Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-06-18
PRESIDENTIAL TIDE
SWEEPS BRYANWARD
BRYAN MOVEMENT HAS AT LAST
BEEN LAUNCHED WITH MUCH
GUSTO.-THE OUTLOOK.
Special to the Herald.

dard, in which the Democrats of Ark
ansas, Indiana, Missouri and South
Dakota have led the way. The Bryan
movement, after having been held in
leash for many weeks, at last has
been launched with great gusto. II
the wave of sentiment goes on as II
has begun the Democratic indorse.
ment of Mr.. Bryan as their candidate
for president in 1908 bids fair to be,
come unanimous.
No less significant than the formal
Endorsements of the several state con-
ventions are the opinions expressed
by the party leaders in every section
of the country. Interviews with prom
inent Democrats show that the Bryan
leaven is working throughout the
country.
Here are some of the opinions ex
pressed recently on the Bryan move
ment by Democratic leaders of ma
tional prominence:
In calling the Indiana Democratic
convention to order, Benjamin F..
Shively, the chairman of the conven-
ton and a former candidate for gov
ernor of the Hoosier state, said:
THAT which is today eulogized and
approved as broad craftsmanship and
enlightened craftsmanship in Theo-
dore Roosevelt was, only a few years
ago, denounced as revolutionary, re-
dictionary and unpatriotic in William
Jennings Bryan. The aftersight of
the one is almost equal to the fore
sight of the other"
Former Senator Jones of Arkansas
said: Il believe Bryan is the logical
candidate and will be the nominee,
and If he makes the race l think he
will be elected"
Former Mayor Carter H. Harrison
of Chicago: Bryan will be the Dem
ocratic candidate for the presidency
in 1908. He is certainly the most dis
tinguished American in private life
today"
Congressman John A Keliher of
Massachusetts: There is not par
ticle of doubt in my mind that Mr..
Bryan will be the next nominee of the
Democratic party"
Senator Blackburn OF Kentucky. 4
have long been of the opinion that
Mr. Bryan would be the party's NOM
inee in 1908. He will enter that con-
test far stronger than ever before,
and ! 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 go in
to the convention with a solid Bryan
delegation, and Richard Croker will
head it. After the last national con-
vention Mr.. Croker declared that if
he ever went to another Democratic
national convention he wanted to be
able to cast vote for Bryan, and this
time he will get the chance
Former Governor David r. Francis
of Missouri: There scenes to be
one sentiment concerning the next
standard bearer of the Democratic
party. This sentiment pervades the
hearts and the minds of the Demo
Gratis of the nation. | have differed
with Mr.. Bryan on a question of prin-
ciples. But never have l doubted his
integrity, his singleness of purpose
and his loyalty to what he believed
to be right"
Senator Tillman of South Carolina:
There is no man in the world | |
would rather see president. If Bryan
is not the biggest Democrat in the |
country he is mighty near it,"
Senator Bacon of Georgia: Mr.. |
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 conserva-
tives of both the Democratic and Re
publican parties"
Senator Frazier of Tennessee: at
looks very much to me at this time
as if Mr. Bryan will be the Democrat
ic nominee in 1908. Tennessee has
always supported him Loyalty and
there is no Democrat I'm the country
so popular with the rank and file of
the party"
Senator Dubois of Idaho: 81 am
as much for Bryan as / have ever
been, and that is saying everything.
He is the strongest man in the coun-
try with the people living west of the
Missouri river"
Senator Clay of Georgia: "Mr.
Bryan is a great man. a true man, and
would make an ideal president. In
dications show that he is at this time
the favorite candidate with his par
ty."
In view of these expressions Of
ODiniOn from tho most pminant RON |