Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-26
BRYAN'S POLITICAL PLANS.
May Form New Party If Democratic
Party Seeks Old Ideals.

Party Seeks Old Ideals.
A special to the Chicago Tribune from
Chicago yesterday says: Organized Bryan
ism, either as the body and bones of the
democratic party or, If necessary, as third
party, is to be perpetuated, and Charles A
Towne Of Minnesota is to be heir in 1904 to
the Bryan boom. Mr.. Bryan ran into Chi
cago yesterday unannounced, and was clos
eted the greater part of the afternoon with
Towne and Frederick Du Bots Of Idaho. The
confereeS were all uncommunicative, but
the explanation Of what they were doing
comes out today with all the marks Of
verify, ard supported by the information as
well as belief of persons who had much Gin
side knowledge Of democratic doings in
the recent campaign.
Mr.. Bryan realizes. according to the re-
ports from yesterdays conference that old
leaders OF democracy are In a fair way to
regain grip on the party organization. and
that they will, II they have a chance elimi-
nate Bryan and Organism Anybody who
knows Mr.. Bryan knows that he will not
supinely submit to that. Mr.. Bryan there
fore, Is ready to lead the organization of a
new party if the democratic party cannot
be held to the course 1t took four years ago.
He would have bolted the Kansas City
convention, according to the very best au-
thority. and would have run as the candi-
date of the populsts and silver republicans
II IL to l had not gone into the platform
Mr.. Towne and Mr.. Du Bots have their
hands on those two party remnants, and be-
lieve they can amalgamate them, with Mr.
Bryans personal following among demo-
Gratis into rev party, IL control Of the
democratic party should revert to hostile
hands.
The plan to be pursued by the BRYAN
Towne-Du Bots triumvirate has not been
settled in detail. MIR. Bryan's promised
declaration on reorganization of the demo-
cratic party will be thrown out first as a
feeler- Future action will then depend
much upon the treatment accorded his NJ
teranceS by democratic leaders and newspa-
pers. Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Towne will do the
field work. Mr.. Du Bots. soon to be re-
elected to the United States Senate and in
stalled at Washington among democratic
leaders, will discharge the double function
OF secret service bureau and advisory boa I'd
OF strategy.
But in all this Mr.. Bryan and his follow.
ers are merely taking precautions against
the future. They hope. by holding the dem
ocfatlc party in line, to make third party
unnecessary. TO serve this purpose there is
already in existence an organization which
many democrats have overlooked 1t is
called the working democracy" 1t was
punt up IN the year previous to the national
convention, to be an auxiliary to the ma
tlonal committee, under the direction of Mr.
BryanS personal friends notably ] q
johnson of Kansas chairman of the demo.
cratic national executive committee and q
A Waisi' OF Iowa. secretary of the national
committee. The Working democracy con-
slsts OF personal adherents Of Mr. BRYAN
and his cause in a majority of the voting
precincts In central and eastern states like
Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan Ohio
New York and Pennsylvania states where
the return OF the gold bugs is to be feared
Ihere are nearly one hundred thousand of