The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-27

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MEM YORK HERALD SAYS BRYAN
WILL NlN.
Those westerners who do not believe
that Bryan stands show in the east |
are referred to the following extract
from letter, and to the editorial which
follows it, the letter being from the
New York Herald. 1t will be . source
Of deep qualification to the Democracy
of the west to note what that great
eastern paper says on the subject. The
following extract caused the editorial:
am undertaking what has hitherto
been called the literary bureau of the
Democratic organization; that is, the
preparation and dissemination of cam
paign literature. | was in charge of
the bureau in 1888, and did good deal
Of the same kind of work for Mr.. Tilden
in 1876. shall make my headquarters
in New York. Not single daily news
paper of that great city except The
Herald, has shown the least disposition
to consider six or seven million voters
who are supporting the Democratic
ticket. Most of them are ruthlessly
blacklisting it. Is this either wise or
just or patriotic? The political situa
ton is extraordinary. Mr.. Bryan has
fighting chance now, and in my opinion
it will grow with the progress of the
campaign.-Extract from letter from
Colonel Watterson to friend.
"Like true Kentuckian, Colonel Wat
terson has hit the bulls-eyc. Not only
has Mr.. Bryan good fighting chance
now, but, as the colonel very signiican-
tly remarks, there is every probability
that the chance will grow stronger as
the campaign develops.
perhaps in respect Of mental equip
ment, experience of public affairs and
freedom from doctrinaire fads Mr.. Taft
is entitled to be considered the better
candidate for the presidency, but the
prove that it is not always the best
The great men among our presidents
hand. The others have been medioc-
rites, but they have filled tho position
without discredit to themselves and
certainly without doing any great dam
age to the country.
Mr.. Bryan, if elected, would prove less
satisfactory than these latter. No one
now fears that his election would pro-
woke an Industrial, commercial and fl
nancial cataclysm. As matter Of fact
his speech of acceptance has strength
ened rather than shaken public conf
dence. Mr.. Bryan has evidently mel
lowed in retirement. While Mr..
Roosevelt has been growing steadily
more radical in his attitude toward eco
nomic questions, tho Nebraskan has
been steadily growing more conserva-
, tive and prudent. 1t is plain that he
, has completely recovered from his
, violent attack of free silveritis and no
d longer prescribes state ownership OF
: everything as = remedy for all economic
ailments.
7 Moreover, he is indisputably the
idol of an imposing section of the
American electorate. Even those
, Democrats who repudiated emphatically
| Mr.. Bryans most e1travagant theories
, have been forced to admit that his in
tluence with the rank and file Of the
, party is unrivalled and undimlnished
and have recognized that truth by
again enrolling for service under his
, banner.
''The personal fitness of Mr.. Taft, in
fact, is evenly balanced by the personal
:, magnetism of Mr.. Bryan.
) "The question who will win is rem.
, dered still more difficult to answer by
the fact that there is no paramount
issue" in the present presidential cam.
l paign. II the party platforms were tc
, be surreptitiously transposed nobody
, on either side would ever find it out
: 1t is case of "six of one and half &
| dozen of the other" Mr.. Taft coulo
I stand on Mr.. Bryan's platform and Mr.
. Bryan could stand on Mr.. Taft's plat
. form without either one or other feel
. ing that he was on strange territory
' 1t is for this reason that The Herald al
t perfectly Independent and unbiased
l newspaper agrees with Colonel Waiter
8 sons assertion that Mr.. Bryan has {
;. good fighting chance. OF course h,
n has.
t "Even Mr.. Bryan's most serious
) blemish namely that he is demagogu'
# of the extreme type, may not be afte
y all very great handicap. The countr,
n has just had almost eight years of ex
n perience with demagogue of tho OK
tremest type in the White House. An,
l. it still survives. Why should it no
l. survive four years more with anothe
e demagogue there? Finance and indus
q try and commerce can scarcely receiv
q a fercer battering under Mr.. Brya
d than they have received under Nj
It Roosevelt"
h This does not indicate that the cas-
y is deadly afraid of Mr.. Bryan.