The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-16

II Is frankly TO be admitted that
the same evil influences which we're
at work at Chicago are now busy at
Denver. Theintiuences which placed
a Jim" Sherman on the republican
ticket, would like 10 place another /
like him on the democratic ticket. |
The influences that rejoiced because /
Roosevelt was an impossibiliiy at
Chicago, would rejoice even more IL,
here at Denver, they could clntrlb- |
nte to Mr.. Bryan's defeat 10 Noyem-
Der by weighing down The ticket
With vice presidential candidate
who would hamper him and weaken
the party. The influence that led
the republican convention Ia Insult
the intelligence Of the country with
meaningless and dishonest anti-in-
junction. plank would rejoice 4 they
could delude the democracy at Den
yer into following that sad example.
The influences that led the c0ugen-
tion at Chicago to equiyocate on tar
III, speak softly" as to the trust.
and repudiate the popular e,ertion OF
senators, campaign fund publicity
and valuation OF railroads, would re-
ioice If they could lead the Denver
convention into making similar mis-
takes.
These influences made the Chicago
convention conservative rather than
liberal; reactiunary rather than pro-
gressiye. They want To do the same
thing at Denver. Then the; can lie
tack and rest easy through the cam.
paign. Having chained bryan TO an
equirocal platform and engaged him
in Joint debate with his running
mate, they could feel they had made
his election impossible, and So had
removed all cause of worry. With
Taft, Sherman, and the Chicago
platform destined for triumph, they
would know that their continued OPP
lerations would not be "djslnrned -
in the next four years and that
their business" will not he inter
fere1 With. This Is the fight at
Denver. just as IL was the fight at
Chicago.
But the prospects are for vastly
different outcome. 1.-THE interests
triumphed at Chicago. They are
:. marked for defeat at Denver. They
are marked for defeat because the
people have here leader who will
not compromise their interests noI
betray their trust. While he Ia not
present In person, IL Is true for be
is resting in his home at Fairview-
bis spirit is an ever active presence.
Thousands of democrats now here
stopped at fairsiew on their way
and others are stopping there still
They drink anew of the ideals o.
Bryanism, and there they pIighl
their faith and strengthen thei
courage to fight for IL. their deter
miuation to make IT. win. Bryan i
here represented not by any one par
. ticular "persoDal representative,
but by Thousands of militant, reso
= lutte, unyielding democrats Of the ma
ton whom he has inspired with
u hope as feryent as their determine
i tion is Interchangeable.
Nor are these democrats withou
their able leaders. There are bi
: men, strong men. dependable men
men like--Tom johnson, OF Ohio
+" Governor Haskell, OF Oklahoma, Jerr
y sullivan, OF Iowa, Ollie james, {
y Kentcuky, Governor swanson, c
Virginia, Archibald Mcneil, OF Cor
= uecticut, Theodore A. Bell, of Call
= fornia, Augustus Thomas an
4 Char les A. Towne, OF New York an
\ any number Of others here In Denye
I TO see that Organism prevails no les
1 than Bryan. that the ticket is mad
4 right, and the platform is built to 1
4 fhe ticket.
III Arrayed against these champions ,
Il Bryan and Organism are the disrel
utahle, dishonest and iusincere ell
1 ments OF democracy, led by men III
1 Colonel Gufiey, OF Pennsylvania
/ whom Mr.. Bryan so boldly excoriats
at Fairview Saturday. Some Of II
1 hackers and managers OF Governs
Johnson belong in this class, at
they are reinforced by the emissari
l OF newspapers like the New Yol
/ World has undertaken TO IL lis
Bryan is never elected president
l the United States"
To meet the nachinatioDs OF q
Il influences the friends Of Mr.. Bryi
\ are now actively centeiing their NO
on two principal points. They a
urging ON the various state deleg
\ lions the supreme importance Of ele,
ing to membership on the resolutio
committee men who are at heart
sympathy with the fight Mr.. Bfy
has so long been waaing and Who c
be depended upon to stand for pli
form which will, In every essent
particular, boldly voice the hon
aspirations OF honest democracy
the country; men who will not q
sent to the tempter's insidious yo
which Comes whispering comp