The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-04-17
AS To BRYAN CHANCES
OREGONIAN ANALYzES SITUATION AS REGARDS
CANDIDACY OF GREAT NEBRASKAN


Jiy candidate in comments by the New York
World:
n the of melancholy reflections upon Mr. Bryan
his sins the New York World opnes that if Mr. Bryan be
aed the Democratic party will be dorerd and dnegrated
han while the Republican candidate whoever he may be- will
the full his confident and aspiring party This is
precisely but hardly anything else One could easily
half Republican candidates of whom would
confident and aspiring party Were
Mr. Fairbanks be the nominee large secession of Republican
would They for his Democratic opponent
but they would certainly withhold their ballots from the Indiana
Similar consequences would flow from the nomination
Mr. Cannon Senator Knox Even Mr. Taft who ncompara
bly, stronger with the rank and file of the party than any of his rivals
except Hughes would have face dangerous scsm The
negroes show determined hostility him and the loyalty of the labor
unions is problematic
The World truth that party loyalty has been the
among Republicans hitherto but live in changing times 1t
unsafe the past sign of what the future will be-
Political independence has been growing rapidly of late in both paes
will be likely the next Presidential election with less
regard ties than they have for before But far
Judge the surface indications, Mr. Bryans
ton would not create nearly so dcord in his party Mr.
Ta would among the Republicans The Nebraska candidate never
has been very popular the East but probably to
say diked there than formerly Very likely
the contrary When from abroad there
that Mr. BRYAN had been gaining New York and New Eng
His tentative proposal for Government ownership OF the
railroads frightened conservative Democratic press which forth
with took railing him and has kept up ever since
e subtle ntrgues of Mr. Hearst have been seduouy employed
against Mr. BRYAN in New York scarcely notice that
they have accomplished Mr. Hearst has passed his perheon
He the figure in politics that he few years ago lie
will never of figure again. Without great deal OF
genuine with surprising demer he has been through
and judged by American people Work he may he cannot
cause dangerous detection from the Democratic ranks The sup
position that Bryan lost ground in the East is probably
gment imagination stimulated by the wish that might
be true Besides he occupied any ground there worth men
tionng.
Nor is there much solid supposng that Mr. Bryan
not as strong he waeva newspapers oppose
him with more rancor but they always have From many
sources the forced upon that Southern newspapers
often fail express public opinion The true OF Southern
literature The that region to derwdeytr
the people opinion both upon the question and upon politics.
Those who know South do believe that there has been u
if any detection from Bryan Standard There question up
lust now that much enthusiasm free silver did, but the
snrt of the Southern voters the eight years
ago main Mr. Bryan principles please them and his per-
sonaly is mdeniably attractive
In irving to reach correct views of these must for
oct that there have and of the South be-
tween the states and the railroads. The results of these troubles
has been decided defeat for the people and victory Tor the corpo
ation apparently been demonstrated that the railroads with
the Federal back of them powerful than the States
This is not that peases the South 1t has given VIDE
currency the opinion that the railroads too big to be con
troed it time Government took possession OF them Recent
investigators that the feeling Of the Southern voters not by any
means so Mr. Bns Government ownership idea as was
before Carolina and Georgia had to lower their pde 10 W
lIaughty magnates.
The only dsnegration Generalization that Mr. Bryans
candidacy likely his party would be confined to the
Democratic newspapers in York. Elsewhere the dsentlets
IN his party would be too few to be worth counting
Senator Hepburn does feel lonely he did when he could
only muster six votes against the Benton dam bill for Teddy sided
with him in vigorous veto message
The Idaho Recorder that the Lem delegation to the
Democratic convention will present the of Dr. W. T. WhWe
for Governor Senator Whtwe Of the best men IN daho
and the Democrats would make mistake they named him Tor
leadership