The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-06-12
WORKING FOR NOMINATION.
ERyaN CLAIMS THIRTY STATES
ARE PLEDGED TO SUPPORT
HIf.

NerfoIk Lawyer Says Bryan is HARD
at Work to Secure the Democratic
Nomination for the Presidency
Which Would Force Roosevelt to
Accept Nomination.
washington, June S.-"William
Jennings Bryan told me upon the oc-
casion of his visit to the Jamestown
Exposition a few days ago that he al
ready had more than thirty States
pledged TO support him IN the next
National Convention and that there
was not the least doubt, about their
standing by their decision"
This was the state At made yes
terdav by Judge T. ]. Wool, a leading
lawyer of Norfolk, and general coun-
sci for the Jamestown Exposition, al
the New Willard Hotel.
Eyes. when Mr.. Bryan was at
Jsmestown last week he made this
remarkable statement to me, which
leaves not the least doubt in my
mind that he not only intends to
stand for the presidential nomination.
but that he is already hard at work to
secure it.
81 do not know in what manner
these states could have been pledged
80 far ii advasee 10 support Mr.. Bryz
an or any other candidate that may
be noa,ircted when the Democratic
Convention meets unless it is that
those states to which he had refer
enee when he made this statement
had bv resolution OF their legislatures
put themselves on record as favoring
him and as being in favor Of standing
seuarely by his policies. Otherwise
dc not see how he could have consid-
cred thirty odd States pledged to him
when the conventions il the different
states have not Yet been/heid.
4 talked at some length with Mr..
Bryan about the coming campaign
and While L cannot say that he seem
cd to prefer any one man over anoth-
er as a running mate, there is no
doubt in ny mind that hereafter the
section Of country man comes from
whether ne is running for president
49, ,ras;5en+-wi1l have little to
% with the result OF the election, so
lcns as he is the choice Of the
mass of Democratic voters and can
held the east along with the south. l
mean that if there is man in the
scrth-no matter how far south
from Texas, Florida or elsewhere
who is strong enough to hold sections
OF the country it will matter little
where he comes from. The east mas
certainly made a failure during the
few wears SO far as selecting man
from that section is concerned and
think the people there will no longer
demand that that section be repre-
sented Sc. long as a suitable man can
be found anywhere else who can de-
feat the Republican noninee-proba-
tly President Roosevelt
1T is impossible to foretell now
whether or. not there is man IN the
south who combines all the elements
necessary to success in such great
undertaking as that OF securing the
presidential nomination. You may
Y,ut it down. though, that if & good
man can pe found in the south he IS
inst as liable to receive the nomina-
ton as man from any part of the
United States.
..It begins to look like President
Roosevelt will be compelled to allow
himself to be renominated to heal the
breach made by Taft, Foraker and
other leading Republicans lately. l
20 not think he really wants to get
the nomination again because fro m
his standpoint another term in the
white House would be equivalent to
standing for election the third time
hut many leading Republicans DO not
look at the matter that way, and l
believe they will force the nomination
ou him, especially if Bryan is placed
~ the field by the Democrats Many
P4oub,icans say that it will be abso-
,,,relv necessary to run Roosevelt
aoain # BRYAN comes out.'-News
and Courier.