The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-07-17

winning ticket has not been nance
al. Denver, it is certain that tn,
ticket has been named there which
will at least keep Taft and Sherman
guessing until after the returns art
counted on the night of the presi
dental election. William Jenning.
Bryan of Nebraska and John Worth
Kern of Indiana make up as strong
a team as the Democratic party
could have entered for the presi-
dental race,
The Cincinnati Eneuirer--The
third nomination of William Jen.
nings Bryan for the presidency by
his party is a remarkable tribute to
the hold he has on the affections OF
his followers. The character of Mr.,
Bryan is unassailable. The battle
will be waged squarely upon the
issues presented to the electorate.
The Indianapolis Star--The Dem
yer convention could have done no
one thing to send a greater thrill of
delight throughout Indianapolis and
Indiana than it did when it nomi-
mated John Worth Kern for vice
president.
The Atlanta CONSTITUTIONAL the
varied and sometime divergent in
terests of the Democracy will unite
in harmonious effort upon the plat
form and the man, there is good
reason to believe that national con-
ditions will favor its success. Its
platform builders, while mindful Of
Just property rights, have con-
~structed a safe, sane and conserva-
tive safeguard of the peoples in
terests."
The Boston Post-"There has
been no fictitious boom for Bryan.
The Democratic masses have di-
rected the choice of Bryan and
their convention ratifes their pre-
ference. The popular strength of
Bryan is unquestionable and I'M
questioned"
The New Orleans Picayune-
organs leadership will be accepted
by every Democrat who wants to
see the Republican yoke taken from
the shoulders Of the American peo-
pie, Apparently the Republicans
have come to the end of their row
with appropriations of more than d
billion dollars Of public money on
the heels of the worst financial panic
the country has suffered in twenty
years. The Picayune accepts Bryan
as the nominee on the announce
ment that he has abandoned the
silver standard Of 50-cent dollars,
and regards the government owner
ship of railroads as too radical a
remedy for railway corporate domi-
nation
The Utica Observer (anti- Bryan
on his two previous nominations):
Has not the day arrived when, for
steadfastness and safety and good
government, the country will be
better off if there should be,
at least for a time, a diversion of
political responsibility at the ma
tional capital? With a Demo
crat in the presidential Office
with Mr.. Bryan there-congress will
have an intelligent, patriotic, dill
gent critic, not a boss who is intoxi-
Gated with excess and is driving to
new experiments in legislation and
extravaganza
The Evening Post, New York;
President Roosevelt's avowed and
deliberate purpose has been to head
off Bryan by stealing his issues.
The argument, or threat, which
he has constantly used, has been:
IF you do not 90 halfway with me,
you will have to 60 the whole way
with Bryan"
Well, we see now what comes Of
the plan of fighting a dangerous
enemy by surrenderlng to him.
The Bryan who was to be extin-
guished is exalted higher than ever.
1t is necessary for all who regard,
as we do the election Of Mr.. Bryan
as highly undesirable, to look all
the facts in the face, and act upon
the situation as it exists, not as we
might like to have it. The cam
paign will be difficult"
New York Tribune: "Mr. Bryan
undoubtedly owes his nomination to
the support Of the great mass Of
Democratic voters. These voters
prefer radicalism to conservatism,
and Bryan to any other possible
leader. Recognizing this fact, the
Tribune has never considered Mr..
Bryan a pitiabIy weak candidate.
He is obviously stronger as a vote
getter than Judge Parker was in
1904 or than any other Democratic
nominee would be this year who
owed his selection to conservative
influences. Republicans will do
well not to consider the campaign
of 1908 a walkover."
New York World: "The planks
in the Denver platform are not true
Democracy. Moreover, is it wise at
/ his time to encourage further reck-