Show S BRYANS POPULARITY Gold Standard View of the Democratic Democrat-ic Situation Washington Post Put neither conceit con-ceit nor misrepresentation will avail to I dispose of Mr Bryan Every intelligent intelli-gent and comprehensive observer of public events knows that he is stronger I with the party today than he was a year ago that he has lost none of the 1 marvelous personal influence which he II exerted durinj the campaign of 1896 I that the principles for which he stands 1 are as ardently espoused by the Demo I cratlq masses as they were when Bryan I proclaimed them with the ardor of his enthusiasm and the witchery of his I eloquence No one need be deceived by 1 the circumstances of the recent campaign I cam-paign in New York City The fact that Tammany ignored the Chicago platform I plat-form Is of no significance We may admit ad-mit that for the Immediate purposes of fiat particular struggle and in order to recover control of municipal affair to rescue Greater New York In fact from the dispensation of an imprudent and hypocritical tyranny the Democratic Demo-cratic masses consented to the Croker Whitney programme But that proves nothing Indeed we may say that even if i involved the permanent rejection of Mr Bryan and the Chicago declaration declara-tion by the New York organization which It does notthe fact would be of minor consequence The Democrats of the nation are not under New York control The millions who voted for Mr Bryan in 189C do not look In that direction for guidance and leadership They would not be moved one hairsbreadth hairs-breadth from their purpose 1 New Ycrk were to threaten them with absolute abso-lute secession They lost New York in 186 They can afford to lose i in 1500 They have no calculations based upon New York as an indispensable factor In their scheme They know that Mr Bryan and the Chicago platform brought out more votes year before last than any Democratic candidate ever received before nearly a million more than Mr Cleveland had in 1892 and they are content with the record and the brilliant prospect it opens to them in the future Let no one Imagine that Mr Bryan is a dead issue I a Democratic convention conven-tion were to assemble today he would be without a serious competitor Unless Un-less all political conditions be revolutionized revolu-tionized meanwhile he will be even stronger two years hence |