The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1909-04-10
The Brynn NIytli.

a generation hence Bryan will he
q myth. So fast is he receding into
the past that at the prime Of life he
Is as antiauated as lMethuselah, Had
he not worked out for himself ca
reer as lecturer. Independent of his
political candidates.. says the Balti-
mode American, he would be looked
upon as the most Interesting piece
Of bric-a-brac the country affords.
The forces that are whirling Bryan
Into little Nebraskan eddy are
those generated By his own party.
He raised repeatedly the standard OF
his varigated opinions and with Law
ish oratory rallied segment of the
Democratic party about his stand
ard. But the very ones who looked
upon him as prophet are now slip
ping from under his cloak in con-
gress.
aIr. Bryan had an opportunity to
take stand for the tariff in line
with the trend of his party in the
South. Intead. he devised an aca-
demic proposition of the relation Of
the tariff to the trusts and proposed
scheme OF cross-sectioning that
was ridiculous and would have
proved futile. He has shown him
self 10 he Bereft of a vestige of the
faculty of responsible leadership. So
that today the Democrats. even
those who long chung to him, are
swapping places with the Republic
cans ON the tariff issue. The party
lines are broken into and the DEM
ocrats and Republicans are alike
lining mp in favor of the adoption
OF the schedules in forms to benefit
their constlaeucles.
II is not remarkable that some
of the Republicans should break
away ON hides, lumber and the like,
but it is remarkable that the men
representing the party that stood for
free trade or for purely revenue
tariff should be thronging the ranks
of the protectionists. The South
has advanced more in the line of
protection for industry than any
other section OF the country. What
will be the future Of the party whose
members in congress are hopelessly
divided. party that for the most
part is lined up hehind the Payne
4iIl after years OF denunciation of
the Republican ''rdBber tariH?"
The conclusion seems to he clear
the Democratic party is rapidly
losing It's national character. 1t is
In the future to be a state party pre-
pared to win elections in friendly
states, and in Republican bailiwicks
to be a party OF succor when Repub-
lfcan rule becomes obnoxious to the
people. Its constituency recognizes
the fact that they have no standard
to uphold. no position to maintain
They are, therefore. concerned very
much more largely for beneficial
trade policies than they are for the
support of party that has lost its
principles.
The one who has caused this state
OF chaos has himself gone down up.
der the flimsy superstucturc he
sought to erect. He will be but a
memory Yet. indirectly, he has &C.
complished the work OF separating
The South from the idols. BY swing.
ing the Democratic center to the
West he alienated the South and
even more so by adopting policies
that are incompatible with the eco.
Bomic interests OF the section that
has been the DulRark OF Democracy
! It Is folly to longer speak Of a revival
81 the old Democracy. The truth o,
the matter Is that the condition foi
that form Of faith has receded insc
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