Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-08-24
WORLD DECLARES FOR BRYAN.
Its Argument-The Necessity for an
 Opposition Party.


 The World has sharply disagreed with MT Bryan and the democratic party in the past. It has upheld them whenever they represented true democracy. It has opposed their populism and socialism. It has noth- ing to retract, defend or excuse. In common with the democratic mil lions, as distinguished from the democratic politicians, 1t responds now to the merits and demands of d cause rather than to the claims of any man or any machine.
 Independently and firmly, volun- tarily and conscientiously, and with keen appreciation of its own re- sponsibility to the public, the World, confronted on one side by Roosevelt ism and Roosevelt's, proxy and on the other by democracy and MT Bryan, has no hesitation in saying that within the limits of true dem ocracy, the democratic ticket is enti- tied to the full democratic vote.
 There are blanks in the demo- cratic platform which we repu1late now as always. There are phases of MT Bryan's career and there are articles in his political creed of ! which we disapprove now as always, but in the essentials of opposition to Rooseveltism we are in hearty ac- cord with the democratic platform.
 In these things party and candi- date have come openly to the World s historic position, to the Worlds well known principles, to the Worlds op- position to republicanism-opp to privilege and plutocracy.
 It is because the World is a truly independent journal that it can do no less than acknowledge this fact and act accordingly. By coming to the Worlds position-the true dem ocratic position-in these matters party and candidate have lost favor with populists, socialists and inde- pendence leaguers. It is an impress sive fact that most of the extremists, now following the leadership of men like Watson, Debs and Hearst, have turned upon a party and candidate no longer subject to their influence.
 Stripped of it's false and mischief breeding alliances and no longer at- tempting to reconcile democracy with semi-socialism, or with pater- nalistic populism, or with any other form of crazy radicalism, the demo- cratic party appears to have re'ov- cred to considerable degree from it's long infatuation and to be once more in position to render efficient service to the republic. Without scanning 1t too closely for imperfec- tions we believe that it deserves en- couragement and is entitled to demo- cratic sympathy and support.
 The democratic platform and nom inee are sound in their opposition to jingoism and Roosevelt's war conjur- ing spirit, in their demand for pub licity for campaign contributions and expenditures, in their repudiation of centralization through constructive jurisprudence" in their hostility to our wretched, bloody and costly ex- pertinent in imperialism in the Phil ippines, in their insistence upon gen uine tariff reform and in their call for retrenchment of reckless and ruinous national expenditures. On all of these things the republican platform and candidate are either hopelessly wrong or silent or evesive.
 If We dislike irresponsible person. al government, government by de- nunciation, executive usurpation and popularized war spirit and profligacy we must have a real and an effective democratic opposition, a strong popu- lar protest against the party in power and a vote of confidence in the principles and aspirations of democracy against plutocracy.-New York World.