Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-03-18

"The Map of Bryanism" Unfair,
Says MIR. Hitchcock

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Congressman Hitchcock OF n :
hraska has written 70 the New
York World this letter
To tie Editor of The World [,
Complying with your invitation to
express my opinion on your PAM
chlet "Jhe Nap Of Bryanism," |
advise you that 1t strikes nee as
cunning but unfair. For that rea-
son it's influence among well.ln.
formed people is ret likely to be
great.
The contrast between the map
tof 1892 and 1895 purports TO chow
a d. line of democracy, but that
decline had OCCURRED in l6S4-twO
years before Bryan becsme the
Democratic leader. TO make fai
showing your first map hcuic
represent 1894 a. d not 1892. Com
pared with 1894, which Was the
last campaign under the old Dem
ocratic regime, the 1886 map wOfld
show considerable gain in Democ-
racy.
To suppress the nap of 1894
strikes me as trick unworthy Of a
greft paper like the World.
Again, you suppress the map of
1904. which if published would
show the immense deficiency of De
mocracy ia that year under a reac-
tionary leader as compared either
with 1895 or 1900 under Bryan.
The map OF 1907, moreover. lie
gross misrepresentation | have
read day by day your editorial
efforts TO show Bryan's weaknesses.
Let me give you several PROPOSE
tions 10 consider:
First No Democrat ever pOlled
as many votes ss Bryan received
IN. 1896, with most of the great
leaders playing traitor. with most
Of the great newspapers against
him, with practically no campaign
fuEd tc meet the nflliO! at the
Republican disposal.
Secohd-In 1900 he practically
held / is enormous popular follow
ing against q highly popular pres
ident running fer reelection after
a successful war and aided by the
full dinner pail and another gres
corruktiO fund.
Third In those campaigns he
ran better in Ohio against Chio's
favOrite son than PARKER did
against Roosevelt III 1904. he ran
better 10 New York in 1900 against
Mckinley than Parker, New YOrk's
tavorite sen, did against Roosevelt
in 1904. He polled more votes in
the great debatable states of Indi
ana, Illinois, and ONO than any
Democratic candidate before or
since. He carried. n ore Republican
states in 1868 than any Democrat
ever carried, and nearly as many in
1900. He was beaten in some Dem
ocratic states by the use of a cor
ruption fund contributed by the
very rem end interests later de-
nounced by the World but then
working with the World.
Your objection to Bryan can not
+ ossibly be his weakness, because
the figures show his strength. Nor
can sou hope to defeat him for
nomination, because that is prac
tically assured fact. The only con
structlon which can be placed on
your ATTITUDE Is that you Know tie
is TO be non mated and you pro-
pose to do the cause of Democracy
all the dana, you can while POS.
ing as its supporter, because your
power to injure will 6e reduced
when you appear H. your true llght
as its foe during the campaign. As
a newspaper man | lave always
entertained the greatest admlra-
ton for the World and it's remrrk.
abe publisher, anc | am ct 4 loss
to understand the motives for the |
seemingly Insane crusade which IL
now carries on against Bryan.
G.. NJ. HTCHCOCK,
NJ. c., Second Nebraska District.
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