Reply #34: Thank You, Ma'am

[The Magistrate]

When the Democrats did incorporate the Populists, late in the 19th century, they lost resoundingly to McKinnley. Mr. Bryant's speechifying notwithstanding. There was no Democratic victory until the Republican Party underwent a split between the Regulars of Taft and Mr. Roosevelt's Bull Moose proggressives, which allowed Wilson to sweep the table.

There is certainly a good deal to be improved in the Dem,ocratic Party, but it offers today the only vehicle to any effective opposition to the worst elements of reaction, and until these are out of office, there is no other progress that can be made.