The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-06

sistcncy in Joining with these reprcscn'
tativcs of great monopolies in a cam
paign against the President of the
United States, OF course neither the
Hartman interests nor She Rockefeller
interests arc sincerely supporting the
candidacy Of Hearst for the President
ial nomination. but these interests APP
pear TO be working in unison at this
stage Of The political manoeuvcring IN
the hope that having placed thorns in
the path of Roosevelt they may be able
TO attend to Hearst after the nomina-
tions have been made, In other words,
Hartman and his friends are seeking
TO use Hearst in accomplishing their
own ends with the intention of throw
ing him overheard later. while Hearst
seems to have Joined his ancient enc"
mics TO stir up feeling the President,
Truly. politics make strange bedfcllows.
but none stranger than Hearst and
Roe kefclIcr Joining hands to thwart the
friends of the President i'll carrying out
his railroad policies.
Equally interesting perhaps is the
dispatch sent by the American CORE
spoudeut of the London Times 10 his
paper He says;
Hearst Opposes Bryan.
'.Unless the fatal mistake is made
Of nominating a man whom the people
believe not to bc III sympathy with the
Roosevelt policy, the Republican party
stands n very good chance of carrying
the country next year. 1t IS quite gen
orally acknowledged that without the
State Of New York no Democratic can
didate stands very good chance of
CARRYING the country next year. So
far the only Democratic candidate Ill
the open is Mr.. Bryan. and his noml-
nation is practically conceded by many
Democratic leaders throughout the
country Vet there Is one very power
ful Democrat who does not concedc this,
and il has been reported and not de
MED that Mr.. Hearst has said he did not
admit that Mr.. Bryan figures even as
possibility i'll the next Presidential
election. This may mean that Mr.,
candidate himself; and IN that event
he Will have in the Democratic convcn.
tion the scyenty-eight votes of New
York at his back. Apparently since
his defeat last November Mr. Hearst
has been attending diligently to his
various newspaper enterprises. There
is no reason to believe that his ''heroic
struggle. as Mr.. Bryan called it,
(which brought victory 10 the rest Of
the ticket has cooled Mr.. Hearst S
political ardor, The triumph, as Mr..
llNdleL lf-il'lS u, VI ulS lbtdS 81 III
leaves him in a position 10 continue the
fight.
% With New York gained by tho
Democrats, victory would be possible.
Without il there is no hope. Should
Mr.. Hearst he u candidate, his friend :
assert thal his chances would he equal
TO Mr.. Bryan :. Both would start with
the votes of tho solid South, and both
would have the same lighting chances
IN the Northern States.
With the names of these two can
didotos FOR Presidential honors. the
Democratic lisj is exhausted. Mr.. Clcvc.
land has JUst completed his tbree.score
years and zen. and from all accounts
is in good health, but entirely out of
politics, The name Of ex-senator GRAY
Of Delaware Is sometimes mentioned as
Presidential possibility, but able and
upright man as he undoubtedly is he
has no polirical following. Senator CnI.
bcrson. from Texas, his friends claim.
would be good man 10 supplant Mr.
/ Bryan. There are clements OF strength
i'm Mr.. Culberson. but Southern Demo
Gratis are not likely TO muster courage
enough 20 challenge Mr., Bryau's con.
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