The Washington herald., 1908-08-17
POLITICAL COMMENT.

" 'Fingy Corners assertion that the
State Is going Democratic. no matter who
the Republicans nominate. supplemented
by the cIincher. I am talking facts. not
fancy reminds one Of the boy who whis-
ties IN the dark 10 keep up courage. It
Is just this sort Of optimism tina; enables
the Democratic leaders in New York 10
muster interest enough TO make a pre-
tense Of being heartily in favor Of Bryan.
Only a few Of the guiding lights even pre-
tend 90 have any confidence in the out
come Of the election. and they are in
different IN their support Of the Nebras-
kan Corners is an excellent buffer.
Without him the Democrats wouldn't
know where 10 look for courage. He IS
their inspiration. and when things are
particularly gloomy his extreme optimism
must be TO them most refreshing A little
while ago he gave the State % Bryan by
5000. but this can be increased from
week 20 week as the rank and file begin
20 realize more fully the fight is useless
so far as New York is concerned. A
leader who cannot keep up hope in the
breasts Of his followers during the dark
est hours VIII never make success
Corners ought 20 last long while in his
head Of the party"
The New York Sun. speaking Of the
declaration Of the Baltimore sun that it
IS against the cause Of Bryan, says,
And this paper. a prophet Of Democ-
racy 50 far at least as Maryland is con
cerned. has deliberately repudIated Bryan
and declared that William II. Taft IS the
-
sent the peoples wishes and can most
effectively promote their interests. From
one quarter. therefore. Mr.. Bryan has re-
ceived an answer % his theatrical IN
quiry. SHAH the people rule That was
not exactly the kind Of answer he ex-
pected. perhaps. but Il emanates from the
very neiEhb0rhOOd 70 which he is direct
Ing his harebrained overtures Of evangel-
ization- Those Southern voters at the
North whose ballots he dreams Of at
tachfng 70 himself this year are many
Of them from Maryland. and now they
are strengthened in their political action
not only by the silent arguments OF ma
terial expediency ard plain common sense
but by the dispassi0nate admonitions OF
the newspaper which taught them Democ-
racy in their youth and stu presides al
home over the fountain of party discipline
and righteousness
The New York Post notes the many
desertlous from Mr. Hearst's party and
thinks that IT seems 70 Indicate the ap-
preaching Of the bottom Of Nr. Hearst-s
barrel. il says.
Malignant fate stu pursues the pa
triots Of ". r Hearsts Independence
League Il was only yesterday that We
noted the detection q several Of the for
mer leaders Of Hearst-s partv-uen who
had backslidden into plain Democracy
But Henry Gross. once an Independence
League candidate for the assembly from
the Ninth district has Jared even worse
he has been sentenced 20 a year az the
panitenrisry- His oGense was swiudIiue-
tha old trick Of Offering % give employ
meut 20 applicants. requiring a deposit q
money. and then never finding work for
them. II really begins 70 look as y AIr
Hearst had reached the bottom q his
barrel. II he has not why are his fol
lowers revertinC 90 their former ca-1ings2 .
ANY sensible man would rather De a
Friend of the People than q convict in
penitentiary. The Friends q the Peo-
pla who were on AR Eearsf's paw roll en-
America. They had nothing 40 do but love
the down-rodden masses shout for Mr.
Hearst. and promise 10 get votes for him
They were not even required Ike the
Tauuany captains. 20 deliver the
goods They could follow Mr. HearSt's
ovn inspiring example by taking Il out
IN talk But these are hard times in
mining and Journalism. a political or
gauiZatiou IS expensive. and somebody
must work for a living Evidently Henry
Gross was. as they say in the Ninth dis
trict. up against it But he lacks 1Ir
Hearst's knowledge Of the exact line be-
tween bunl5o games that are legal and
Illegal"
The Lafayette Courier resents the
thought that there IS any chance Of In
diana going Democratic this year. and it
SAYS
oh. Johnnie Kern, Oh. John E Lamb,
Has neither Of you heard What fools
these morralS be- 'Tis sad You carry
20 the Lincoln alVavs-candidate the mes
sa-e that Indiana wiu-gi-e him a large
majority. No doubt it will-to retire him
to political oblivion forever; but that was
not what YOU meant Indiana wiU give
a large majority this fall for honest gov
ernueur. the kind Indiana knows about
Republican government. On every hand
Il NAV be heard said by Democrats that
would vote Tor anything a candidate they
chose would sIzEest-that the county Op-
ton law viii carry Indiana Democratic.
The uncertainties Of politics are well
known No man can say today with alb
solute certainty that Indiana will not go
for Marshall and Bryan. BUt 10 think
so means that the voting population Of
Indiana has entirely lost sight Of the
high standard that has made it a pivotal
State in the nation Such "a result would
mean that Indiana stands for lawlessneSs-
drunkenness. Hhertinisr1. retrogression in
educational affairs. political methods. and
the high plane Of political morality upon
which It has stood for years"
The Bristol HeraId-Courier SAYS
Mr.. Bryan's speech IS a strong. con
servative. statesman-like utterance. II
sounds good, rings true. and viii be read
and studied with enthusiastic interest. Il
viii put the Republicans more completely
on the defensive. and will make the
Democracy more vigorously aggressive.
It viii prove an inspiration TO the cause
Of the people in their fight against the
Unscrupulous methods and Illegal prac-
tees Of those whom President Roosevelt
designates and denounces as representa-
tives Of predatory wealth and sinister
offenders and it should win for him the
confidence and support OF the reform ele-
ment Of the Republican party
The Boston Journal thinks that the In
dependence Party has no standing in
Massachusetts under the election law. II
says:
Although the name Of the Independ-