The Washington herald., 1908-08-10
POLITICAL COMMENT.

is mild as milk Il says;
The most salient thing OF the cam /
psign thus far IS the amazing lack Of in I
terest in Bryan and Organism No one l
seems excited in favor Of either-no one |
seems excited against either. Whereas /
twelve and even eight years ago men |
were shaking their fists in one anotEer's |
faces and the country was turned into a I
vast debating school. now there is listless /
indifference Bryan IS not able to stir up
his friends, nor is he able to stir 20 his I
enemies. His candidacy does not SHOW
greater signs Of life than did the candi- I
dacy Of Judge Parker at this time four
years ago. What has become. then, Of
Bryau's popularity. Of which there was
so much talk before his nomination. The
man himself is as mild as milk. and his
supporters seem wrapped IN stupor-~
The Fl Paso Herald declares that all Of
the strength developed by the Independ-
ence League viii be drawn from the
Democratic party. It says:
William R. Hearst is the man TO whom
Bryan publicly addressed himself through
the Commoner and otherwise, seeking
Hearst's assistance in the pending cam
paign. Hearst and his newspapers in the
past have been amOng Bryan's strongest
allies. When Bryan and Hearst last
week. were stopping az the same. hoteL
and Bryan sent friends 10 Hearst seeking
an interview. Hearst sent back word that
ne had no time 10 spare. and the two men
did not meet or shake hands. Frank
Hitchcock. chairman of the Republican
National Committee. found time 20 make
a social call on Bryan. but Hearst worse
than ignored him-he fouted him The
breach between the two Is complete
"One thing IS sure: The Independence
League viii draw no votes from the Re
publican party in this election The split
viii simply reduce Bryan's popular vote
and lose him, perhaps. a State OF two he
might otherwise gain.
The New York Mail declares that Hr
Gompers has overlooked many things in
his attacks on the Republican party. and
IT declares that that party is responsible
for all the favorable labor legislation. Il
says.
-'AH the labor legislation on the statute
books Of the nation is Republican iegisia-
ton
Practically ali the labor legislation on
the statute books OF the States three or
four Commonwealths excepted is Repub-
/ lican legislation
The States that have resisted legisla-
/ ton prohibiting or restricting child labor
Z are Democratic States
The states where child labor Is most
widely employed are Democratic States
| "-PeonaRe-fhe legal slavery Of Iaborers
/ in debts confined 20 Democratic states.
] The farming out Of convict labor 20
/ contractors is confined 60 Democratic
/ States
The contention that the lot of the
I Southern slave was preferable 20 that Of
I the free Northern laborer was a Demo-
/ cratic contention
The attempt 20 cut the laborer's wage
/ in two by cutting the value Of the dollar
/ In two was a Democratic and Bryauife
| move. As benjamin Harrison put 3d..
/ The first dirty errsnd OF dirty dollar is
I 10 cheat the workingman-
! The New York Globe thinks that Nr
/ Bryan is displaying undue saEerness %
I get into the thick OF the campaign. and
! Ignoring Mr- Tafrs tendency 90 wordl-
ness takes a fling az 8ir Bryan's
l loqUacity- II says
The anxiety that Mr.. Bryan displays
I TO get into the campaign and 20 run
/ about making speeches betrays that be
realizes that things are not going well
I His pulses beat somewhat with hope
hItL le4e safes to ana from lHe GNtrFer
convention ns1tered his vanity. but since
enthusiasm has somewhat oozed- Re
ports come from Lincoln that DE d0esn z
Ike the way Eastern Democratic p0liti-
clans are sctiug-particularly their in
/ tiTatiOn that the party viii be stronger
il Mr. BryaH defers rather than hastens
his visit Possessed OF the orat1rical
temperament, and stiu believing IN the
| compelling power OF his smile. M
Bryan constantly mutJers- 'Het me get
at the voters While Mr. Taft at a
summer resort is calmly putting IN his
time improving his golf game. Mr. Bryan
Is chaing under the keep still advice
that is reaching him from many quar-
teTs. Il IS needless 10 say that sooner
OF later the tether viii be broken. A
loquacious man is not 20 be argued into
silence"
The New York Times tanks that with
Gov Cummins. Of Iowa, succeeding Sena-
tor Allison in the Senate radicaIism Sc
cures another recruit Il says
''Radicalisrn in the Senate. II is believed
viii secure another recruit in the election
Of Gov. Cummins, of Iowa, 70 succeed the
late Senator Allison Mr. la Toilette ad-
mires Gov. Cummins who is expected q
help him. as the new Kansas Senator will
help him, in making all possible trouble
l In radical States primaries may be eX-
pected 10 bring forth fruits OF radicalism
! but owing 10 the large number Of con
servatives stiu remaining IN the Senate
the people OF the radical States and OF the
! country viii not be permitted to enjoy
the full flavor Of these fruits possibly not
Tor some years TO come II might BE-
better If the radicals could come into
r power at once. in order that we might
/ sooner be done with an era Of popular
, madness, and set about the work Of per.
manentiy rebuilding what has been de
stroyed.
The New York Evening Post think!
5 that in perfecting his campaign eontribu
= ton plan Mr.. Bryan has borrowed tn,
wisdom Of the corporation magnate-
says,
To perfect his campaign contribution
. scheme. Mr.. Bryan has borrowed the Wis
dom OF the depraved corporation mag
nate. The latter likes 20 have a grea
many small investors for his partners
It is SO many ardent supporters gainet
when the President RACES and the publ,
!. nourishes violent thoughts And thus Mr.
Bryan Every man who responds 10 IN,
: Commoner's want 'ad-' and brings in hi
humble dollar. changes thereby int.
something more than a mere Democratic
voter He turns ardent disciple and in
strument- He has given the pledge. ans
where his wealth is there VIII be hi
heart The party becomes not only
a means TO political ends. but a great end 81
7 itself, when it develops into a vast con
a gregation. which the plain people run 70
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