Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-08-19
SERIOUS HANDICAP
Loss Of Baltimore Sun Big Blow to
Democracy in Maryland - Several
New York Papers Desert Party Be-
cause Of Bryan - Little Help in
Doubtful States.

nounced that 1t will support Taft, and
told the reasons why. The Sum Is a
part Of the old fashioned bourbon de-
Inocnacy OF Maryland, and the Bryan
people In that state had been counting
upon II this year. 1t opposed Bryan in
1896 chiefly on account Of the money
issue. but supported him in 1900. It
was hoped by the bryan people that 1t
might be brought into line for him this
time. 1t Is noticeable that the Sun did
not make its announcement until after
1t had had an opportunity to print and
comment on the Bryan speech OF ac-
ceptance last week. Wednesday. The
influence OF the Sun is so great In
Maryland politics that it will be al
most out OF the question for Bryan to
carry that state In the face of Its op-
position.
The campaign Is now Tar enough
along to make it easy to figure out just
what daily newspaper support Mr..
Bryan is to have in this, his third
ELL ukElt3 IOI lille Iuolil
has been said in the public press of
! the country generally, it looks as If he
would be able to depend upon fewer
daily newspapers now than he had in
either 1895 or 1900, and considerably
fewer than Judge Parker was able to
command in 1904. In New York city
the democratic ticket will have no
newspaper backing excepting the
Stats -Zeitung, which has gone over to
him ION the tariff issue. The independ-
emit press OF New York seems disposed
to treat him fairly. and in some re-
spects generously, but 1t is not sup
porting him. The Hearst newspapers
are against Kim with Sill their might.
Several Papers in New York State.
Mr. Bryan has only enc daily news
paper supporter In Philadelphia, the
Record, which has large ejaculation
and considerable influence. All the
other dailes DIN that city are for Taft,
.first, last and all the time.
In New York state, outside the city,
there are several strong democratic
dailies supporting Brysln-the Buffalo
Times, edited and owned by the chair,
man OF the democratic national COM
mittee; the Rochester Union, the Syra-
cuse Telegram, uhe Troy Press, the AL
.ibany Argus and the Utica Observes.
each Of these newspapers, however, is
more newspapers of equal strength.
In Indiana Mr.. Bryan will get little
daily newspaper support. There has
been no democratic daily in the capital,
indianapolis, since the Sentinel failed
under the management OF Thomas
TagRart. The Indianapolis News, how
ever, an independent newspaper OF
great power and wide circulation in the
state, and usually republican In its
Jennings, Is much kinder to Mr.. Bryan
than 1t waa either in 1896 and 1900.
That newspaper is controlled by De-
slaven Smith, closely related to Vice
President Fairbanks. The Indiana daily
press outside of Indianapolis Is almost
entirely republican.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, while mild ;.
" supporting Mr. Bryan, has practical
IN declared its belief that he cannot
be elected. and admits that he is not
30 strong az he was a month ago. the
Enquirer Is owned by John r. Mclean,
who also publishes the Washington
Post, which Is friendly to Mr.. Taft.
The Cleveland Plaindealer and the
Columbus Press-Post are for Bryan.
Little Help in Doubtful" States.
IN the greater number Of the So
called doubtful states Illinois, Nebras
Ia, west Virginia, New Jersey there
.ls scarcely daily newspaper taking
the Bryan side of the campaign, The
World Herald In Omaha is the biggest
democratic daily in any Of the states
9llst named. This Isl the paper TOR
which Mr.. Bryan was reporter and
editorial writer for time prior TO
1896, and as whose special representa-
tive he went to the St Louis republi-
can convention in June of that year to
write about the nomination OF NC
Kinley, little expecting that he himself
was in q few weeks to be nominated
as McKinley's opponent.
West of the Missouri river the dem
ocratic ticket will have only about one,
half of the daily newspaper support
which it had in 1895, and only about
two thirds Of what it had in 1900. In
1896, practically every newspaper in
that region, daily and weekly, was for
free silver Four years later, after
prosperity had come and trade with
the Philippines had begun to give
promise Of something big for the west
ern states. more particularly those
nearer the seaboard, the daily news
paper support for Bryan was consider
ably reduced, altho still stronger pro-
portionately. thatn in any other section
of the country. In 1904 Judge Parker
had scarcely any prominent newspaper
support west Of the Missouri river,
This year Bryan will have a support
there that, If extended proport ionately
thruout the country, excepting the solid
south, would give Chairman Hitchcock
and Mr. Taft the genuine "willies."
It has been a source of real anxiety
to Mr.. Bryan and his managers that
they could not line up newspaper sup
port in the east and in the so-called
doubtful states.
{ The most noted of the editorial
converts to. Bryanism this year is Har-
ry Watterson, who has been made the
chairman of the literary bureau in the
campaign. Mr.. Watterson, if he We're
to write two columns in daily praise of
Bryan for the Courier Journal from
now until election day, would not put
into that great newspaper one-half as
much by way of complimenting the
peerless leader as he has put into the
same paper In years past by way of
Dbusing him