tor President, o.
If not Bryan then some genuine Demo
crat who will stand for the people.
do not believe Theodore will accept thu
Republican nomination. but I do be
lieve he will see to it that a man VIII
stands for the people viii head the Re
publican ticket. and between such
| tdNulNdlt on lne DtiNetiuAiC lADhtt a.
Judge Gray and a Republican of tn
Roosevelt stripe the Republican tickle
win be elected by millions. The reigi
of plutocracy Of special privilege, 81
railroad presidents and their kind o
gross. vulgar, ignorant upstarts, ma
tive and foreign born, whose onl
titles to recognition is money, is abou
to end. The campaign of 1908 is OF
The control of the House of Repre-
sentatives is all important. Let tn
farmers of Delaware unite on som
man that represents Them and see t
it that he is nominated for Congress
in the Republican convention. Let tn
workmen of Wilmington unite on som
man who represents them and see
1t that he is nominated in the Demo
cratic. convention. Then whichevs
side wins the producers will have
representative on the floors of Cor
gress. Let the corporation lackey
the legal parasites and the parvenu
money bags STAY at home.
Yours truly,
John M. Dorney.
Wilmington. December Ia.