The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-12
BRYAN "A POWER
The Democratic Paiy Would Commit
suicide by R,sadia'irg
issues HE STANDS FOR

I issues HE STANDS FOR
The Personality and Doctrines of the
C.eat Commoner Are Denrer to the
Great Majority Of Democratic
Hearts Than Those Of Any Other
Man in the Party.
Judge Maynard T.. Stiles. of Char
lesion, W. Va, who is known In that
State as far seeing, wise, conserya-
tive Democrat in letter to the Ga
zette Of his city gives his party good,
| wholeecme advice. We make some
extracts from his letter, which we
feel sure will be read with interest.
Judge Stiles opens his letter by say
| ing that one of the strange results Of
the recent election is the notion en-
ts7taincd III some quarters, part!cu-
lo-ty by certain eastern journals.
that the election eliminates Bryan rs
leader Or as q controlling influence
| In the dem 3cratic party; or that the
elimination Of Bryan and "Bryan-
ism" is necessary to the retention and
extension of the party advantage just
gained.
These journals, he goes on to say,
most Of whom supported Taft In
I190S, talk of new leadership for
democracy IS they did In 1904. BY
new leadership" they mean the OH
leadership which, despite Bryan's 10y
atty to the party name and cand'- :
dates, led us so far isto the slough
of eternal despond that cnly the re-
turn Of the standard into Bryan's
hands give the faintest hope of de-
liyerance. The same muttnous crew
that .uttled the ship in 1896 and
/ 800 and 1908, and ran her asroGn'
and abandoned her when they cap
tured her in 1904. are preparing to
clam ber aboard again, now that she
Is once more afloat and out in mid
stream, and to throw overheard her
navigator and tear up the chart In
which lies tie only hope that The
democratic passengers and cargo VIII
see port in 1912.
do not mean to imply that Bryan
should necessarily become the nomi-
nee in 1912; 1t is not the time now
TO- pick candidatss.s but. ! am, one:of
those who believe that to abandon
the things which Bryan championed
in the last campaign would be to plan
defeat in the hour Of victory. l am
one of those who believe that the
personality and doctrines CT Bryan.
are dearer to the great majority OF
democratic hearts than are those Of
any other man in the party or out
of it, and that the elimination Of
"Bryanism" by new leadership" If
it could be accomplished. would car
ry with it every hope Of the triumph
of democratic principles under the
party name two years hence.
Tho New York Worll, in an ell
torial quoted in your issue Of satur-
day. advised Mr.. Bryan ITO get In
step with progressive democracy, and
give all the moral support within his
power to new leaders, and he add
ed: "He has had his chance-he had
three chances-and each time the
country rcpudiated him" The justl-
fication for the reproduction Of these
attacks upon the foremost Twin:
democrat, made by professed demo-
cratic editors, Is to be found In the
warnin! It affords to the faithful
of the attempt to conceal reactionary
plans In the disguise Of n pretended
"pro greesive democracy. 1t is un-
fortunate that great nominally DEM
ocratic papers, like the World, can
not give more convincing evidence
of their progressive democracy than
persistent misrepresentation of Its
greatest exponent; and that they
should suppose that party harmony
can be restored or party interest ad-
vanced by attacks upon him.
'py whom was Bryan three times
"reDudiated?" BY "Standard OH;
by the "Morganheims" and the AL
drichcs: by the steel trust and all the
steal trrsts. by the System, by the
Interests" the Individuals, corpora
tions. and ordinations OF corpora
lions that had their snoNts and fore
feet in the swill Of snecial privileges
Ito the success Of whose efforts to
keen them there the World and It's
hind contributed. and without which
treasonable succor BRIAN would have
pulled them sqrealing from the
trough. These rejected Bryan, as
they will always reject anvoce who
seeks TO loosen their vampire hold
urcn the public.
The World does not remind us of
low millions of fat" fried by Hanna
from protected and entrenched priv
ilege, 1t cost to "repudlate" BRYAN.
1t does not remind Us that. without
roncy enough TO buy posta,e stamps,
Bryan three times led tie hosts OF
progressive democracy up to the very
castle moat of the money barons, the
tariff barons, the graft barons, ct Id