The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-07
Don't Be Sorry Your Not
in Desyer, Says
Stefens.
You Can Gel q Better View
Of Things With Your
Eyes Closed
aY LINCOLN J. sTEFFENs.
Copyright, 1908. BY Newspaper
Enterprise soelation.l

Enterprise Assoela,ion.l
DENVER. Colo July THE
Democratic national convention ~
1905 has convened. A great IN
spiriae spectacle Il is--eyen 10 the
eve Il - greater still 10 the mind
a mass Of moving men piled hish
frou floor 60 ceiling OF the I'm.
nenne Auditorium, with flags lis
ing and bands PLAYING II Is a
great sight Ca see. yes bot don
rcKret that sou are not here
II you will open your imagination
yoa shail see II all bigger clearer
and much more truly than many 81
as o.. = no ave on the ground When
sak ont with e~s open zee
this mass of humanity as "A lnt 81
men when | close my eyes and
thlns II out. see what you can
ase > EoFcKath.FinE on one spot. IN
one CITY. Of one state. Of delegates
giou-eyvry nook and corner Of all
eifl.s $50 an states IA the United
STATES LIANT that broader vision ?
Aud when open my eyes sFain !
see presiding upon the platform
Theodore A Bell temporary chair
ntAB HBt friends. when / close
my eyes aud iook ~ you may look
with ssii the faculties God gave uF
a. see the unseen with. ! see pre-.
siding over the deieRstcs not one
man. bat many men. not Mr. BELL
hiit vntiie opinion The fear 81 the
peopie dominates ihiN convention.
nos soee and respect bat fear,
dread - you and nae There are
delegates present who are ~ ns. for
as there are more 81 such in Den.
yer shAa there esre IN Chicago
Not oeisasses 81 All.
hDt Ia the main the DELEGATES
whp 1T down there Ia The little
nenB are not delegates 81 alt. but
creatures ~ their state BOSSES. who
rive ehrn their state is called and
vote them sulklnE there. thet
echo thcif hoaEes complaining
these machine mad dummies. OF
one-man domination rtey as that
Brysn bosses theus - DO many II
the correspondents Hah. Bryan
doesn't rule hers. The reporters
who keep saying he does. the Carl
catufisss Who repeatedly picture
him IN control At the telephone.
thek speak falsely. OF they ser su
perElrially. with their phy deal eyes
only They don't see shat you can
ses They don't see what Il means
that the boeaes ~ these delegates
while fhey follow the leader az LIN.
coln. earse. hate and plot against
him They don't recognize the ali
fereNee between boss ruling by
force 81 organization aud rorrup.
tiou. and 4 leader leading by the
foree Of that public opinion which
u back OF and which depends 10
psth-tscaily upon Bryan Bryan
might dominate the copvention. he
mas think he RhoAld He hiss a
wife In here, and true. he speaks
ovef a. Hut he listens. too.
Bryan Should Gene
think be should come here IN
the flesh. In that spirit that once
WAS hiA. and speak. The reason
Nanf this ~ the reason the dele.
gates and the hlind critics want IL
not. becauae he does and they do
not represent you and ME. In
short. | fear the convention almost
az much as the convention fears
the people The point IL that the
Democratic party sitting here IN
consention Is In need 81 reform
which Il IL Roink 10 promise TO
give. Mr. Bryan knows it When
he denounced Roger Sullivan. the
piuiocratic boss ~ the Illinois de.
murfacy 2 four Years ago. he recoE.
nized need there Of reform. and
was proceeding the right way Co
get il A national leader may point
the fineef Of Hcorn NJ a Republican
in the Democratic party
when. last Saturday. he told the
Pennylvauts delegation that Col
Guffet. their boss. was q betrayss
OF the people, IL was practically
nothiuR but true leadership. Col
Gufsey. Democrat. was the left hand
OF Qnny. the dead Republican boss
OF Pennsylvania u was a service
for Bryan 20 read him out OF the
party. Mr. Bryan ought TO go on
and rid the party OF Tom Tageart.
Charley Murphy aud All the other
conservative Democratic bosses
who keep the party from repre-.
aeniing progress and the people
Nearly everything that is good in
this convention Is coming from
Bryan Il was he who asked TO
have Mr. Hell. 81 California. made
temporary chairman Mr. Bells
own delegation held sessions on
the train coming ont here 10 make
manifest the distaste of the South.
ern Pacific railroae. which Il rep.
reaents. for man who ls sus
pacted Of 'smeli' Democracy
TiAe 70 40.
ID was diotation for BRYAN t6on
to choose. Hut when mis- party
might haze, ceois0 CsStswise smte
tvrporatiep attorney u wiz t,nss
10 use tlu Nscc - ~ elite tps aam
Md srctug the rus
.dle 20 u rs Slts ne stde ysasSO
dtsloy andes ~ 40 esSsn 0oesWF
aeer jQN0e SoaS, 0WE I. 0Sltae
b sscepk him OnlS az . Concesston