The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-08-13
Marse Henry Predicts
Ground Swell.
ALL WEST FOR NEBRASKAN
Hearst Brand Too Plain
Taft BATTLES Around in
Roosevelt's Garments

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swell this year for Bryan and Kern
that we had in 1899 for Cleveland and
Stevenson. Those things 60 in seasons,
and the republican party is due for
beating. 1t certainly deserves to be
beaten, and l believe it will be.
This is the confident forecast of Col.
Henry Watterson, the famous Louis,
vile editor, who, from opposing Bryan
in 1896, giving him a lukewarm support
in 1900, has come in 1908 to be his most
enthusiastic supporter and champion,
says the New York World.
Seated before his work table in his
room in the Manhattan club, where he
is busy forming the advisory press
committee, which is to be one of the
most important adiuncts of the demo-
cratic national campaign, Editor Wat
terson yesterday gave to the World his
views on the campaign to date.
81 believe that Bryan and Kern are
going to be elected" he said. '"The
republicans are facing two ways, and
they will fall between two stools Any
way, / think, it is their turn to be
beaten. l think the people want q
change, just for the sake of change.
Democrats, who for the last several
elections have not been voting with
their party, will this year vote for
Bryan. The democratic party, after
being in power for nearly sixty years,
made their exit from power the signal
for great war. Now the republicans
have been in power for nearly fifty
years, and it is time for them to go.
One party power is almost as danger
GUS as one-man power"
EAsTERNERs WILL SUPPORT HIM.
800 you believe the conservative
eastern democrats will support Mr..
Bryan?" was asked.
ct have talked with a great many
conservative democrats here who have
not voted for Mr.. Bryan before. They
do not like Mr.. Bryan and they say SO
frankly, but they tell me now they are
going to vote for him. They are private
gentlemen who do not give their views
to the newspapers, but what they say
, represents the tendency of very i'm
portant element of voters.
"What is there to prevent these men
or any democrat who knows why he is
a democrat from voting for Bryan this
year? The same old issues which di
vided the party in the days of Tilder
and Cleveland are the issues today,
The republican party stands for all il
stood for in the days of Grant, Hayes,
, Garfield and Arthur.
Democrats who know why they are
democrats know there should be nc
hating on these plain propositions
arrest of the breakneck speed towarC
Capitalization of power, some real, mo-
} spurious, purpose toward tariff reform
some sure separation of the politics o.
the country from its partnership witt
high fnanciers, some breaking o.
groups aud rings of wheels inside O.
wheels, always involved by q change o.
} parties, even when made only for thu
sake of change"
"What impression do you believe
Secretary Taft has created|'
Taft is rafting around in Roosevelt'f
garments. In many ways it is mas
quarade. All the system-Harriman,
Rockefeller, and the rest of those fell
klows-are content with Taft The very
fellows who cuss Roosevelt are fol
Taft now. These very men who put ur
the money to elect Roosevelt four years
ago are putting it up for Taft
"rhey'll get the very biggest kind Of
a campaign fund. And they don't have
TO show the books. The republican
convention refused to put a publicity
plank in the platform, for the very
reason that they expected to get huge
corruption fund aud did not wish tc
disclose its source.
SAME OLD MONEY DEVIL.
"Taft's peace has been made with
the system perhaps not by Mr. Taft
himself, but these men who give the
money for campaign funds are content
with Taft. What do we see? The same
old money devil, surrounded by his
imps, occupying the seats of the
, mighty, but disguised as friend OF the
people; preaching civic righteousness
while levying blackmail upon predatory
wealth; preaching tariff reform-aftel
election-the robber barons to do the
) reforming; big brother of the rich APP
, pealing for aims to the lowly and the
l poor. That is what we see.
els the democratic chance of success
{ better than in 1896 or 1900"
9 II think SO. Talk of the democrats
: being divided, the republicans are
D worse divided than the democrats. This
idea of the republicans carrying sin
gle southern state is all moonshine
Well carry Kentucky by 10000, anC
j. we'll carry Missouri. The idea tina
r they will carry Georgia or Tennessee
10 or any other southern state is simply
/. stuff and nonsense"
9 "How do You find the feeling in th,
c east?"