The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-07-15
Anxious to Elect Democratic
House, Will Keep Him Busy.
HOMECOMING SPEECH TO BE
USED AS A CAMPAIGN DocU
MENT-BELlEvED THAT cANDI.
DATES IN 1908 WILL BE BRYAN
AND TAFT-PosITncN OF WIN.
r. HEARST.
BY Sheldon s. Cline.


Washington, July 14.-Chairman
Griggs, OF the Democratic COMPRESSION
a. committee, is entertaining large
hopes of what may be accomplished by
the speeches OF William u. Bryan in
close districts throughout the country.
He expects to be able to prevail upon
Mr. Bryan to enter actively into the
campaign to elect a Democratic house
and TO keep him busy from the middle
OF September until election day.
II is intended to use the home-com-
ing speech Mr.. Bryan will make in
New York as Democratic campaign
document and in other ways advan.
iage will be taken of the wave of Bry.
an popularity. A coincidence that has
attracted attention is that the Repub-
leans are counting very largely on
Secretary Taft to furnish keynotes fol-
Republican orators, and Mr.. Taft will
be booked for as many campai On
speeches as his official duties will per
nit Much will be made of his speech
TO North Carolina Republicans al
Greensboro, especially in southern
states. Some people profess to see in
his coincidence foreshadowing of
what may be expected in 1908, and
here is an ever growing conviction
that the rival candidates for president
two years hence will be Bryan and
Taft.
II it be true, as suspected by some
Democrats that the eastern boom for
Bryan lacked the element of sincerity
there can be no longer a doubt that it
has taken a hold on the country.
From every quarter come reports of
bryan enthusiasm. If the thing keeps
Up his nomination will be by acclama-
ton, not only the reclamation of the
convention, but of the entire Democra-
tic party.
Position of Hearst.
The announcement of William r.
Hearst that he will not be candidate
Tor the presidential nomination and
mat the selection of Mr.. Bryan will be
satisfactory to him has been a facto.'
OF almost ineStimable magnitude in
booming the Nebraskans stock A
good many people have never gotten
over scofiing at Mr.. Hearst as a
potent factor in national politics, bur
Vhere Is no getting away from the
TACT that he has the entire confidence
o. the extreme rad cal element of the
democratic party, and that that ele.
ment is very considerable one. The
nlddleof-the-road Democrats. il I may
borrow a Populistic adjective, have
heVer lost their love for Bryan. These
Democrats, who occupy the ground be-
tween the extreme conservatism of the
Ola Cleveland wing and the extreme
radicalism of the new Hearst wing, are
numerically stronger than both the
o'her wings combined. It is their
votes that have kept the Democratic
iarty alive, but 1t looked for tim>,
Us II their will might wholly be lost
slght of in the conflict between the
uahcr factions. Now it would seem
uey are come into their own. If in
enlS they are to have the support of
.olh tne radicals and the conserva-
yves II will behoove the Republicans
w ,ooK closely to their staIsdard-bearer
snu TO the platform uron which he
mere is an old adge that it is a
ns !ane which has no turning, and
,ue isne of Democratic defeats has
zen lengthy one. Observing Re-
puoioans are keenly alive to the daI..
ser which confronts their party, and u
", Oh consequences which has marked
Ie Republican management in years
past Is absent just now. They are
tIeparng TO fight and fight hard to
Nh no., me ground they occupy, and des-
I've Mr.. Tatt's optimistic speech at
cseeensooro. there isn't any hope of
~P'urlng new Democratic territory.