The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
.N. BRYAN AND
 HEARST PLOT RumOrS Of a Pg -al
 COalitiOl -A SENATOR DUB TALKS
 HS Believes NeS lka Man Will Not Attempt to Dictate. Party Has Twice Followed the Lin coln Leader to Disastrous os- feat, and He Should Now
 Stand Aside.
Advertiser Bureau,
 Colorado Building.

Washington, Jan. 2. Rumors are current in Washington just now tha tthe presidential boomers of Con- gressman William R. Hearst are courting coalition with William J. Bryan and his friends who are determined. it Is said, that the coming Democratic convention shall not disregard the past pre-eminence of the Nebraskan.
 These rumors are given prominence in local newspapers. but they cannot be traced tt, any substantial source. It is known nevertheless, that the Hearst fol- lowing appears to have pursued uni form course of admiring and respectful allusion always to Mir. Bryan. The tenor of the present story is that the assured strength of Mir. Hearst Is enough to give him more than one-third of the delegates to the convention. The Bryan men. 1t is reported. will accept neither Parker. Cor man nor any other man put forward with Tammany's endorsement, but to defeat any other Eastern man are willing to unite upon Hearst.
 Senator Dubois, one of the former Sil- yer Republicans. who joined the Demo. crats after 190a. said today:
 'I do not believe Mir. Bryan will lend himself to any movement to dictate to the Democratic party. I am confident that the Democratic party will not deliberately attempt to ride down MT. Bryan or scout his wishes and opinions. I believe 1t will be possible to secure harmonious action between all Democrats and hearty agree ment upon Q presidential candidate
 Relieves Bryan Will Yield.
 "No one realizes better than MT. Bryan the impropriety of his attempting to force two-thirds of the Democratic party to come to the views of one-third. Twice has the Democratic party followed Mr. Bryan's lead implicitly. Mir. Bryan, be- lieve. win now yield to the wishes of his party
 ''To make e personal application If my theory. I left ny party e go ke Mir. Bryan's supportsf Ieft tne senHts as 4 result Of that support. MT Bryan cor- tainIy could not ask me to follow can didate whom only fraction of the party should favor.
 ''We have a chance to win in the next election. The issues will depend largely
 upon our candidate. I want to see a man nominated who can win. It would be fol- ly for MT. Bryan or any good party man to repudiate Parker. Olney, German. Hearst or some other Democrat to whom there could be no objection other than a personal one. and insist upon the noini- nation of man deemed weak by the rank und file of the convention.
 'Mr. Bryan's friends have been so loyal, earnest and consistent in their support of him in the past, believe he will not hesitate to defer to the Judgment of his friends as expressed by a majority of them"
 Senator Dubois Is understood to favor the nomination for President of Judge Parker of New York. as Is also Senator Teller of Colorado. This indicates that the old silver element of the West, which ardently supported MT. Bryan in 1896 and 1900 does not expect him to be anything like a controlling factor in the coming campaign.