Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1905-08-24
WILL BE BRYAN AGAIN.
The Undismayed Leader Still Thinks
he Is the Only Demo-
cratic Moses.

The Boston Herald publishes a long
and interesting special dispatch from
Omaha, Neb., in which the plans of
William J. Bryan and those who are
cooperating with him are set forth
with a great deal of detail. The cor
respondent begins with this very nosi-
tive declarations William J. Bryan
is going to try to win the democratic
nomination for the presidency in 1908.
| have it upon the very best authority
not only that he is going to try to
win the nomination, but that he ex-
poets to win it. He is not going to be
a receptive candidate merely. He is
going to be a very active, aggressive
one"
Then follows much other informa-
tion corrOborative of the above declar-
alton. From it all it appears, says the
Troy IN. " Times, that Mr.. Bryan
regards himself as the logical candi-
date of the party, because, representing
the radical wing, he retired from the
field last year and gave the conserva-
tives full control. At the same time
he proved his loyalty to the party by
supporting it's platform and nominees
The overwhelming defeat of Judge
Parker is taken by Bryan to mean
that no conservative can be nominated
and elected There are plenty of rad
icals who are eligible, but he consid-
ers his own claims paramount. Bryan
is planning for years sojourn abroad
during which it is said he will study
up the questions which the radical
democracy will bring forward as issues,
meanwhile perfecting his plan of cam
paign, which is already well matured
In fact, it would appear from the state
ments made in this Omaha dispatch
that Bryan has an army enlisted in his
service, and any number of democrats
pledged in writing and through person
al letters to support his candidacy and
the issues which he will formulate.
The campaign, it appears, is to be
based on the advocacy of government
ownership of public utilities, Bryan be-
ing represented as wholly convinced
that the country is reused to fever
heat over this matter, while he will ad-
here to all the other doctrines taught
by him, including the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver at 16 to l, belief
in which he affirms as sturdily as
though his party's candidate and CON
vention had never declared the estab-
lishment of the gold standard to be
irrevOcable. In a word, it is the same
Bryan that it was nine and five years
ago. and the same slogan will be sound
ed as that which failed to rally the
peolpe in 1896 and 1900 1t is clear,
from the correspondent statements,
that the Bryan purpose is to cut en-
tirely loose from conservatism and to
appeal to all the elements which go to
make up the army of the discontented
and the visionary.
1t is a typical Bryan programme,
and it will not alarm anyone who
trusts in the sound sense, TIE "level
head" Of the American people. The
tissues" which Bryan is credited with
the purpose of bringing forward have
been pretty we'll fought over and pub
lie sentiment regarding them is we'll
defined. They are no more likely to
be acceptable to the great body of
American voters than they were in the
last three campaigns. But if Bryan
wishes permanently to drive out of his
party the conservative democrats and
10 cause them permanently to identify
themselves with republicanism, which
represents the antithesis of what Bry-
an stands for, there will be no OBJ
lection on the part of republicans.