The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-07
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Il seems hard TO snow some OF the
Eastern leaders and newspapers that
there Is a West. Not the West they
knew years ago filled with ranches
and wild ways by wilder men, but
q great. united Industrious empire,
really more progressive, more Amer
lean than any c;her part of the great
Republic. The people comprising this
vast empire are from all the states.
They know the faults and virtues Of
their forme. home states. They seek
no advantage over their brethren, be-
cause God in His wisdom provided
out here land flowing with milk
and honey" where whosOever will
may SOW and reap rich reward for
the labor.
The East has refused the leader
snip of Mr.. Bryan. 1t made no pro
tense that the platform at Denver was
not good. There was not a flaw In
the Democracy of that great conven-
tlon document. There is not nor can
there be a doubt OF the sincerity OF
Mr.. Bryan. His integrity is beyond
doubt unimpeachable. He is a mas
ter. a thinker, logician who approaches
philosophy. The world may nave
produced a better man or more
splendid type of progressive citizen
ship, but he has not been named or
placed In position for comparison.
In refusing the leadership of Mr..
Bryan without offering man to as
sume command. the East dealt Dem
ho
Pryan.
Is there a man In tne East aspiring
20 lead Democracy II not why sacri.
flee the offering; yea the idol Of the
West?
Afr Bryan was not an asplrant for
the presidency. He wished to be pres
ident; what great light and leader
doth not? But he placed the ideas OF
the Denver platform above self. and
toll Colonel Watterson to name
man who could carry them before the
people with any hope OF success. At
the time mentioned six months prior
TO the Denver convention, what states
man Of the West had sufficient ma
tiOnal fame to rally the Democracy
for battle? Governor Johnson may
have had such strength. but the Wall
street crowd which accepted his name
made his nomination at the time i'm
practical Governor Haskell had the
fame later, but not az that time. Theo
dore Bell is famed. but almost wholly
west OF the Rocky mountains.
True tnere are hundreds Of able
men worthy of filling the highest Of
flee OF the land. but not one of them
would enter as a candidate until the
failu-e TO nominate Mr.. Bryan would
incapacitEte the nominee from max
ing strong fight in the Central
states.
Therefore we believe the icono-
clasts should have what The Leader
presented last March In an editorial,
Il reads in part as follows:
"The Leader reri.zes New York
Is against Mr.. Bryan. There is
no candidate in the East who can
redeem that state--there win
never he so long as the state or
ganlzation remains with Mr.. Con
nors. Nominated on plain. un-
mlstakable Democratic platform
NJ Bryan can carry the South
the eleven states which seeded
from the Union. and Il is fair to
presume Maryland. West Virginia.
Kentucky and Missouri win give
him their electoral votes. There
is not a doubtful state west of
mississippi save California, II
we LEI the East alone. Indiana.
Ohio ami Illinois can be maie
Democratic n we forget the ten
states in the northeastern section
OF tne Union. Let's try IL once"
How true that article, How little
we gained there, and how much Il
cost us to place the Democratic cam.
paign in the command OF men who
know so little OF the political game.
William Connors and Edward Mpr
ply may be the worst maligned men
in America but all people west OF
the Missouri river have an idea that
either or both will steal. II finey are
good or bad. II matters no No ohe
will have the courage 10 afrh ps there
IS a strain OF citizenship IN either OF
both 81 them worthy of being men
.tionelt in the saiie paragraph with
Mr. Trvan Mr. Btyan can carry the
AF6St ias,l. -tlrA SoSth. the East Is his
fee. ami We should have centered that
battle against the principles as enunl
ciated at Chicago, forgot that there Is
political hope east Of the Allie
ghenies. and we would al least have
swung Ohio. Iniiana and Iowa in our
ranks.
Then a new division of parties
would have been made and the South
and West been in complete ccntrol OF
political affairs. We have the votes
and wig not use our position with
the same power used over us for so
many years: