The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-13
DEMOCRATS HAVE
PLENTY OF TIMBER
Good Men Who Will Accep
Presidential Nomination.
BRYAN AS A CANDIDATE
CARTER HARRISON OF CHICAGO
COMING TO TILE FRONT.
BRYAN AS A CANDIDATE
(special corresponaence.l

Washington March THE Democratic
presidential nomination in 1904 viii not
so begging. Without doubt, there is not
a prominent Democrat in this country
who would decline this nomination if it
were offered to him Even Grover Cleve-
land, the Princeton Hermit three times
nominated by the Democratic party for
this office and twice elected, would not
thrust this honor aside if given a fourth
nomination in 1904. II is not probable,
however, that Mr.. Cleveland will be taken
into consideration for the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1903 or at any
time thereafter.
William Jennings Bryan, twice a candi-
date for the presidency and twice de-
feated by the present incumbent, William
Mckinley, viii accept a third nomination
at the hands of the delegates to the Dem
ocratic national convention in 1904. pro-
Nlded that ne IS not forced 10 make a
fight in order TO secure the honor The
Nebraska candidate is disinclined to an
nounce 70 any OF the Democratic leaders
whether or not he will make a contest in
1904 to head their national ticket for a
third time 1t gOsS without saying, how
ever, that many Democratic leaders hold
to the opinion that II Mr.. Bryan sees an
opportunity to make a third contest for
the presidency he Will not decline TO make
another race for it
OF course, there is a disposition that
western men should stand aside in 1904
and permit some eastern candidate to try
conclusions with the man who will be
nominated for the presidency by the next
national republican convention. There is
a possibility that former Senator David
Bennett Hill of New York was honest in
his statement that he had retired from
politics and had no ambition whatever TO
attempt TO head the Democratic national
ticket in the next campaign MANY
Democrats, however, and some of them
intimate friends of MI Hin stiT hold 10
the opinion that if he is alive and can
get the Democratic presidential nomina-
ton next time he viii not decline it,
Carter Harrison, C-,olxer, ne
There is possibility, il might be well
to state here, that the middle west may
have a candidate for the Democratic Dres-
idential nomination in 1894 ITbe man
talked of and who is anxious, il is said.
to make the race is Mayor Carter Harri-
son OF Chicago Mr. Harrison was dis
Dental nomination al Kansas City last
year, but, like Colonel Roosevelt and
former Senator Hill, he did not care TO
shelf
He therefore announced to his support
ers that he did not care for the support
of the Illinois delegation at Kansas City.
and after having made this statement
the delegates from that state made no
further efforts to induce Chicago's
mayor to become a vice presidential can
didate.
The present mayor of Chicago is in
many respects as clever as was his dis
tnSuiShed father Carter Harrison who
controlled the destinieS of Chicago from
me mayoralty oGtice for several terms
He Possesses the confidence not only Of
the democratic leaders in the western me-
rropo1s, but also of the rank and file of
that party. He has just been nominated
for a third term, and all indications at
this time point 10 mis- re-election by a big
majority.
II successful, he will be a conspicuous
figure as presidential candidate at the
next Democratic national convention
Even If ne IS defeated for a third term az
mayor OF his native city Mr. Harrison
may still have large following for the
Democratic presidential nomination in
1894.
J. S. VAN ANTWERP.