Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-09
BRYAN AND HEARST
ALLIANCE BETWEEN THEM SAID
TO BE A CERTAINTY.
The Representative Promotion Bureau
Here Has Some Shrewd Politicians,
Who Are Directed by Him.

An alliance between William J. Bryan
and William r. Hearst with view of
debating the democratic presidential nOmt-
nation is said to be a certainty. In fact,
1t is asserted by man very close to Mr..
Hearst himself that the present arrange
ment is that Mr.. Bryan will present Mr..
Hearst's name to the st. Louis convention.
Among visitors at the White House who
gossip about the probable action of the
democratic convention, the name of Hearst
Is heard as often as the name Of any other
demorcrat, with the possible exception of
Cleveland. The aggressive campaign being
made for instructed delegates by Hearst
has aroused the interest alike of republic
cans and democrats. So Wig. orous. indeed,
has become the Hearst propaganda that the
chief of the Washington bureau of lead
ing New York newspaper was led to re-
mark day or two ago that If his news
paper did not mention the name of Mr..
Hearst very soon it would not be printing
the news.
His Promotion Bureau Here.
Here in Washington Mr.. Hearsts pro-
motion bureau is under the direction of
some particularly shrewd politicians in and
out of Congress. Hearst himself. while di-
recting the work and providing the means
for the conduct of the preliminary cam
palSn, is keeping himself IN the Ddck-SrOunu
as much as possible. The actual work is
being done by trusted leutenants From
their chiefs offices in this city orders are
being sent out to every state In the Union
by these lieutenants and each day the news
papers of the country contain evidence OF
the work being accomplished. Delegates
to the st. Louis convention are being pick
ed up here and there. Hearst campaign
clubs being organized and In every
state the work Is going on apace
In the opinion of the best informed poll
ticianS 1t is now a certainty that Mr..
Hearst, backed by Mr.. Bryan, may be in
position to give the leaders opposed to him
IL lot of trouble. He may not have a ma
jofity of the delegates to the st. Louis
convention-indeed, he probably will not
but he will, it is anticipated, have enough
strength to cut an important figure, and
will be factor that will have to be reck-
oned with. His friends even now are point
ing to his Regularity as a strong feature
of his campaign. Both in the campaign of
'96 and 1900 he gave w. J. Bryan vigorous
support. The Bryan train went around no
curve sharp enough to throw him off. He
'stocd for" every jot and little of both the
Chicago and the Kansas City platforms.
Naturally, such support enlisted the friend
ship for Mr.. Hearst of Mr.. Bryan and the
latter, with his powerful personal follow
ing, Is now giving the New York editor
quid pro quo.
Not Caring About Tammany.
Mr.. Hearst recognizing the antagonism
of the Tammany organization in New York.
has declared that both the nomination and
the election of a President will be deter
mined by the western and southern states.
Realizing the practical impossibility of
breaking through the Tammany line in New
York. Mr.. Hearst Is paying but little heed
to that part of the game, but is deyoting
his time and energy and money to outside
states. The Tammany leaders do not ap-
prove of him, but in that respect they have
no advantage of him. for his thoughts about
them would make picturesque reading
They turned him down at the harmony
banquet but he proposes to even up that
snub at the St Louis convention next July
When Hearst started his campaign ball
to rolling, he figured on obtaining the back
ing Of the organized labor element of the
country. For months he devoted practi-
cally his entire attention to that factor In
the political problem. Having secured a
fairly good basic organization, he branched
out into the open and now is in the field
eontesting for delegates in every congress
sional district. He has advantage in
being a frank and avowed candidate for the
ion,