Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-07-01
WASHINGTONLE7TER
A week PROLIFIC OF SEMI.OFFI.
CIAL Statements.
Senator Beveridge Visits oyster Bay,
and Concludes "We" Are Not
Standing so Pat as eve" Were.
Political Gossip in General From
the Center of Politics.
Especial correspondence to HERALD !

Especial correspondence to HERALD
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 26.-This
week has been prolific of semi-official
statements. Beveridge has been to
Oyster Bay, and presumably with author
ity, announces that 1--WE" are not stand
ing 80 awtuly pat as some folks suppose.
The statement Beveridge writes for the
"World" is not as specific as the curious
desire, but it announces that "natural
causes" should he reasonable and avoid
producing panic, just because it is found
necessary to revise some scandalously
oppressive schedules. The whole signfi-
canoe of this semi-official statement is
that revision is accepted at Oyster Bay
as an inevitable issue.
Then comes Bourke Cochran home
from Nebraska. where he has seen Mr..
Bryan. He repeats what so many who
have seen Mr.. Bryan lately know to be
true; that is, that he is in doubt as to
whether he will be candidate or not.
He thinks it is too soon to decide. These
two great orators, according to the news
papers, spent their time in talking about
the platform.
Finally, Norman E. Mack returns from
abroad to report of fields and individuals
beyond the pale OF candidacy, and says
that Richard Croker will return to the
States, but ONLY to vote. The hope ex-
pressed by Mr.. Mack that Mr.. Hearst
and Mr.. Bryan will, for the party good,
make up their differences, has brought
out the first explicit statement concern
ing Abe basis OF the feud between these
two Gentlemen. None Of Hearst's friends
whom the New York newspapers sought
would speak for publication, but it was
learned that there is still very pro-
nounced ill-feeling on the part of the
Hearst people against Mr.. Bryan, and
the reason is given thus:
Mr.. Hearst, in 1896 and 1900, person.
ally through his newspapers, supported
Mr.. Bryan for the presidency. In 1904
MIR. Bryan was not candidate for the
presidency, while Mr.. Hearst was. and
Mr.. Hearst felt that he should have Mr..
Bryan's support. Instead Of requiting
the political loyalty Of Mr.. Hearst. MIR.
Bryan went upon the platform and Sec
onded the nomination OF former United
States Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, who
had no chance OF being nominated.
Some of the Hearst people who were
seen declared that Mr.. Hearst's friends
would do everything possible to defeat
Mr.. Bryan for the nomination next year,
and that II they accomplished their pur-
pose, Mr.. Hearst would not run for
president as the candidate OF the Nation
al Independent League.
Peculiar significance is lent by these
statements, which are admittedly in
spired from Hearst sources, to Mr.. Bry-
ans recent utterance concerning the
Hearst Independent League, to the effect
that "from SoCGALsTIC standpoint
there will be reason enough for third
party; but that from Democratic stand
point, a third party will be unnecessary.
Neither the broad and charitable
craftsmanship which enlightening travel
is supposed to produce, nor the chasten-
ing effects of defeat and reputation are
apparent in this disclosure, and thought-
full democrats are justified in wondering
whether the promising party outlook is
to be conded by personal rivalry, petty
enough to do credit to town meeting,
and involving personal ambitions and no
principles.
Some OF the ignoble results of this
quarrel between the candidates may be
seen in the recent exposure OF Mr.. Bry-
ans undgnified method of hanging
around box offices and personally collect
ing and bestowing, in bag carried for
that purpose, the actual cash for his
work as a lecturer, instead of having a
clerk OF secretary do it.
While this and other small items Of
purely personal interest may be enter
tanning to groundlings and professors Of
department. they cannot contribute to a
healthy public discussion about matters
OF nriucinle.