New-York tribune., 1908-08-26
~yE TOO" CANDIDATE.

The Hon. John ". Kern, Of Indiana, seems
to have elected TO play a Me To" part IN Tie
national canvass. II must be admitted tha',
having east himself for such u roie he fills it
with admirable adaptabiiity and real taleDt
for seIfsuppression. He does not ask for even
ono fea+5ne, moment 1T the centre Of the stage
in fact he valves the few limeight privileges
10 which he is entitled by the laws OF poilticaI
eriouefte The star actor on the Democratic
stage is also the librettist, the composer, Inc
stage manage and the master OF acceS-
series What can a poor undersrudy lhe
MIR. Kern do? At his own notification cere-
monv he finds himself crowded on low
ara the wings and the chief PERFORMER
whom common courtesy should nave kept az
home in Lincoln, Neb, usurping the hohors anu
6cIaf of the notification function No other case
of trespass SO fragrant as that can pe ioullu
in the whole history of American political par
ties R,11 MI. Bryan is essentially monopolIst
in his noltical ideals and in Mr.. Kern he seems
70 have found a sufficiently shrinking and &C
comGiodating associate. Imagine IhohlaS a
Hendricks or Alien W. Thurman submitting 10
he thus oversbadowed when he received nouce
of his nomination for the Nice-PreSldency! Even
Henry G. Davis four years ago had MS own uA-
INTERRUPTED day Of glory at White sulphur
Springs, ". Va.
AR Kern has decided however, that MS use
fitness lies in walking in Mr.. Bryan,s sha0o"
ond hainq his echo. He does not venture TO
utter a phrase or express an idea Whlch mas ho'
already done service at Lincoln. In his speech
~ occentance yesterday at Indianapolis ne
r1aved the changes on that shopworn ana IN
-,ornous nlatitude Shall the people rule:' WIN
which Mr. BRYAN has already tried TO TICKLE tHe
/ eors of p;,oundlings. Shall a democracy De denl-
ocratics Shall the majority nave us way
/ Shall five votes count more than 1our 1hese
,,o,.ento7,S questions Mr.. Kern hurled at MS
/ auditors as If they had never been answered.
in either his or their political experience lhe
Ilaroncra+ic candidate for Vice-President can
hardly oInad that he has never known MAORI
+5as 70 nreyaiI and the will Of the people TO De
/ el+o,,I;sLed He tried twice to be elected Gov
/ o~,o. of Indiana. and getting fewer votes than
bic ornaments naturally failed to quaEfy Tor
that Office. Does be mean TO dispute the iact
/ +,o+ the neople rule in his own state HIS Two
. do4aa+S are sufficient evidence OF the wholly
pickwicl,ian character Of his contentlon-
! Bo+h Mr.. Kern and Mr.. Bryan are OF course
merely playing with paradox when lheS dSeel' @
+ba+ there are influences in our political lie
/ which DEFY the will Of the people. 90 lohs Do
we have manhood suffrage the majority LAS
nor-er 70 do ANYTHING it wishes to do within
the restrictions of the laws and the Constltu
+io, and a majority can change both laws anu
constitutions if il really desires to. Whatever
e-iIs We suffer under exist by the consent OF the
voters who suffer under them, and the voters
arc clearly 10 blame for them. instead OF the
democratic system. Il is the shaiowest KIM
of dan1agocv TO say that the people do not RUE
merely because what the people do or omit 10
do does not please candidates or parties unapie
70 command popular Endorsement =.
The Democratic candidate for Nlce-FreSluehl
con,nIains that the House OF Representative
does NOT carry out it's own will or the Will oil
rho majority of the voters, and be seems TO
,,ron,ise that with the Democratic party III
mower there will be true popular government
/ in Congress But even Democrats are agreed
that rbe last Democratic CongresS-that eecteo
in 1e42-failed signally 10 express popular sell
! rfnoent of any sort. fOr the Wilson-Gorman tar
iff hill which it passed was satisfactory TO no
emnnt IN the party or the country and was
denounced hy Democratic President as Il
measure of .-perfidy and dishonor The people
!. uor often rule if the test and fruit OF that
,.,,Ia are the election of Democratic Presidents
and Congresses. But fortunately that test IS
not ,eoor,Ied rs cracial outside thc speeches OF
7 candidates who think that popular rule IS Il
raillre so long as they remain IN the minority