The age-herald., 1900-12-30
ATTITUDE OF THE
 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Speeches of Mir. Bryan ard Mr..
 Ker are Significant. , WANT NO CHANGE OF POLICY There is Considerable Speculation as to Why Ex-President Cleveland
 Used the Atlanta Journal as
 Medium of Publication.
WANT NO CHANGE OF POLICY

Washington, December 29.-(Specia1.)- The simultaneous publication of MT. Bry- ans speech at Lincoln, the first he has made since the election, and of Grover Cleveland's denial of the story that he voted for MT. Mckinley at the late cleo ton attracted attention to Democratic uf- fairs and the possibilities of 1904. MT. Bry- ans speech was unquestionaby 2 plea for the continuance of party confidence in his leadership, and a notice that so far as he is concerned there will be little difference in the party policy hereafter It is gener- ally taken as indicating that he has placed himself in the position of a receptive can didate for the nomination in 1904. MT. Bry- ans statement was not explicit as regards his own political plans, but 1t would seem to indicate willingness to obey his arr tvs call. It certainly does show, empha- sized as it was by the speech of John w. Kern, late Democratic candidate for Gov ernor of Indiana, that MT. Bryan and his friends propose to continue their grip on the party machinery, and that they will resent any attempt at reorganization at the hands of those who have not been in sympathy with Mr. Bryan and his views. Some of MT. Bryans closest friends insist that he has no real ambition to run again, and that there are only two contingencies in which he would be a canddate-one reaction against Republicanism indicating that his own views were more popular than before and the other the necessity of keep ing the party from being dominated by the Cleveland faction
 The speech of John W. Kern was full of significance Kern has been regarded s one who was not entirely in sympathy, particularly in 1896, with MT, Bryan's ideas, but he declared emphatically for them and resented gratuitous advice from those Wno had not supported Bryan Loyalty. The com- parison of Bryan to Hendricks and the statement that that great Indiana Demo- crat would have supported Bryan, shoWs that MT. Kern, at present at any rate, IS disposed to oppose any sharp reorganlza- tion The suspicion is created that MT. Kern has the Presidential bee in his bon net and the promise given him at the Jef- fersonian dinner at Lincoln, would seem to show that Mr Bryan regards MT. Kern highly, and might even have considered him as likely candidate in 1904.
 MT. Kern is now the leading Democrat or Indiana Ex-Congressman Shiveley has re- tired from politics. Senator Noorhees IS dead and Ex-Senator Turpie is too old and infirm to take very active part in Indiana affairs, while National Committeeman Tag gart is far more of an organizer and man ager than he is a possibility for high of- flee Kern's candidacy for Governor or h. diana was strong, considering the drift against the Democracy in 1900, and 1t would seem as if he should be added to the list of Democratic Presidential possibilities which also includes Ex-Senator David B. Hill of New York and EX-Senator A. r. German of Maryland.
 'Is any significance to be attached to the use of the Atlanta Journal by Ex-Presdent Cleveland as the medium through which to express his opinions to the public?" Is question that is now asked MT. Cleveland was first interviewed by the Journal re- garding the future of the Democracy, and then he wrote it letter denying that he had supported Mckinley and voted for him. Some there are who assume that the fact that Hoke Smith, formerly Secretary of the Interior under Cleveland held an interest in the Journal accounts for this favor to 1t, but Smith now owns nothing in the paper having disposed of his holdings some time before the election. The more probable cause for the selection of the Journal by Mir Cleveland is that 1t Is a Southern newspaper that has shown an in terest in him, and appreciating that the South is a section peculiarly loyal to the Democracy, Mir Bryan having this year carried but four States-Nevada, Colorado, Idaho and Montana-outside of the South, causes Cleveland to think it wise to culti- vate the friendliness of the Democrats of that section. MT. Cleveland's recent reap pearance in public print would appear to show a revived interest in public affairs, and particularly in the future of the De- mccracY. Wn6IneT ne us CultlNdIHB possible ambition to be his party's candi- date again, or simply desires to be promi- nent in the reorganization of the party. is a question of considerable interest. How ever, there seems to be no possibility that he can command enough support to be prominent practically either as a candidate or as a reorganzer.
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