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Show Bryan's Strength The New York Times hasthefollow-lug hasthefollow-lug novel and sensible view of Hran. "Itwould luexcusable foily to underrate under-rate Mr. Bran's strength. He cannot can-not be disposed of offhand by picturing pict-uring him forth as a charlatan, a playactor, a demagogue nppeallug to popular fashion and prejudice. All that has been said about him before, and It aid not stop six millions and a half people toting for turn. He has strength, unquestionable strength. His almost uncontested dominance In the Democracy Party proves it. He has a hold upon the confidence, upon the attentions, even, of a.i Immense number of people In the west and northwest, and the wariness and distrust dis-trust of him that have been manifested manifest-ed In the East and In the South c institute in-stitute a most unsafe warrant for pre dieting his certain defeat alter a walkover Republican campaign. "ills real weakness and incapacity as a statesmen must be made known to the voters, the shallowness and the peril of h.s principles, the crudity of the public pollcUs lie evolves with such facility, and the disasters far more terrible than the evils to be cured which would ensue upon the application of his remedies must be brought Into the view of the peoplo and made plain to theirunderstandlng. To Democrats of the old-time faith he and his principles are no more acceptable ac-ceptable than In 180(1 and In 1000 when ther refused him their votes. Ills voles are not Democrac). lie lucessantly demands an increase of the powers of the Federal Government, Govern-ment, a policy that would end In the extremest form of centralization, and to that tendency the Democratic Party.l.as always stood opposed. It Is In thoso States where the tide of Roosevelt enthusiasm has risen highest, high-est, it is among the Republicans In those States, that the work must be done which will assure the defeat tf Bryan. |