The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-22
BRYAN TO DECLARE.
Willing to Take Nomination If Party
 Wants Him.


 washington Herald.
 Friends of William Jennings Bryan announce that within the next few weeks he will issue a statement de- hning his attitude toward next years Democratic Presidential nomination. The Statement will be issued after a conference between MT. Bryan and his most trusted friends from all parts of tie country, and will be in the nature of an outline of the platform upon which he la willing for the third time to lead his party in a national contest
 In this statement it lis said, MT Bryan will announce that he is will ing to accept the nomination. if 1t be the judgment of the convention and the party at large that he is the most available Democrat for the Presidency. In order to assist the party in reaching conclusion as to his availability. MT. Bryan will state his position on all public questions that are likely to fig ure as issues in the campaign, He will discuss the tariff, trusts, railroads, Federal and State powers and their re- spective spheres and limitations and other important matters.
 Issues For the Future.
 | Mir Bryan has said to close friends recently that he realizes that govern ment ownership is an issue for the fu- ture; that the party is not ready to fol- low him on that question now, and that he will defer to the majority of his par ty as to issues that are of ultimate and those that are of immediate importance. Therefore. that subject may not he dis cusRed Likewise the initiative and ref erendum may be passed over
 That MT Bryan's statement Is to be made in the hear future is due in no small measure to the aggressiveness n. f.l, Esnl .R Lieut. Gov. Lewis StuyVesant Chanler. of New York. Is being pushed. It is the belief of Mir Bryan's friends that something is necessary to be done to head off the Chanler mavement, espec- | ially in the South wheFe 1t appears to be making vigorous headway.
 The conference of MT. Bryan's friends at which his statement is to be submit ted for consideration, was originally set for September 25, but it has been postponed and probably will be held some time early in October. Either | omaha or Chicago Is likely to be the meeting place Mir. Bryan. 1t Is de- clared by his intimate friends, wilt not l long postpone the matter, for he real izes that prompt action is necessary to counteract the work of the ,conservu- | tlves.
 Chance tU Win Next Ycnr. MT. Bryan is represented as believing l that the Democracy has a good chance i of winning next year. He has said to members of the party recently that the campaign will rival that of 1896 In iu-
 terest and he fought out on much the same lines but he holds that the result
 will be different He will say in his ! statcmsnt that ne prefers not to be a candidate again. but will lead the party once more if necessary to save 1t from being committed to the so-called con
 seryatives" and to prevent reptitiou | Of the Parker iasco of 1904.
 Ms Rryans literary bureau In Wash
 ington Is fin the hands of Willis J | Abhott The latter admitted yesterday 1 that statement from MT. Bryan would
 he forthcoming soon, and that there after the rank and file Of tho Demoo.
 Taev would not be In doubt as to where
 be stood
 MT. Bryan Is not ready to admit that he is available as a candidate said MT Abbott. But I believe that next year is his and the party's oppor. tunity. He will be elected"