The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-07-31

York and James, Dahlman Of Nebras-
ka. And, finally. though by no means
least in the list, comes Ollie James of
Kentucky. No closer friend has Mr.
Bryan lad In the house Of representa-
tives for years past than James. Hold
ing as he does a district in a state
which the Republicans profess to con-
slider doubtful. although we do not.
bordering upon Illinois and Indiana
and not far from Ohio, the three de-
batable fields Of the forthcoming fight,
James is geographically we'll placed.
Personally he is n fighter. a man with
a keen knowledge Of politics. with ma
.tional acquaintance and Of national
reputation.
The Hearst Outbreak.
Chicago is about to witness what
one Of Mr.. Hearsts editorial writer's,
all OF whom have to be politicians on
the side, describes as an epoch max
ing political convention" 1t Is called
to launch new political party. In
cablegram to Mr.. Gompers Of the
American Federation Of Labor Mr..
Hearst declared himself as being dis
gusted with both old parties and de-
termincd to launch new one for the
regeneration Of mankind and for the
uplifting Of the working people. No
body has better right to express an
accurate opinion about both old par
ties than has Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst. When it served his purpose
he has clutched at favors from either
the Democratic or the Republican or
eanization. But for him California
would long ago have had Democratic
governor. hut there he found 1t to his
political advantage or to the profit OF
himself or of some Of those"employees
whom be allows to dominate him TO
support any ticket whatsoever that
would beat the Democratic ticket. In
New York he has been independent,
Democratic and Republican by turns.
When he was an Independent candi-
date for mayor and beaten he spent
four years crying for the opening OF
the ballot boxes only to find that the
ballots did not reverse the original
finding in his case. He traded on the
alleged fraud against him long enough
to get a Democratic nomination for
governor and was beaten by 57,0oo
votes when every other man on the
Democratic ticket was elected.
That may have been one OF the
things that disgusted MIR. Hearst with
the Democratic party. And so, being
disgusted, he turned to the Republican
party and compelled his personally
owned and conducted political organ
ization to fuse with the Republicans
in order that one OF his employees
might be elected sheriff Of New York
county and enjoy the enormous fees
and patronage attaching to that office.
But the Republicans would not vote
for Hearst's man any more than the
Democrats would vote for Hearst, and
so he emerged from that struggle dis
gusted again.
1t seems quite natural that after hav-
ing tried the part Of free lance, the
part of Democrat, the part OLA i.e-
publican and having failed in all he
should declare himself relentlessly
against the organizations which have
declared themselves very emphatically
against him. What may come out OF
his new line Of politics no one can def
nitely prophesy. But with all defer
,ence to his populistic editorial writer,
Mr.. John Temple Graves. who has de-
scribed the independence party rs the
'birth Of new party idea." do not
believe that Il new party can be built
upon the personal pique of man who
resents the failure Of the Democratic
party to, nominate him for the presi-
dency or the utter refusal Of either the
Democratic or Republican voters Of
New York state to do his bidding.
Labor In the Campaign.
Now, mark this. Everything that was
asked OF the Republican convention by
the forces of organized labor was re-
fused. All that was asked at Denver
was granted. would not say this If l
believed that the requests Of labor were
unreasonable in any respect. But they
were not. and the expression given to
them in the Denver platform gives no
right to any critic to say that the De-
mocracy has surrendered to labor
Rathersts It Just and fair to say that
the Democratic party this year, as in
1896 and 1900. recognized the fact that
the working people of the country
form the foundation of the country's
prosperity and has extended to them
the promise OF aid and assistance In
achieving their substantial advance
ment
What the labor vote may be no one
can tell 1t is necessarily a secret
vote. We hare been accustomed to
talk of the vest pocket vote coming
from the aristocratic districts In the
good old times when Il man could put
his ballot in his vest pocket and cast
it as he chose But the labor vote IS
necessarily secret. The man who owes
his livelihood to another is not likely
to proclaim how he is going to vote If
by so doing lie may offend the other.
But a very prominent labor organizer
told me this week that four-tifths or
the labor vote this year would go to
the Democratic ticket. partly because
of admiration for Bryan and his stead