Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16
FRAUD IN ELECTIONS BRYAN TO THE FORE
Right of Congress to Go Be- Has Machine to Support
hind Returns Discussed His Plans.
VARIETY OF OPINION BREAK UP OF PARTIES
II MARYLAND MAKE HE THINKS
PERTINENT.
Some
sion Tha Decide tn Rely--Folk is the Apple of
denC Case His
Has a Machine to Support
His Plans.
BREAK UP OF PARTIES
HE THINKS THIS is A PoSSIBIL.
ITY.
Some of the Men on Whom He Will
Rely-Folk is the Apple of
His I've.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

! Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. November IA. 1904.
| When echoes of the campaign are re-
| sounding some points gathered during ito
| progress help to throw light on the future
/ Having spent the month before the election
! in the west / heard Information which -
made more valuable by the proportion or
| the landslide in favor OF President Roose-
welt.
Mr.. Bryan would have had the center Of
the stage whether or not the republican
victory had been SO sweeping. His posi-
| ton now differs from that OF 1896 and 19tI
for he has a political machine to support
his plans. In maintaining himself a
| political leader he has learned the neces-
sty of organization which formerly he pro-
! fessed TO regard with Indifference.
A Break UP of Parties.
! heard many intmations during the came
pagn that Mr.. Bryan believes a break up Of
parties is a possibility within few years.
and he thinks if there is to be a new party
it will stand his platform. The under.
tone OF all his utterances is to the effect
! that the radical democracy which he pro-
| poses is in reality new political oTganiza-
| ton. If Mr.. Bryan cherishes one ambition
| tinged with personal feeling-and he al
ready has shown that human nature in him
is about the same as in other men-it is the
ambition TO have a democratic party in
which there is no room for Grover Cleve-
land. Notwithstanding his common ground
! with the ex-President on the tariff question
| TO him Cleveland and plutocracy are synon-
ymous terms So he is particularly strong
| in his statement with reference TO the for
mer President.
1t need surprise one If Mr.. Bryan DUR
| ing the next few months eXerts himself to
bring forward some of the men he intends
| to choose his lieutenants for the cam
paign in 1908. In Indiana his representative
will be John w. Kern the defeated candi-
date for governor Mr.. Kern has run sew
eral thousand votes ahead of Judge Parker
and the difference between the vote for
the democratic state ticket and the demo-
cratic national ticket has significance The
! local causes which in other states resulted
| in republican candidates Cor governor fall
ing far behind the vote for Roosevelt
did not exist in Indiana. Kern's support
! was positive force in making the issue
against the gold democrats. Those Indiana
gold democrats are a pucky lot. and they
may not give up the fight, but from pres
ent appearances IT is a wild notion that
they can have any influence on the future
of the party either in platform declarations
or in nominating candidates. Many of them
probably now wish that they had kept I'D
| their association with the republicans.
Folk the Apple of His Eye.
1t is fairly MISUNDERSTOOD in the west
that the apple of Mr. Bryans eye is Joseph
w. Folk of Missouri. Senator William ].
| Stone, who. for a long time. was in control
| of the Bryan forces is bitterly hostile to
| Folk, but the senator Is no longer Bryan's
| personal representative. Since he has been
| elected governor Folk will have every op-
portunity to keep in the public eye. Wheth-
| er he Will add to the reputation he made as
circuit attorney in prosecuting the boodlers
| of st. Louis is for the future to develop
| How far Folk sympathzes with Bryan's
economic notions and how far he believes in
n radical democracy for the next national
campaign, he himself alone knows. But
Bryan apparently is satisfied with him.
1t is somewhat curious that Bryan also
casts a favoring glance on La Toilette OF A..
Wisconsin. If he were able to bring about
a complete smash up of old parties and
ganze forces Mr.. Bryan would avail
himself of La Follette's personality. The
Wisconsin governor is supposed to have
presidential ambitions. Like MIR. Bryan he
is radical, but Governor La Toilette is a stifr
protectionist and national issues ii il
difficult to see what he has in common with
Mr. Bryan. Their views on primary cleo
tons the referendum and the popular cleo
ton of United States senators may be in
harmony, but there is no possibility of Gre
| ating a sharp political division on these
| lines.
Policies and Issues.
Mr.. Bryan's suggestion that the radical
| reorganizers concern themselves with poll
cies and issues during the next three years
| and refrain from getting into muss
candidates can be safely made. There is
| little probability that during this interval
| any one will come to the front to dispiace
| Bryan himself in the public estimation.
| Whether the suggestion is agreeable 10 NJ.
Hearst does not appear Bryan has shown
| Hearst a patronizing kindness, but have
| been told repeatedly tina; he never commit
! ted himself To the latters presidential can
didacy either for 1904 or !: ~.
| In the series Of suggest ons winch Mr.
| Bryan makes the basis Tor tie new
| radical democracy H. one whch has
strength. This relates to the Iusts. M
w ll IL
i paign to travel over the country in tie
| effort to learn what the people we.e think
ing about and how they wee going 10
J vote can doubt its Vitaity. Few lepnb-
| lican leaders who think that tie s. lit G
J cloak rooms COVER: pubic sentiment ma n
| tanned tia; the trust evil Lad cared itself
and that the issue was a dead one But I
| they Were brought in contact with thar
| own constituents in THIS campaign they
| must have changed their minds.
Aside rom his personal qualities one c,e-
| ment of President RooSevelts pheno nenal
| popularity was tie confidence OF the peoole
| in his ability to & apple with the trusts
His courage to do it they never doubted at
all. But the convection had grown on them
| that he also could be dep nded on 10 lind
! the remedy. In Wisconsin, Indiana, West
! Virginia and Illinois, in talking 10 local
| political leaders invariably found that the
/ trusts Were not dead subject. In spite OF
| universally prosperous cordltiors people
were talking of these combinations as a
| clog on the general prosperity In some
| places il the railroads they were
| talking against. In others il indus
trial combinations.
The Tariff Element.
Nor was the tariff element entirely for
gotten. Unquestionably great source
| of republican strength was the feeling OF
| the business community everywhere against
| giving the democrats any sort of p-etext
| for meddling with the tariff. Yet in many
| instances. talking with manufacturers. L
| hon, adv sin
! favored the revival of reciprocity. Others
| were considering Representative Babcocks
! bills. which never received serious consid-
| Grafton in Congress. Always there was the
| blunt opinion that the trusts which might
/ have advantages from the tariff should be
reached. and where they did not have tariff
| preference that some other way should be
| found to handle them. In the first flush
| of the republican victory this sentiment
may not be manifest. but / am willing to
wait few months and let the development
| of public opinion demonstrate whether my
Impressions were correct.