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Show GETTING ACQUAINTED. y In the west Governor Wilson now appear ap-pear to be far and away the moet popular pop-ular Democrat In the United States. The governor hes not avowed himself a presidential candidate. It Is far away from his thoughts to Indulge such an aspiration. He is merely seeing the country. coun-try. But on of tha special correspondents correspond-ents traveling with him reported, after the Colorado experience, that he haa been accepted as a candidate "at every point that he haa visited since leaving Princeton Prince-ton on May I. and It la no exaggeration to aay that the expressions of public esteem es-teem which hav been accorded him make It clear that he la the man whom the west regards aa being tha Mosee to lead the Democratic party to Victory In 11J." Springfield Republican. All right, except that Brother Bryan la the only authentic Democratlo Moees, and we can't sit still and see anybody try to deprive him of that well earned title. Moses, It will be recslled, wen-dered wen-dered faithfully with the people a long time In the wilderness and stood by them through considerable foollshnesa, but because be-cause of some mlstskes ha had made did not lead them to victory nor himself enter th promised land. It la a Joshua that the Democrate are now looking for. a man "full of th spirit of wisdom.' It la a Joshua that the western Democrats think they hsve found Harper s Weekly. |