The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-06-19

should be maze 10 Keep III congress
men who are known to be in accord
with the principles of the probable
Democratic presidential nominee. Fol
example, there is Henry 7. Rainey II
the Twentieth district of Illinois. Al
one time he was the only Democratic
member in congress from that state
He has fought well and ably for tariff
revision against the wood pulp and
print paper tariff and for free raw ma.
terial to be used In shipbuildlng.
select the case of Mr. Rainey as an
Illustration simply because ! have
some reason to believe that the pro.
tected Industries and some Of the
un-Democratic Democrats within the
party are likely to make fight upon
him. There are doubtless other in.
stances Of the same sort. It behooyes
Democrats who hope for Democratic
administration. backed by Democrat.
lc congress. to fight for the return to
the house and to the senate Of the men
who in the days Of adversely. which
we believe, are now passing have stood
sor the party and for the cause.
Bryan and Ryan.
The malignant effort Of New York
paper to make it appear that in 1904
Mr.. Bryan received $4,000 from
Thomas F. Ryan as the price Of his
support for Judge Parker has fallen
exceedingly fat The charge was ex-
plicft at the outset, and the assertion
was made that the money was handed
to Mr.. Bryans brother-in-law by W. f.
Sheehan, chairman Of the executive
committee of the Democratic national
committee. Now. Mr.. Sheehan is not
and never has been a political friend
of MIR. Bryan, yet he met this situa-
ton as any man of honor and self re-
spect would. he wrote to Mr.. Bryan
letter, which he gave to the press,
stating that the $4,000 sent to the
state committee Of Nebraska for use
In that state was taken from the gen.
eral fund of the Democratic national
committee, to which there were many
contributors. He did not say whether
Mr.. Pulitzer was contributor, but
Mr.. Pulitzer's contributions to Demo
cratic politics have been chiefS con-
fined to attacking Democrati6%candi-
dates. There was no more reason to
believe, according to Mr.. Sheehan. that
this was $4,000 from Thomas F. Ryan
than that it was $4,000 from thirty to
forty different contributors. and finally
the chairman of the executive commit
tee concluded his letter by declaring
that be knew well that, Mr.. Ryan had
no knowledge OF the contribution to
the purposes to which It had been put
AS for the story that the money was
paid as the price of Bryan's support Of
Parker I can speak with some personal
knowledge. Before he left st. Louis
after that most disastrous and not
wholly creditable convention he per-
sonally told me that he would go into
the campaign for Parker notwithstand-
ing his opposition to the New York
mans nomination. The moneyo re-
ferred to was not sent to Nebraska for
many weeks after that conversation. l
might note in passing also that Mr..
Bryan volunteered to speak in New
York state for Judge Parker. but the
sapient managers Of that gentleman's
campaign asked the Nebraskan not to
come. The state was lost by the big
gest hostile majority ever given in a
presidential campaign.
Chandler Of New Hampshire.
Former Senator Chandler-Bill Chan
dler. as he is better known-is in
grave danger Of becoming Demo
crat. and radical Democrat at that
In d speech before negro audience
in Washington the other night he
urged his audience to impress upon
their fellow men Of color the necessity
of voting the Democratic ticket in the
event that Mr.. Taft should be nominat-
ed. But he went further than this.
He insisted that the present situation
Of the negro In the south was due to
the fact that the men of that race had
always voted the Republican ticket,
would always be expected to vote 1t,
and that for that reason they might
not expect any favors from the party
to which they were shackled By wrist
and ankle. Senator Chandler wound
up by ;i-ging the voters Of the colored
race to. break away from the Repub-
lican party and by Q. certain manifest
tation Of Independence wiring either
from that party or from tha Democrat
ic party. to which he urged their vote
should be given, political concessions
for themselves.
Nobody has ever accused Chandler
of being other than q machine Repub-
lican. He was one Of the great factors
in the Louisiana returning board which
finally and fraudulently seated Ruth
erford B., Hayes in the White House.
True, it may be said that he is out of
office and expressing the vindictive-
ness of man who has lost. first. the
place of a United States senator and,
second, high place under the appoint
ment of the president Of the United
States. But a railroad beat him for
United States senator because he was
too frank and outspoken. The presi
dent dropped him from his executive
position for precisely the same reason.
In these days Of equal aunocracy In the
White House and in railroad Offices