The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-09
WattersOn on Bryan.


of the political situation, Henry Watterson said in
the Courier Journal:
Said eminent democratic editor of the south
Atlantic seaboard, We'll beat him." meaning BRYAN,
for the nomination. don't you doubt it." And
replied, suppose you do beat him, what will YOU
get for your victory, except repetition of 1904?
The New York newspapers Astounding in concet
and ignorance suffering from both provncalism and
landlordisnl-some of them Parnell used TO saw of
Ireland, from absentee land1ordism"-are at this
time especially misleading and unfair They have
acquired the anti-Bryan habit, and, seeing nothing
the other side of Jordan, jersey it mpossi-
bic for them to adjust themselves to actual con-
ditionS and the rest of the country. They imagine
that money will do all things, and think that as New
York has the money, New York should and will dom
mate all things. AS consequence of this delusion
both parties in the Empire state have dropped into
the lowest depths of depravty-and very stupid de-
pravity the republicans in alliance with
Hearst whom the head of the national adminstra-
ton, himself great New Yorker has stigmatized an
anarchist and assassin, the democrats fallen
under the mud-spell of Murphy and Corners.
1t will be remembered that twelve months ago.
when the Courier Journal set out to try to organize
within the democratic party volume of opinion
sufficiently strong to impress Mr. Bryan and his friends
that it wiser of him to play Warwick than king
its purpose was not to divide but to unite the party
1t weary of factonism. It yearned for old
fashioned democratic brotherhood and an od-fash-
Toned democratic victory Mr.. Bryan declined to see
it. He refused to be impressed, and with good
reason, because the effort of the Courier Journal
ce1ved no answering voice.
The entire summer and autumn were wasted on
tomfooling about "a dark horse" Did he have a
mustache, wired Scott Bone? Was this blond or
brunette! joined in the chorus Then it leaked out
that the democrat in reserve was the governor of
Minnesota and iterating line in famous old play,
we had deal OF guy1ng, which may have been hum
orous but was certainly il-timed about "a party by
the name of Johnson"
1t grew triAe tiresome. Except to an angel it
would have been exasperating Yet it seemed dem
ocracy Governor Johnson declared himself out of it.
So did Governor Folk. So did Senator Culberson
The CourerJourna put in for the costs and left
to hold empty bag. Naturally it threw up its
hands in disgust and took to the woods And them
Why, then, right out of the open mouth of Wall
street, came stentorian voice, johnson"
What chance would Johnson have over the dead
body OF Bryan? What chance would Johnson have
carrying Wall street tag? What chance would
Johnson have using the undemocratic twothirds rule
to defeat the will of the majority, and that at the
behest of the east defying the west and working the
south?
The thought is preposterous
But cry the weak of faith echoing the strong
of purse Bryan cannot be elected" Let look in
to this lick two. [ think I have said
things along that line myself All that could be fair
y said inteigenty said, have tried to say that
with the factions of the and west hating each
other worse than they hate the republicans, the
representatives of neither faction could be elected
Either faction might beat the other. Hence Mr.
Bryan could not hope to we'll in the debatable
states as some one else to be agreed n-Johnson
see reason to change this opin-
on
Mark the sequel. The time has passed for Some
me ese, Mr. Bryan retaining the field; it is too late
or ''some one else'' the conditions what they
md confess that [ am in sympathy with Bryan in
efrsing to be ruled off the track by group of
New York newspapers, whose motives are to say
he least of them, suspicious, which will support no
icket except one framed by themselves, and which
10 not agree with another touching the ticket
o be named. Whatever his claims may be, or may