The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-07-22
cumstances to procure the comforts and
necessities of life

CurnstanceS to procure the comforts anC
necessities of life.
will Mr.. Bryan permit us to breaI
| this contract? This may be considered
queer question and no doubt people
will wonder why it is asked. | will pu
It IN another way: Will Mr.. Bryan anc
his followers permit the Democratic
party to nominate a President of the
United States and to send to the people
platform of its own constructions
| Ii he shall insist, as | have no reason
to think that he will, that he must select
candidate for us, and that he must
| frame the platform, then we must rise
| IN our might and assert the principle
that no one man has the right to dictate
the nomination and formulate the prin-
clples OF the Democratic party. Three
times we have gone down to defeats
under platforms that we could not de-
lend before the people, and il would be
absolutely fatal now for the Democratic
party to rush again into the arms of dis
aSter In the pursuit of policies that can
not be maintained
Il have no idea Of disparaging Mr..
Bryan. He is almost as valuable citizen
as Mr.. Roosevelt and he possesses a
number OF his peculiarities. | have not
only the highest admiration personally,
for him as he knows, but | also endorse
number of the great principles for which
he stands; but there are others which
| repudiate as un-Democratic and Wis
ionary. He has devoted constituency,
who are tied to him by bonds that can
not be broken and who regard him as
political deliverer and prophet.
He has made an unfortunate be-
ginning at this time. The dlctatorial
letter that he has written to Governor
Harmon was couched in language that
made it personal affront, and its OBJ
Iectionable phrases were brought into
prominence by the dignifed response
that was made to it. | agree with Mr..
Bryan perfectly that no man ought to be
nominated for President by the DEM
ocratic party who is in league or even
IN touch with the interests that are plum
dering the American people or whose en-
vlronment is of such a character that
there will not be the slightest doubt of
the fact that in the great conflict that
will soon be raging he will take his
stand resolutely with the people.
The Republican party is constantly
boastng of its political ancestors, and
well it may OF Lincoln, of Grant. of
Blaine, of Mckinley and others. have
a great respect for the past record of
the Republican party and | do not dis
parage it as it is written in the history of
the country, Speaking of it at the
present moment, however, it has been
well said that while it has one hand upon
the monument of its ancestors, it has
the other hand in the pockets of the
people. The time is ripe, therefore, for
Democratic ascendency. The Republi-
can party has separated itself from the
masses, and body and soul, has gone
over to the classes. 1t stands boldly for
the system and the interests.
mo one can tell at this moment who
will lead our forces. Whoever it may be,
we must all unite, and no attempt must
be made to eliminate any one and our
standard must blaze forth with the
motto that the favored benehciaries of
the government must surrender and that
the ancient character of the people must
be restored.
Inspired as | always am by the men,
ory of Dir. Cleveland when political
agitation is on hand, cherish the hope
that the man who will carry our colors
will be worthy successor of that i'm
mortal patriot, who, after years of exile,
led us twice to triumph, and who in all
the annals of our country upon the entire
field Of the governmental service and
upon the avenues of legislation, when
ever he met the forces of greed and ava
arice, without any vain display, without
advertising and parading his virtues and
avoiding ostentation, was as unflinching
and relentless foe as corruption ever
encountered