Show alil PARTY partake an them the political contest of 1895 1893 came to a dose and the democratic mccratic party was overwhelm 1 inglys atlan m most ost of the le geates te tes we at that time suggested a t plan ian where bythe party could rea re cepure e u e the confidence and affections of I 1 the american people which would enable it to again become triumph ant at the pol polls Is J As our readers will remember tabt the broad ax am of november fth 1895 nominated wm J bryan of nebraska for president and john P jones of nevada for vice president upon a free silver platform with special privilege a to none equal and exact justice to every man it women and child and abrica Ara erica for americans later on we dropped the name nam of mr jones and substituted that of united states senator john T morgan of alabama in our editorial the phe star 01 or hope we anred upon the leaders 0 of the party the necessity of uniting the south and the west in the g great ie 1 at struggle gle which would confront the party in 18 1896 96 our hints and ana suggestions were A partly adhered to and when the party leaders assembled in that memorable convention in the great city of chicago in spite of all the combinations our first choice and the man whom we nominated on november 9 1895 received the nomination the hon W cbryan and after a political campaign unprecedented in the history of the world that matchless statesman and fearless champion of the rights of the co common people came within twenty thousand votes of being victorious he stood up against arain against za st the combined and aggregated g abed wealth of the united states and like andrew jackson he could not be swerved from the path he had chosen more than six million and a half of free american voters rallied around the standard bearer of the democratic party tile the tiec tion of 1900 is rapidly approaching and after much delibera deliberation iRon we have selected a running mati for mr bryan in the person of the hon joseph C sibley of penns pennsylvania who is a classical al 11 kh thorough orough and staunch democrat jefferson ian aaa school who beli believes eTts in free silver and who is is a friend othe of the masses or the g millions he is thoroughly with mith governmental affairs jani anil aou wourl II 11 make a an a ide almi al MI president cel there have several sey movements ve inaugurated tode feik the mation toi but in aira V irm b e 1 possible 61 swe deheve that if mr B a 3 r sibley arft a fist are ho i fel and i a pl i r M us 8 1 l 1 ra Ss Z i R s position to an abid t 1 jk i I sass ni iw 4 of the ad A i if ern ment au n finues issues 9 I 1 g a v 0 r K 1 aasve 3 beges teges aar aa r siT B 2 taca iid ice mi val k aaa z v W r att sf cans and the philippine islands for i the he filipinos who are entitled to an independent forni form ut of government ern ment with a platform embodying these ideas and bryan and sibley who are both brave and patriotic stai standing iding upon it and presenting the issues to the people and assuring them that if the damoc democratic ra tic party P is successful it will not be its purpose to legislate and administer the affairs of the government m ent in behalf of the favored classes and the millionaires but it shall be conducted in the interest of the masses by pursuing this course we feel that the democratic party will achieve a greater victory in 1900 than it has since the election of thomas Jef jefferson fenon which win will mean a new lease of power u unequalled unequal led and unexcelled by any political party |