The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-08-25
WILL, BE BRYAN AuAlN.
The undismaycd Lrader still Thinks
He 4 the Only Demo-
cratic Moses.

The Boston Herald publishes . Ions
and interesting special dispatch from
Omata, Neh. 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 posi-
tive declaration: William ]. Bryan
Is going to try 10 win the democratic
nomination for the presidency In 1905.
! have II upon the very best authority
not only that he is going to try to
win the nomination, but that he ex.
poets to win II. lie Is not going to be
a receptive candidate merely. He Ia
going to be h very active. aggressive
one"
Then follows much other informa.
,lon corrotorativc OF the above dcclar-
alton. From II all II appears. says the
Troy IN. W Times, that Mr.. Bryan
regards himself as the logical candi.
date ot the party. because. representing
the radical wing. he retired from the
field last year and gave the conserva-
iiyes full control. At the same time
be proved his loyalty 10 the party by
supporting It's platform and nomlnceI
The overwhelming defeat OF judge
Parker Is taken by Bryan to mean
thar no conservative can be nominated
and elected. There are plenty OF rad.
icils WHO are eligible. but he consld.
crs his own claims paramount. Bryan
s. planning for q years s%oiourn abroad.
during which II Ia said he will s,udy
up the questions witch tho radical
democracy viii bring forward a. Issues.
meanwhile pcrfcctlng his plan Of cam
ulign. which g. already well matured.
IN fact. ., would appear from the state.
tieuts made In this Omaha dispatch
that Dryan has an army enlisted In his
service. and any number Of democrats
pledged In wrIi,ng and throukh person
a. letters TO supper, his candidacy and
tie Issues which he viii formulate.
The campaign. II appears. Ia to BE-
based on the advocacy Of government
ownership OF public utilities. Bryan b.
iug represented "a 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 Tim. including the free AMI unlim.
i'cl coinage OF silver az iG 10 !. belief
IN Nhicl. he afirms ~ Eturdily as
though his party's candidate and ccn
,cntlon had never declared the csnb-
llahment Of the gold standard TO be
irrevocable In a word, II Is the same
Bryan that it va nine AMI 1--WE years
gs1. ami the same slogan will be sound,
81 A. that which failed to rally tho
fcolpc In 1896 and 1900. II "a clear.
from the correspondents statements,
isai the Bryan purpose Is TO cut IN
,irely loose from conservatism and TO
appeal 10 all the elements which 30 10
make mp the army u: the disseminated
aui the visionary.
II l. a typical Bryan programme.
ard Il VIII not alarm anyone who
trusts In the sound sense. tho ''leve,
head Of the American people. The
ISSUES which bryan f. credited with
the purpose Of bringing forward have
been pretty well fought over and pub
lie sentiment rcfat ing them Is well
defined. They are no more likely 10
BE- acceptable to the great body OF
American voters tlan thoy were In the
last three campaigns. but n Bryan
wishes permanently 10 drive out Of his
party the conservative democrats and
TO calse them permanently TO Identify
themselves with rc~publloanlsm. which
represents the %ant,tAcsis OF what Bry-
an stands for. there viii b. no OBJ.
lection on the part Of republicans.