The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-07-18
The Denver Convention.

Wllllam' Alien Wnlte, VINO sprans
into fame in 1896 because of his
What's the Matter With Kansas?"
editorial, has been reporting the re-
cent national conventions for a syndi-
cate Of newspapers. From Denver.
July 6, he writes of the democratic
convention, in part, as follows:
This is a convention crowd wherein
the barbaric yawp which Walt Whit
man speaks of is the keynote. In the
Republican convention was the still
small voice of Roosevelt in the hearts
of hypnotized delegation. In this
convention the only trouble will be in
COMPRISING the snort Of the unterri-
fed into polite language. II it is
charged that in its platform the Re-
publican convention didn't mean all it
said, it may be pretty sure that this
convention will not say all it means.
The average conservative citizen to
whom squatting in cold bath tub Of
water Is startling adventure. will
take no comfort in the two platforms
of the great parties this year.
For the Democratic platform will be
dictated by Bryan, he Is the conven.
ton, ''the bo'sun tight. the midship's
mite and the crew of the Nancy Brig.
And as between the platform which
satisfies Mr.. Roosevelt and the plat.
form which pleases Mr.. Bryan. the on
ly question which occurs to the con
SENTATIVE citizen is shall law-defying
wealth be turned down or blown up
That is the choice between the parties
To him the Republican convention
was an assemblage of firebrands anG
this is a gathering Of dynamiters.
Still 1t was calm here today unit
Oklahoma lit. The Oklahomans came
with a band and procession. and
when they arrived at their hotel the!
had speeches and pow-wowing and fol
a few moments there was u sound o.
revelry by night which made Jim Han
Lewis with his pale pink whiskers ant
his sky blue hat band, who was the
most audible thing in the town. sinl
into silence sweeter than summer
night.
But when Oklahoma disintegratet
the loud roar Of Mr.. Lewis haber
dashery rose above the din and mo-
even the white fiannels Of the south
ern delegates, the broad hats Of the
Texans nor the iridescent breath o.
Tammany could Quell Mr.. Lewis. 1
the Republican convention had it,
steam roller, Mr.. Jim Ham Lewis II
the sartorial fog horn of this moinen
tous occasion. And he Is no sion:
peak Of Darien" either. There are 9th
ers. This gathering OF the great plai,
lpeepul is certainly clothes congress
There are more high hats. silurial
and post-itertiery formation at this
uprising of the oppressed than evel
assembled west Of the Mississippi be-
fore. If this thing is going to con
tinue when the bastile falls In this
country and the guillotine takes NJ
its work. the mob that greets plutoc'
racy will look those panoramas Of
fashion beginning with the Goths ant
ending ON Fifth avenue that used tc
adorn the tailor shops Of the countries
in the eighties.
But declaration of independence In
clothes merely expresses the unfet.
tered. uncombed and unterrified soul
Bryan dominates but he does not con-
troll. No one controls. He has nc
lieutenants. There is no card index
in the situation. There is no boss
no sub-boss to system here. There is
not the semblance of a machine. The
congressional crowd is glad to be
talive with license to breathe regu-