The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-12-28
BRYANSAYS, WAIT
Talk About His Candidacy for
President Is Premature.
Has Never Said That He Would
Be a Candidate.
RING TALK is NEWS.
Knows Nothing of Reported Or
ganizatiOn to Defeat Him.
Takes a Rap at Men in Control
Of Committee.
Addresses a Large Audience at
the Auditorium.
Addresses a Large Audience at
the Auditorium.

IT have not announced that I would
be Z. candidate for the next Democratic
nomination for president Neither have
I said that I would not be a candidate
And. as a matter of fact. all this talk
about whether or not l Will be candi-
date and any plans credited as having
been made by me in the event that l
am, are premature, to say the least.
This was the reply in a way of Will
lam Jennings Bryan to the dispatches
from Washington which appeared IN the
newspapers yesterday stating that there
was some sort of conspiracy on 1907
TO defeat him for the nomination Tor
president at the next national cOnVen-
lion OF the Democratic party and that
the chief conspiTatOrs, who were merely
the tools of some OF the glgant1c Ger
porations and combinations in the cour-
try. including the Standard oil. were
Roger Sullivan, national committeeman
from Illinois; Thomas Iaggart, OF IN
diana the present chairman of the
Democratic national committee, and Col.
lin Guffey of PENNSYLVANIA. 1t is a
currently known fact that Bryan has no
love for any OF these three men
and they have none for him, in fact
less for him than ne has for them. At
present they are a bit powerful In. the
national affairs of the Democratic party
and are more than units to be reckoned
with. These dispatches went on to say
that in the event of Mr.. Bryan beating
this ring and landing the nomination he
would see to it that Senator Stone of
Missouri would be made chairman of
the Democratic national committee
Mr. Bryan arrived in the city Thurs
day afternoon for the purpose of deliv-
ering a lecture in the Auditorium in the
evening under the auspices of the State
Teachers association He put up at the
Hotel Throop and during the afternoon,
although he was a trifie faugued with
his journey. he found time and had the
inclination to meet, shake hands ard
"a vr-ffh tive
teachers Of the state but also the local
Democratic politicians.
THE information in these dispatches
IS all news to me-, said Mr. Bryan
when his attention was called to the
news dispatches from Washington told
OF above The authors of them seemed
10 be better informed than I am.
have never said that I would be can
oidate for the next Democratic nomina-
ton for president Neither have I said
that I would not be one And I have
liz Is many, many months too socn to
think about such things. 1t surely Is
premature for anyone to try and fix up
at this time a reorganized Democratic
national committee
Reorganize the Committee.
But I will say this, and Mr.. Bryan
said il with all the emphasis he IS ana
bic Of using, and every one. knows that
IS not httle,-'Whether am candi-
date for the presidential nomination at
the hands of the Democratic party or
not, I intend to use every effort in my
power TO have the Democratic national
committee so organized that 1t viii rep
resent the interests of the whole people
OF the country I am not particular as
TO the personnel of the committee bu-
Intend to DO what I can to see to it
lA-sk no men are on it whose int eests
are allied in any way with favor seek
Ing corporations.
Mr Bryan was particular in being
quoted as referring to favor seeking
1t t.
Be some good in some aggregations OF
capital which 60 under the name of
separations
Mr.. Bryan was asked what he
houRht OF the propositions that were