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Holland. Ia Phladelphil Press.
New York. July l3-Mr. whitney is r--
ported today a. OF the opinion that the
nomination OF Bryan was due to no sud-
den emotion ans was not the tribute %
a convention 20 the charm ami influence
Of eloquence Mr. whitney has reason
10 think shat the nomination Of Bryan j
a triumph OF politics. quite as skllfully
employed as any OF which be has had
knowledge iu all bis experience. Senator
HlI goes even further than Mr. Whituey.
10 the reports which are In circula ALTON
here to-day have truth ln them. for the
senator believes that the nomination or
Bryan was iu large part due 20 the cum
ming and 90 the influence Of the eX-speik-
er of the House Mr.. crisp. IL Is true
that Mr.. Crisp did not appear PERSONAL
az the convention. and had, in fact. so
timed his departure for Europe as TO Doe
upon the water when the convention was
ln session. But bis plans, which had 90
view the nomination or Bryan, were made
iast winter ana they had been carried out
with the sm00thuess and perfection or
action Of an admirable machine
Both Mr.. Whitney and Senator nm
10 is reported. were satisfied after being
day or two IN Chicago that the conveH-
ton. instead of being without a leader.
had one. But they could not put their
finger upon him. The steady. persistent
influence. working mysteriousiy but al
who eNerted il was not 10 be discovered
The active men there had all the man
neriSm OF leutenants, or or those VINO
We're carrying out well-conyeived plan,
and 30 was not until after the platform
had been adopted that something caused
Senator Hin, with his quick intuition, TO
point TO the absent leader, the real di-
rectins. though admirably concealed pow
er, Charles +. Crisp.
II is inferred from some things We have
heard to-day that some word, perhaps in
cautiously uttered, or some act OF Mr.
Lewis the delegate from Georgia who
placed Bryan in nomination, caused Sena-
tor Hin to turn with quick wit TO the
leader and master of the Georgia demo-
cracy, Mr.. Crisp, as the real director OF
that convention. The senator is TO be for
titled IN his opinion by Information which
will be taken TO him while he is in this
city this week.
A gentleman who has large business in
terests In Eastern Tennessee. not far from
the Georgia line, and who Is there much
II the time although his home is in tbs
city, was thrown in a business way into
association with some of the leading
democrats from Georgia last winter. rms
man IS a democrat and is brought into
close relations with democrats Of influence
in Georgia by reason of his marriage TO a
Georgia woman. II happened last winter
that he had "A long conversation with Mr..
Lewis in fact. several of them, IN which
the silver question was discussed, and the
programme of the silver democracy, as
laid out by the Georgia leaders. was re-
vealed to him. Then IL was, six months
ago. that Mr. Lewis said to him. The
nominee of the democratic national con-
vention will be Bryan. of Nebraska. He
will be not only supported by Georgia, but
his nomination has been suggested as an
ideal one by Mr.. Crisp"
Mr.. Lewis went on to say, as reported
by this man, that Bryan in the first
place was peculiarly available because
he lives in Nebraska; in the second place
because he is a young man, and has no
record or associations TO embarrass him
or those who will direct the campaign
In the third place, Mr.. Crisp regarded
him as perhaps the most effective speak
er for the stump, at least in campaign
such as would follow his nomination in
the democratic party And there were
other reasons given. perhaps more specili-
calls political and personal why Mr..
Crisp saw in Bryan the candidate for
the free silver democracy.
1t was then pointed out also that &C
cording to Mr.. Crisp's view Bryan should
not be prominently mentioned in asso-