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Show MOSTLY HISTORY. The Reno (Nev.) Journal saying that a writer on this journal has shied a brick at Senator Teller, Tel-ler, recalls the fact that in 189G the same writer stood shoulder to shoulder with Teller and gave earnest support to Bryan. It adds that Bryan and Teller stand whore they then did, declares that neither has deviated a hair's breadth from the political lines then drawn and wonders what good reason this writer can give for "swinging back into the Republican fold." That is an easy one. In 189G this writer did what he could to influence the voters of Utah to support Mr. Bryan. But it was upon the single issue is-sue of silver. All through the campaign he urged Republicans while supporting the Bryan electors, to at the same time vote for the Republican state ticket, in order that the tariff might be protected in Congress, that Utah might be true to Republican Republi-can principles. We do not know certainly, but believe that in the spring of 1896 Senators Teller, Dubois, Cannon, Pettigrew, Representative Towne and a few others in Washington, with some others living in the Mississippi valley states, organized a movement which was intended to create a redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled Democratic party; we believe that there was a thought behind it to walk out of the two national conventions, then to hold a third convention and nominate one of their company probably Sen- i ator Teller for President. But they captured I the Democratic convention at Chicago, pushed tho Hills, Whitneys, etc., from the stools, took charge and ran the machine. Mr. Hill made a speech i which was followed by a ten minutes' applause. ' It was whispered through the convention that . whoever might first speak on the other side should receive more applause than Mr. Hill. Mr. Bryan happened to get the floor next and hi3 "cross of gold and crown of thorns" speech cap- k tured the convention and secured his nomination. Silver men of all parties supported him loyally. but when he was beaten, Teller, Du- 1 bois, Cannon and the others retired to their tents and would not be reconciled or com- - forted. When in 1900 Mr. Bryan superintended the construction of both the so-called Democratic and the Populist platforms and performed the I two-horse act of riding both of them, his old-time J backers like Teller, Dubois and Cannon supported f ' Kim, but it was a little too much for men who had become neither populists nor incendiaries. In the meantime, the chief argument which silver j men had used, namely, the need of more money, had been taken away by the series of calamities that had caused the failure of crops in Argen- tine, Australia, Southern Europe and India, which j had given a mai'ket for all American supplies and j flooded this country with foreign gold. The cli .V max was reached by Mr. Bryan's incessant appeals 'I to class and race prejudices; in his attempts 10 $ array labor against capital, in his incessant fire (' in the rear of our soldiers fighting in the Philippines; Philip-pines; in his demands for a tariff for revenue only, and in the clear showing that he made that could he be elected President more woes would follow and more incompetency would be revealed than under Mr. Cleveland's last administration. Now while the Republican party is far from ! perfect, while some of its rings and combines aro I disgraceful, while within it some most corrupt and ignorant men hold high stations, we do not believe it can be overthrown by simple denuncia-j denuncia-j tion without offering anything that appeals to tho , reason of sensible men as promising improve- . ment without first creating such wreck and chaos I as was precipitated upon the country m 1893-94. |
