The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-15
HEARST FOR THE NOMINEE
 Will Support Loyalty DemOcracy's Choice.
 HAS HOPES FOR THE HONOR 
HAS HOPES FOR THE HONoR
If Defeated, He Will Not Sulk
 or Bolt.
Declares Stories Sent Out from Albany Regarding Proposed Formation of New Party Are Feelish and
 Unworthy of Belief. .-5

of the St. Louis Democratic conven-
 tion. whoever he may be-
 He today authorized the Washington
 Post to make this statement unequivo-
 cally He ridiculed a story sent from
 Albany that he and Mir. Bryan, Arthur
 Brisbane, Weaver of Iowa and others
 were planning a huge bolt and the for
 nation of a new party He said. he had
 been making his fight for the nomina-
 tion in the name of progressive Democ-
 racy, but his fight had been within par
 ty' lines and would continue to be so.
 Whatever the result. he intended per-
 sonally and through his newspapers to
 support the regular ticket.
 T am for the St. Louis nominee" said
 Mir Hearst 10 The Post. ..
 Having uttered that plain spoken sem
 tence. he added with smile:
 T should of course. like any other man,
 be honored and gratihed should the
 Democrats see fit to nominate me. But
 do not have to be bribed by office to be
 Democrat. have supported the Demo-
 cratic ticket in the last five campaigns.
 I supported Cleveland three times and
 Bryan twice. I expect to support the
 nominee of the part at St. Louis, who-
 ever he may be, I have not been able
 to deny all the foolish things that have
 been said about me. I have not even
 kept up with all that has been said. But
 of all the fool things. that story that
 am going to bolt Is fooIer' than all the rest.
 Fight Within Party.
 T have been making my. fight for the
 nomination in the name of progressive Democracy I have been making my fight within party lines'
 An inquiry was made about certain of the several contestIng Hearst delegates over tho country. Every State convention of both par ties has contesting delegations said Mr. Hearst "Contehts do not mean that boiling will follow. Some of my friends acted 1 in entire sincerity on their part, which l I would not have sanctioned had the matter come to my knowledge in time. l But these contests can be settled in the l. usual way as they are settled in every | national convention. Please make 1t plain that I stand by the verdict of loyal Democrats, men who have been loy- al to the party and have not been Demo crats at pleasure. I am for men who have been Democrats consistently for
 twenty years"
 But suppose the class you suggest as disloyal should be in control at St. Louis?" T think there Is no danger of that, was the answer
 For the Nominee. He expressed the belief that loyal
 Democrats would be in control at St. Louis and reiterated his intention to sup
 port the nominee of that convention. What provoked Congressman Hearst to
 declare himself with respect to supporting
 the ticket to be nominated at St. Louis l was contained in specials sent from AL
 bany, N. r., and published here today, as given below
 The new idea" which Col. William J. Bryan says he got while abroad"
 good many people here are coming to
 believe will be divulged at St. Louis in
 an interesting if not convincing way. Events and utterances of the Nebraska Commoner editor and paper put together
 show a certain affinity which make cir
 cumstantial evidence that with the help of William Randolph Hearst, MT. Bryan means to found and establish a new par l ty.. Both made an effort to capture the | Democratic Party. MT. Bryan despaired
 of ever again controlling National Dem ooratio Convention. Hearst if he had enough wits left to distinguish the first mage of his own yellow journal from sheet of church music must, some time ago, have realized that he had no more show of getting Democratic nomination | than pr. Mary Walker or Herr Most. | inspired by Arthur Brisban, the human | interest compelling editor of The New
 York American. have been pulling to- gether for power for themselves in pri- maries and conventions and knocking ana damning every party interest opposed 10 1 themselves.
 Have Fought Reorganization. Both have consistently fought reorgah-
 ization and organization stuobornly lg- nored the sturdy mass of get-togetner Democrats throughout the country which has demonstrated its unshakable pur-
 pose to control the St. Louis Conven- tion.
 Bryan and Hearst. 1t is pointed out, re- alize that they must either submit to the will of a tremendous majority in the | National Convention or get out Not a word has come from either that he will abide by the majority's will,
 Hence 1t is very generally believed
 tbey (Bryan and HearsD will bolt the convention. As soon as they are out aide they will, 1t Is also believed. rally the radicals, socialists and malcontents of aII parties to form a third party. Chairman James K. Jones Is said to have knowledge of the new idea" and to sympathize with 1t. Several of the
 National Committeeman are said to be likewise innoculated.
 | It Is recalled that IL was hearsl tactics early in his precipitous cam patgning to go after party committed
 men. National. State and County. He rounded up not few of them in diff ferent parts of the country. His pa ners heralded these things as evidence | of his strength with the people.
 TIen came the mighty efforts of all inc Hearst agents to captivate the la-
 bor organizations everywhere. Hearst got himself appointed on the Labor | Committee in the House of Representa- lives and the little that he did in the House and the little association that | he had with Democrats in the House l nonered him solely with the cause and tbe nersonnel of the labor element. Working for Hearst Treasurer Dunlop of the National 1 Committee has been the Hearst mana