The daily Alaskan., 1908-07-10
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rated as 8 democratic paper, but never as an organ, have from it's earliest be- giunings been interesting on national political questions. Assuming, as most anybody could these many days back, that Bryan would be the choice at Den yer, the Sun reviewed the situation recently aud. now that Bryan has actu- ally become the nominee and the lines are definitely drawn, it is worth while to look at the other side as it appears through the eyes O, this authority. The SUu says:
 ,Mr. Taft, ia spite of his great abil- Ity and great qualifications for the pres idency, is anything but inviucible, ex- ceps as Bryan and Bryanjsm makes him so. Tbo financial, business and iu' dustrial situation alone might be de- cislve against him were he confronted with a united opposition that could command public confidence. There is DO heavier burden for Q party to carry than the reversal from prosperity to to hard times; bu, ,c is Mir. Bryan and not NIr. Tat. who stands iu tho public mind as the very apostle Of hard times. There cau be no amoIioration Of the condition oithe poor without the res ,orntiOa of confidence. There cau be no work for the unemployed without the restoration of confidence. The res ,oratiou of confidence must extend to business men, manufacturers, capital is,s, yes, even 90 the corporation which employs large numbers Of men. These elements, however little they may like Taft, are definitely more afraid Of Bryan.
 "Ths business and industrial situa- ton needs peace: or, as Mr, Cleveland said, i, needs 'reasswauce.' How many business men believe that Mir. Bryau's election would make for such reassurauc5: I,elected what could he do during the next four years excsp, to increase the industrial and financial disturbance The inevitable conflict between Mir. Bryan aud the senate would only sdi fuel to the Ire. A con- Hict with the house Of representatives would only mass matters worse. With democratic president ike Gov. John A. Johnson, who has shown that he can work narmoaiously with repub- Iicau legislature for the public welfare, the situation would be altogether differ. ent. Mr. Bryau's clec.jeu would only make confusion worse con,ouuled.
 "UuIOrtuaa.e'y for Mr. Bryan, the situation Is no, greatly unlike that of 1896. He cannot possibly escape from his own recorl-frcs silver at I5 to l, the attack oa the United States supreme court. government ownership of railroads, tbe initiative and retereu- dun and the long program of half- baked populis.ic and semi-sociaIistic false reforms, II he had ten times the virtues he possessas-aud we have the highest regard for Mir. Bryan's virtues -hs is DO. available in this particular situation to represent the yearnings and hunger oi labor, the suTerings of the manufacturer or the mute appeal of 100000 empty freight cars.
 "The very people be appeals to, the men out Of work, will discover, when the campaign develops, the common sense reason Of the business situation and the fact tha, it is for their interest to vote for a renewal Of prosperity, for unemployment, for better wages, for steady jobs, all depending on peace, confidence and credit, not on mers de- nunclation aud class hatred.
 "TEe plain question, then, is this. If hard times become still harder be- fore election day, who to the man out of work will seem the more likely to se-