The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-07-07


party managers either local national; the contrary
nearly the whole weight Of official influence within his party
has been against him Being of office he could
o the powers OF patronage patronage like money!
far it has been used at all in this preconveton cam
pagn has been used almost altogether to defeat him.
Nearly all the powerful newspapers of both parties have
carried systematic campaign against him. Every
influence that is usually great enough to make or unake
popular leaders has been made to unake him. Yet in
convention Of thousand delegates almost eight hundred
are either personally favor of his nomination. their
constituents are have been instructed for it by their
constituents In other words the Of the Demo-
cratic party have decided advance Of the convention
and from their voton that their Presidential candl
date shall be this man-ths without money beyond
the modest income he with his labor, without
political power other than the confidence the common peo-
pie repoSe in him. without Influential friends and surrounded
by powerful enemies.
With no political capital whatever except his abilities
his fundamental democracy his independence and courage
and the confidence of the of his party which ne has
won by giving them his own William Bryan has mastered
it for his cause regardless OF himself
What BRYAN has thus done within his party he do
for his party The same principles will be at stake in his
campaign against putocracy triumphant in the RePub-
can party in his campaign against Plutocracy now
aborted in the Democratic party
And his appeal will be to the same kind of people As
the masses of the Democratic party outraged by the
aggressons of putocacy the masses OF the epub
can party and they ripe for revolt This election Will
not depend upon the favors of corporations be nu-
enced by the recommendations Of privileged persons or
classes Support from those will be regarded by
bv the voters as suspicious upon their face.
With William Bryan the candidate OF the ur-
privileged classes of the who live the sweat OF their
own faces Of the American democracy against William
Taft as the candidate of the privileged classes OF the
men who live in the sweat of other men faces OF the Amer
lean aristocracywth these two opposing leaders
in contest between arstocracy and democracy party lines
will be shattered aignents will be made and demo-
cracy will win the election if it can win it at all
But more important than the winning Of the election
is making it worth the winning Wrong often wins, but
s victories are evanescent WickedneSS often gains
point but it gains only to lose The victories OF peoples
or of individuals of parties of leaders are those IN which
they win for what is right.
AS an individual, William Bryan has steadily won
victories of that kind Of ideals he has been true
to his ideals In devotion to them he has grown ana streft
+hened in all the true qualities of great leadership
AS the party leader he will win victories Tor his party
in 50 far as his party makes ideals democratic and its
devotion to them faithful eersons was as Lincoln
recognized integrity ability enthusiasm candor and demo
crac9 He has become to them he in fact Bryan the
Genuine and by that sign shall his party conquer
The Ctzer IS to be built up into a great newspaper
There IS no doubt upon that point Its progress to date
has been slow but assured Its future growth will depend
non the support it receives from the every day Democrats
III Idaho We are anxious for the paper to have state
wide circulation for the great campaign that IS Just opening
and we are equally desirous of greatly improving the paper
In the immediate future To these ends we ask the earnest
- - ara+ior Of all Democrats We have placed upon the
market an issue of 900 of stock From the proceeds Of
tbs we expect to accomplish much. Every Democrat
should take least one share OF the par value 81 9o -
business proposition there nothing better than sue
cef newspaper and The Citizen will be run on bass
If the trictest business integrity and as there state
demand for the kind of paper we propose to make the
future Of the publication is bound to be successful
Next week gives promise Of lively times Republican
1tca cicles in Boise and throughout Ada county Inc
~ - the county convention sets the date for July p
for the nominating of the county ticket and with the open
no If the coming week. the candidates for nomination VII
f VIII he IN command and that the old ring viii have
lnassed from the scene Of many triumPhs
The ,garring factions from Idaho off to Denver
~ +1a;r Grievances before the Democracy of the nation
4 Is h be hoped that after the verdict is rendered that bot