Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-12-18

THE Ram HAS. NOT CHANGED
I. The Issue Before The Country 10 Bryan
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The Issue Bsfore The Country u Hrya,
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The nominal ton of Mr.. Bryan 81
conservative" platform Is the out
come of the Denver convention thus
far. says the Boston Transcript Speak
ing with reference to recent develop
ments, tits not surprising In anyao 8,
its aspects. Mr.. Bryan Is the same
man in different garments. he has
put on for the occasion those which
If not. the, Il habiliments of "a straight
out conservative, are Of much Less
radical cut than Id 1893 Or 1900. we
do, not know yet whether his Iconserva.
tive tailor has; quite got, his figure o,
the wayina which. the garments will
be- worn: His PERSONAL ne 60 radi
cal that It will require great self re
straint Seor him to parade the; country
gracefully IN the guise Of disguise d
a conservative. = 5st9 S'.
The platfoFm, as has been pointed
ont in our Denver DISPATCHER bearss iu
many points striking resemblance to
that Of the Republicans, That is ia
ray. there are planks which, IL noa
identical in language. are In sympathy
with those on the same subjects adopt
.ed Ghieago Thisnisss Heyidenssat
tempt to catch some OF, R0ossyelt'a
popularity, and when wei reaInssho
frequently, great parties try 20 steal
what they consider the good things; Of
another, the; departure i: not nevel *IA
fact, tho whole tenor of the proceed.
ings at Denver has been an EFFORT te
show that 4 Roosevelt and Bryan ale
very much alike, especially Bryan.ss5
The country lis not likely, we; be-
Meve, to be misled by this scheme. The
net has been spread not only openly
but with ostentation, by fowler &C
-companied by brass bands: In the
loud asides of thousand delegates the
public is notified that the Organized
Democracy is going to be conserva-
tive for this campaign at least The
change Is too sudden. MIR: Bryan az
a political leader not without certain
cunning may have undergone a change
Of head, but not a change Of heart In
all the essentials Of character he, H. the
same man as he was in 1895, when he
advocated free silver, and in 1900, when
he for the second time crossed weapons
with Mckinley.
=, The people of the United States
when they come to compare the two
conservative platforms and the two
candidates will naturally and proper,
~ prefer the conservatism that 10 he
reditary in policies to the conservatism
adopted at the eleventh hour by
party which, In an effort to populaFize
itself, summarily cast aside the record
Of its candidate and the planks Of ita
platform which in the last twelve yearz
have given it its most distinct claim
to individuality.
That Mr.. Bryah's devices may catch
some wandering and uncertain voters
is to be expected, but the great masa
of independents are likely to realize
that Mr.. Bryan and the Organized
Democracy are the same as they were
In 1896 and again in 1900. Doubtless
special pleas suited to the exigencaea
of the moment will be used to supple
ment the Denver platform, but these
will be put forward in such a way al,
to Illustrate the Democratic sense 81
the necessity Of making urgent and
ingenious appeals to Offset the effect
that the incubus Of Organism places
upon the party. The Issue is plain
before the people of the country, SO
plain that the hastiest of wayfarine
men may read it, and the duty Of right
thinking citizens is equally plain-to
sustain that great organization which
maintained the honor and integrity Of
the nation against Bryan in 1896, when
he first appeared on the public stage,
not, as now, a quasi-conseryative, but
as radical of radicals, the most I'M.
presidential candidate that ever sought
the presidency.
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