Newport daily independent., 1903-04-16

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 z1s1a4et name Olney delegates to the na- tional convention. The delegates are almost all bought with offices or with the hope of office. Sometimes tbey change, but usually they remain true to the individuals to whom tE ey | pledge themselves. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, bought supporters with of fees, and he said: An honest poli- tician is one who will stay bought"
 Gathering in delegates more than a year in advance is one of the new tricks in politics which Mir. Hama developed previous to 1896. Those who are far-sighted enough to do | this systematically have what is called "a good organization" That :s to say, that if one has an organ. ized army of ex-postmasters, all o1 them hungering for political flesh pots, he is a political general with whom one must reckon.
 In the state of Pennsylvania there are 5000 postmasters and about 1,500 deputy postmasters. These, with the other federal and state office-holders, make an organized army of political workers numbering upwards of 1O,- 900 men, all of them working to re- tSin their positions, and all of them under the skillful direction of Sena- tor Quay; and yet people wonder that Quay always succeeds.
 Early in March, soon after his re- entry into the senate, Senator Cor man, of Maryland, said to Champ Clark, of Missouri: ''William Jen- nings Bryan must be reckoned with. While his friends may not constitute the necessary two-thirds to nominate in national convention he will un- doubtedly have more than a major ity in the convention next year, and will be able to dictate the platform. Whoever overlooks this all-important fact will find himself hopelessly in minority when the convention gets down to actual work"
 From this it is apparent that MT. German realizes, and fully under stands, that Mr. Bryan is burrowing also for delegates, although not for the purpose of forcing his renomina- tion. It means that the eloquent Ne braskan intends to remain a dom- inant factor in his party. This also means that as long as he lives Mir. Bryan will have hopes of getting the prize for which he has twice so bril- liantly contended. Here is a story about MT. Bryan which has never been published:
 During June, 1896, while the mar rator was at the crowded counter of telegraph office at the St. Louis con- vention, sending special dispatches to some large daily newspapers, bustling big fellow crowded in, and received a stiff punch from an ener- getic elbow. No resentment followed the blow, but, instead. the writer heard his name called cheerily by one who said: Wont you let poor working man have chance to earn his bread and butter?" Looking up, the narrator saw the smiling fate of his old friend Bryan. Room was made at once; Bryan's brief telegram was written and sent to a small pa per, which he said was paying him $50 per week, and then he disap- peared in the crowd. Three weeks later he was nominated for the presi dency. There never was a better il lustration of the possibilities in this great republic, for there never before was such a meteoric rise from penury to position and political power.
 And so, while all of the others are burrowing for delegates to gain the presidential nomination, the astute politician from Maryland says that 'Bryan must be reckoned with" When it is recalled that Mir. German is the only man who has been able to lead his party to success in presiden- tial campaigns, for well-nigh 50 years, it may be we'll for all of the other burrowers to hearken to his words of wisdom. And it is worthy of note also that while Mir. German thus respectfully takes off hi9 hat to Bryan that worthy in his weekly pa per says that 'Gorman was regular but not too regular"
 SMITH D FRY