Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-27
Wall Street in Control at Baltimore.

Wall Street in Control at Baltimore
1t seems that such stalwart support
ers of Democratic principles rs the
New York World perceives in the ma
nipulation at Baltimore possible death
for the Democratic party. The World
declares that THE situation at Balti-
more is serious" and follows that dec
laration with;
on one side is a crooked combination
OF corrupt finance and corrupt politics
which is determined To frame the plat
form and name the candidate for Pres
ident On the other side is Mr.. Bryan,
who has been thrice beaten for the
Presidency and who is under suspicion
of aspiring to a fourth nomination. The
fate of the party swings between these
extremes.
The so-called conservatives in the
convention have made the boss of Tam
many Hall their leader, and Tamma-
ny is the most detested political organ
iZation in the United States. Back of
Tammany Hall are Thomas f. Ryan,
augusta Belmont and the horde of
predatory corporations that represent
corrupt bosses.
The same sordid crew that backed
Judge Parker for Temporary Chair
man managed his campaign in 1904.
AS a result Judge Parker was the
worst beaten candidate that ever ran
for President on the Democratic tick
ct. He polled 12s0,000 fewer votes than
MIR. BRYAN received in 1900, and Mr..
Reosevelt's popular plurality was 2,545,-
515.
.If this crew is to control the Demo-
cratic nomination for President this
year, Democratic victory will turn at
once into Democratic disaster The
Democratic party will be elimi-
mated from the campaign. The
Democratic candidate will be prac-
tically forgotten on election day.
The campaign win become a contest
between Taft and Roosevelt. The radi-
cal Democrats will rush to Roosevelt
in hundreds of thousands. The eonser-
vatiye Democrats will be driven to
Taft To save the country from Il third
term. The Democratic party viii again
be wrecked and stranded"
What the World foresees has al
ready been predicted by at least one
prominent Democrat in Maine. The at
tempt of Wall Street to control the ma
tional Democratic party as the booze
same party, will result in the same
crushing disgust on the part of the
peope. Murphy and Tammany is to-
the national party what the Pattangall-
Plaisted ring is to Maine. And with
Thomas T. Ryan buying and debating
to Murphy and Tammany as the brew
ers have bought and dictated to the
Maine clique. we shall see the same re-
suit.
1t means Democratic suicide. If Bal
timore carries through such plan, in
spite of the advice of Bryan, the party
will deserve oblivion for such shame
less debauchery.
AS we remarked the other day. if the
known to make anything but fools of
themselves, there would be hope for
the rank and file.
The World concludes its editorial
with:
The Democratic party is face to
face with another great crisis. If
the Baltimore Convention blunders,
Theodore Roosevelt instantly be-
comes the vital factor in the cam
paign. If it blunders, it makes Taft
or Roosevelt President of the Unit
ed States. If it plumbers, the Dem
ocratic party, not the Republican
party, Will be wrecked by Roose
yeltism.
Shall the Democratic party die?
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