The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-28

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Gratis. democrats who would carry
out the wishes of the millions Of indi-
vidual members Of the party whom
they were elected to represent.
If these delegates-represept
Of the democratic party from states of
the east, from the states OF the south,
from the states of the north, from
the states of the west. from the great
section embodied in the central states
are to do that for which they were
chosen-are to perform their duty,
collectively, as democrats, they will
without delay, without hesitation, with
out fear ruthlessly pluck out the Of
Tending eve, lop off the hand, carve
out, as with the keen knife Of the
surgeon, the fostering cancer which
is causing the surrounding flesh to
mortify the pulse with the loathsome,
creeping magots of discord.
William ]. Bryan has been a factor
in the ranks of the national democ.
racy for a quarter of century He
has been honored, time out Of num-
Der, by the party. He has fattened off
the revenues which have accrued TO
him through the publicity given him
by his party. He has been applauded,
cheered, catered to, hob-nobbed with,
lally-gagged, kow-towed to, fawned
upon-his hands kissed, the hem of
his garments caressed, his hair anont-
ed with spices and expensive oils and
the perfumed waters of Araby, his
feet bathed with the tears Of the rank
and file Of democracy who followed
him. the modern pied piper, into the
sea of inglorious defeat.
He has been worshiped as the shin.
ing god Of light, tho bright, particu-
lar star by whose effulgent rays the
destinies of democracy were guided.
He has been permitted to dictate the
planks in the partys platform, to
name the man who succeeded where
he failed and led the hosts of de-
mocracy 10 two glorious victories and
did It with none of the ostentation.
none of the limelight-seeking display
which was used by the Man OF the
Silver Tongue" when he led them in
three battles, which ended with their
ranks shattered and banners dragging
in the dust of defeat.
He has been recognized as power
in democratic political affairs. until
he has demonstrated that he is utter
ly unfit, unworthy of confidence. un-
appreciative Of honors which have
been showered upon his head. He
his been looked up to as the Moses
to lead the democracy from the maizes
Of the Wilderness of Republicanism.
and has been found as the Jonah who
must be cast into the Sea of the Political
Dead in order that his partys ship
may not be again dashed to pieces
upon the breakers, near which his
monumental ego and self.worship has
already steered it.
If the democracy of America is to
survive, if the people OF that great
party are to hope for party successes
at the polls this fall, if the leaders
are TO show that it is today the party
Of the people, If they are to demon
strate that they are representatives
of the political body which believes
that the voice of the people is the
divine law, then some one must be
found among the delegates who will
arise in the San Francisco convention
and demand, even as Patrick Henry
demanded the casting off of the yoke
of British intolerance, that the yoke
Of Bryanism be hurled from the neck
of democracy.
1t might well be written that even
as Caesar had his Brutus, as Charles
the First had his Oliver Cromwell"
as George the Third had his evil ad-
visers. so has the Democracy OF
America its William j. Bryan,
consort of Jim Reed, adviser Of
the disgruntled mutineers against the
administration, the man who will,
unless eliminated, cause the standards
of Democracy to trail in the mires of
disgraceful defeat. bring about the
destruction of the armies of jefferson.
ianism, even as the flower of Napo-
Icons troops were hurled 10 death in
the sunken road Of Ohain, and drop
the curtain of oblivion on the
party, in November, even as the cur.
tain of night enshrouded forever the
French Empire when the sun set on
Napoleon's glory on the field of Water.
loo
Victory hovers in the offing for the
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