The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-11
THE ELIMINATION OF MR.. BRYAN.

Questionable 20 the forces which nave
hitherto been dominant in political
life. OPENLY they denounce him as
dangerous because of his economic
vaearies and his heresies and delusions
-ela+ive 20 financial and Industrial
,roslems which have a political sign
fcsnce.
The opinion is also generally heio
o,a freely EXPRESSED among leaders
IN the larger business movements 'h"'
Mr.. Bryan is animated solely by per-
,onal and nol!tical ambition. and some
~ 4he industrialized and commerclal
ia ,o,,,,rjans even go so far as TO
assert that tho Nebraskan is po'1t'
callv active fo~ the purpose OF rep
ing 4 financial harvest from newspaper
..or,, and the lecture platform An
other strange phenomenon o. me
rolitical life Of the present generation
pos been the periodical announcement
NJ democratic bosses and machine
politicians of The Old OrGer tnat MI
yrvan is again d"au and tha' MS pun
,ical strength mas disappeared Al"
these DAYS Of political uncertainty We
,rA sgain told by the organization
leaders that his political hold mas
,oosened. and that his discordant anu
dlsconcerting activities need no ions
~ he feared. No enc. however, VINO
..allv understands the source of Mt
Rrvan's political power attributes any
Importance to these statements
As matter of fact. big business
and machine politicians underestimate
the influence of Mr.. Bryan because
like the Philistines in the case OIL
Samson. they do not understand the
source Of his strength. According 10
the conventionalized standards OF poll
t,cal intrigue. they have frequentiY
hound him hand and foot. and cast
him into political oblivion. only 10 be
confronted BY the disconcerting spec
,scle OF his return TO power entirely
reiuyenated, and with his political
ekill and activity increased. BY al
the accepted rules of the game. MT
Prvan had been put out OF the run
ming before the Democratic convention
was called TO order last June. put
few days after the convention assem-
bled he attained d position Of UMPIRE
cedented influence. and to-day We have
a Democratic President-elect whom
the old-line party bosses We're un-
willingly forced 10 accept. and whose
nomination was dictated by the Ne
braskan-
There can be no question as 10
weakness Of Mr.. Bryan's thinking on
economic topics. He has not had the
training 10 deal soundly with the
technicaIities and complexities OF
financial. industrial and commercial
problems Even his most ardent al
mirers viii freely admit this poizE1iis
political attitude is the eXpressInao
his moral character. lie looks upon
political issues from standpoint 81
right and wrong. He is oppose 90
p-otective tariff because ne .iefS
such a commercial policy g. ihle
and unjust lie is in favor ode
pendence for the Philippines cause
the subsection % the people 81 these
islands is incompatible with the poll
ticaI and moral principles enunciated
in our Declaration o. INDEPENDENCE.
He is fighting the AIdr.ch scheme CT
central bank because of ms belief
that such an institution wo-.d exploit
the great mass % the people And 50
on through tho entire lst 90 present
Ca political issues NJ. Bryan ap-
proaches and takes bus attitude To-
wards them from the rorai point q
view 10 attempting 90 present = de-
.asled plan 20 express hiS attitude re
.rcu-s he curses % siriste- trfiGsuces
and becomes t-e despair ~ -hos. who
are conscien-iorsiy attempting e.
loz.slate IN some complicated f~a-. ia.
o. Industrial question s-ch - Bank
irg and currency r.fa--. D- -se ~, s.-
alton % corDora-lore
Ire sizn.fcant far- - as Constant. s.,
borne u ua!n6. howeve- IS that Nr
Rrysn's political ett-sde g. .d.r'i0a.
with that O. tio .--r1<e voter The
rreat usa5orit~ o. Fue-frar citizens
30 not ard cannot b. ,s~ectsd fs if-
form Themselves relative fo thr De-
tails =, h-anc a. ana i1d-s. al probe
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