La Junta tribune., 1908-09-19
u clsvssly Sarcastic Letter Tells
Why tis Witbdraws With
OsstiAestiea.
THERE ls 10 DEnocRAcY."
There Il Only . 1syan 1arty and IN
Follower Don't Knew When They
q 70 1sd at Night What Thsy
WIN u Called Upon TO Ds-
usvs When They WAKE
Up In the Morning.

xu6 1IUQuOtS A1SOClhtlou. ~ eN
TALLY Democratic organization. Of San
Francisco. q few days ago suggested
to Mr.. william Randolph Hearst that
since he had decided to oppose the cleo
ton Of the Democratic candidate, Nj.
Bryan, he could not consistently retain
his membership In the organization. In
reply to this suggestion, Mr.. Hearst
has sent the following letter to the as
ISOLATION:
To the Iroquois Association, San Fran
cisco. CAL:
Gentlenen-I roeeived your letter
with both pleasure and surprise. l
was surprised to know that Mr.. Bogart
was sending four dollars dues to your
organization. but pleased to learn Of IT.,
as am exceedingly ready to stop that.
was pleased and surprised. too. to
learn that the Iroquois Club was still
In existence. for thought that II had
been peacefully buried along with the
last remnants Of the defunct Demo
cratic party Of California.
Hut since the Iroauois Club still In
. way exists. am glad to resign from
II. and the situation suggested In your
You imply that am not Democrat.
and I strongly suspect that am not.
according to the Democratic standards
OF to-day. l worked hard for the Dem
ocratic party at one time and contrib
uted many thousands OF four-dOllar
checks, and cheerfully suffered much
abuse and much injury for the Demo-
cratic party, but believed In 1t then.
and don't now.
You imply. furthermore. that you are
Democrats, and I cannot help wonder
Ing what kind OF Democrats you think
you are. Are you 1892 Democrats. or
1895 Democratic, or 1900 Democrats.
or 1904 Democrats, or 1893 Democrats?
Are you Cleveland Democrats, belIev-
ing In the tariff reform that we didn't
get. and the military suppression Of
labor unions that we did getl Are
you Parker Democrats supporting the
trusts II they contribute and opposing
them Il they doa't. Are you Bryan
Democrats. believing In free silver
sometimes and In government owner
ship sometimes. and In the initiative
and the referendum sometimes? And
II you are Bryan Democrats and be-
lIeve in these things. do you also be-
lleve In Bryan platform that contains
none OF these things:
Dear friends and brothers OF the
Iroquois Club. you all remember how
the Democracy OF free silver was
taught you and how you got intensely
excited over II. and cheered for It and
marched for It. and then were informed
that free silver was not true Democ-
racy after all. but that public owner
ship was. Then you remember how you
threw your hats In the air over public
ownership and worked up an almost
hysterical enthusiasm for II. and then
were informed that this wasn't true
Democracy either. but that the initia-
tive and referendum were. Then you
came nobly to the front again and at
firmed uDdying devotion to the ever
lasting principles Of the Initiative and
referendum but now you have a plat
form In which there is NO free silver,
In which there Is no public ownership,
In which there Ia no Initiative or refer
endum. and still you are Informed by
the old DR.. Gringie Of Democracy that
only that platform with the owners
trademark pasted on the front and the
owners name blown In the bottle is
genuine Democracy. and that II you
don't subscribe to that you will be read
out Of the Democratic party.
Friends and ex-brothers Of the Iro-
quois Club. there Ii no Democratic
party. There h only a Bryan party,
and the followers Of that party don't
know when they 60 to bed at night
what they viii be called upon tb be-
lieve when they wake up In the morn
Ing.
Once there was q man who had an
old carving knife which he said had
been handed down to him from his
grandfather. A friend said to him !:
TT looks rather new. Haven't you
evef done anything to itr' And the
man said: -Oh. rye had the blade
changed once OF twice, and the
handle reserved . couple Of times, but
Otherwise It y just tn same knife my
grandfAther had"
Mr. Bryan tells o. that his variable
doctTinss ars the Democracy Of our
fathsrs. bst ny that both the blade
and ths handle have been changed %
cften that thsre b no recognising tie
original prineipleA
Once. again, there WAS farmer who
haA = halnu mule and he couldn't make
H. mule O. A stranger came along
anA o9essd to help, and the farmer to,d
him 70 o right ahead Ths STRANGER
had . hotfie Of turpeatine. ana h.