Show THE LINCOLN DINNER DINNER f cit R OP OF J INDIANA DIA A spoke for r j I IVL IV a v very ry large larce part of the j jA A Wed j rcy at a dinner in Lincoln F n night when he be declared the i 1 party arty bat hai no o use e for tor the men nien m n who are I rin gratuitous adv e His HIa refer ea ew f e to Cleveland though h ke did not I I mention that name Dame ws WU en 5 tirl Justified by the attitude of l o the ex I t during the campaign It does doesn n u t avail that tb t Cleveland Clev refused refined ref to vote I fr for r c ley it is o onlY ly the more rea rca SUI sr i tot for rejecting ting his bl counsel coon el as to the thep I policy p I Y of l the Democracy Since the I cl t JT Mr r Cleveland has Ms given his bis hiso J o mum freely a as to the dom of QC I Inie the nie imperialistic course coura cour of the admin S q s ration yet believing aa u he lie did he be bew heI w uld mid not express e ress his convictions when hen I Ithe I the battle baule was on against a t imperialism I E Even Enn en t f he would wouw not vote for tor Bryan Brya or McKinley it was hi his duty to declare not because e his views lews are in J tr worth a minutes thought j but because his position In life ute has JIAS given Mm A following among peo pee people pe who really believe e eve he has brains Just now the as 3 to t who shall shaU lead the party is s pot not pressing for an answer but it will ill not DOt be tons Ion t f re thre thIe will m b occasion for fur an of f choke t th the theS x p t AS OT o n S and file tile as to who to shall shallI I direct di their party pa machinery and lead them in ill organizing for th on gr campaign of 1902 When W hen this same rank and file is heard from it m be foud found that the ponderous platitudes platitudes tudes of Cleveland are artt ar as distasteful now a as al i they have been ever since his surrender to the Pierpont t Morgan syn syndicate I In the matter of a bond issue I It woUld wold be he more gratifying to tile tite titer I t res r re l tg of the country if it Mr 4 Cleveland veland were to march into the syn syndicates I Republican ranks and stay f fj there than to have hae him continue as a an ae e n Democrat wih an ostensible welfare elare of tile the He I regard rt gard for th party belongs to the and they 1 t i to be e 11 made ide to tl bar D ar the odium p of his t tn 1 11 t a 1 ry th handicap i i f his presence so long Ion as they profit by byj y and influence influences S SS I j n is ii attitude S s for fr Mr Bryan it tt is s not not likely hd hS h hin f l UI in l 1 lk ho retired from rom his strong position i tion in m the party part it Js Is ha bat probable that tat 1 Iio be to withdraw from active lead Iven ven en if It he so desired His unquestioned ed honesty and sincerity his and unswerving devotion of principle will make him a compelling force in inthe inthe inthe the public life of the country for fr f r years to come Whether h will ever lead to the tile presidency is s another thai t t ter er Henry Heiry Clay was a candidate for president resident three times and nd tailed of his ambition Webster V ebs could not attain the theoffice theoffice office Blames Blaines s case Is s so recent that thatis is needs no comment Oil ot his inability to win the goal Mr Read Head who was the ablest man in his party p before Hanna H na drove him into retirement r is another case cas c in point Indeed since day it has U become an axiom with the politicians that an ex S shie 4 le man nina makes an at exceptionally poor candidate There is 18 this difference with Mr Bryan however that his qualities s of leadership more nearly Dearly resemble IAn Lin coins cc ns than either r BIo mes in that he tie takes tak his bis inspiration n and d finds his strength in the needs ne ds and aspirations of the plain pl ht people und nd it U may maybe ma mabe maybe be he will find them he Still unwilling to abandon his hi personality per n n t for r some other leadership in spite sP te of the politicians and in spite phe of ot f the ge e al that a candidate tw twice twi e ce defeated def at d fc 16 ineligible for another nomination Time and end the tb logic f events alone can prove prove who UI take taHe t Bryans place or whether whelM he smUt be je e displaced at all ail The blunders bl of the Republican party will have bave as much mu h to do with deter determining determining mining mInin the future course cout of political history in this country as a will the sen nt off ob ti the te Democracy Meanwhile advice to Democrats D mO raS from th Ue the sees Who are too i goed g ed or too brilliant t tto to accept majority rale rala o the party pait is superfluous t end nd sure to be rejected 5 5 u |