, 1905-02-08
Very Interesting Political Stu
alton

ouly apparent, out real. The subjects
i'll which the curse of the President is
favored by Mr.. Bryan are not MANY, but
they are distinct. Mr.. Bryan upholds
the Presidents contention for the Fed
eral regulation of railroads and some
other corporations which have relations
to government. Mr.. Bryan has said so
to Mr.. Roosevelt and to the country re-
peatedly, and the significance of the
support of Mr.. Roosevelt by Mr.. BRYAN
is coming to be appreciated. We do
not know what Mr.. Roosevelt thinks
about it, and with all respect that is
not important-to Mr.. Bryan. The
latter has beet formulating his views
for twelve years. Upon them he was
twice nominated for President. In the
latest presidential contest, the note
which the platform sounded toward
carrying corporations was his note. An
other Democrat was nominated for
President, but polleo relatively not so
many votes as Mr.. Bryan twice re-
ceived. While the Republican plat
form did not adopt Mr.. Bryan's views
on railway regulation and on cognate
matters, the Republican candidate, Mr..
Roosevelt, was understood TO favor
them, and the ''personaln vote for him
outside of Republicanism, received
from the Bryan Democracy, was quite
100000!
NO sooner was that apparent than
MIR. Bryan began a series of addresses
throughout the country, in favor of his
views on the regulation of railroads
and other corporations, and, in the
course of his addresses, he called on the
President by whom, as was entirely
right, he was courteously received.
Mr.. Roosevelt said nothing about their
conversation, but Mr.. Bryan set forth
what he said to the President and in
timated either what the latter said to
him or at least that the latter had said
nothing contrary to what he Mr.
Bryan advanced, when the two met.
MIR. Bryan followed with other adj
dresses throughout the country, in
which he assured the President that
the Democracy would support him in
measures of legislation on these sub
jects which he might suggest or de-
mand. To-day, the most conspicuous
and hearty advocate of Mr.. Roosevelt's
railroad propositions is Mr.. Bryan
himself.
Something equally significant occur
red in Washington, this week. The
Democratic members of the House of
Representative met in caucus on the
call of John Sharp Williams, the DEM
ocratic leader in the House. The au-
thorized report of the caucus by Mr..
Williams shows that the members re-
solved to support President Roosevelt,
in the matters about which Mr.. Bryan
has been speaking. President Roose-
welt thus already has the recognized
leader of the national Democracy,
Mr.. Bryan, with him, and the admit
ed support of the Democratic members
of the House of Representatives on be-
half of his plans for the regulation of
railroads and of interests affiliated with
them by Federal law. 1t is admitted
that the Democratic members of the
United States Senate, few enough in
number now, and lamentably to he
fewer still aftei next March, will
heartily support both Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Bryan-in matters as TO
which in principle, if not in details,
the two agree. The Democratic Access
sion to Mr.. Roosevelt's side in the two
houses of Congress and throughout the
Bryanized journalism of Democracy all
over the United States is evident.
There has been no such Republican
accession to Mr.. Roosevelt's views.
The Republican members of the House
of Representatives have not held a
caucus to support those views. The
ItepuDllcau meiipelo VI VIC ohllou
States Senate have not held a meeting
for that purpose. Mr.. Roosevelt, how
ever, summoned, on separate occasions,
the Republican leaders of the House
and of the Senate, TO urge his views
upon them and to obtain their support.
They listened to him respectfully
What they said TO him has not been
fully disclosed. But, in their inter
views with newspaper men, they have
declared that they are taking the whole
subject into consideration and they ad.