Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-10-08
PARTY OF PROGRESS
INDEPENDENT VOTER DRAWN TO
REPUBLICANS.
Principles and Records Stand Far
Above the Heroics and Platitudes
Given Utterance to by
Mr.. Bryan.

mot in years have party lines been
more loosely drawn or voters more
disposed to put principles and men
above party labels. The opportunity
of the Democratic party in the com
ing election lies in making itself an
effective instrument for this spirit of
protest A great Independent vote can
be won if the Democracy and its can
didates prove before election day that
they deserve this vote and can appeal
to its confidence. The World New
York
If" indeed But If we have not
followed the brilliant and cogent rca-
soning of the Worlds political edi-
torial in vain it has long cherished in
the depths of its editorial being the
belief that the Organized Democracy
is effective of nothing save defeat,
and as for its peerless leader, it has
reminded us often enough that, like
the player queen, he doth protest too
much" If Mr.. Bryan is to-day an in
strument of protest, effective or other
wise, it is no fault of the New York
World
The Independent vote which Mr..
Bryan's tardy and reluctant champion
now covets for him or for his reor-
ganiZed party is. however, an intelli-
gent vote as well as an Independent
one, and considerably drawn from the
ranks of the Republican party 1t has
grown in numbers, though, from Mr..
Bryan's party, most notably since Mr..
Bryan's leadership began, and it has
waxed likewise in political wisdom
founded on political experience. In
the present campaign, we believe the
man behind the independent vote is
looking over the situation, clear eyed
and cool headed.
He will see in each party a progress
sive wing and a conservative or reac-
tionary wing. He already has seen
the triumph in each party of the
progressive leader, and he will not
have failed to note that into each
triumph entered the element of COM
promise, and that behind each pro-
sressive leader marches to-day the
leaders who opposed them; behind
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Bryan Sullivan, Taggart, Murphy
Watterson, Francis, Pulitzer. In the
light of this not novel or unnatural po-
litical situation he will put somewhat
more faith in the effectiveness of the
instrument which speaks through Mr.
Taft's honorably guarded and scrupu-
lous utterances than in that which re-
sounds through Mr.. Bryan's taking
rhetoric. For he will suspect that the
free and unlimited coinage of promises
under present conditions in the Demo
cratic party will fall somewhat short
of ratio of 16 promises to one full
fillment in case of a success-won
with the assistance of Mr.. Bryan's eff
fective allies aforementioned.
The spirit of righteous protest, our
independent voter will consider, found
utterance, and with noteworthy effect,
through Roosevelt, Taft, Hughes and
militant progressives of the Repub-
lican party. If it was not completely
effective. that was because it met the
opposition of men sworn to opposition,
as some of Mr.. Bryan's chief lieuten-
ants ana allies are sworn 10 oppOSl-
tion.
In short, the Independent voter real
ICES to-day, and will remember in No
vember, that the Republican party has
already proved itself what the World
is asking Mr.. Bryan and the Democ
racy to prove themselves befort cleo
ton day--an effective instrument OF
the spirit of protest.-Milwaukee Sen
tinel