The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-06

ZINE need not ascribe to the sln- \ ister part played by MT. Bryan O at Baltimore any purposed, or, even conscious disloyasty; but. assuming it the native and honest emanation of his character and intellect, the conclu- sion cannot be escaped that he is man of malevolent disposition and of judg- ments radically infirm.
 This indeed is borne out by a judicial review of his career and especially of his more recent antecedents. That he should grow richer as his party grew poorer may not be laid wholly to the account of selfish greed. He is captivating public speaker and the cautauqua circuits were made to his hand Personal exploitation
 is the most effectual form of advertising and advertising is the soul of the lecture business. No democrat has just occasion therefore to complain that MT. Bryan improved to the fullest his opportunities to secure pecuniary independence for his family and himself, getting on in years and having measurably failed at all else. That which every democrat has the right to challenge is that he has shaped his thCly illotoiiSS niiSiS tAO could find, or coin, a pretext, to the dis ruption and defeat of the party which had so honored and trusted him.
 We need not go back of the immediate case in point for proof. Assuming that Tammany be all that MT. Bryan says it is and following him in reading Murphy out of the convention, who profits by that act? The republicans, of course Tammany is not the only political ma chine in New York. Mir. Taft has his ma chine, and MT. Roosevelt has his machine. By eliminating our machine on the eve of taking the field to fight the Taft and Roosevelt machines, we cut ourselves off from the support of state necessary 10 carry the election and achieve no reform whatever.
 After. not before the battle, were the time if any, to discipline Tammany. Meanwhile there are democrats in New York beside the Tammany democrats MT. Bryan goes out of his way particular ly to mention Mir Belmont. How can he justify himself in this? What has MT Belmont done-either of the Belmonts, for there are two of them, Perry and August-to forfeit his claim upon the recognition of democrats, or his right to a seat in a national democratic conven- tion? Both are democrats dyed in the wool. Perry Belmont has been the head of the movement to force the publicity of campaign expenses upon Congress and the country. Their distinguished father was an honored leader e. democracy be- fore MT. Bryan was born. Neither is trust magnate. Neither has any connec- ton with any interest MT. Bryan can cite prejudicial to democracy, or the public welware. But MT. August Belmont was active in the Parker nomination and campaign of 1904. which late and early Mir. Bryan did what he could to blight. That would seem now to be the milk in MT. Bryan's cocoanut
 Indeed, Mir Bryan in his speech oppos- ing Judge Parker for temporary chairman of the convention sought to profit by his own treason when he referred to the falling off in the democratic vote of 1904. Judge Parker might have replied: You gave me no show from the start. You came back from Europe with great flourish of trumpets. William R. Hearst hired Madison Square Garden for you. You made a speech there arousing demo- cratic factionism and invoking every manner of -disaffection. Then you went stalking through the land sowing dra- gons' teeth across the pathway of de- mocracy. Having done all you could do to make my election impossible you put up pretense of supporting me whilst your file leaders knifed me from start to finish"
 Not a word of this indictment could Mir. Bryan truthfully deny.
 Having by faiss issue brought defeat upon his party and his life long friend. Dahlman, in Nebraska two years ago. he is now seeking by another false issue to bring defeat upon his party and his life long friend, Champ Clark. at Baltimore There are those who believe. and are loudly urging. that he has been playing an artful but perfidious game to secure