The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-07
1t Was Fear That Only
Defeated w. J. Bryan
One of the Correspondents of the Des Mones Rese and
Gives to Our Mind. the Best Reason Yet Assigned For
The Defeat of William Jennings Bryan.


Re- lister and Leader presents the cir
cumstanc-s of his having lost ST on the
result of the election as his credentials
emitting him TO express an opinion AS
to how it happened. His opinion Is
worth good deal more than the So it
cost him for chance to formulate it.
This contributor disposes OF the allie
CATION that MIR. Bryan is personally
chargeable with the defeat, because OF
distrust Of him, in this wise
"No doubt thousands voted for Mr.
Taft because OF the fear of Organism.
But they are few in comparison-this
vote was overshadowed by the votes OF
thousands, hundreds OF thousands Of the
best voters in the country-vOters who
cast their votes for Bryan because of
his splendid personality his moral
worth and his stand for principle. Mr..
BRYAN gained ten votes from the latter
class for every vote he lost from the
former"
And then he proceeds TO place his
finger on the cause of Mr.. Bryan's de-
feat. The defeat WAS due, not TO the
fear of Bryan, but to fear of the enc
mics of Brya an. 1t is stated this way by
| The contributor:
1T was not Bryan or Organism that
the decisive vote feared. 1t was the
fear of the enemies OF Bryanisn-the
fear of trusts the fear of the corrupt
comb .nations of capital nf the thousand
and one different interests that are en-
Toying the favors of high protective
tariff and The special privilege legisla-
ton as manufactured by the corpora.
n-tavOllng elements OF the republl-
can party. The fear Of the power Of
these interests would have defeated
any man the opposition could have
brought out
Analyzing bit further, the writer
divides the vote that erected MIR. Ialt
into three elements There was The
selfish vote. 1t represents the power
of the cheap politicians and the favor.
grabbing corporations. 1t was vote
not for PATRIOTISM or principle, but fol
,elt.lnterest. Next there was the mar
row minded VOTE" term which th,
writer applies TO the standpatters, the
parrisans who vote their ticket straigh.
and prefer their tariff high comprising
perhaps the bulk of the rank and file o.
the republican party. Finally there
was the "timid vote" and of this class
| the contributor writes as follows:
They are all clean, conscientious
men men who want TO vote right
men who are clear headed enough to
ZEE things in their right light, but who
for fear of the power OF the high pro-
t.ctive tariff interests feel that they
dare not oppose them-the laboring
man, the merchant, the man who has
MS home half paid for, the man whose
exceptional ability allows him to be-
;arly prosperous, regardless OF the
m noplistic oppression, the farmer up
IN whose products the greed of illegal,
organized capital has not as yet fasten-
ed it's hold, would all have liked t.
vote for principals if they dared-they
as yet hav, MT the courage. Will the,
yet it be- fore it is too late?
This is dangerously near the point.
If this be true that 'ryan was defeat
ed because timid people feared the
vengeance of the trusts. what does ii
mean?
Ii it be true that there were thOus
ands who cheered him, loved him
hung upon his words, believed in him,
and who went with heavy hearts to the
ballot box to cast their votes against
him because they were afraid the "sys-
TEN" would punish the country if Taft
we're not elected-what thea?
Is the prospect, under CHS hypOthe.
sis, altogether bright and cheerful for
the success of free institutions, and for
real liberty on American soil for our
children and our children's children?
1t is werth thinking about, even if
the election is over?-Omaha World.
{Herald,