The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-15
Bryan lakes
announcement
TELLS The PEOPLE WHAT THEY
< HAVE Known ORA DOZEN
" ~ 4. YEARS.

sttgJ-lL9 va EsfsEOfEG W1Atttl TIE
tiavE5ENo OWN FOR "A DOZEN
3. YEARS. Ii
LIN nrlN, Neb., Nov. 15.-Wm. j.
Bryan SRlll accept the Democratic
nomination for president in 1908, but
win neither ask nor make a fight
( for II. he says that for year or
J. more she has been pressed 10 answer
ne question. s.Will you accept the
noHination7i' and he believes the pub
lie q entitled to an answer to know
the position he occupies. The question
shat ought ia weigh most, he says, is
Ehether his nomination will strength.
en- the Democratic party more than
The Denomination Of some one else. Not
only will he not seek or ask for, the
4 honinntio lion. but he will not assume
To decide The question sof availability
and ~ the prize falls 10 another he
viii neither be disappointetf nor dis.
4 eruatled. AT the same time he will
aecfare that he has waited this long
ln q desire to see whom the Republl.
cans are likely! to nominate, or to as.
certain the chances OF victory.
III. Bryan says now that election, Of
lS07 is past and plans are being made
\ Tor nextI years campaign, he feels
& that al statement, Is due to the public.
Those who prefer another candidate,
are santitiedsto know his position and
Hose who favor his nomination have
Y a right 10 demand an answer. to the
question SO often put, "Will You be a
candidate and refusal to answer
the question has led to the circulation
nj many false reports ana unfriendly
newspapers have taken advantage OF
{ MIS- silence to misrepresent his atti-
. tnde. X 81 4
Mr. bryan says that he has been so
amply ecompensed by his party for
what Ne has enleayofed to do, that
y ne cannot, claim nomination as
reward :sneither, should hfs ambition
K be- 1consi aerea, for he has had hoaors
enough from his partyfto satisfy any
seasonab lie ambition. IF he can serve
the party by being its candidate, he
VIII accept the commission and make
the light the best one he can. His
s8ayaihbiHt IS a, question to be decided
5 mot hys him, not by a few leaders, not
even by the! leading newspapers that
;8S y. themselves Democrat, but by the
y y syoteJs Of the party. and to them. he
sntrusts the decision Of the question
as they are; in all matters concerning
z the platform.
He assumes that the voters will not
S3efect INN unless they desire to make
Pan agg ressive fight for the application
ssf Democratic principles to present
conditions, and he also takes It for
K granted that the organization Of tile
parry viii In harmony with his plat
form. and will be composed of men
svhose political records VIII invite con-
ftdence and give assurance that vic
tan, &c 5Wou, win mot be barren VIC
b tory Ma
n his statement Mr.. Bryan says:
The Republicans must nominate
X rellheg,a ireformer or n stand-patter or
one whose position on public questions
~ unknown and the course of the
Democrat party should be the same
mo smatterfwhlch element controls the
N aseE,uh ltcan convention. The Democrat.
az party must make theShght FOR what
va; believes. While It may take advan.
tage of Republican mistakes 1t must
sdepend on Its own merits for success
4 and not upon the error of its oppo.
nents
II the rank and file OF the Demo.
"a rate marty may desire me to make
K the; race, 4 will make 1t no matter who
may be sthc Republican nominee.
s No one can estimate the chances
N s az the party in the next campaign
III With sufficient accuracy to make his
sad Idacy dependent on the outlook.
Il he next campaign will be an an
peal to the public conscience. The in.
yestigations have shown not only cor.
NJ rnpt use Of large campaign finds, but
81 ne aaly source from which they can
s re- drawn' namely. the corporations
TIM seek to convert the government
INTO e business asset The Democrat
s \ y party stands for the doctrine Of
N mutual tina rights to all, and special prlvi
n y leges 70 none. and therefore cannot
promise !fayors to favorseeking corpo
rations I.
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