The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-29
BRYAN INTANGIBLE WITHIN THE
 PARTY

From the Montgomery Journal
 If there is any one taking the anti Bryan movement in Birmingham serious ly, he, she or 1t has not shown any disposition to advertise the fact
 The ovation given to MT. Bryan in Washington by the leaders of the party. is Of itself sufficient to convince any observant democrat that any attempt to prevent the nomination of Bryan for president would be futile. if not ridicu- lous.
 At the banquet in question all the mo- table leaders of the democracy were present, among whom were John Sharpe Williams, who declared that the best chance of cohesion would be in the nom ination of MT. Bryan. who, he said. was the real leader of the party"
 MT. Bryan's nomination was predicted by each of the speakers" says the Asso- c!ated. Press, and every time the predic- tion Was repeated it brought forth in- stantaneous response. MT. Hagan, of New York, pictured Mr Bryan as the idol of New York democrats. ahd Representative Sulzer of that city added his testimony to the same affect. Representative James of Kentucky declared the nomination of the Nebraskan settled, and Congressman Williams of Mississippi gave his unqual- flied indorsement to the same effect"
 But to come nearer home and show how the Birmingham anti-Bryan move ment is regarded here, even before the democrats of national reputation had spoken, the Journal reprints an editorial from the Mobile Register, which has never been friendly to Bryan's aspira- tions. In addition to an expression of it's dsapproval of the action of the Br- mngham anti-Bryan forces, the Register gives those citizens up there some very sensible advice, not the least of which they must get outside of the demo- cratic party to make their fight against Bryan effective" as Within the party, Mr. Bryan is invincible." Here is the editarial comment of the Register. careful reading of which we would com mend to our Birmingham friends, es- pecially to MT. Walker Percy who seems to be leading this movement against Bryan:
 
 Bryan takes shape as an effort to elect anti-Bryan delegates to the democratic state convention, and the prediction is made that like action will follow else where in the state. Not at all. Antl- Bryan delegates in a democratic con vention in this state would be as bumps on logs, neither useful nor ornamental. The state convention is pledged in ad- vance to MT. Bryan. In truth Bryan and Alabama democracy mean the same thing. It would be great waste of time to inject any anti-Bryan elements into such a convention. Moreover. the anti Bryanites are simply negative. Their claim to attention is that they are against the Nebraskan. No negative force amounts to anything in politics. The new party must have purpose greater thaO to destroy Bryan. It must have a pSa'pose to support some one better than Bryan, that is to say. some one thought to be better than Bryan The didate.
 Some 300 citizens of Birmingham have signihed willingness to support anti Bryan delegates. This is merely an ex- pression of discontent. If they want to effect anything, however, they must or ganize independent of the democratic party and break Mir Bryan from the out side. Within the party MT. Bryan is in- vircible.'