The Washington herald., 1908-04-27

Democratic victory. Mt. Bryan de-
clined to see it. He refused 10 be i'm
pressed, and. with good reason, be-
cause the effort Of the Courier-JomnsI
received no answering voice.
The entire summer and autumn were
wasted on tomfooling about "a dark
horse. Did he have a mustache.
wired Scott Bone? Was this blond,
or brunette? Joined in the chorus. Then
It leaked out that the Democrat in re-
serve was the governor Of Minnesota,
and, iteratlng line in a famous old
play, We had deal Of guying. which
may have been humorous, but was cef-
tainly ill-tlmed, about "a party by the
name OF Johnson"
It grew a trlfe tiresome. Except to
an angel it would have been exasper-
ating. Yet, it seemed Democracy. Gov
Johnson declared himself out Of 1t. So
did Gov Folk. So did Senator Culber-
son. The Courier-Journal was put in
for the costs and left TO hold an empty
bag. Naturally. it threw up It's hands
in disgust and took to the 7voods. And
thene Why. then, right out of the
open mouth Of Wall street, came a
stentorian voice. "Johns0ni"
What chance would johnson have
over the dead body of Bryan? What
chance would johnson have carrying a
Wall street tag? What chance would
Johnson have using the undemocratic
two-thirds rule TO defeat the will of
, the majority. and that at the behest of
the East, defying the West and work
ing the South?
The thought is preposterous.
But, cry the weak OF faith. echo
ing the strong Of purse, Bryan can
not be elected" Let us look into this
lick OF two. think have said some
things along that line myself. All that
could be fairly said. intelligently said.
have tried to say. that. with the two
factions of the East and West hating
each other worse than they hate the
Republicans. the representative of
neither faction could be elected. Either
faction might beat the other. Hence
Mr.. Bryan could not hope 10 run so
well in the debatable States as some
one else to be agreed on-Johnson pre-
ferred-and I see no reason to change
this opinion.
Mark the sequel. The time has pass
ed for some one else" Mr.. Bryan re-
tanning the field; it is too late for
some one else" the condition what
they are: and confess that am in
sympathy with Mr.. Bryan in refusing
to be ruled off the track BIZ a group
of New York newspapers, whose mo-
tives are, to say the least of them.
suspicious. which will support no
ticket except one framed by them
selves, and which do not agree with
one another touching the ticket to be
named. Whatever his claims may be.
or may not be. Mr. Bryan has his
rights, and no thoughtful man can. or
viii. say that he cannot be elected.
the ipse dixit equally Of the unthink-
ing, the interested and the prejudiced
TO the contrary being Of no weight
whatever. In American politics any
thing is possible Assuredly Mr.. Bryan
may be elected; as an affair OF dinner
pals, if empty. he will be.
But. among Democrats who know
why they are Democrats there ought
to be other and higher considerations;
some arrest of the breaknsck. speed on
the highway toward the Capitalization
Of power; some real and not spurious
purpose toward tariff reform; some
sure separation of the politics of the
country from its partnership with high
finance and the high fnanciers; some
breaking up Of groups and rings, of
wheels inside of wheels, always in
volved by a change of parties. even
when made only for the sake of a
change.
The Courier-Journal is a Democrat,
not Republican, and, standing by the
Of its record. it viii support
the ticket to be headed by Mr. Bryan
as actively and as earnestly as If it
it's original preference and
opinion. NV
Manhattan Clu5. New York
Money Ia Not Only safer.