Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-01-30
DUBOIS AND OTHERS ON BRYAN
DISCUSSING HIS RECENT SPEECH
If BRYAN insists Ii Will be Necessary to Turn
Him Down Hard is the Current
Comment of Leaders

wAshl-srea Dispatch .n New YORK.
Herald William J. fryans trt@ryle"
in the Herald today. in which ~ as
xerts orpoestlc- ~ n reorganization ~
the aerr1c-4rv oy tha "C-=vtlau3 wing
Of the party 1~t his t,slst-r1e on tho
reafIr,nattau q the Is 70 /" platform.
has fallen ike . bomb among N" mi
rlorIty leaders IN congress While most
Of them seem 10 doubt his power 20
enforce his wishes great fer prevails
and opinions are openly expressed thu
his remarks were AT least imp"litiC
Senator Teller of Colorado while APP
parently surprised ~ Mr.. Bryau's bold
ness in insisting at this time On the
doctrine that brought him "a the head
of the democratic party, said tonight
that the situation was altogether too
mixed at present to make and predic-
lions az TO the outcome either in the
matter OF platform or candidate. 9th
or western democrats talk guardedly
of the Bryan interview. but Senator
Dubois declares that the Nebraskan
has made a mistake.
Mr. Johnson the national commit
teeman from Texas, did not hesitate to
express his sorrow that Mr.. Bryan was
again expressing free silver views to
the extent OF advising that they be in
corporated into the next democratic
platform.
Men like Senator German. who have
been trying To get the party back into
old lines and at the same time appease
tn radical wing are extremely disap-
pointed at what hey consider Mr..
Bryans new outbreak. Not alone do
they fear that he may make trouble in
the matter of a platform. but his atti-
tude toward almost every one of the
prominent candidates for the nomiua-
ton yet mentioned is another danger
Gus feature Of the situation.
He has already expressed intense
dissatisfaction with any effort to revive
Grover Cleveland as q candidates he
seems unwilling, many believe to ac-
cept Judge Parker. and win appar-
emily have nothing to do with Senator
German and Richard Olnev Leading
democrats fear that in this present
frame OF mind he may emerge from
mere opposition to candidates ana at
be and enlist his following i'm that
mans support
With the democratic party in the
senate struggling hard and hopelessly
to make a campaign issue out of the
canal, and with no other important is-
sue Immediately I'm sight the leaders
here look upon Mr. Bryan's insistence
on an issue that has twice defeated the
party as nothing less than A calamity
1T seems 10 me that Mr.. Rryan.'
said Senator Dubois" could not have
made more imprudent statement
Just at this time II seems almost nm
kind He has had his chance twice
on the issue which he names. and 1t is
time for him to pause and find ont
what his friends think of the Situqtion
III he maintains the attitude ev-
pressed In his Lincoln speech and to-
days Interview II viii be necessary for
the convention To turn him down IN
manner that we shall all regret. and
which win be likely to cause hard feel
ings. He, above all others, ought to
know that free silver Is dead and that
IL win have no friends at st. Louis.
Mr. Bryan should not give ptterance
at this time to such feelings" said Mr.
Johnson of Texas He has made It
necessary for conservative democrats
who ought now to have their innings.
to squelch him, and we all hoped that
this duty would not be imposed upon