The daily Alaskan., 1908-09-02
FEW NEWSPAPERS FOR BRYAN

Mir. Bryan Is hampered in this cam paigu by lack of newspaper media through which to promulgate his cam palgu utterauces and to appeal to the faithful. A survey Of the field shows that he is all but deserted in this re- spect. In both ol his other campaigns he had sturdy newspaper support. The Hearst string was out in his behalf with that peculiar vehemence for which all Hearst efforts are celebrated. Papers of national class in New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver and San Fran cisco, not to mention those Of the south, wore urging that be be elected.
 There is hardly paper now in the north to enter into the campaign with heartiness for Bryan. The detecsion of the Hearst papers took from the demo- cratic candidate at one fell swoop a mighty ally. The Hearst list is larger than it was eigh. years ago, and its power for publicity is very considerably more; but at that time it reached more eIectually than any other media the class from which the democratic candi- date Is understood to receive the bulk of bis support. It is little wonder that MT. Bryan made such desperate efforts to couciliate Mir. Hearst and get him into the democratic band wagon.
 h New York the only considerable journal to Loyalty support Mir. Bryan is the staats Zeitung, and tha, appeals to a classless susceptible to the Bryan argument than any other.
 There is no natural analogy between the sturdy German character and the shifting, temporiziug, vacillating course pursued by the democratic candidate in his effort to win the support of class and faction. The World is the regular democratic paper of the metropolis, but it pursued such a bridge-burning policy toward Bryan before his nomination that it would stuItliy itself in support ing him now. It pursues Q narrowing policy, rendering no aid whatever to the standard, ,bearer of it's party.
 The Philadelphia Record is the one big newspaper of the east to support Bryan without reserve, aud its influence is local rather than national. The Gin clnnati Inquirer is owned by John R. Mclean, himself something of 8 demo cratic warhorse. He has never looked upon Bryan with admiring eyes and the support of his paper this year will be of that jaded character that naturally results from coming to the breach three times iu a hopeless assault.
 Since Bryan's last campaign the dem- ocratic paper par excellence Of Chicago, the Chronicle, has yielded the ghost, and the sometime journal of that faith, the Record-Herald, has reformed and become independent. St. Louis speaks for Missouri, which is tired of Bryan, though the Republic of tha, city stands for his election.
 The papers Of the south would be for any democratic candidate, but they are not rendering enthusiastic support. However, their influence is not of the fsr-reaching nature Of the leading pa pers of the north.
 The national WeeElies, such as Col Hers, Harper's, Puck and Judge none otwhich acknowledges republican tram meus, are all shooting banderillas into the Bryan tOreshoulder.
 This entire deseI ton of the democrat ic cause by the press must have signif- canoe. Does 1t indicate the demise of the democratic party? Are the editors unusually discerning, able to see with clearer vision political corpse, and do