The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-25


arouse the ire of Major Daniels friends
throughout the State. there will likely
be discovered lot of boomerangs that
nobody had thought were in the air
on Major Daniel in Virginia under
takes a, large contract.-Staunton Dis
patch.
Thomas VS.. Daniel.
His former chatter about opposing
Major Daniel for reelection to the
Senate resulted in the retirement OF
Mr.. Thomas from the State Senate by
tne Lynchburg voters, and not needing
the rebuke, he now talks of preventing
Democratic National Convention. This
opposition, he alleges. is based upon
the plain talk given Mr., Bryan in
Washington by Senator Daniel, and the
assumption that Daniel Is opposed to
Bryan for the nomination.
IT Is not the custom in Virginia to
instruct the delegation to national con-
ventions, and since 1892, when the COM
promise was fought out and the dele
cation evenly divided between Cleve-
land and Hill, there has been no In
lstructions
In 1895 there was no instruction. save
that the two delegates from the Second
Congressional District. Messrs. Glen
nan, OF Norfolk, and West. of Suffolk,
We're Gold Democrats" and in Chica.
go the unit rule was adopted and the
solid vote cast. 't"o ''''
That Senator Daniel should be cor
r rec &c or disciplined because he spoke
frankly face to face with Mr.. Bryan
regarding the matters of party policies
! is too foolish to discuss Mr.. Thomas
J should praise heaven that we still have
some men whose dignity is not dwarfed
and whose convictions are not sur
rendered In the presence Of any man
senator Daniel gave utterance to no
,h ,nsa,1s doctrine, and If it has
Bryan, then there is no longer anv
Democracy. any
The selection of Senator Daniel as a
aetesate at large should not, and will
nomination of Bryan; but the State Of
Virginia should not send any delega-
ION TO Denver with ironclad instruc-
t,oLS ior anybody. Senator Daniel was
nneiplns TO select and ably supporting
democratic candidates long before
either Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Thomas were
ape to vote, and the Democrats of Vir-
s th Ia are SUI willing to trust him with
'1'e 'op'--Noriolk !edger-Dispatch.
The Program of Prescription.
mat senator Daniel wishes to be one
or the delegates at large we do not
K kn THAT he would not consent to
so t except as loyal exponent of the
nation of the State convention we aro
\ perfectly sure. If he did 70. and thai
Sen. do hnow ha q preferred Mr.. Bryan.
to his n mission 1na tn ne would be loyal
~ It, than any of the thousand and
one chanting dervishes whose only
care ha Tor r. MT Bryan is that, he seems
is not. in favor Of incasing the delel
gates In strait Jacket Instruction We
ihlnk more than probable. Such, also,
earnest es o snnnrts Of many original and
such also. Is the positive judRment ~
.nls paper If anything more impor
sant IMAM the hurrah of the hour is ia
be considered. - W
umn mr. to ahe r1ve Is asking the Bryan col
man TO whose weight of character and
eloqnence Mr.. Bryan owes most ~ I his
original q |, hold on the people of this his
o oc1se l nlth Is asking the Virginia Dem
ms attitude in the matter to nro.
claim boycott against that leater
t MnG Tor onnt thirty Years has never abused
ntere ef 10 nor pottered with their
Is az this to Mr.. Thomas? Less than
H tb.t rs perhaps. though it is reported
we do eh not t Te,r was when he himself
did not believe Mr.. Bryan to be an
dowed with political infaiiibillty, nor
that differences with him on nuhli1
racy - - e'''oo'
Pilot supported Mr.. Bryan aggressivaiv
hoth IN 1895 and 1900 for the nomina.-
prepared to hoist his colors again as
the head of the Democratic. ticket, and
t,ght for him aggressively. But ii
Of the Bryan cohorts in the State con.
vention - intolerant, vindlctive anG
punitive. prescribing test OF party
fealty which eSacts complete sub.
J servience Of individual Judgment to a
candidate not yet nominated and a
l platform not yet ,adopted--one OF those
political blunders will have been com.
: mitted which measure up to the dig
3 nifty OF crimes, and though the pro.
gram may go through and bear ne
$ evil fruit this year, it will have plant,
ed mischief which will return to plagu.
the perpetrators for years to come
: And If warming and protest come from
nowhere else, this paper will voice
{ them.--Norfolk Nirginian-Pilot
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