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Show issue, and the tariff, under the only Democratic administrations ad-ministrations we hare had since the Civil war was hardly to be distinguished in dim light from the Bepublican product. Imperialism, so called, fails to arouse the people and free silver we think xvill never have a resurrection. . . v. . The main issue is honesty In the administration of government and the .strict control of the great corporations that are a present-day condition. Twenty years ago the trusts and the gredt railroad combines were in embryo, if they existed at all; now they show the effects of a diet of wonderfuljly nourishing nour-ishing meat, for they have grown great. Mr. Bryan has stood for honesty in gOYern,ment, and for justice to all. Mr. Roosevelt is standing for the same things. He is showing a disposition to curb the grea corporation's and to see to it that the government is administered honestly. What more can Mr, Bryan or any other man ask? It is the end we desire, and what matter if the means are those of a Democrat or those of a Bepublican? The object of political parties is to secure the best government. One party holds another in check end prevents it from being too corrupt when in power. But when both are working toward the same goal it makes little difference which one reaches it first. There is no reason why the United States cannot be governed calmly and honestly. The repeated turmoils of campaigns are becoming distasteful. Neither party has a monopoly of the good or the bad in policy or practice, but the tendency of late has been for each to draw from the other what is good and gradually eliminate the bad. The Democrats have repeatedly declared for regulation of railroad rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission and now the Bepublicans are going to provide for it. That is only an instance. Mr. Roosevelt is showing that he is a great American by doing what is right and just. Mr. Bryan, who has advocated what Mr. Roosevelt is doing, is showing himself to be a great American by giving praise where it is due. In time of war 'we showed that our Americanism American-ism was greater than our allegiance to party or to section. If we can show the same spirit in times of peace, if we can be Americans first, last and all the time, the real greatness of this country will have fairly begun. ... r Trut Americanism. The praise that Mr. Bryan is bestowing upon President Roosevelt is a sign of the times that has large significance. It means more than the mere utterance of a politician. Mr. Bryan is undoubtedly more truly representative of the minority party than any other Democrat. He has the largest following, fol-lowing, and the rank and file have more confidence in him. He is not the Bryan of 1896. He has grown. His change can hardly be called evolution, for bis abstract ideas are practically the same, but there has bees a development, a broadening out. It Is the general belief that Bryan is sincere and In most things he undoubtedly is. He is giving evidence evi-dence of his sincerity by rising above mere partisan- ship and commending the effort to give good govern-went govern-went no matter whether the effort is that of a Democrat Dem-ocrat or a Bepublican. The line of demarcation between the ma jor political politi-cal parties is not so sharply defined as it was twenty j-fears ago- The tariff has waned for the nonce as an ' -v. |