The state herald., 1908-09-18
THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY"
There Is Only Bryan Party and Its
Followers Don't Know When They
Go to Bed at Night What They
Will Be Called Upon to Be
lieve When They Wake
Up in the Morning.

TO Mr.. William Randolph Hearst that
since he had decided TO oppose the cleo
ton Of the Democratic candidate, Mr..
his membership in the organization. In
reply TO this suggestion, Mr.. Hearst
has sent the following letter TO the as
ISOLATION:
To the Iroquols Association, San Fran
cisco, Cal:
Gentlemen-I received 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 10 learn Of 1t,
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 1t had
been peacefully buried along with the
last remnants of the defunct Demo
cratic party of California.
But since the Iroquos Club still in
way exists, am glad to resign from
1t, and the situation suggested in your
letter seems sufficient reason for me.
lou Imply that am not Democrat,
and | strongly suspect that am not,
according TO the Democratic standards
Of to-day. | worked hard for the Dem
ocratic party at one time and contrib
uted many thousands of four-dollnr
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 | cannot help wonder
Ing what kind OF Democrats you think
You are. Are you 1892 Democrats, or
| 1896 Democrats, or 1900 Democrats.
or 1904 Democrats, or 1908 Dcmocratsy 2
Are you Cleveland Democrats. bellev-
Ing In 'hc tarin reform that we didn't
get, and the military suppression OF
labor unions that we did ectf Are
you Parker Democrats supporting the
trusts II they contribute and opposing
them II they don't? Are you Bryan
Democrats, believing In free silver
sometimes and In government owner
ship sometimes, and In the Initiative
and the referendum somctimesf And
II you are Bryan Democrats and be-
lleve in these things. do you also be-
lleve In a Bryan platform that contains
none OF these things?
Dear friends and brothers Of the
I fFa,t.alg lslf,l. all
the Democracy OF free silver was
taught you and how you got intensely
excited over H., and checrcd for Il and
marched for Il, 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
hysterlcal enthusiasm for II. and then
were Informed that this wasn't true
Democracy either. but that the lnltia-
tive and referendum were Then you
came nobly TO the front again aud NJ.
frmed undylng devotion 10 the ever.
lnstlng principles OF the Initiative and
referendum but now you have n plat
form In which there is no free silver,
In which there II no public ownership.
In which there II no Initiative or refer.
endum, and still you ARE Informed by
the old Or. Grlnglc OF Democracy that
only that platform with the owners
trademark pasted on the front and the
owners name blown In the bottle "
genuine Democracy. and that II you
don't subscribe TO that you will be- read
out Of The Democratic party.
Friends and cx-brothers OF the iro-
quols Club, there IL no Democratic
party. There II only Bryan party,
and the followers OF that party don't
know when they go 10 bed nt night
what they viii be- called upon TO bo.
llcye when they wake up In the morn.
Ing.
once there was man who had mn
old carving knife which he said had
been handed down 10 him from hi.
grandfather, A friend said 10 him
~ looks rather new. Haven't you
ever done anything 10 ~" And the
man said, "oh. I've had the blade
changed once or twice. and the
handle renewed couple OF tlmea but
otherwise Il In Just the same knife my
grandfather had"
Mr.. bryan tells uH that his variable
doc,rlpca nro tho Democracy OF our
fathers but ! Ray that both the blade
md the handle have been changed ~
often that there Ia no recognising the
original principles.
once. ngnin. there was n fnrner who
had ballsy mule and he couldn't make
the mule So. A stranger came along
and offered TO help. mud the farmer told
him 10 go right ahead. The stranger
had n bottle OF turpontine. aud he
opened the mules mouth md pushed
back his head aud poured about balf or