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Show :- :c: :: "l cr":'. 1' . : 1 : 1 1 - . V --jeer re' ' . -. . ' - - ' '. I c rtica lay. , DcniocTfiti Still "Haatfcs" Ccndidstcs. The hunt for a Democratic candidate for President Presi-dent continues. Likewise the hunt for candidates. Every time a candidate's head pops up, there's somebody to take a 6hot at it. Democrats at the national capital are reported to be pretty gloomy over the question of a candidate. They don't figure out how the convention will turn out nor who is likely to get the nomination. There are only two points upon which there seems to be anything like positive concurrence, namely, that the nominee will not be Cleveland nor a man dictated by Bryan. ! With Mr. Bryan as-a sharpshooter, safely ensconced en-sconced in the tall timber and taking swift pot-shots at every Eastern Democrat who raises his head above the breastworks outside which he fell in '96 and 1900 there is no prospect of peace, harmony or even a reasonable degree of comfort. If Mr. Bryan would only use a little discretion in the selection of targets for his guerrilla sharpshoot-. sharpshoot-. ing his fellow Democrats would feel easier. For example, they had no objection to his taking a shot at Mr. Cleveland, following Mr. Cleveland's latest offer of advice to his party. The Southern and Western men in Congress chuckled, over his tart comment upon Mr. Cleveland. .1 But then, Mr. Bryan had to go further and at tack, by inference at least, the Eastern branch of the Democracy that is not opposed to Mr. Cleveland. That annoyed the Western and Southern men. They wished Bryan would let the Eastern Democrats alone; they need the Eastern fellows, and especially their well-filled war bags, in the coming campaign. 1 In point of fact the Northern and Southern Democrats in Congress don't grow very indignant over the "commercialized"" Democracy of the East, against whom Mr. Bryan inveighs. They don't care |