Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-06-30
THE BRYAN BOOM.

recent interview at Berlin, remarks
the Literary Digest, that he felt the
Democratic enthusiasm was too sud-
den" Indeed the calmness and mod
Grafton of that interview show that the
man who has been twice candidate,
a popular idol, forgotten and then
again hailed as the savior of his party
has a shrewd enough understanding
of the popular mind not to lose his
balance-an understanding for which
many papers give him due credit. But
if the Democratic press of the country
is a criterion of Democratic feeling
Mr. Bryan need have no misgivings.
AS Mr.. Henry Watterson says of his
paper, the Louisville Courier-Journal
(Dem.): Nothing has ever entered
the head of it about Mr.. Bryan which
it did not long ago kick out at the heel,
and it proposes to labor earnestly and
increasingly to make his election an
! accomplished fact" That is the spir-
it of many of the Democratic papers.
To quote The Courier-Journal again:
1.-THE Nebraskan is at the height of
his powers. If the party can not be
united on him, upon whom else? There
is living hope among the Democratic
rank and file that we can carry the
next election, and a latent fear that
| the chance of doing so may be blighted
by possible factionism muddled by
misleading influences, perhaps by cor
rupt and corrupting influences. These
Democrats refuse to take two bites at
a cherry. Mr.. Bryan is as good as he
will be two years hence. They intend
to say so. They do not intend to wait.
What he will most need will be moral
support, and this they mean to heap
up in sufficient measure and in ad-
vance. AS a consequence each state,
at least in the west and south, which
meets in convention for any purpose
from now onward will follow the lead
of Missouri, Arkansas, and Indiana,
naming him as the standard-bearer for
1905"
This so appeals to the Richmond
Times-Despatch Dem) that it pro-
poses Colonel Watterson as running
mate to Mr. Bryan, whereupon the
New York Sun Qnd.) in mock enthu-
siasm exclaims: Bryan and Waiter
son; the Peerless and the Fearless;
wise youth and youthful age; two ton
CUES and pens of fire; two editors,
travellers, lecturers, statesmen" The
New York Times, that conservative
Democratic sheet, gives Mr.. Bryan
| great credit for conservatism and re-
marks that Republicans, disquieted
or alarmed by the radical views and
the disturbing activities of President
Roosevelt, have quite fallen into the
habit of recognizing the conservatism
of Mr.. Bryan" The New York World
| (Dem.) even advises the Republicans
to endorse Mr.. Bryan. 1t adds:
Where will they find another can
didate who is more closely in sympathy
with Mr.. Roosevelt's policies? Mr..
Bryan advocated Federal regulation
of rates years before Mr.. Roosevelt
dreamed of making it an administra-
| ton measure. All of Mr.. Roosevelt s
| trust-busting activities reveal close
and thoughtful study of Mr.. Bryan's
eloquent speeches. Mr.. Bryan favors
Federal licenses for corporations and
has been one of the staunch support
ers of Mr.. Roosevelt's second admins
| tration Like Mr.. Roosevelt, he be-
Thieves in the man with a patch on his
breeches, and is in favor of restricting
fortunes swollen beyond all healthy
| limits"
In conclusion, The World asks: Are
the Republicans going to sit idly by
while the Democrats monopolize
Roosevelt's guide, counselor, and path
tinder?"
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