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Show I NOW FOR ANOTHER REACTIONARY. The Democrats have their differences not less reconcilable than those of the Republicans, and the Baltimore convention gives promises prom-ises of emphasizing the inharmonious relations of the Bryans, Clarks, Harmons, Parkers, as the Chicago bitterness made plain the discord between the Tafts and Roosevelts, the Penroses and Johnsons, We hold to the opinion that this breaking up of party lines will do much good if it does nothing more than impel the American people peo-ple to throw off party narrowness and compel them to think not as partisans, but as reasoning, sensible citizens, weighing principle and 1 .candidates with open minded fairness. The Democrats, in order to add to the uncertainty of the campaign, cam-paign, should nominate Harmon or Clark. Then we would have two reactionaries at the head of the old parties, with a Progressive running run-ning independent, and our guess is that if such should come to pass, t the independent candidate would be elected. There is some talk of Bryan being renominated, but the Demo-j Demo-j crats accept the many-times defeated candidate much as a child ; lakes castor oil. The dose has been administered so often with nau- i seating effect, that the children of the Democracy gag at the thought : of a repetition. With Bryan, because of his many failures, out of the question, the Democrats are turning to men from the South who always al-ways have been on the conservative side. ; Tammany Hall, aided by other politicians of the same school, ! such as Roger Sullivan, will labor for a reactionary, and Murphy, Sullivan, Ryan and Guffey, in possession of the machinery of the convention, can do what Penrose, Barnes, Root and the other bosses representing the predatory interests did in the Republican conven-With conven-With the old parties committed to the capitalistic side and Roosevelt standing for the interests of the masses, the contest this fall should arouse the voters of the nation. |