The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-07-13


'diately on his withdrawal"
Thus Col. watterson justifies him.
Iself in supporting Bryan. He says
liz Bryan had withdrawn from the
contest 1t would have been the signal
lfor the money power, which rallied
to the support OF johnson at Waiter
sons call, to push forward their can
ldidate and take possession of the
party. Bryan could not name his
successor. and Watterson took his
lview OF Il.
But that is only the politics OF the
Isituation. Watterson before said
THAT Bryan was a demagogue, a dan
gerous political quantity. He accused
the Nebraskan OF being a socialist,
an anarchist and everything that is
bad. Bryan has not changed his
views. Has watterson? Isn't Bryan
as dangerous today as he was eight
ago? Or is Watterson
himself become an anarchist? No,
we shall show further on that Wat
terson expects Bryan to be manacled
and rendered harmless by the con-
gress.
with an intuition, which is lit
erary attribute, Col. Watterson APP
preeiates the hold which Bryan re-
tains on the masses OF his own party.
There is in the people a discerning
instinct and in Mr.. Bryan a reflect
ing spirit which make for mutual
trustfulness, each turning to the
other. as both turn to God, with
ichild-like confidence" We have ever
cast Mr.. Bryan for the role of Pro-
test in the national drama. He is
the personifcation of popular discon-
tent with existing evils, and in that
role he has done much good-all the
good he will ever do. The protest is
directed at minor evils and corrup-
ton, which grow up like weeds in
every political garden, be it in the
nation, state or city; and weeds can
not be plucked until they appear
above the surface. and II takes a gar
dener to pluck them up without up
roofing good vegetation for which the
garden was cultivated. In matters
OF craftsmanship Bryan has never
ELECTED more than a laugh, saving
when in his first campaign his popu-
larity as an orator almost caused a
commercial tragedy by frightening
the conservative element of the coun-
try. Since then he has not been
taken seriously. except that he made
possible a reformer like Roosevelt.
who is the concrete expression of the
Bryan abstraction.
Beyond the Inspiration which gave
him the definition of Bryan's candi-
dacy. Col. Watterson wakes almost
maud.in and inconsistent. as a trial
lawyer does. when he hopes to hang
the jury. by appealing to this ones
prejudice and that ones feebleness
of intellect. But he touches the pin
nacle OF absurdity. when. after
sounding his call 10 the masses" to
put down the Money Devil" he APP
peals 20 the High Priests of Finance
themselves in these words: THE
most hide-bound Conservative cannot
fear Mr.. Bryan with a Republican
senate already fixed to outlast the
presidential term"
That is a word Of encouragement
for the fellows who followed Waiter
son. away from Bryan for twelve
years-who's afraid? Let's elect
him president and get some more
Offices for the Louisville ring, which
has annexed the Democracy of Ken
lucky. It's perfectly safe. Bryan
can't do anything.
The suggestion to elect a man,
whom Watterson once declared a
dangerous monomaniac, because he
can't do any harm with a senate
against him comes with delightful
and unexpected suddenness, following
Immediately after paragraph, In
which Watterson declares Roosevelt
wrung the nomination away from the
majority of the leaders Of his own
party. including the senate, by aid OF
the FEDERAL OFFICE HOLDERS
Listen to his TRADE:
| There is but one real underlying
and paramount question in this cam
paign and that is. can the people by
their own unaided strength change
their government against the march
ing Army of Federal office-holderi
supported by unlimited supplies
either wrung from or contributed BY
the Corporations? Is the Money
Devil an over-match for the Ameri
can Voter? Can the Administration
at Washington successfully employ
upon the country at large the ruth
less agencies which we're successfully
employed at Chicago upon the Re
publican party? That is all there Il
TO II, fellow Democrats and fellow
countrymen, no more and no less"
"Can the people?"-Pray who are
the people, Col. Watterson? Was 4
the people who voted for Bryan and
Parker, and the Office holders and th'
corporations, who voted for McKin
ley and Roosevelt? There were 500.
600 popular votes cast for Roosevelt
more than for Bryan. There were
1900, 900 for Roosevelt more thar
for Parker. Were all these 1000,
900 voters. who supported the Re
publican candidates, in the power o
the money Devil" were they al