The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-15
WILL NOT BOLT
THE CONVENTION
w. r. Hearst RidicuIes a Story
Sent From Albany.
LOYAL SUPPORT is PLEDGED
MAKING BIS FIGHT STRICTLY
WITHIN PARTY LINES.
LOYAL SUPPORT IS PLEDGED

IaIASuINCTON N8v H-Wifam r.
VIZ Hearst Viii support The nominee
Of The S. Louis Democratic
convention. whoever be mas be
He today authorized lHe washing
ton Post to- make this statement
unequivocaily. He rjdicu.ed story sent
from Albany that ha and Ar Bryan Ar
thur Brisbane. weaver or Iowa and o-n-
ers were planning huge bolt and the
formation of new party. sic said he
had been making his fsht FOR the uom-
lnation IN the nar1e u progressive De-
mocracy- but his fight had bees within
party lines and would continue 90 De So
Whatever the result. bee intended person
any apd through llS newspapers no sup
port the regular ticket
II am for the ST. L0uis nominee said
Mr.. Hearst 10 the Post Having uttered
that plain spoken sentence, ne added with
smile,
Would Like to be Nominated.
Ct should of course. like amy other
man. be honored and sragified should
But J do not have ia be bribed by office
90 be "a Democrat I have supported tre
Democratic ticket iI the last five CAM
palgns. j supported Cleveland three times
and Bryan twice. Z intend 20 support Che
nominee OF the party at ST. Louis, who
ever he may be.
The interview was prompted by Tho
Albany dispatch which said that 1Ir.
"
few others were preparing TO bolt
y have not been able De said eco
deny ali the foolish things thaL have been
said about me. / have not even kent uu
with al that has been said. But Of all
the fool things that as foolier than all
the rest and Mr.. Hearst INDUCED in %
hearty laugh at the new adjective he had
coined,
Fight On Party Lines.
'I have been making ms fight for the
nomination I'm the name of progressive
Uemocracy.'' he said u have been max
ing my fight on party lines"
An inquiry was made about the sig
nificauce Of the several contesting Hearst
delegations over the country
Every state convention of both parties
has cOntestiug delegates" said lfr.
tiearst-- Contests do not mean that bOl--
ing VIII follow. Some of my friends have
I instituted contests Tor delegates i'm Car-
tam cases contests have been Instituted
by my friends, iu entire sinterfty Oh
their part which ] would not have sane
toned had the matter come 60 ny knowI-
edge iu time. But these contests can be
settled in the usual way, as they are
settled i'm every national convention.
Please make IL plain that I stand for the
verdict OF loyal Democrats, men who have
been loyal TO the party and have not
Deen Democrats az pleasure am toI
men who have been Democrats consist
emily for twenty years.
Trusts the Masses.
But suppose the class YOU suggest as
disloyal should be FIN control at ST.
LOutS2
II think there is ro danger of that It
is safe TO trust the Democratic masses
was the answer.
"But they would be the people who
I sent these men to the convention lH .
ma iority.' 10 which remark he assentea
Nevertheless he expressed the belief that
I loyal Democrats would be in coutroI al
ST LcuiS and reiterated MS intention 60
support the nominee of that convention.
In fact, his urteraDces were SO direct and
emphatic on that point that no room was
left 70 doubt Mr. EearS-'s loyalty and ms
intention to prosecute his campaign fOI
the nomination within the party lines,
and not only TO abide by the result. no
matter what TT might be. but 90 work tOI
the ticket nominated.