The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-08
BRYAN PLANS TO
MAKE A BOLT
SEC DINING APPARENT THAT THE
sMEBRA SkAN WILL MAKE
RoUBLE AT ST. LOUIS.
tiEARsT WON'T JOIN
HIM

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Reports reaching this city through
political channels that viii not admit
Of contradiction confirm the state
sSments that the Bryan element of the
Demo cratic party has in mind the
asIyisa Utility of boiling the National
convention at St. Louis unless given
such recognition as, in the Judgment
y OF its leaders, is commensurate with
their numbers and Importance. 1t
Z is SEATED that the followers of w. j.
Bryan, under his leadership, will de-
mand that the platform give indorse-
ment ito a number of the planks
adopted at the conventions of 1896
and 300.
tt:fias become an apparent and open
TACT, rejected by the statements Of
both Bryan and his followers, that
he Nebraskan views with alarm his
prospective removal from even sem
8nIanee OF leadership. Inflated by the
L homage paid him in former years,
"a Bryan, still a young man. cannot
reconcil himself to the idea of en-
|StirelY stepping aside and permitting
len / Ike former President Cleveland
land ex-Secretary Olney to take entire
control of the party to his retirement
aud oblivion. Therefore, through his
s$$sstsis saries =eyeFyu:here, he is making
demands hat his followers must be
8reeognized at the convention and &C
comparing the demands with a
threat 10 bolt If refused
~. Bryan's Strength Realized.
These demands would attract no
attention and fail to perturb the fol
lovers Of Judge Parker and the other
conserv arive candidates were it not
that they recognize the strength brF-
S al, will have in the convention ana
appreciate how utterly hopeless and
87hevo,1sl reach success will be at the
SnofIs without the support of the BrE-
4 !. wing of the party. Il is unqueS-
s.fionably a fact that Judge Parker
views with more apprehension than
# her candidates this threatened &C
ton of Bryan.
h $5 William r Hearst whose boom has
& been& going backward for some time,
SIS likewise confronted with a sltua-
ton which is perplexins him serious
Sly Hearst has depended from the
start &upon the support Of Bryan, and
81 those delegates pledged to him have
q largely been secured through Bryan
influence. In return, Bryan now de-
nands that Hearst join in the threat
3ened bolt in order that 1t may have
soTidity and a more potent effect upon
the action of the st. Louis conVen-
ton.
Hearst Refuses to Bolt.
'44s.ss8 Hearst. however has refused TO be
come a party to the plan. His rea'
son5isg valid and based on good judg
ment. To join hands with Bryan now
and associate with him in a bolt
# would utterly destroy his chances OF
ss future prefermenI by the party. Yet
to refuse the request has somewhat
the appearance OF ingratitude and re
EInces amazingly even the remote
how he possesses of a nomination "a
ssifssIt he convention.
Mr. Bryan is about the only mar
who will take any part in the conven
sSsft ION who can: lose absolutely nothing
by boiling the ticket. His two sue
sfva defeats at the hands Of tht
tass placed him in the category o
sS " Iso 49, and his counsel vii
those who VIII &; are re. de de
efiis years 4 Democrat
3sljs en- cough mean.
and the success o