Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-04-24
Friday. April "a, 1908.
NEW YORK THUGGERY.

A good deal Of cheap hurrahlng mas
been INDUCED in by so called conserva-
tive newspapers protesting Democracy
because New York did not instruct for
Mr.. Bryan. Nobody expected New
York to instruct for Mr.. Bryan. New
York makes a boast that she never in
structs. But Mr.. Bryan had many
friends in that convention. They were
in the minority, however, but no other
candidate had any, so far as heard
from. Those who were opposed to Mr..
Bryan were not for johnson, or Gray,
or any Of the other tail enders. They
were simply opposed to MI. Bryan and
are going to the convention with the
determination to do all they can to de-
feat him, honorably or dishonorably,
not because they do not think he is the
strongest candidate but because they
want him defeated. They can name
no candidate who has any following
except Mr.. Bryan, and yet they stand
up and say that Mr.. Bryan cannot car
~ New York, hence cannot be elected.
No other talked Of candidate can carry
his own State in the convention much
less in the general election. Gray could
not carry Delaware. How Illuminating
it must be for candidate to expect to
carry the United States who cannot
carry little one horse State like Del
aware, and his own State at that.
They have the same way Of choking
off minorities in Delaware that we
have resorted to in Virginia. They
adopted the UNIT RULE, TINS smoth-
ering the Bryan delegates. This Will
happen in Virginia we apprehend'
Mr.. johnson cannot carry his own
State, Minnesota. Mr.. Bryan will dl-
vide that vote. But the gag law in the
shape of the Unit Rule will be resorted
to there we suppose and the Bryan
element of that delegation squelched
It remains to be seen whether the
National convention will not break the
Unit Rule and allow the delegates t(
be counted in States split as to thell
candidate. 1t requires no two-third'
vote to do this, and we apprehend Thu
will be done if the minority grows sau
CIV. Then we shall see where Delaware
Minnesota and many other States stand
But New York, the State about which
there has been so much blatherskltlnl
as to Mr.. Bryan not carrying it, will
not adopt the unit rule. They q
things differently up there. They he'll
one Of the most wild, unruly, and dis
graceful conventions ever held. The.
threw the Bryan men out, by system
of thuggery that has not been equalle
in any convention ever held, but whic
is not new to New Workers in bushes
as well as politics. The conduct of tia
body toward McCarren who was fairl
elected as Bryan delegate, was oil
graceful in the extreme. New York
not State that either party can rel
on. 1t goes in for the Doodle. Tan
many, the supposed Democratic organ
ization OF New York city, is nothin
but organization held together by tt
spoils Of that city. When these a
nested the Nation can go to the DO
vows, and the Tammany leaders the
put their strength "where it will c
o. the most good" 1t is possible for M
Bryan to win without New York an
if he should win in the National ele
ton without it, it might teach Jesse
to set of trust magnates of the Ryal
Belmont stamp of political renegade
which would be very wholesome, "
hope it can be accomplished