Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-24
sRYAN's CANDIDACY.

ohrHtN . SNNOiOFASf.
The candidacy of William Jennings
Bryan is now under special discussion
because of letter which he recently
sent to leading democrats at Wash
ington in which he stated that if any
democrat who was standing for the
great issues and reforms being CON
tended for by the masses of the demo
cratic party could show a strength of
one-third of the delegates who will
compose the democratic national con-
yention at Denver, he would gladly
withdraw and deliver the nomination
10 him. Colonel Bryan designstes
Senator Culberson of Texas. Cover
nor johnson of Minnesota and Cover
nor Hoke Smith of Georgia, as men
who would be satisfactory to him as
the democratic candidate. provided it
could be demonstrated that they
would have a chance of success. All
these are worthy and able men who
would make good presidents and who
would guard we'll the interests of the
people as against the predatory wealth
OF the country which has had COM
plete control of the government
through the leaders of the republican
party during the last quarter of a
century, but to our mind there is not
one of them who could poll as many
votes for president as the democratic
candidate as could Bryan. 4
Bryan has large following in this
country which neither of the gentle
men named has outside of their own
states. He stands before the people
of the United States as the champion
of the common people as against the
privileged classes and this is believed
to be one of the years when there
will be rally of the=people against
governmental favoritism which has
piled the wealth of the country into
the vaults of few men by and
through the robbers protective tariff
system. He has the universal con-
fidence of the people, democrats and
republicans alike, and is regarded as
a man of conscience and the highest
measure of honesty, one who seeks
to benefit mankind as a whole and
rot few who control the, protected
industries of the country AS such
and with his following in every part
of the country he would prove to be
the strongest candidate for the demo-
cratic party this year
Opposition to Bryan as the candi-
date Is sasl to be coming from south.
ern democratic leaders. 1t was these
southerners who paved the way four
years ago for the nomination of Park
err as the democratic candidate. The
result was more dismal failure for
the democracy than had ever been
known before. Bryan as the candi-
date in 1904 would have made much
better showing for his party than did
Parker, though Bryan gave to the
1904 candidate his loyal support
There may be certain policies ad-
yocated by Bryan which all demo
Gratis do not agree with. but he GER
tainly stands for the main desires Of
bis party he believes in a strict reg
uIation of trusts and railroads; he be
Iieves that the republican protective
tariff system lays unjust burdens up
on all the people except the manu-
featuring interests of the country; on
these issues 1t is expected that the
campaign will be waged this year
and there is no man who can better
carry such a democratic banner than
Colonel Bryan.
We do not take any stock in the
talk of Bryan being supplanted by
another as the democratic candidate,
but believe that as the states meet
and name delegates for the Denver
convention it viii be found that the
Nebraskan will have practically all
the delegates.