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The Commoner.
VOLUME 4, N.UMBER 32.
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Mr. Bryan'a Course
' Howovor much tho St. Louis con
vention may have differed with Wil
liam Jennings Bryan concerning cer
tain policies to bo adopted or discard
ed as issues by the democratic party,
there is no mistaking the friendly
temper of the great quadrienniel gath
ering oS. democrats toward Mr. Bry
an personally.
Tho presidential standard bearer of
tho democracy in two brilliant but
distastrous campaigns went to St.
Louis with tho knowledge that he had
a losing fight before him. Pour years
boforo, so complete was his mastery,
tho Kansas City convention was sen
timentally constrained to do his will
against its calmer judgment, today
a largo majority of his fellow parti
sans, In national convention assem
bled, were eager to compass his polit
ical undoing in order that the party
might get abreast of the progress of
events.
Not since tho days of Henry Clay,
.that other peerless commoner, has
partisan opprobrium pursued a polit
ical leader as Mr. Bryan has been
pursued. Tho shield of the silver
knight did not quail under the battle-
ax blows of the party enemy. It was
not republican assault that tried him
sorest. It was enemies from within
that hemmed tho Man of tho Cross of
Gold about like a stag at baydemo
crats who hold no party ties as bind
ing against their own minority will.
Against them the courageous Ncbras
kan stood his ground In two bitter
campaigns, waging a fight than
which no man could have waged a
better, and losing with his escutcheon
unsullied. The blows taken and giv
en in fair political battle were many
and hard, but they wore as nothing
to tho, blows from behind and to the
avalanche of smart raillery that de-
fiOfinrtp.fi frniTi nil nlrlna TVTv Umrnn
became a gibS' in the mouths of men
who were not capable of appreciat
ing tho duo of heroism vanquished.
Tho first day of the St. Louis con
vention Mr. Bryan sat with immobile
face while the rafters rang with
cheers for other names than his. The
second day ho walked down the aisle
to become the object of an even great
er ovation. We have heard of the in
gratitude of republics. Perhaps Mr.
Bryan was readv to hollpvn in iho
gratitude of parties. The-roar of that
cataract of human voices paying trib
ute to his personality and his brilliant
past leadership, notwithstanding he
was believed to have como t Rf
Louis as an obstructionist and mal
content, was a remarkable incident.
.With such a tribute ringing in his
cars, the recipient must have imbibed
the contagious spirit of the occasion
the spirit of harmony based on'hon
.orable compromise.
Mr. Bryan, whose alleged determi
nation to bolt had been loudly her
alded by the republican press ami the
.clement that constituted itself i re
, publican aid society when he wns tho
. standard bearer of democracy, lought
manfully for Ills political opinions in
. the committee on resolutions, as was
his right. Unable to get what he
contended for, ho evinced a willing
ness to meet his opponents half way
in an effort to compromise their dif
ferences. As a member of tho com
mittee, he might have brought in a,
minority report and nrecinitarori nn
.injurious conflict of ideas upon the
, floor of the convention. Instead, a
platform was unanimously reported
from the committee and adopted with
out an adverse vote in the conven
tion. ,
In that historic all-night scene fol
lowing tlio adoption of the platform,
when democracy's peerless orator
stood up for a final test of strength
Against the overwhelming odds pre
sented in Parker's nomination, the
convention was certain, of his loyal
ty. It did not need his assurance to
the reporters, after adjournment, that
he would cast his vote for the ticket,
to assure his fellow delegates that ho
would be found In the ranks when tho
great political battle was on. He had
already given proof of the true quali
ty of his party mettle.
His action has made possible com
plete democratic harmony.
Mr. Bryan won at St. Louis the good
opinion of all democrats, and hi3 man
ly action was calculated to heap coals
of fire on the heads of men in the
party who had not hesitated to do,
with less provocation, what the Ne
braskan scorned to do. For this ,he
deserves honor and credit. He could
not rule, but he would not ruin. Ho
bowed, as all regular democrats must,
to tho will of the majority formally
expressed, and he bowed gracefully
and manfully. His conduct at St.
Louis excites admiration and adds to
his well-earned fame. There arc large
opportunities of leadership still N in
store for Mr, Bryan in the democratic
party.
We look to see Mr. Bryan give the
platform and ticket a hearty, vote
making support by pen and word of
mouth. His services are needed in
the ranks this year and we believe he
will fulfill every promise of his admir
able conduct at bt. Louis. Atlanta
Constitution.
Tho "Navy LenguoV Claims
The national peace and honor must
henceforth depend upon the navy. The
navy depends upon congress and con
gress depends upon the people. The
Navy leauge, therefore, proposes to,
educate the people in naval affairs and
to enlist their support in behalf of a
policy which shall insure more ships,
more officers and men with better
training for both, and a great naval
reserve composed of hardy, patriotic
young men who can be instantly called
to the nation's "defense in time of
need.
The German Navy leauge, since it
was organized in April, 1898, has ac
quired a membership of more than
700,000, with branches in every town
and hamlet in the empire. ,The result
of tho educational work carried on
through these agencies is that the
German people, who, six years aeo
never dreamed of a eronf g0
for the empire, are today as one Jan
in support of a vigorous policy of
naval expansion. ' l
In remote inland communities
where warships were unheard of
things a few years ago, the people now
regard with pride and growing intelli
gence the story of Germany's splendid
squadrons.. The German boy reads
the official bulletin of the German
Navy league; his hat bears a ribbon
inscribed with the league's insignia
his mother and sisters wear earrings
and other trinkets similarly adorned
and all these articles are sources o
income to the central fund, which
means the addition of new and mighty
battleships to the German lleet3. Dur
ing the year 1901 the German Navy
league gained 350,000 new members,
many of them recruited in the United
States.
It distributed millions of books and
pamphlets, placed colored pictures of
.German cruisers -in more than 20,000
schools, provided thousands of free
lectures, organized 3,000 conferences
and placed mutoscopic views in 5,000
railway station all with the single
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