The Washington times., 1912-06-30
CANDIDATE NAMED
MUST MEASURE UP
TO STANDARD SET
Bryan Defines Progressive
AS Settled BY Vote on
His Resolution.
BY WILLIAM ]. BRYAN.


BALTIMORE, Md, June So.-we are
approaching the climax OF this conven.
ton. The question that the conven.
tion has decided is whether or not i;
Will live up to the declaration made in
tn" anti Morgan Ry An Bt lmont resolri-
tion. The convention Is now pledged
by that resolution against the nomina-
tion OF anv man who is representative
OF. or under. obligation to Morgan
Ryan. Belmont, or any other persoI
representing the favor-set king and
privilege hunting class.
This is a solemn pledge made to the
country. II IT is broken It will be
broken in the eyes of the pubic. Be
fore that pledge wa. made 1t might
have been possible to explain that the
candidate was reasonably progressive
because We had no definition of progress
siveness to apply to candidate
but now we have. and II the candidate
does not measure up to II. the eyes
OF the public will be fixed upon the
space between the candidates head and
the mark that we have drawn on the
wall.
Just One Way To Tell.
How can we tell whether a proposed
candidate is the representative of. or OBJ
ligated 20. Morgan, Ryan, and Belmont
and the interests which they represent
There is just one way, namely, to in.
ouire whether he Is willing to accept
the nomination at their hands. 1t is q
principle Of law that an election is Witt
ated by corrupt votes whenever the
candidate could not have been elected
without those votes and so nomination
is vitiated when II depends upon votes
which are not acceptable upder the
rules and upon the conditions laid down
by this convention in the anti-Morgan'
Ryan-B Belmont resolution.
Mr.. Lorimer is about to be expelled
from the United States Senate because
he accepted a Senatorship which de-
pended upon corrupt votes and the pub
lie universally approved the Senate s
proposed action.
Money Trust At Work
Would the Democratic party ap-
prove a nomination made by influences
as corrupt as THOSE that secured the
Lorimer election? 1t is now a mat
ter of public knowledge that the
Money trust, after controlling the
Chicago convention and debating the
Chicago nominee, moved its show tc
this city, set up its tent and organ
lied a two-ring circus with all its
accessories from ring master mer
down to the red lemonade men.
This circus had its acrobats, severa
of them expert at sumersaulting anC
contorton. 1t has held sessions in the
day time and night. Mr.. Murphy IL
general director and resident agent o
the concern. He controls the New
York delegation under the unit ru:
as completely as his hand controls hi
fingers. A candidate who would &C
cept his support would be an migrate
not to repay the obligation in the
only coin which Is legal tender in th'
office OF the plunderbund, namely
Government favors.
Will the Democratic party be Demo
cratic? The question is even more fun
damental. Will it be honest? Will l
keep the promise It has made to si'
million and a half of Democrats and t.
millions of Republicans? More thar
l00O0.OOO voters are watching the bule
tins that come from this convention
VIII this convention give these patriot
citizens a leader who will lead?