Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-04-02
BRYAN'S RECcS0
As a Vote Getter Compared With
Other Candidates.
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?

A"N Noiuuui" Stitc SHOWS by the
Results of Two Presidential EIcc-
tions That the Great Commoncr
Is the Strongest Possible ,andi-
date the Democrats Can Possibly
Nominate.
The following editorial should be
read by all Democrats:
Papable weakness evidences the
attempt of the esteemed News and
Courier to contend against the posi-
tlon or Mr.. Bryan. as expressed in
his letter to the editor of The State
And it seems as if consciousness of
that weakness is having an injurious
effect upon the temper and morals of
the South Carolina champion of the
New York political programme.
Commenting on Mr.. Bryan's eX-
! preston of pleasure that his Demo
cracy has been satisfactory TO the
rank and file of the Democrats of
the South as well as to the rank and
file of the Democrats of the North.
The News and Courier says that South
Carolina gave Judge Parker more
votes in 1904 than were given Bryan
III 1900, and that Georgia gave
Cleveland more votes in. 1892 than
Bryan in 1896. and continues: so
II would appear from the records that
the rank and file OF the Democrats Of
the South are not by any means sat
isfied with Mr.. Bryan. and the rank
and file of the Democrats of the
North have shown Mr.. Bryan very
clearly that they do not want him
and will not have him" 1t is scarce
ly ingenious to cite the vote of n
one-party Southern State in a general
election TO prove or disprove a point
like this, but since The News and
Courier has appealed to the record,
and attempts TO mislead its readers,
we shall quote the whole record to
its confusion.
What are the facts? In 1892 Mr..
Cleveland was given more votes than
Mr.. Bryan got in 1896 in these
States; Wisconsin, Vermont. New
Hampshire. Massachusetts, Connect
cut, New York, New Jersey. Dele
ware, Rhode Island. Maryland. Vir-
ginia. Georgia and Alabama. In
other words, in D States. including
four in the South, Cleveland received
more votes than Bryan; and in 33
States and territories, including nine
Southern States, Bryan was given
moer votes than Cleveland. Bryan's
popular vote in 1896 was 953 900
greater than Cleveland's in 1892. If
the record appealed to by the Char
lesion paper proves anything. what
does 1t prove?
Proceeding to the record of the
Bryan vote by States in 1900. and
the Parker cote III 1904. il is found
that Parker got more votes than
Bryan in New York, New Hampshire
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island, Della
ware, West Virginia. South Carolina.
Georgia ana Mississippi; or that in
nine States. including three Southern
States. Parker received more votes
than Bryan; while in thrifty nine
States, including ten Southern
/ States. Bryan was given greater
vote than Parker. And Bryan's pop
ular vote in 1900 totaled |. $50, 90
more than Parker's in 1904 What
does the record prove that is ap-
pealed TO by The News and Courier
Ito show that the rank and file of
! Democrats in the South are not sat
isfled with Mr. Bryan" and that the
! Democrats IN the North will not have
him? 1t proves just what MIR. Bryan
said. and proves that The News and
Courier is a misleading and unsafe
counselor
Since We have gone into the rec
ordS. let us pursue a little further.
In 1896, even after the awful bumps
Democracy received in the then cur
rent Cleveland administration. Bryan
had 81 more votes in the electoral
college than President Harrison when
Cleveland defeated him in 1892. And
in 1896 Bryan had seven more cleo
toral votes than Cleveland got when
as president he was defeated by
HARRISON In 1883. The least number
of popular votes received by Bryan
was nearly million greater than
was ever given to any other Demo
crat.
In 1900, William Mckinley, gen
orally beloved because of his success
in allaying sectional animosities, and
abnormally popular because he was
the maker of a brilliantly successful
war. had a majority over Bryan OF
S49,790. -Four years later Roosevelt
defeated the New York Worlds can
didate. Parker, by the enormous plur
ality of 2.545,5l5.
Once more to the record: We fine
that Bryan carried eight States ii
1896 that went against Cleveland il
1892. And in that year he carried
twelve States that Parker lost losinl
only two that Parker carried. Tha
was just after the last Cleveland ad
ministration had given Democracy
: fearful black eye. IN 1900 the Re
publicans. having the prestige OF
successful war. and Mckinley a
. leader, were practically impregnable
particularly when many Democrat
i llrDffad nrvau EOur wears later