Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-06-18
Posaeans Msrel n the Rush
10 Nebn4an's Sand
ard. ~
OPINIONS OF LEADERS,


sehtnstons u u. 4uhs s--EAsA
tie beat informed politicians here
marvel Al the rush IN the liFyan ssan
aard. In which the Democrats Ut Ark~
anaas. indiana. Missouri and South
naiata have lad the say. The nrs-
81 alovemeht. after having heen held
In leash for many weeks. ~ last has
been launched with great gaSto. u
the wave ~ sentiment gos an A. N
has begun the democratic indDrse
ment 81 Mr.. Bryan a. their candidate
for president In ises bids fair 10 be
come unanimous.
No less significant than ,he formal
lndorsemsnts. u the several state ron
ventsuns arr ths opintons expressed
by the party ieaders In every section
Ut the country. Interviews with prom
Inent democrats show that the Bryan
leayen IL working throughout the
country.
Prevailing Opinions.
Here are some Ut the opiuians exs
pressed recently nm the Bryan nave
ment BY democratic leaders Of nation
Al prominence:
In calling the Indiana democratic
convention 10 order. benjamin =.
shlyeIy. the chairman Of the eonsen
tion and n former candidate for gov
ernor Of the Hoosier state. said: THAT
which h today eulogized and approx
ed as broad craftsmanship and en-.
ilghtened craftsmanship In Theodore
Roosevelt was. only a few years ago,
denounced as revolutionary, reaction
ary and unpatriotIc In william Jen'
ming Bryan. The aftersight Of the
one Is almost equal to the foresight Of
the other"
Former Senator Jones 81 Arkansas
said: - believe Bryan IL the logical
candidate and will be tho nominee,
and II he makes the race | think he
will be elected.
Former Mayor Carter n. Harrison
az Chicago: Bryan win he the demo
cratic candidate for the presidency In
zoos. He Is certainly the most dis.
tInguished American In private life
today"
Congressman John A. Keiiher Of
Massachusetts,: There Is not a par.
tiele Of doubt In my mind that MIR.
Bryan viii be the next nominee Of the
democratic party"
Senator Blackburn of Kentucky:
4 have long been III the opinion that
Mr.. Bryan would be the party's nomi.
nee In 1908. He will enter that on.
test for stronger than ever before.
and I believe he will be elected over
any man whom the republicans can
name"
Congressman Timothy Sullivan Of
New York: Bryan will be the next
nominee and the next president Of the
United States. New York will 20 In.
to the convention with a solid Bryan
delegation. and Richard Croker will
head Il. After the last national con.
vention Mr. Croker declared that II he
ever went to another democratic ma.
tional convention ne wanted to be
| able to cast a vote for Bryan. and this
time he will get thte chance
Only One Sentiment.
Former Governor David r. Francis
OF Missouri: There seems to be one
sentiment concerning the next stand.
ard bearer Of the democratic party.
This sentiment pervades the hearts
and minds Of the democrats of the ma.
ton. I have differed with Mr.. Bryan
on a question OF principles. but I have
never doubted his integrity. his sin
g~leness of purpose. and his loyalty To
what he believes to- be right"
Senator TiIlman of South Carolina:
There is no man In the world I
would rather see president. N Bryan
Is not the biggest democrat In the
country he Is mighty near IT,"
Senator Bacon OF Georgia: MIR.
Bryan has not only all the strength
he formerly had in the democratic
party. but he now has also the sup
port of the majority OF the conserya.
tives OF both the democratic and re.
publican parties"
Senator Frazier of Tennessee: 1T
looks very much to me at this time
as IL Mr.. Bryan will be the democrat.
lie nominee In 1908. Tennessee has
always supported him loyalty an
| there is no democrat In the country
so popular with the rank and file Of
the party" s.%
Senator Dubois OF idaho: Il am as
much for Bryan as I have ever been,
and mat Il saying everything. He 4
the strongest man In the country with
the people living west az the Nilsson
ri river
Senator Clay OF Georgia. Mr.. Bry.
an Is a great man. a true q and
would make an ideal president. Indi
cations show that he II Ut this time
the favorite candidate with his party
In view Of these expressions 81