The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-16
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EXPECTS TO SUPPORT NOMINEE
oF#sT. LOUIS CONVENTIONS
WHOEVER HE MAY BE.
WOULD LIKE TO BE NOMINEE
HIMSELF-No TINE TO DE-
NY ALL FOOL STORiES.r

WASHINGTON. D. c., May to
William Randolph Hearst will SUPPORT
| the nominee of the ST. Louis D.."'o-
cratic convention whoever he MAJ soe,
He authorized the Washington Poststo
make this statement unequivocally.
He ri6iculed a story sent from AiosSn!
that he and Mr.. Bryan, Arthur Bris-
bane Weaver, of Iowa. and others we're
planning a huge bolt and the forLal-
ton of a new party. He said he snau
been making his fight for the nomlna-
ton in the name of progressive De
mocracy but his fight had been within
party lines and would continue TO be
so. Whatever the result, he int de.
| personally and through his newspa'
pers to support the regular ticket
81 am for the ST. Louis nominee.
said Mr.. Hearst to the Post. HaFlrs
uttered that plain spoken sentence. ne
added with smile:
Il should of course, like any tier
man. be honored and gratihed should
the Democrats see fit TO nominate me.
but do not have to be brtbed by ONCE
to be Democrat. have supported
the times and Mr.. Bryan twice
intend to support the nominee OF the
party at st. Louis, whoever he Nay
be-"
The interview was prompted by tne
Albany dispatch, which said that Mr..
Hearst, Mr. Arthur Brisbane, MI Fry
an and a few others were preparing to
bolt.
II have not been able" said he, to
deny all the foolish things that have
been said about me-. have not even
kept I'D with all that has been said.
But of all the fool things, that is
.fooler'' than all the rest and MI.
Hearst INDUCED in a hearty laugh at
the new adjective he has coined
Within. Party Lines.
81 have been making my fight for
the nomination in the name OF pro
gressive Democracy" he said. Il
have been making my fight WITHIN
party lines"
This Mr.. Hearst emphasized in e%-
PLANTATION of his standing as loyal
Democrat, before loyal Democrats
not men who have been Democrats
at pleasure, or for profit"
An inquiry was made about the Sig
nificance of several contestlng Hearst
DELEGATIONS over the country
Every State convention of bosh
part has contestinS delegations :
said Mr.. Hearst. Contests do not
mean that bolting will follow. Sol:le
of nv friends have instituted contests
i for delegates. In certain cases, con-
tests have been instituted by my
friends in entire sincerity on their
part which l would not have sane
| toned had the matter come 10 my
knowledge in time. But these contests
can be settled in the usual way as
they are settled in every national con
vention. Please make it plain that i
stand by the verdict of loyal Demo
Gratis. men who have been loyal 70
the party and have not been Demo
Gratis at pleasure. 1 am for men VINO
have been Democrats consistently fer
twenty years"
But suppose the class you suggest
as disloyal should be in control at st
LOUISE"
No Equivocaton.
II think there is no danger OF that.
1t is safe to trust the Democratic
Masses was the answer.
but they would be the people VINO
have sent the men to the convention
in a majority was suggested TO NE,
Hearst, to which remark he assented.
Nevertheless, he expressed his pc
lief that loyal Democrats would De i"
control at ST. Louis and reiterated E'9
! Intention to support the nominee OF
| that convention.
/ In fact, his utterances We're 50 direct
| and emphatic on that point that TO
room was left to doubt Mr.. HearSts
loyalty and his intention to prosecute
his own campaign for the nomination
within the party lines and not only 20
abide by the result, whatever IL ml&ht
be, but to work for the ticket noiih'
mated.