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Show j oo 1 BIG FIGHT ON IN j DEMOCRATIC PARTY. ' In the last issue of The Commoner. William J. Bryan, in a signed article. explains why the Democrats were dell de-ll feated. He charges Woodrow Wilson '' with obstinate disregard of the will of I the people, and he accuses Governor j Cox of resorting to deception Of Gov-j Gov-j emor Cox he save;: i "Governor Cox, Instead of re- pairing the injury done by the :f president, aggravated the situation b the manner in which he avoid- ed domestic issues and mlsrepre-iql mlsrepre-iql sented the position of the Re-pub b Mean party on the league issue, BBsS 1 J.1.kaJ i 1 v wiiu u lie utuidivu iu i.e jiaiii- mount,. He dodged the liquor I question, seeking to create In the west the impression that, he fa (1 vored prohibition while attempting to hold the wet vote of the east by J his wet record. He sought to con- :$ clliate Wall street by advocating ijj the repeal of the excess profits .1 tax while he appealed to the west 3 against the reactionaries. His at -Jg tempt to put the Democratic party t in the attitude of being the sole ,J guardian of peace was ridiculous. 3 and his assaults upon such well .th known advocates of peace as ex- Jl President Taft and Herbert Hoov- a er were disgraceful 'm "The American people want the H government to play its part iu the J abolition of war but they are in- Jl different as to whether we are ':M part of a league or part of an as- sociation of nations. There is . jl nothing in a name but everything . 'm In a sentiment. The real Issue .igj presented by the Democratic par '3 t was not whether we should co M operate with other nations inter- 33 ebted in peace, but whether we dm should assume a moral obligation Vj which bad,no weight except as it suspended the right of congress to j9 act independently when the time arrived for action. The nation , will not surrender into the keep ing1 ing of any foreign group the right 5B to determine when we shall do M clare war." When Bryan was defeated on three :vBm, different occasions, the Nebraskan joB made it appear that defeat was SO m dnfl dorsement and a most creditable thine lie referred to his first rejection as llhe "first battle." Evidently Bryan has an Intense ha tred for Wilson and Cox. The formei secretary' of slate has never told the 'inside story of his withdrawal from the cabl&eti but late events indicate that when he parted from the presi I dent's official family ho w as deep-'embittered deep-'embittered and has been all these I years waiting to get ihe bile out of his system. Bryan's enmity for Cox originated at the San Francisco convention. When the orator oi' the Platte made his speech on prohibition, he received a jmost flattering ovation and tor the isreater pari of the day he must have I seen visions of mastery and a repel i tion of the Baltimore convention. I where his eloquence deprived Champ nark of nomination. But suddenly there came a dull thud and Bryan was Crumpled tip In a heap and rendered speechless and powerless when he recovered suffi. ienlh to cet his bear jings, he swore vengeance He armed .himself with a stiletto and, at the first opportunity, drove the weapon to Its full length inlo those who had oi fended him This is the beginning of a row with in the Democratic part which will I make harmon almosl impossible and jgive to the Republican party the ascendency as-cendency it held for a period of near ly fifty years afier the Givl war |