Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-10 | Page 4 | The Control of the Party

THE CONTROL OF THE PARTY. Some of the Democratic newspapers of the country, notably in the South, are calling upon Mr. Bryan to stop his opposition to the reorganizes, and come to the support of Parker. This is urged for the reason as stated, that Bryan and those of his way of thinking think-ing "must see that they have lost control con-trol of the party." " But that is the very core of the whole matter. Mr. Bryan and his friends do not see that they have lost control of the party. On the contrary, they consider con-sider that they retain the control, and that they have at leaBt a fighting chance to win at the coming National convention. And It is certainly true that they have this fact in their favor. The latest National declaration of the Democratic party Is the Bryan declaration; declara-tion; the principles of Democracy that are now In force are the Bryan principles. princi-ples. The reorganizes are the fellows on the outside; they are fighting to get in. Bryun and bis followers occupy the citadel; they are the "ins." To call upon them to vacate and give up the citadel merely because they have been threatened, and before they have suf-fred suf-fred a defeat, Is an extravagant demand. de-mand. It is not to be entertained for a moment. The call on Bryan to surrender sur-render is not in order'Untll he has been beaten