New-York tribune., 1904-08-21
BRYAN TO SPEAK HERE.
Plan to Keep Radicals from Re-
iecting Parker.

William J. Bryan's hour Of personal triumph is
near at hand BY one Of the cIeverest pieces of
strategy seen In political manpuvrlng in recent
years the Nebraskan has humb1ed the gold
bugs. He is. 1t learned last night. TO be
invited TO make several campaign speeches in
this city and State under the auspices of the
national committee The invitation probably
will not be extended until after the State con-
vention.
Chairman Taggart's invitation of the Ne
oraska statesman to come to New York is like
ly TO provoke storm Of protest among the
wall Street Democrats backing Judge Parker
but Mr. Taggart. who is an admirer of Bryan
VIII go ahead regardless of Wall Street and
Justify his conduct by the need Of the hour.
The sudden revival of radicalism and the
cessfui invasion of the East by Thomas Z. Wat
son. of Georgia, whose speech at Cooper Union
has set things blazing, is the controlling reason
Ior bringing Bryan to the fore once more.
Inc Democratic leaders learned yesterday that
Mr. "atson's success at Cooper Union has in
splred the radicals with the hope that they can
get more votes for Watson this year than any
Populist candidate for President ever received
The cordiality OF the welcome given TO the
Georgian On Thursday night has prompted the
local radicals to bring both Watson and Clar-
ence Darrow. the Chicago lawyer and manager
of the Hearst boom in Illinois, to Nevy-York 1t
is planned to have them speak in Albany Troy
Utica, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo. The
radicals. who include experienced campaigners
IKE Melvin G. Palliser and City Court Judge
Samuel Seabury, expect that Watson and Oar
row Will be able to stir up things so that the
Populist ticket in this State will receive 10000
votes This. Of course. would defeat the regular
Democratic ticket. the Populists would draw
almost wholly from the Democrats
With the fight on between Murphy and Nc
he Pa rI<e
straits. and cannot afford to lose any Demo-
cratic votes 10 Watson and Tibbles. The only
way to stop the stampede OF radical Democrats
to Watson. National Chairman Taggart thinks
is TO get the big radical Democratic campaign
ers In the field and out-argue Watson.
The Parker managers say they havn- -digcnx-
cred that Bryan and Watson are working with
an understanding. and they mean to put Bryan
on record and compel him to speak for the Par
Her and Davis ticket. no matter how his sym
pathes lean
When Thomas Taggart. chairman OF the ma
tional committee, seen last night at the
Hoffman House. he declared that he was not
ready to say whether not Mr.. Bryan would
be invited to come to New-York
Mr.. Bryan" said Mr. Taggart is a good
Democrat. He has placed his services at the
disposal OF the national 2mmittee. He will do
the right thing, he .yays does We have
not got work in this State mapped out as
yet. Probably will get 1t mapped out
before the State convention. Until then l n
not say positively whether Mr. Bryan will be
asked speak in this State"
one Of the things being narrowly watched by
the Parker men is the Uncovering Of the bond Of
sympathy between the Watson and Hearst
Bryan men. 1t begins 20 look as If they were
working all the country with a perfect
understanding, and that the Bryan men every
where. and especially in the close States. will
vote the Watson ticket thus making ParKers
defeat an overwhelming After this is ac-
complshed the radicals viii be able TO say that
all hope of reorganizing the party with the trust
mag mates In IL must be abandoned. and that the
Democracy with William j. Bryan at its head
must out boldly a peoples party, with
reserved compartments for monopolists and
trust representatives like the Belmonts Will
lam F. Sheehan. David B. Hill and Grover Ceve-
land.
The friends OF William r. Hearst make no
cOncealment of their intention TO vote for Roose-
welt or Watson. They do not propose that their
leader, after spending n great deal of money
on his canvass for the Presidential nomination.
shall it go for naueht by the election of
Parker II Parker is defeated, II Will be easy
to pick up the fragments of a shattered Democ-
racy and reform 1t on radical lines the Bryan
men think
The immediate prospect does not please Ma
tional Chairman TaggaTt. He realizes that
Bryan has hold the radicals. and as Bryan
has offered to work for the ticket. Mr.. Taggart
his friends said last night. will Immediately
folIovyinp the New-York State convention on
September 20, take full responsibility Tor inVIt-
ing Bryan to come to New-Hork ana speak IN
Madison Square Garden. Mr.. Taggart KNOWS
well that 1t is a risky experiment. ana that II
will be a reha habiltation Of Bryan, but 1t is better
than to lose 25. 900 votes in a doubtful state.
Just what effect Bryan's rehabintatlon py the
Parker managers will have the gold Demo-
Gratis in this city is an interesting matter Ior
conjecture.