Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-31
BRYAN CONDEMNED BY HIS ASSOCIATES
Real Sentiments of Ridder, WattersOn,A
Carlisle, Sullivan, ct al

vvelI-rOunded periods, the pubic
will come to hear him at so much
n head. He is in politics because
it helps the gate receipts. Like the
actresses who have discarded the
stolen diamonds dodge for the great
publicity OF a divorce suft, Mr..
Bryan will quit running for PresI-
dent and will quit politics just as
soon as he discovers that some other
form of advertising will bring more
dollars to the box office when he Is
announced to appear on the stage
Can't Ride Both Horses.
The one-time running mate with Mr..
Bryan Tom Watson, now Populist can
didate for the presidency, commenting
editorially (See page s, Watson's Mag
azine. March, 1905) upon the small
vote Bryan secured for the United
States Senate in Nebraska in 1904,
said:
''NIr. Bryan says that reforms are
not to be secured all at Once.' Quite
right; and they will never he Sc
cured Mt all by leaders who change
front as often as Mr.. Bryan has done
within the last twelve months.
Neither Will they be secured by a
political party which breaches .
certain creed for eight years and
throws 1T aside like q wOrn-Out
garment"
"Watch out, William! The people
have loved you and believed I'm you,
but your course in the last campaign
has shaken your popularity to its
very foundations. Beware how you
trifo with the radicals. If You want
to come with us, come and BIO done
with 1T. BE assured of this, william,
YOU CAN'T RIDE BOTH HORSES"
Bryan Doctrine UndemOcratic.
This is what Col Nose Wetmore, now
chairman of the Finance Committee OF
the Democratic National Committee
said Sept 3, 1906, of Mr. Bryans views
on government ownership:
Government OvvnersE n of rail-
ways is undemOcratic, un-Jefer-
sOnian, if You like. Government
ownership OF railways would be
better than railway ownership OF
the government, but the thing hasn't
got that far yet. L think the rail-
roads can be properly regulated
without putting them into the hands
Of the government. don't believe
conservative democrats Will follow
Mr.. Bryan this issue and the
thing we've got to do is to keep
it out of the platform. My opinion
is that it won't get into the plat
form I'm any shape"
oct Tu Brute"
William r. Hearst, who in two pres
idential campaigns gave money and un-
stinted support Of all his newspapers
to Mr.. Bryan's candidacy, now says
of the Peerless One:
EHe is the peerless prestfdfgitator
OF modern politics, whose hand is
quicker than tho eye, who causes
his principles to disappears and
the audience. A Snowman at q
county fair, conducting a shell game
with his political opinions.
''Where is the little ball OF free
silver. Under the first shell. Not
at all. 1t was there once, but 1T is
not now, and the cOnading voter
loses. Where is tho little ball OF
public ownership: Under the sec
Ond shelf Wrong again, and the
cOnflding voter loses again. Where
is the little referendum ball. I'm
der the third shell: Wrong again,
and once more tho cOnfiding voter
loses.
''My friends, Mr.. Bryan has no
set convictions. He has changed
his opinions at every election, and
il he has been wrong often we
are justified in assuming that he is
wrong again. Mr.. Brynn's definition
OF fundamental principle is a prop
OsitiOn that will help to elect Mr..
Bryan. II il fails TO elect him IT
ceases to be an eternal verify and
becomes an exploded theory"