The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-10
FRIENDS OF BRYAN
BECOMING ACTIVE
New York State Progressive
Democratic League Busy
Doing Things.
WAR DECLARED AGAINST
WALL STREET DOMINATION
Long Drawn-0ut Fight Between
Mcclellan and Hearst Is
Closely Watched.
Special To The Tribune


aggressive leadership of Harry Walker
and William Hoge. the two men who
last year, had charge of the Commercial
Traveller s reception TO William Jen.
nings Bryan upon the return of the lat
ter from his tour around the world
the New York State Progressive Demo.
cratic league is doing things. Though
organized at the Astor house only a
few days ago. Col Harry w. Walker
is out with the following statement:
1--WE are young yet. Just give us a
chance and We Will put up winning
fight against Wall street domination OF
the Democratic party, and by our ac-
tion we will demonstrate 'what is a
Democrat
We wish to be Judged by the char
acter of our president, Mr.. Augustus
Thomas, brilliant playwright, great
orator, Christian statesman and typl-
cal American. Like another president.
he owns big stick, which he always
carries When Mr.. Thomas appears be-
! fore the Democratic masses Gas he soon
wilD he Will be both aggressive and
! progressive. We have no fear that our
new leader of the New York State
| Democracy will suffer by comparison
/ with Fingy Conners. As for our vice
| Bob Maxwell. y
! The attempt of certain powerful
Wall street interests to bring about the
nomination of Senator Daniel of Nir-
gina in place Of Mr.. Bryan appears to
have failed In the first place the
movement appears 10 have originated
in the Offices of the Republican New
York Sun and the Independent Harper s
Weekly. both of which publications. 1t
is quite generally known. are more or
| less under the influence of j. p. Nor
gan. Then there has been n feeling
that Thomas F RYAN would like to see
Senator Daniel nominated. either for
President. or Vice President. ia orde
that Mr.. Ryan himself might he elect
ed to the post Of Senator from the
State of Virginia. Undoubtedly soms
there certainly is enough in them so
that there is little danger that the Vir-
ginia statesman will be substituted for
the Nebraska statesman, that is, If
Mr.. Ryan cares for the nomination.
On the Republican side, Governor
Hughes continues 10 grow stronger and
stronger, both as a State and n nation
al character. More and more are pre-
dictious being made that if II is not
Roosevelt il will be Hughes The ar
gUmepJ Will he advanced that Hughes
can carry New York State against any
man that the Democrats can possibly
name.
Mcclellan Hearst Fight.
Interest is now ccntered locally upon
the recount fight between Mayor Nc
Clellan and W. r. Hearst. Undoubtedly
this has developed into one Of the most
bitter md long, drawn.out contests in
the history Of American politics. The
c ri 1orl bc olo /f I,
tween Hayes and Tilden may have
been more national in character, but
it is doubtful whether il came any
where near reaching the real bitterness
that can be found in this fight between
Hearst and the local Politicians. In
Tideu S case al least there was lack
ing the peculiar personal character Of
the fight that can he found in the case
Of Hearst. For Hearst, in season and
out of season. has been attacking the
big men Of Wall street and New York
State politics through the medium OF
his newspapers. This has made for
him many enemies. IT is true that Til
den as "Reformer' succeeded in
stirring up powerful enemies, but in
the main these enemies were personal
rather than political But in the case
more than political. or perhaps IL would
be more nearly accurate to say that his
enemies are personal as we'll as poll
tlcal. Certain IL is that the editor
congressman since coming to New York
ten years ago has succeeded in acuuir.
ing long list of enemies, and some
OF them are no mean citizens in the
political world, as well as the world Of
business.
But recount bill or no recount bill
the people of this city. this State and
this Nation are not likely to sec Will.
liam r, Hearst in tho Mayors chair
al the city hall in the immediate flu
ture. In the first place, there is the
question of the constitutionalitv of the
recount bill That means that the en-
tire subject will be threshed out be.
fore the Court of Appeals. along gen
eral principle lines. And the Court of
Appeals Of this State in the past has
not been particularly friendly to Mr..
Hearst. Then when the Court of Ap-
peals has decided tho matter on general
principle points, if thc decision is in
favor of Hearst, the minute the boxes
are opened and the counting begins,
there is quite. likely. to be appeal after
appeal on points. II does not require
much Of lawyer 10 see that it will
be comparatively easy to tie up mat.
ters for the next year or two. And
after the presidential election of 1908,
if Mcclellan can stave off the day OF
fate that long, it is quite likely that
the game will not be worth the candle
for Hearst, and that he will not fight
very hard for the privilege of occupy
ing the Mayor s chair for single wear.
In other words, if Mcclellan can keep
the question in the courts for another
fifteen months, and Judging the future
by the past. that ought not to be a
difficult thing TO do. he can serve out
the four years for which he claims he
was elected
But it is ono thing TO lose political
case of this kind in ga forest of spe-
cial pleading and cling to the scat
it is quite another thing to be nble to
make good under the conditions which
exist.
Departments Reeking With Graft.
The average politician under Nc
Clellan, whether of the Mcclellan, the
Murphy, or the hold-over Republican
brand, IS reasoning that McC'lelian atoi,