Panama City pilot., 1908-11-12

drove from his support thousands OF
voters who had formerly considered
him, if possibly visionary, at least
consistent and courageous radical.
Mr.. Bryan did not read the lesson Of
the campaign of 1904. He tried to
narrow his views and reduce himself .
to the Parker stature, hoping thereby !
to placate the Democratic politicians |
of the East and South. He did not |
seem to realize that by Parkerizing |
himself he simply invited another 1904
disaster"
Mephistopholes Hearst, in his New
York American says "The result will
be accepted in spirit of acquiesence
and hope" and adds that Mr. Taft,
though the candidate of party, will
be the peoples President. The Stan
dard Oil organ, the New York Com
mercial, says "William Jennings
Bryan emerges from this campaign
stronger, more influential American
citizen than he went into it four
months ago." Other papers favor
able to Mr. Bryan speak in the same
vein. The Atlanta Constitution says:
"Never has there been a cleaner or
more clean-cut campaign than that
made by the Democratic leader, and
no human power could have excelled
it in honesty or in vigor." On the
other hand the New York Times, an
Independent paper which has op-
posed Mr. Bryan vigorously has this
to say of his campaigning:
"The arrogant and unscrupulous Ne,
braskan wrecked his party by his first
appeal, he damned it seemingly be-
yond redemption by his second.
When he disclosed his intent for
third time to try the patience and
brave the wrath of a people who had
become thoroughly aware of his shall
lowness and his stiffness, thousand
voices of authority protested and eX-
postulated. His immense egotism
and his callous selfishness made him
he cared nothing-he is not and has
not been Democrat. To Bryan and
the vague, changing, crazy, dema-
was committed with an insane devo-
tion that took heed of nothing else.
He found men to follow him. The
South followed against its better
judgment, against the plain teach
ings of experience and reason. In
the North, Democrats who profess to
1hofd the sturdy Democratic faith of
Cleveland and 10 continue the Cleve-
land tradition weakly lent voice and
support to his candidacy. Well, we
hope they have had enough of Bryan
We hope that Democracy has had
enough of him. The theory that he
will press his deathless ambition
again in 1912 may sustain a bitter
pleasantly, but human reason rejects
it. At last, after sore trials, we have
seen the end of an empty, cunning,
calculating, indefatigable, yet withal
most persuasive political adven-
turer."
Harpers Weekly, in Harvey's char
acteristic style, says of the result:
"There was no earthly reason fo1
electing Bryan. Everybody knew
that, and apparently almost every
body voted accordingly. And the
result is so comforting that we stand
: ready to accord full credit cheerfulIy
to anybody who holds up his hand
If the President thinks New York
piled up a majority of nearly two
hundred thousand to demonstrate the
r business and financial worlds en-
thusiastic approval of his wonderful
, "policies," why, let him think so, anC
say it, too, if he likes. If Bryan
deduces from the fact that he carried
r his own precinct in Lincoln that the
y whole people would have voted fol
him if they had known him as we'll az
his neighbOrs know him, let us no
: deprive him of the qualification Of
: that reflection. The main thing il
p the squelching of the notion that /;
demagOgue can win the Presidency
: of the United States by yawpine
: about his devotion to the poor work
e ing-man and the downtrodden peopl,
generally.
: Coming nearer home the Jackson
vile Times-Union has been one
y of the many Democratic paper
: that lost sight of the platforms ant
J, candidates, and fought Roosevelt
n most vigorously and persistently, ant
t is still keeping up the fight. 1t is ques
e tionable whether such papers reall,
. loved Bryan and the platform, o
= whether under cover of this sid
n stepping they did not intend his defea
: from the beginning.
= The trend of the editorials in tn
d Southern press just at present is as t
the future of the Democratic party
: The differences of opinion expressed
8 even by the papers in on
e locality, is indicative of the need G