Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
TO KEEP BRYAN HOME
Course Mapped Out by Demo-
cratic Leaders.
DON'T WANT HIM EAST
TASK OF CARRYING NEBRASKA
TO BE GIVEN HIM.
If He Wins He Will Be Sent to the
United States Senate and Suitably
Recognized for His Services.

| AS soon as the democratic national com.
mttee appoints It's chairman and begins
| to outline the work OF the campaign o
| serious question will be encountered in res
| laton to the disposition to be made of Nh
| William Jennings Bryan during the cam.
| paign.
! Mr.. Bryan's whole course has indicated
| that he proposes to be very much in poli-
! tics in the next few months. He could
| have retired from the political arena By
| boiling the ticket or by leaving the con.
| vention to its own sweet will without any
| suggestion from him. He stayed in the
| party and he expects to be a part of II.
! Democratic leaders are already beginning
| to figure on what they will do with Bryan
| The question that concerns them most 70
| whether Bryan himself will approve theis
| plans for him. They would like to keep
| him in the west. not having him come furs
| ther east than Kansas. If he were given
| free hand to make speeches as he sees At In
| the east they are afraid that he would say
| things that, sooner or later, would injuro
| the party.
| Course Mapped Out for Bryan.
These leaders have mapped out an a1s
| tractive course for Mr.. Bryan and they can
see no reason why he should not follow II.
| Based on the idea that Mr. Bryan's ambts
! ton comedies with the ideas OF his recently
| made friends in the party their plah ought
| to work perfectly. They have planned that
| the best thing for Mr.. Bryan to do Is to
carry Nebraska this fall and show the Po~
| pubicans that he is a political factor in hih
| home.
| 1t is well known that Mr.. Bryan has been
| ambitious to come to the United Statet
Senate If that Is SO he will be assisted
in every possible way by the democrats 10
| carry his own state and to elect a leKIs.
| lature that will send him to the Senate.
| No doubt is expressed about the ability
| of Mr.. Bryan to secure his election to tho
| Senate If he can have a democratic leGs
islature chosen in Nebraska in the coms
| ing election. They also say that nothing
| could possibly rebound so greatly to the
national reputation Of Mr.. Bryan as the
| capture of his state and installing II In
| the democratic column. Such result
would be credited wholly to the power
| of Mr.. BRYAN.
| Democratic leaders say that II Mr.. Bryan
will agree to devote his energies to the
| west and particularly to Nebraska with tho
| idea of carrying Nebraska for Parker and
| Davis they will see that he in supplied
! with ample funds for all campaign pur~
poses. They will give him an entirely new
| sensation of having abundance of money
| to pay campaign bills and will make az
| easy as possible the work in which he will
| be engaged.
Importance Of Carrying Nebraska
| In this connection 1t is pointed out that
Nebraska might be the pivotal state ia
! the coming presidential election. In order
| to elect the democratic ticket not only
will the democrats have to carry New
| York, New Jersey. Maryland, West Vim
ginia Rhode Island and Connecticut, but
| they will have to do something in the west
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are not encourage
ing for democrats Even democrats ads
NIT that. They might do something in
| Illinois if there should be labor troubles
| there, and terrible mistakes are made by
| the administration But counting on ones
| opponent making mistakes is generally an
| Indication of a forlorn hope.
This situation presses the democrats
| further west in the search of fighting
| ground. What is there better than Nee
| braska, Kansas and some of the states
| in the northwest, they ask. They are In
| the stronghold of Bryan, and by combining
| himself to such localities he might elect
| the ticket, they assert If he should b
successful no one could deprive him of the
| credit for the good work he would cone
tribute to the campaign. Parker and Davfs
would owe their election to Bryan. Undef
those circumstances 1t is contended. II
would be absolutely necessary to recog%
nize Bryan. While helping the democratic
national ticket to success ne would %
getting the Legislature of Nebraska Into
such shape that it would elect him United
States senator.
Bryan's Friends Doubtful.
The democrats who have favored this plan
regard 1t as without flaw. The only ques~
ton that remains is whether Mr.. Bryan
himself will agree to being eliminated from
the campaign except so far as speeches in
his own state concerned. He will want
something for his sacrifice he regards 10
in supporting the Parker ticket. His owt
recent declarations amount to saying thae
the people who made Parker including Par.
ker himself, are on general principles 4
lot Of very bad men, but he will support
them just the same in the interest of party
harmony. The only thing that Mr.. Bryano
friends think that he can get out of the
campaign in exchange of his support of the
party is added standing in the east. where
he is not popular. They have no doubt OF
his popularity in certain parts of the west,
1t is in the east that he wants a better ac-
quaintance.
They say that to support Parker and then
to be barred from making speeches In the
east is like making concessions to get into
desirable society only to find that you are
not to be allowed admission to that society.
Bryan's friends are inclined to think hs
will not accept the plans that are being
made for him. They believe he will insist
upon being a part of the show in the east
as well as in the west. They believe THAI
before the campaign is much older Mr..
Bryan will show his friends the enemy,
with whom he is consorting. that he doesnt
propose to stay in the party for some pur-
poses and to keep out of 1t for others. He
will insist upon being a participant in the
national councils and not a mere adjunct
for work in the suburbs.
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