The San Francisco call., 1908-07-07
SAY BRYAN
MUST WIN
OR RETIRE
Men Slated for Slaughter Are
Reelected to National
Committee
State Leaders Declare the Ne
braskan Must Succeed
or Abdicate
This Means That Peerless One
Is Losing Future Control
of Organization
Big Four Who Trinmphed Will
Not Work Against CaRdi-
date From Lincoln
By Raymond
,IAL DISPATCH TO THE GAIL


DENVER, July civilian Jen-
nings Bryan may be running this
convention, but he is losing control
of the organization of the democratic
party for the future. Men he has
slated for slaughter have been til
umphantly reelected to their places
of trust in the party management,
and some of Bryan's dearest and most
loyal friends have been left out In
the cold. This is more significant
because, in almost every case. the
delegation which has done these
things will go into the convention and
vote soHdly for the Nebraska candi-
date. 1t is evident now that the lead
ers of the party are building Tor tha
future. and they propose that Bryan
shall make good in the coming cleo
tion or retire once and for all as party
dictator.
Jim GuTey's letter win not aRecs
the result in the convention, but has
solidihed the opposition to Bryan In
the national committee and dozen
lined up 10 establish the theory that
If Bryan is not elected president in
November he must retire TO the rear
ranks and give some other man Q
chance.
ANTS ARE VICTORIOUS
This is not speculation. but fact In
West Virginia. Pennsylvania, Illinois
and Indiana the stone which the Me-
braska leader insisted should be reject.
corner. GUffey. Roger Sullivan, Tom
Taggart and John T. ATcGraw have
all been triumphantly indorsed by their
own delegations despite the open op-
position Of Bryan This quartet OK
-undesirables" has been made the basis
OF attack by party leaders for a long
time. Three OF them, in spite OF these
attacks. have allowed their states TO
be lined up for Bryan and have been
loyal under trying circumstances. Il
took a great deal OF nerve and concern
for the party welfare to induce an
Irishman like Roger Sullivan. with
good. warm blood in his veins, to with
stand all the offers which were made
TO him to betray Bryan 1t required
honesty and sagacity to hold the I'LL
noiS delegation in line when Sullt-
van knew the future head OF the ticket
had bitterly assaiied him personally
and politically. and was seeking to
democracy OF his own state.
TAGGART REMAINS LOYAL
So. too, in the case OF Tom Taggart.
As Guffey showed, letters. were written
by Bryan, insisting that the chairman
OF the national committee should re-
sign and turn over the place to one OF
Bryan's henchmen- Taggart declined
to yield TO this dictation, but he. too.
resisted the temptation to carry his
personal affairs into his own delegation
and Bryan will get as solid support
from Indiana as from Nebraska
John T. McGraw OF West Virginia
was another one OF the quartet who
in the face OF what Guffey called
brutal assault upon his personal po-
Iitical prestige, and In spite OF inter-
ference by the leader of the party IN
his own state, recognized the trend OF
public opinion and made not the slight
est attempt to deprive Bryan OF the
solid support OF West Vtrginia's de-
mocracy.
1t was Jim" Gu1ey OF Pennsylvania
who split his delegation, and he did noe
do 1t because OF any open attack upon
him. On the contrary, Gufrey took his
stand in Pennsylvania as a matter o8
personal political preference. He had
been friendly to Bryan in previous cam
paigns and had given his time and
money to secure democratic success ia
national elections. In spite OF the fact
that he came from strong republican
state, where he could not hope for local
political success. Gufey honestly be-
lieved that Bryan was not the best man
to nominate for the presidency. He be-
lieved that the people would be at
tracted by a new man and that IL was
a mistake to keep one candidats before
them all the time IN the vain hope that
they would experience a change OF
heart 1t was not until after Guffey
split up his delegation that Bryan
wrote a letter asking for bin for
stained glass windows" and II was
not until Guffey was actually here on
the ground that he was assailed in a
public speech at Lincoln and thus Of
ficially included in the list OF the four
''undesirables' who had incurred tho
displeasure OF the peerless leader.
OTHER SIDE OF PICTURE
This IS one side of the picture. but
there is another one which must be
studied before any one can understand
the real situation Tom L. Johnson,
mayor OF Cleveland. and occasional can
didate for governor of Ohio, has been a
vociferous and radical follower OF
Bryan. The Ohio delegation Is depend
able so far as the nomination for the
presidency is concerned There Is no
sign OF revolt there, no more than In