6 Conservative *
REVOLT AGAINST TI1K LEADERSHIP
OF BRYAN.
The crushing and overwhelming de
feat of Mr. Bryan has brought demo
cratic lenders to a realization of the
necessity of a complete reorganization
and regeneration of the party , the
abandonment of the vagaries of Bryan-
nrchy , and a return to former principles
and conservative , old time leadership.
The following opinions from prominent
democrats , part of whom supported
Mr. Bryan this year , show the strength
of this feeling :
Iluke Smith.
The Georgia member of Cleveland's
cabinet holds this view : "I think it un
wise for democrats to undertake this
early to suggest who should be their
candidate in 1904. I can only say he
should be a loyal democrat , thoroughly
in favor of sound money a man of rec
ognized ability , and yet free from fac
tional opposition. We must redeem
Now York , New Jersey and Connecti
cut , and we must cnrry all the south
ern states and carry Indiana. With the
right candidate , on a sound , conserva
tive platform , Illinois , Wisconsin , Cali
fornia and Washington should also all
go democratic. "
James H. Eckels.
The ex-comptroller of the currency
says : "The-future of the democratic
party depends largely upon the wisdom
of democrats , both in and out of the or
ganization , in dealing with the results
of Tuesday. That result conclusively
demonstrated that as a great party
leader Mr. Bryan is wholly a failure.
His methods have made the party weak
where it was strong and his principles
have lost to it at the present all the ele
ments that gave it standing in natur
ally democratic strongholds. As it pre
sented itself in the campaign just closed
it was almost wholly populistic. Mr.
Bryan's advisers were largely populists
or democrats who were not trusted by
the conservative elements of the coun
try. "
Horace Boles.
The former democratic governor of
Iowa says : ' 'It is high time that steps
were taken to reorganize the democratic
party , and return its destinies to the
hands of the old and tried leaders. My
views in this matter are well known ,
for I have for four years or more been
advocating in speech and letter a rehab
ilitation of democracy on lines of a safe
and honest policy which would bring to
it the support of all those who believe
in its underlying and historic principles
of right and justice. No defeat or series
of defeats can injure the true
spirit of democracy , but the party can
be brought near to its death by follow
ing strange gods. The democratic party
can never be found ready to endorse the
republican policy of imperialism nor the
protection of trusts. Its mistakes can
be corrected and it can be made once
more to wield a powerful force in the
government , if wise counsels can pro-
vail in re-forming its line on the true
principles of Thomas Jefferson and An
drew Jackson. "
Henry Wattorson.
The editor of the Louisville Courier-
Journal says : "With the elimination
of the money issue there ought to be no
further factional division among the
democrats. If free silver was not dead
before , assuredly it is dead now beyond
the hope of resurrection and redemption ,
having done harm enough to discard it
forever , even among its most zealous
adherents.
"There will continue to be two great
opposing political organizations. De
feated today , the democrats may win
tomorrow. They will find issues arising
out of the nature of public affairs and
evolved by the course of events. Lead
ers suited to these will in good time and
season arrive upon the scene.
"It is too early to particularize suf
fice it to say that there will always be a
party of strict construction as against a
party of loose construction , and that ,
readjusted to the more conservative re
quirements of the country , the demo
cratic party will reappear as the con
tending force in the public life of the
people. This is not its first or its great
est defeat. It will live to give the re
publicans a great deal of trouble , and , it
may be , to render invaluable service to
the interests that now reject it. "
Ex-Representative Catchliigs.
"Drop free silver , drop fusionism , drop
the cry of government by injunction ,
drop the cry of imperialism and militar
ism , drop all discussion about the Philip
pines until peace has been restored ; drop
appeals to the passions and prejudices of
the idle and discontented. Revive the
federal question of taxation , teach the
democratic doctrine that people cannot
be made rich by taxing them , assail the
favoritism and wrongs of a high pro
tective tariff , stand for the control of
trusts and combines by methods not
oppressive ; demand enlargement of the
powers of the the interstate com
merce commission and the liberal
improvements of harbors and insist on
local self government and let the next
presidential candidate remain at home
during the campaign.
THE OUTLOOK FOR PROSPERITY.
EDITOR CONSERVATIVE :
Lecky declares : "In truth , no man
is more dangerous in a state than he
who possesses in an eminent degree the
power of moving , dazzling and fascina
ting his contemporaries while in sound
ness of judgment he ranks below the
average of educated men. "
The country has recently repudiated
in an emphatic manner snob a man , has
declared for sound money and good
government as against repudiation and
misgovernment. No man need hesitate
now about engaging in any business
enterprise fearing national monetary
disturbances. He may go safely for
ward with new ventures , considering
only whether his own plans be sound ,
iiis success or failure depending entirely
upon the industry and intelligence with
which he prosecutes them. All the
natural conditions in the United States
are such as point to the greatest pros
perity. With inexhaustible and readily
accessible bodies of ore and coal , greater
in extent and more cheaply mined than
in other quarters of the globe , we may
reasonably expect the value of manufac
tured products exported to steadily in
crease. We may not be astonished in a
few years to see the value of our month
ly exports exceed the value of the im
ports by over $75.000.000.
The rule of wealth in the United
States heretofore has been to be prudent
ly sanguine of the continued prosperity
and development of the country. This
rule may still be safely followed , and in
no way can one testify in a more sub
stantial manner to a belief in it than in
the purchase of well-selected railroad
stocks. If there is any one .phase of
modern life that is pronounced , it is that
of the movement of individuals from
one spot to another. Civilization is
daily growing more complex. To satisfy
the wants of men the four quarters of
the globe must be ransacked for food
and raiment. In other words , the cir
culation of people and products contin
ually increases ; and until the law of
gravitation is overcome the medium of
that circulation will be railroads.
J. F. HARRIS.
Chicago , 111. , Nov. 9 , 1900.
"NOT THIS MAN BUT BARABBAS. "
Twenty centuries ago , the scriptural
chronicles informs us , witnessed the
enactment of the profoundest tragedy
of human life. The scene was laid in
the court yard of a king , the actors were
aNazarene of pure and lowly life , a
governor representing Rome in its
cruelty and mercilessness and a bandit
just brought from the dungeon. The
audience was a fierce mob , who became
a part of the tragedy and .who became a
part of history by the cry they uttered ,
"Not this man , but Barabbas. " The
choice was against the Nazareue and in
favor of the bandit and insurrectionist.
It condemned the frenzied mob and
exalted the Nazarene. The latter , no
matter what may be thought regarding
his claim to divinity , is now admitted to
be the purest and noblest character the
world has ever known. Even the
agnostic and skeptic yield him tribute
of mind and heart. By 400,000,000 of
people he is worshipped as God. By
them to level him to the frailties of
human life is blasphemy. To raise any
man , it matters not what the wild
devotion impelling to such act muy be ,
to his level is condemned as sacrilegious
beyond the faintest shadow of reverence.
Therefore it is not a matter of wonder
ment that the head lines in the World-
