The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-10
Political Situation in New York
More Complicated Since
Speech of Leader.
UTTERANCES PROBABLY
AN AID TO HEARST
Fight Between Radicals and
conservatives of the Party
Is Growing Daily.
Special TO The Tribune.

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NEW YORK, Sept, 9.-Now that Bryan
mas come and gone, leaving the city for
the West last Sunday evening with the
| Nebraska Home Folks" 1t becomes
worth while TO study the undercurrents
which are sweeping the Democratic
party onward to its triumph or its doom
as one views the subject from radical
| democratic or a conservative Republi-
can point OF View.
once again in this game OF politics.
when you think you are winning, you are
losing, and when you think you are los
Ing, you are winning. Hence 1t is In
deed wise man who can venture a pre-
| diction as to what day may bring
forth.
Before the return Of Bryan, radicals
and conservatives expressed the idea
that his return at this particular juno
ture would have a damaging effect upon
the fortunes of William r. Hearst, Many
Oh the practical politicians in southern
and western States nocked TO Dryans
banner fearing that the onward triumph
OF Hearst would force them TO fight on
the Side OF the Congressman editor. 1t
is sale TO say that there were many in
the crowds that greeted the Commoner
with smiles who would have welcomed
him with bloody hands to politically in
hospitable graves IL 1t had not been for
the dreaded radicalism of Hearst and
the dreaded radtcallsm OF President
Roosevelt Mr.. Bryan is undoubtedly
possessed OF the redeemng sense OF hu-
NOR himself, for he has made many
semi-laughlng remarks since he deliv-
cred his utterances concerning the State
and National ownership Of railroads TO
the effect that certain people are not
now as enthusiastic in their support Of
him as they were before his return.
Even as prominent n man as Virgil p.
Kline. the leading Standard OIL attorney
OF Ohio, was quoted In an interview as
favoring the nomination Of Mr., Bryan
in 1908. 1t is probable that IL an inter-
view could be obtained from Mr.. Kline
regarding Mr.. Bryans attack upon the
younger Rockefeller and the American
Beauty rose, Mr.. Bryan saying that his
sympathies with with the ninety and
nine roses sacrificed TO produce the one
American Beauty rose-it is possible
that Mr., Kline might not be as enthu-
sIastic in his support. OF Mr.. Bryan now
as he was a few weeks ago.
May Have Helped Hearst.
Admitting for the sake OF argument
that there is political rivalry between
Bryan and Hearst-and neither Bryan
nor Hearst Will admit this, 1t appears
TO the man studying the drift Of things
that the return OF Bryan at this particu-
lar iuncture helped Mr. Hearst and hurt
Mr.. Bryan. II is probable that neither
Mr.. Bryan nor Mr.. Hearst anticipated
that this would be the case 1t has even
been stated that Mr.. Hearst cabled and
sent a man TO Europe urging Mr.. Bryan
not TO come back during the fight here
in this State this fall. But the strange
thing is that for the past twelve months
everything from the decisions of
State Attorney General Mayer that the
ballot boxes could not be opened for the
purpose OF counting the ballots for
Hearst and Mcclellan TO the defiance of
law by the BROOKLYN RaDid Transit rail-
road In the matter OF the fve-cent rate
from the city to the sea-everything has
played right Into the hands OF Hearst
even the return Of Bryan.
For Bryan set so lively pace that II
would appear impossible that Jerome
should be nominated at Buffalo-that is
II New York Is TO remain in harmony
with the other States OF the Union. And
wild as the Buffalo convention may be
1t is hardly likely that II will duplicate
the mistake of the Buffalo State con-
vention OF 1896. when John Boyd Thacher
Mayor Of Albany, a gold standard demo-
crat of the most pronounced type. was
nominated on free silver platform. So
violent were the protests of the radicals
at that time that John Boyd Thacher
was forced OF the ticket by the State
committee and after he had handed in
his resignation. a sadly disappointed
man. Judge Porter was nominated in his
place by the committee. only 10 go down
TO defeat IN the landslide for Mckinley
here in the eastern States.
Conservatives for Jerome.
Yet In year when the radicals are
as thick as backberrics in June-a year
when II would appear as though all OF
the Democrats are of necessity Bryan
radicals or Hearst radicals-a year when
II appears almost impossible save for
a few corporation lawyers TO find a