The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-04
EAST FAVORS OLNEY
BE ITS NEXT PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYONE
Mr.. Bryan still Has Hosts OF
Friends in New York Who
Want to Keep Him
in the Party

NEW YORK, Aug 3.-(Special. New
York is the one exception to the general
rule that the people take no interest in
politics between elections. People talk
politics in New York all the time, or at
least think politics, and it Is generally
easy to discover what they think if one
goes to the right sources. A great many
of the correspondents go to the wrong
sources for their information, and this
accounts for much of the inaccuracy of
published interviews. They represent too
often merely the side of the politician or
of the leader, whereas to be of value they
should represent the opinion Of the aver
age political worker.
One of the erroneous impressions which
has been scattered abroad is the idea
that the people of the East are terribly
hostile to Mr.. Bryan and will go to any
end to see him turned down and humili-
ated This is not true. There is no such
bitterness toward Mr. Bryan in the East,
and there is no diSpoS tton on the part of
the representative Eastern Democracy to
humiliate either Mr.. Bryan or his follow
ers. AS matter of fact, thousands Of
the men who voted against Mr. Bryan,
and who would do so again, thought
more highly of Mr.. Bryan than was gen
orally recogn' zed. They did not fear Mr..
Bryan so much as they feared certain
influences which they believed to be be-
hind Mr. Bryan. At any rate there is no
desire to read him out of the part or to
curb his influence, beyond switching him
to some other issue than the silver ques-
ton They do desire to keep him in the
fight; they recognize his abilities and
nope to see him get back to the tariff
quest ton, where his record is so good.
They also concede that the next Demo-
cratic nominee for the presidency must
be man who cordially supported Mr..
Bryan in the last campaign. and they
are not desirous of a platform that shall
be as radical in one extreme as Mr..
Bryan's platform was in the other. In
other words they are willing to make all
reasonable concession for the purpose of
harmony. If the Bryanites show the
same desire and willingness to make con-
cessions, the country will see united
Democracy in 1904.
Mr.. Bryans statement that he will
give his cordial support to the OHIO Dem
ocratic ticket despite the fact that the
convention refused to indorse the Kan
sas City platform has been very gratify-
ing to Fasteners, and his attitude has
won him many friends among previous
dissenters.
All the presidential booms' which
have thus far been tioated are not only
premature, but have really no basis of
the game may generally be considered
fatal. 1t is very natural, of course that
the leaders should be thinking ahead, but
when the chairman of some committee
suddenly shouts Tom Johnson it does
not have any vital significance 1t seems
to be taken for granted that the next
nominee will be an Eastern man. There
are several good Eastern men, who
would be willing to sacrifice themselves
for the good of the party; but the man
most in the minds of the thoughtful peo-
pie is a man who has never indicated
that ne desired or would accept the
nomination-Richard Olney. Olney is in
many ways an ideal can~Idate In the
first place he has an established reputa,-
ton. He is conservative Eastern
Democrat who would be acceptable to
the old Democracy. On the other hand
he cordially supported Bryan in the last
campaign, and rendered signal service to
the cause in the famous letter in which
he stated his reasons for supporting
Bryan. 1t was by all odds the most ef-
fective document of the campaign. 1t is
small wonder that even the president
quivered under the biting lash of that
terrible arraignment and requested Sec
retary Root to answer it, and that Root
asked to be excused.
Mr.. Olney's sturdy Americanism is
known throughout the country, and
the whole world yet remembers the
thrilling effect of his famous declaration
at the time trouble with England over
Venezuela threatened: The United
States is sovereign on this continent, and
its fiat is lawI'' What a battle cry that
would be in a campaign! 1t struck a re-
sponsive chord in every American heart
at the time and would again AS secre-
tary of state under Cleveland Mr. Oh
ney displayed qualities OF craftsmanship
that have given him a sure place in our
history. One of the greatest lawyers
in New England, he is also scholar and