The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-04
BRYAN REPUDIATED.

The most sensational and public re.
pudiation of would-be party boss that
has occurred in this country for de-
cades was that in the House of Rep
resentatives on Wednesday, when the
Democratic leader of the House, Repre-,
sentative Underwood of Alabama, de-
nounced Bryan as falsifer, and as
undertaking to SOW the seeds of dis.
sension among prominent Democrats
There is no doubt but that Mr. Under.
wood had the DEMOCRATS of the House
with him in his denunciation of Mr.
Bryan He was heartily cheered, and
not a. word was spoken in behalf OF
Bryan by any one. Tt is an amazing
turnover in party feeling, as compared
with the enthusiasm devoted to Mr.
Bryan but. a few years ago by the lead
ers, as well as the masses, of, the Dem
ocratjc party
And yet Mr. Bryan has never been
a Democrat. He has been q Populist
all the time, aud his effort has CON
stantly been to saddle the Populistic
doctrines upon the Democratic party
He has had wonderful success in this,
a success that shifted the. party alto
gether from its moorings for long
time. But it is now getting back to
its former state. and under the level
headed leadership of Mr. Underwood,
it is making a record that promises ill
for the hoped for, blunders that have
been habitual with the Democratic
party leaders for many years. 1t IS
not surprising that Mr.. Underwood
feels it necessary to score Bryan hesH'
lily, because Bryan is undoubtedly the
marplot in Democratic policies and
hopes at this time
For good many years Bryan was
hailed as. the great leader for the sill
yer propaganda. the mighty friend of
silver And yet Bryan never was
silver man in the true sense of the
word. He never accepted silver as
good money, but accepted it because he
thought if was bad money; precisely
as he: accepted the greenback idea on
the theory that the government fat
was enough to make money. He was
for silver because of its depreciation
as as-compared with gold, and for the fat
that he saw in it. But the true silver
men were for silver because they be-
lieved that it was not fat money, but
good money, and that all that was nee
essary was TO remove the restrictions
against its coinage, and it would vim
dicate itself alongside of gold, Here
was a radical difference, and one which
showed that Bryan was true to his
Populistic ideas rather than to silver,
With this scoring and reputation
of Bryan, we presume that he will have
no further place in Democratic coun-
sells. 1t has been justly said that Mr..
Bryan is greater asset for the Re-
publican party than for the Demo
cratic party. And now he is prac-
tically out of all parties. He killed
himself as a straight party man when
heb opposed the election of Mr.. Dahl.
man in Nebraska. last year, the regular
Democratic party nominee for Cover.
nor. He therefore violated the prin-
ciple of regularity" and fealty to
the party. Other Democrats had done
the same towards him from time to
time when he was running for Presi
dent on the Democratic ticket. But
he has been extremely bitter against
all Democrats who refused to support
him, claiming that this refusal marked
them as no longer Democrats. But ap-
plying the same rule to himself, he is
no longer Democrat, because he did
not support the nominee of the Demo
cratic party for Governor in Nebraska
last;year. And so it appears that Bry
an, as a party man, has gone into an
eclipse, and will STAY in it.