The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-08-08
BRYANITEs' CRY OF DISTRESS

Mr.. Bryar's friends are correct
IN saving that the independence
party IS a serious menace 10 their
candidate, but are they moi unwise
IN declaring that the independence
party's sole purpose in putting up
a ticket was TO defeat that candi.
datep IL must be remembered tina,
IN the Independence party's con-
vention both the big parties were
attacked. In his address as tempo.
rary chairman oil the convention
Mt. Hearst said some harsh things
about the Republicans. II must
he conceded, however, that the
best OF his epigrams were those
which pilloried BRYAN and the
Democracy. Those particular
parts Of the address called on: the
loudest applause in the convention.
All the addresses which were made
hat the Democrats 4 little harder
than they did the Republicans.
The poor Bryanite who attempted
~ say some kind words in the con.
ventlon Tor the Nebraskan had a
narrow escape from violence. The
howls OF eXecration against the
Nebraskan that this misguided
person pernicious activity called
out showed that the principal aver.
sion Vi the Hearst. Hisgen.G raves
party IN this campaign is the DE.
mocracy and Mr.. Bryan. IL is al.
together probable that the majority
against Bryan in 1908 will be
greater than it was in either OF his
Two previous canvasses.
Bryan is breaking up the Demo.
cratic party, so many conservative
Democrats say. The business
elemen, among the Democracy will,
bN an overwhelming majority, vot.
Tor TAFT this year. They are aware
that IN any canvass in which BRYAN
heads the Democratic ticket New
York IS as solldly Republican as
Vermont.
The Democratic talk that the
Independence party's demonstra.
ton IS confidence game" 10
render Bryan's deiea, certain has
tins much basis only. II will take
away from Bryan the Hearst string
OF daily papers which were on his
side IN 1896 and 1000, will turn
against him this year hundreds OF
thousands OF votes which were cast,
tor him twelve and eight years ago,
and will be fatal to the very lain,
chance which he had oi carving any
OF the important states Vi the East,
the Middle West or the Pacific
Slope. It's not likely that BRYAN
at any time ever had any hope OF
carrying any Eastern states, but
ne may have had some expectation
OF getting a lew states in the upper
end OF the Mississippi Valley.
This chance is now gone. Hearst
party has ar organization in forty.
tour states. In New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois IT'S organization is
strong, and in each OF these II viii
probably cast a fairly large vote.
In their anger against Hearst some
OF Hryan's unwise friends are a
ing he wants to make the vote for
Hisgen so large in 1908 and Bryan's
vote so small that he, Hearst, will,
as head OF the independence party,
absorb the National Democracy in
1919, Just as he absorbed the state
Democracy OF New York in the
governorship campaign oil 1000.
Bryan in 1908 is almost as badly
beset by enemies on all sides as
Douglas was in 1860, when Brock.
inridge, the Southern Democratic
candidate, and Bell, the nominee
OF the Constitutional Unionist Mug.
wumps, divided up the Democratic
vote with him.