New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-04
BRIAN And Parker.
assurance That Former Candidate
U7M Speak for Present One.
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Esopus n Y. Aug. 3.-Two insurance agents.
an alleged spokesman Of William Jennings
Bryan and an assurance that Big Chief Dew
cry was coming. all reached RosemOunt together
to-day. The insurance agents, in their desire to
insure the candidates life. disturbed his equa-
nimity considerably. They told him that they
were prepared To insure all risks Of his being
elected at a premium so small that the chief
Judge was actually alarmed. and inquired If his
chance was really as slight as the premium indi-
Gated and finally decided II the chance was in
fnitesimal there was no use Of taking out any
policy.
The news from Bryan came second hand
through the medium of Edward c. WALL of Mil
waukee who brought the candidate the uneN-
pected and by means COrTObOrated assurance
that the free silver leader had pronounced
the eleventh hour gold dispatch so courageous
an act that he believed it's author entitled to any
office 10 which ne could be elected-a somewhat
ambiguous comment. but received with en-
thusiasm at ROsemOunt Mr.. Wall, who has
been several times chairman Of the Democratic
State Committee in Wisconsin. is on his way 10
Europe and will sail from New-York on the
Celtic on Friday. Mrs. Wall came with him
He had the following comment to make on the
attitude of MIR. Bryan: MIR. Bryan has always
beer close personal friend of mine. and visited
me a week ago Saturday at my home. and
breakfasted with me. He told me then that he
regarded the sending of the dispatch as a coura-
geous thins to do. and asserted that the
who was brave enough to do that was worthy of
any office. From what he told me at that time
1 am perfectly sure tdat his support of the ticket
will not be haIf-hearted. people in the East
imagine I expect that he will place himself at
the service of the committee in Chicago and talk
on the stump wherever they want him. not con-
.irfr, to
where. as has beer intimated.
II is a pity there is such mistaken notion Of
Mr. Bryan in the East. Why. there are people
that found i'm NeW-Yort who believe the room
should he fumigated after his name is men
toned in IT, Now. MI Bryan is a Democrat and
always has been one, and viii be one i'm this
campaign. I don't mean that he has abandoned
the principles which he championed i'm 81. Louis.
hut now that they have been i'm a measure az
least rejected by the party he Is willing To-
abide by that decision, waiting a future time
when the party may revise its opinion he will
rot give the ticket any haIc- hearted or uusynl-
pathetic support. and he is ready 10 serve i'm the
ranks. having returned to the Democratic party
tha commission it has twice bonored him with.
SITUATION ~ WISCONSIN
The situation in Wisconsin is complex The
state is normally Republican ny "-.OND but
the differences between the La FoIlette aud
'StaIwart' factions make IT clearly doubtful
state this fall. 7 am rot one vao makcs
prophec les or cIair,-s everything in sight The
law that makes it Impossible to have the name
of any man appear in more th&n one place on
the ticket is going To cause trouble TO the Re
puhlicans The courts have not vet decided
which NJ The Republican factors can use the
names Of the Presidential electors over the stat.
column. When they do. those voting tne othe~
State ticket will have to vote for each can
iidate and this sill cause no little confusion
and doubtless hurt them. hut il is stiII probabI,
that the Republicans may instruct their voters
carefully that The State viii he saved for
Roosevelt; ard would not go any further than
70 say that regarded Wisconsin as safely
within the list of doubtful States"
The invitation to Devery and his fellow wor-