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Show i The Democratic Convention. On next Tuesday the great Democratic national na-tional convention will meet in Denver. At this writing it seems to be accepted that Mr. Bryan will receive the nomination by acclamation; that probably no other man will be nominated. We cannot anticipate what the platform will demand except from expressions dropped by Mr. Bryan from his lecture platform and from his Commoner. We take it, however, that it will claim that all the reforms instituted or proposed uy the Republicans owe their inspiration entirely to the Democratic party, and to himself chiefly, as its exponent. There will bo some noisy clamoring done; -there will be plenty to say that the third time carries the charm and that he will be sure to be elected, but at this time it is a bold assertion for any one to predict who will be elected. There is a great unsettled force in the United States. There are a great many discontented men; there are a great many men who, like the old fisherman fisher-man on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, are ready to say: "The fish do not bite this year, we think we will vote for a change." And still, at this time Mr. Bryan is not so strong in the affections affec-tions of very many men in the west and in the south as he was eight years ago or twelve years ago. But no one can tell. When Mr. Cleveland was last elected It was a surprise a surprise, we think, even to him. No one could tell where the strength came from, or, rather, what induced so many men to vote for him. It was a clear case that if he was elected there would be a smashing of the tariff if it was in his power; that the very threat of that would deprive -thousands of men of employment; and yet he was elected. And so no man now is sure of the election of any particular person he simply gets it. He cannot found his calculations on any facts as they are presented, but one thing is clear; by the time this paper is issued again the nomination will be made and the campaign will be on. It promises to be a most exciting one. For the next hundred days it will absorb the attention of the American people and it will be almost impossible to swing new business enterprises, for the reply to any request of that kind will be, "Let us wait; it is only a little while until election, and then we will see." In the meantime, however, the harvest which will measure up perhaps six or seven billions of dollars, and which will insure three or four billions bil-lions in cash, will have been gathered and on the market, and we have a right to expect that as soon as the election Is decided there will be a restoration of business, perhaps up to the full volume of business as it was running two years ago. In the meantime, let us all hope that the man whose administration would be best for all the American people, the high and the low, the rich and the poor, will be elected. |
