The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-07-14
The DUTY OF DEMOCRACY.

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editorial is from the Macon News If
the democrats Of the country would
take Che advice of the News they
could easily place a democrat in the
whits house in NovemOer.
4 William Jennings Bryan Is for the
ithird time. the nominee of the nation
al democracy for the presidency of the
United States.
What are you going to do about it?
II you are good, consistent demo
crat. loyal to your party and the tradi-
tions of your people. you will support
him.
If not vote out openly and honestly
lfor Taft.
Don't be the kind Of democrat who,
while wearing, the habiliments of the
party. will plunge knife into the
heart Of the democracy and assist in
pulling it down in defeat.
Be democrat or a republican.
Don't go around masquerading as one
thing and doing another. Be honest
to yourself and your fellows.
! IN other words be man or mon
key, -
/ OF course. Bryan does not suit all
democrats Neither would Gray or
johnson have done so.
Bryan is. however. the choice of
large majority Of the democratic party,
and as such nominee is due the
support of every man who allies him
self with that party.
Don't try to deceive yourself with
the sophistry that Bryan is too wild or
too radical.
Roosevelt will leave the white house
In few months one of the most pop
ular and lauded men who ever inhabi-
ted that residence. There are demo
Gratis about in Georgia these days who
will tell you that they would have
voted for Roosevelt had he received
the nomination again.
Bryan could not possibly be more
radical than Roosevelt has been, and
he would be a great deal more stable,
because he. Is more settled in his
opinions, less hasty in action and a
clearer and deeper thinker.
II a manic admire the Roosevelt
administration he should be very will
ing to accept Bryan and his ideas.
The platform on which Bryan will
make the race is a better one than
that provide I'D for Taft. The republican
document Is subterfuge from the
first brick 70 the last piece OF weather
boarding. 1t fills none of the hunger.
fngs Of thes people. There is nothing
to it but gtittering generalities. 1t is
unsound in principle, ambiguous in its
verbiage, misleading, obscure and un-
trustworthy
While some democrats are chidinG
Bryan for bis desire to cater to the
negro votes.by denouncing Roosevelt s
action towards the negro soldiers, who
shot up Brownsville, kindly remember
that Taft's platform declares for the
reduction Of southern representation
in congress on account of the restric
ton of the negro ballot in the south
! The News was among those who re
! sented the Suggestion of Bryan TO de.
J nounce the Roosevelt administration
in this regard. The plank did not get
in the platfdfm. because Bryan was
guided by southern men. The plank
to abridge southern representation is
in the republican declaration of prin
ciples.
Southern White men can take their
choice. Il is ub to them.
In voting foF a president the vote
Is not cast fdr the nominee direct,
but for electors
Possibly soms Georgians might fnd
it pleasant and kelevating to vote for
some of the BLOCK electors, whose
names will grace the national ticket
in this state,
There are many reasons why the
people of the ent ire country should
Support Bryan on his present excellent
platform There IS no reason why a
lsouthern white man should decline to
do so.
There is nothing left for the demo
Gratis now but TO unite and follow the
fortunes Of Bryan with good grace. He
is the choice q the majority and the
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