Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1900 — Gold Democrats and Bryan. [ARTICLE]

Gold Democrats and Bryan.

The most interesting part of Mr. Bryan’s speech at Tomlinson Hall, the night of his notification, was his speculation dtiout his chances of election. He is entirely certain that Gold Democrats—by the way he does not call . them bolters or assistant Republicans L this year—are back in the old organi- • nation, and he says that "now it rell quires an expert mathematician to . stand at the door and count them as them come back.” This ought to be easy for a man who insists that lie can make 16 ounces of silver to one ounce of gold. But we have not observed any wild rush of the Gold Democrats to the Bryan standard. No words of encouragement to the Bryan cause have come from Cleveland, Carlisle, Gray, Vilas, Palmer, Buckner, Bragg, Irish, Lindsay or Caffery. The only important Democratic paper •a far as we know, that has returned to Bryan is the Louisville CourierJournal. As the recent meeting of the Gold Democratic national committee, brid In this atty, there was a practical ly unanimous agreement that the first thing to do was to bring about the defeat of Bryan. The Gold Democrats of this city and state have taker the same fositlon. In short, everything Indicates that these men are still "bolters,” and that they will continue to be bolters as long as Bryanism controls the Democratic organization.—lndianapolis News.