| Show v i VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS ION ON DEMOCRATIC 1 IC HARMONY Public Opinion a a. thoroughly nonpartisan nonpartisan non- non partisan weekly presents all sides s of ot the Cleveland Bryan an harmony proposition In an n Impartial article which we reproduce herewith almost In Its Us entirety Mr r- r Bryan has baa Issued a statement relative to the Tilden club harmony dinner dinner din din- dinner ner and the thc f speech of or tho tho chief guest former Democrat t. t Grover Cleveland Mr 11 Bryan AA says There can cart be bc no such thins thing as ns harmony bar har mon mony between men like Cleveland and those who bell believe o c In Democratic principles pun prin and be lie Is frank enough h to say so lie Is not only but hut h he In Insists Insists In- In that party success can cnn only be secured b by an nn open and avowed return to 10 his Ideas Harmony Harmon Is to be secured not b by the suppression of or differences but b by the elimination of those wh who differ from rom him Mr 11 Bryan says that the aril aril- ers cis do not want harmony harmon but control and that their control means the abandonment aban aban- nt of C the party's position and a return to the policies and practices of or Mr 11 Cleveland's Cle second administration These policies and practices Mr Ir Bryan Bran condemns In detail Ills administration tion Instead of or being a fountain of Democracy De Do- sending forth pure and re refreshing refreshing refreshing re- re freshing streams became a stagnant nant pool from whose waters foul roul vapors arose poisonous arose poisonous to those who lingered near Having Ur debauched debauch d his bis party he was offended by its effort to reform and gave c a comfort to the enemy Vir- Vir killed his daughter to save her chastity eland Cleveland stabbed his party part to prevent its return to the paths of or virtue And now now still gloating over o his present crimes he invites the party to return to him and apologize for or the contempt which It has haR expressed for tor him Will It IL Not until the principles of or Jefferson are forgotten or otten and the works of or Jackson cease to Inspire In conclusion Mr 11 Bryan Dran declares that The light fight Is on between a Democracy Democracy De De- and a which means plutocracy Every speech made b by Mr 11 Cleveland Cle shows sho more clearly clearl the odiousness of or the policies for which he stands We Ve have more to fear from trout those who like Mr 11 Hill Indorse Mr MiS Cleveland's views but bul conceal their thell real purpose In ambiguous language Mr Henry Watterson who through his paper the tho Louisville Jour Courier nat nal Democrat has hns taken a n prominent in part the present harmony harmon movement move move- mont ment asks Wh Why should Mr l Bryan Dryan Insist upon the repetition of oC a series erIcs of oC abstractions upon which the thc party en encountering encountering encountering en- en countering a dwindling not an ap ing vote has lost in succession lon two Presidential elections well welt nigh i InS ing ng Itself in all the determinate States As an nn older not a better Democrat Mr Watterson atter on appeals to Mr l Bryan Bran to divest his mind of or vanity f self con and pride of or opinion admit that there are more ways rays than one of oC killing a rabbit and Iet let someone else try his way The Tho Pittsburg Post Dem remarks I that Mr Cleveland seems to be for peace pence and harmony harmon In Democratic poll poli tics Mr Ir Bryan unsheathes his tomahawk tomahawk toma toma- hawk and scalping knife and Is ea eager er for or war The TilL oce occasion llon did Iid not call for tor hostilities of this kind Mr III Bryan has made a n serious blunder showing a lack lackor of or Judgment and Inability to read rend correctly correctly cor cor- the sl signs ni of or the times The Boston Herald Ind md Dem Deun thinks that Mr Ir Bryans Bryan's attack Is worthy only or of tho the more contemptible roads cross partisan and is I utterly unworthy um of or ofa ofa a 11 person who has been considered in connection with the thc American dency To the thc Kansas City Star Ind md the fact Is made matte plain that Mr Bryan utterly ut utterly ut terly refuses to approve e an any plan of Democratic alignment that docs does not Indor Indorse e as essential policies the erroneous cr- cr doctrines that twice Ice caused the defeat of or the party Under the circumstances all who want to see the Iho Democratic party restored to its old old- time prestige with possibilities of oC again o securing the reins of oC government go must realize that they can cm have nothing moro more to tb do with William J J. J Bryan The Indianapolis Sentinel Dem Dent Is sarcastic A careful collocation of or the views of oC various party part leaders would seem to e establish the proposition that all Democrats were Infernal scoundrels or outrageous fools There Is probably probably proba proba- bJ bly some exaggeration In the views but butIn butIn butin In the result there Is a n great reat ray of ot hope for 01 or the future It If you OU can get ct all the people who have been heen called scoundrels ls and all an the p people who are willing to admit that the they have at times ma made fools tools of or themselves to unite in a 0 grand effort for Cor the overthrow overthrow overthrow over over- throw of or Republican corruption misgovernment misgovernment mis- mis government So and Imperialism m we will sweep the country countr b by the largest majority ma ma- ever known in fn n Its history The Savannah News Dem Deun thinks that Mr Cleveland and Mr 11 Hill Hili rather than Mr 1 Bryan Dran ha have pointed out the road roal to harmon harmony The Macon lacon Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph Dem says says- Mr Bryan Bran announces announces announces an an- with the air nil of or one In authority authority au au- au- au that th the tho fight Is on on and he he- bids those whom he ems sc sem to feel eel hhas he h ha has a n. right to command to fix bayonets bayonets bayo bayo- nets nell and charge Ills His performance would suggest a It comic opera If It it were not for or the melancholy plaint of the defeated de do- candidate and the bitter hitter indic Indle tI of the discredited leader Jeader To the Charleston News and Courier Dem It seems vcr very strange that while both Cleveland Cle and Bryan DIan not only admit but emphasize the necessity necessity necessity sity of ot harmonizing harmonizing- the party and uniting and utilizing el e every element of or strength that It Il Is possible to lo enlist Inthe Inthe in inthe the struggle Jle against consolidation and Imp imperialism they should both do so much to prevent that ver very harm harmony ny and unity of which h the they speak Th The San Francisco co Bulletin rejoices that with Its leaders headers always distrust distrust- ful Cui ci or quarreling amon among themselves es the Democratic party part stands a n. poor chance of or ever regaining its old strength |
