Evening star., 1912-11-23
tes. but not to any great degree.

states, but not to any great degree He
did not speak from five to ten times day,
as was his habit when candidate HIM
self. The democratic managers did not
want him in the east. and as far as | op-
served he did not create any particular
sensation in the west. Is 1T not true that
Mr.. Wilson would have been elected had
he not carried one of the states where
Bryan made any pretenSe or campaign
ing, and is it not dollars to doughnuts
that II Bryan had made no speeches he
would still have every one of the states
which are now in his column?
You seem to think Mr.. Bryan knows
all about the tariff. Does he? Really,
who does? Mr.. Bryan served four years
in the House of Representatives; he was a
member of the committee on ways and
means which fashioned the Inflated Will
son bill. He made two or three speeches
on, the tariff What We're they? They
sound we'll, in fact, like all that Bryan
tive, alluring and plausible to listen to-.
But read him in. cold type in the light of
reason. You may admire his finished SEN
tences, his gift of phrasemaking, his
rare faculty of clothing dangerous propo-
sitions in shining garb. After all how
little are these of practical worth or
value?
4. The; crying need Of the democratic party
at this juncture is the wisest and most
experienced craftsmanship. Its path for
pitfalls. What 1t wants to guide it's
destnies is men not swayed by mere per-
sonal or political ambitions; not merely
men in love only with their individual
ideas, incapable Of appreciating the opin-
ions of others; men who are not con-
stantly prodding their minds to devise
new additions to this modern creed of
pure democracy. 1t wants men with the
temperament and the ability to weigh
with judicial minds the great economic
.oI, fn n kl
every step with the utmost care and de-
liberation, holding ever before them the
purpose to give the greatest material
good to the greatest number. Mere mouth
ing will not avail in such crisis. Can
Mr.. Bryan fill a bill like this? Let him
who says so step forward.
No Reason for Bryan's Censorship.
To my dull comprehension no reason
has been advanced why Mr.. Bryan
should constitute himself the censor and
the director general Of the incoming DEM
ocratic executive and Congress- and woe
will come to those concerned if they yield
to any such pretension. 1t is reported
that Mr. Clark and Mr.. Underwood have
agreed to resist any such pretension, If
put forth. I pray from the bottom of
my heart this may be true. 1t VII be
the only SalVatlOn IOr the OeHlOcfatlc
party. If it follows blind guides it will
inevitably so where blind guides lead.
AS to the cabinet talk with which so
many of the newspapers are now amusing
themselves and their readers, it is and
can be nothing more than ridiculous spec
ulation, for any student at Princeton who
was under woodrow Wilson VIII .ell you
that when he is ready he will announce
his prospective cabinet authoritatively.
Nothing could make me believe that
Woodrow Wilson has or will offer a seat
in his cabinet to w. J. Bryan until he an
nounces 1t himself. He. owes Mr.. Bryan
nothing, and If he owed him everything 1t
would be much better for him to pay his
debt in some other way than by seat In
his cabinet. The day that w. ]. Bryan
enters the cabinet OF Woodrow Wilson.
that day will Woodrow Wilson's trouble
begin. Mr.. Wilson may have changed his
mind since he thought 1t would be a good
thing to knock Mr.. Bryan into "a cooked
hat" but 1t Is difficult to imagine he has
changed it sufficiently as to wish to tie
to him.
Mind you. in what / have said have
no intent, no desire to belittle Mr.. Bryan.
To do so would be assurance = recog-
nize, as every one does. his commanding
ability and his high personal character.
He is. OF course, one OF the foremost men