The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-09-05
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Richmond News Ledger.
AT last Mr.. Bryan, hustling around
over the political feld. has stumbled
idea and come tumbling within the real
S Ss%efrn' Is ne vindicasea fhrorSassiy
and In his Crane Man me- reeves was
In denouncing and deridtng him. Mr..
Bryan in the last number Of his COM
moner calls on the democrauc pay
for revenue only and 70. make tts>hEht
on that issue. He points out that the
party has not won a victory since lSgS ~:
platform. He demands that we shall
have no more sham battles, but shall
make real fight on real and living
Those of us who have held this same
position through the thirteen weary
and discouraging years since asSs
gladly welcome sao Mr. Sr Td convert aS mem TN
party was being led away from its
principles and traditions tfn T ~ were ere
tariff as an issue Mr.. Bryan and hts
followers shrieked that we were trai'
tors trying to betray the people by di,
issue, which we were told was. tbs
overthrow Of the plutocrats and the
destruction of the trusts and the es-
ness and proS sp With free silver
and ffty-cent dollars The masses OF
the body were taught that tarin Tor
revenue was a device of the enemy; 2
suspicion and askance, disowned as an
parfys door by Cleveland and other
Bryan element again practically repu'
dated tariff for revenue. That year
Imperialism was thrust on US by ME-:
Bryan and we bounced amsp4le may en az
us knowing that we were committed to
a policy which was absured ana void
of sense. In 1O4 the hideous Hearst
with his yellow methods stampeded US
to the amiable Parker and what the
party made its fight on that year no:
body knows The one fact that STOOD
Bryan's supporters knitted Judge Par.
ker cruelty and Mr.. Bryan again was
brought into power and the democracy
ment ownership Of railways. initiative
and referendum and other varieties OF
tomfoolery which few OF us understood
and none Of us cared awning about,
government guarantee Of bank deposit
as our chief reliance for catching votes
And a beautiful mess we made OF 1t.
Through all this time the demo-
cratic party has failed to develop a
single man with the strength ana force
and courage to meet Mr.. Bryan daupt-
throw his D power. ' Our leaders were :,
much engrossed trying to ind the
strong side and to line up with 1t TO
take risks or give any thought for the
real welfare of the party and the a.
Sertion of its principles. Now. Mr..
Bryan himself, by some accident per.
haps. or perhaps having exhausted ell
the possibilities of wrong things to do,
has come upon the right thing ana
learned that Grover Cleveland and the
democrats who stood with him adhered
patiently and in scattered minorltiess
to the real principles and purposes OF
the democratic party. knew what they
were doing
Mr.. Bryan is cordially welcome into
the camp Of the Cleveland democracy.
We hope his loyal supporters, who have
followed him in SO many follies, will
come trooping after him to the safe
lighting ground OF common sense and
democratic principle. II must be notad.
however. that Mr. Bryan's conversation
comes too late and after too manv
wanderinEs for him to be accepted as
leader He has forfeited his personal
right to the promised land The party
as ne says, won victory In 1899 on the
tarin issue but is must ba racollectsd
that that issue was represented before
the peonie ~ man in whose stability