The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-11
BRYAN 5 ADVICE:
NO NEW PARTY

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The Commoner receives a letter &C.
ICasionally from some reader who sug-
gests the formation of a new party,
and the idea sometimes appear in
the newspapers which are dissatisfied
with the proceedings at Washington.
The new party suggestion is more ca
silly made than carried out. To plan
a new party is easy; to organize one
of any considerable size in very diff
cult. There is a certain attractiveness
about new party; if one can get a
few cOngenial spirits together and or
ganize a party on a definite platform
and pledge it to a definite reform, he
can have the consolation that comes
from association with companions in
agreement with him, but if his party
becomes very large, differences of OPP
inion will manifest themselves, and
these differences will become more nu-
merous as the party increases in
strength All do not think alike on
any subject and few think alike on
all subjects. The question that the
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he would find a new party more con-
genial. but whether he can better adj
vance reforms in a new party than
| in one of hte existing parties. The
| Commoner stands for reForIns-reforms
definite, specific and important, and
! it believes that these reforms can bet
ter be accomplished through the de-
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party that could be organized under
present conditions. The reform ele-
ment in the democratic party is large
enough to control the party, and If
! the reform element were not large
IGnough TO control the party, it would
not be large enough to contribute ma
terially to the formation of a new
party. For many more democrats will
enlist under the banner of reform
within the party than would leave the
party and join a new one. The same
can be said of the republican party
a great many more republicans will
attempt to reform the republican par
ty than would leave II and form a
new party. Mr.. Cleveland and his
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the national convention In 1896 but he
and they could not form a new party,
The advocates of new party sug-
gest that the reform element of the
democratic party and the reform ele-
ment of the republican party Join
together" in the formation of a new
party. That is not practicable at
the present time. The reformer, if he
is a real reformer wants to see his
reforms carried out-he is so much
interested in seeing Them carried out
that he will work in the party where
he thinks he can work to the best
adv antage. There are a great many
republican reformers, and it, will be
custer to get republican reformers to
act with democratic reformers in the
democratic party than it would be to
get republican reformers to join with
democratic refoFmers in organizing a
new party, for the republican reform
ers know that they can do more to
secure reforms by acting with the de-
moclatc party than they can by act
ing through an independent party. And
so more democratic reformers would
be willing to join with the repub-
qlican reformers to carry OUT reforms
= through the republican, party than
would be willing to join with the re-
publican reformers in the organization
: of new party
Let the democratic reformers fight
for the control of their party, and let
> the republican reformers fight for the
. control of the republican party. II
the democratic reformers control the
democratic party, and the republican
e reformers fail to control the repub
Il lican party, then let democrats appea
l. to republican reformers to cross thu
/ party line and put reforms above par
ty. The appeal will be headed by +;
lie multitude of republicans. If, on tn,
II contrary, the republican reformers Sc
cure control of their party and the de
ID mocratic reformers lose control o
theirs, there is no doubt that the re
D. publicans could count on the supper
lg of many democrats. At present tn
st only hope of reform seems to b
lie through one of the old parties, an
The Commoner believes that the de
n, mocratic party has the largest hop
IN and best prospects and, therefore, /
lf urges activity among the democrat
lg who desire to make the party a pos
n tive force for the remedying of exis
ing abuses.-The Commoner.
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