The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
Mack's Medium.

At last a serious. sustained and schol-
arly effort is to be made to answer that
~transcendent inquiry: What is a Demo-
cat?" The task, moreover, is under
! taken by no less a scholar, statesman
and friend of pure science than the Hon.
NORMAN f. MACK Of Buffalo. whose
National Monthly, mentioned aforetime,
now m to u hands. Once every
month, from Maine to California, from
Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico, the pure
gospel OF Democracy, the lasting ex-
preston in printers ink OF the mean
ing OF Democratic principles, is to be
placed in the hands OF the faithful,
The mission OF the medium, the new
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, is universal. I'VE
want Texas to know each month what
they are doing and saying and thinking
about in New York, writes Mr.. MACK in
his eloquent foreword. THE Repub-
lican party has many such mediums"
he continues, with a proper business
appreciation Of the value Of an exclusive
field; but with mere BUSINESS fore
thought we need not linger. Almost
instantly the true prophetic note,
the clarion call of the prophet, sounds
forth: What the party 1.-THE Democratic
party, of counsel wants o is more
issues on which we "a all agree To
the manufacture OF these, to an infant
industry OF magnificent prospects. does
Mr.. MACK devote his medium.
Yet how to begin eve a Democratic
monthly without the blessing Of BRYAN
was too great a problem to be dismissed
lightly. Even the literary horizon Of
Democracy ia illuminated and domi-
mated by one figure. II he had been
writing Mr.. BRYAN's very obituary Mr..
MACK would hardly have touched a
more lofty note Of enthusiasm. mo
one catches more quickly and reveres
more deeply the heart throbs Of the
masses than Mr.. BRYAN; so deposes
Mr.. MACK, and adds the fitting vale
dictory-or it may be welcome-"the
truest representative Of the common
people this age has ever produced. y
No;looking at it calmly, we doubt II any
friend Of Mr.. BRYAN could take offence
or even refuse subscription.
1T is important to Democracy to
have upon its aide it's share Of capital
as well a. labor" OF course this La a
concession, a regrettable concession
it smacks OF the business Office. 1t
could not have been printed in the
Commoner even by mistake. When the
people in Texas realize that the people
in New York are thinking about this, we
fear they will be shocked, but it may
please New York; at least Mr.. MACK
probably thought SO.
We are glad to recognize, however,
that the mere material note Is infre-
ouently struck. Hear then the battle call
And we want every Democrat In the
saddle; we are going at them again, and
going hard Well, there are several
of our Democratic friends, say F1NGY
CoNNERs and CHARLES F. MURPHY, for
example, whom we should rejoice to see
in the saddle, even in a side saddle
but of course this Is only a figure Of
speech, duu iiio0iy hAoiNAo hSuior Wv,
We think. There are higher touches
Of inspired partisan prose, though:
Whether the candidate Ia from the
wheat fields or the cattle dotted prsi-
ries, south OF Mason and Di1on's line
or from the busy marts Of the great
metropolis Of the East, II he rises to the
highest point Of eligibility and is the
logical and regular party ohoioe-that
is all we want to know This seems to
us TO have all the splendid properties Of
a hypothetical question. In addition To
its " charms. We feel sure no I'M
authorized person will treepass.
Time presses; from the wheat fields
and cattle dotted prairiea' OF Mr..