The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-07-17
Comment OF EASTERN PRESS

Comment upon the Denver platform contained in the New York
newspapers rule of friendly description than ,obt
have been expected from rabd pasans says the Butte Miner
It is gratifying discover for instance that the New York
World finds many things in the declaration principles to com
mend and that finds Whatever objection NAV be urged ac
tbe platform adopted Denver unquesonablv great mn
movement the Chicago platform of 1896 and the Kansas civ
platform of 1900 particularly respect the and temper in
which the issues defined
The Republican New York Evening appears t he actually
alarmed overt the situation for says
No intelligent survey of the nations defenes against Bran
can the truth that they have been greatly weakened during
The past four years 1t is not possible today rally
tive of the country in opposition Bryan spenddy as in
1896 Everybody knows the reason why You eve
whom have initiated party that has appropriated Bryans
ideals with good effect attack his person At the very
ginning of the Republican campaign the part whether frank
ness sound generalsp admit that power Of resistance Bryan
has much broken by four years of yielding him. President
Rooee avowed and deliberate has been to head off B
an by stealing his The argument threat which he has
constantly used has been If you do not go half way with you
will have to go whole with BRYAN Well we see now
what comes the plan of fighting dangerous enemy by
eng him. The Bryan who be exnguished is exalted
higher than
The Brooklyn Citizen takes democratic
is hopeful of victory, expressing itself follows:
When we the whole field becomes clear believe
that BRYAN may well hope be the occupant of the White
With the democracy soidy his side with an exception
ally strong the confidence Of nonparsan efomers with
nothing have shown fear from any honest conservative
and with indications that he will receive much more than the
usual democratic share of the labor vote he abundany sed
the confidence he has repeatedly expressed that under ms ao
erhp the democratic party will be restored to power IN the nation
this year
The New York Evening Mail which has never been friendly TO
Mr. Bryan unbends sufficiently to admit that ne IS the strongest man
n the Democratic party, by saying:
Yet Bryan candidacy to be regarded lightly In our
opinion he is strongest the Democrats could have named
Governor Johnson would have yazed the democratic party the
country Mr. Bryan will The democracy not YET ready
for safe and sane candidacy- least four years away from
accepting kind of leadership In the state and elsewhere
east may be but take the country as whole ana the parry
will be found unresponsve and indifferent to wise leadership a
was four years ago. 4t
Col Henry Waerson the noblest Roman OF them all, IS e'u I
siascally in line for the democratic ticket and Pao o "
says 1 hs+
Hurrah Bryan and Kern; it is strong ticket It IS an
cent both the ticket and the platform with enthusiasm and the yot
will raify the polls in November Ilencelo' @ W
shall be Faction the rear united we stala, 10
Against these favorable expressions 1t IS only 1a 10 Say 49,
placed the eacerous utterances of MIR Hearss New 1oh
can which hypocrticaly announces that 1t mas loS l
both the democratic party and Mr. Bryan ;4ter the
The New York American did not lose confidence N e I
organization or its leader until perfectly evident I
racv had lost what little confidence it ever had IN MI
The party appears got rid Of this Poh4al k
at last and is clearly of good rddance OF oad