The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-09-20
NeqU Bryan Spreads Mach Fear
Among Mequ York Republicans
Nebraskan'S Calm Reasoning Shows Effect in Wall
Street-Pans for October May. BE to Hit Trail
of Opponents.
By ]. c. WELLIVER.

NEW YORK, Sept 19.-Mr. Bryan has
come TO New York and the East and
gone away again, aGd a Bryan scare"
of the most vigorous sort, with a badly
bedraggled stock market, tells the tale
1t would be difficult to analyze the
causes of the slump in stocks today
Operators attributed 1t 10 a Bryan
scare. to the Foraker Standard OIL reve-
lations, and 10 other things more or
less related to the campaign. Politics
was at its bottom, anyhow.
1t is understood that a lot Of big
operators unloaded stocks which they
had considered were too high, and used
the various political incidents as excuse
for throwing their holdings overheard.
New York discovered the new Bryan,
and doesn't know how TO classify him
The conservative Times opines that
there isn't anything in Mr.. Bryan's New
York speech to scare anybody, and Won
ders why he doesn't make the same
kind Of speeches in Kansas. Well, he
does. but provincial New York doesn't
know it.
The oldest aspect is the comment Of
many people who seem TO think that
the most dangerous revelation about
Bryan is that he is not so radical as he
was once supposed to be; that he
doesn't really recommend burning Wal,
Street or demolishing the exchange, or
anything else anarchistic.
If Bryan had demanded excommuni-
cation Of Manhattan from the United
States. or had proposed 70 behead all
the bankers and revoke all corporation
charters. he wouldn't have scared
soul in New York
Think him Dangerous
But when he came along and talked
the very bankers and brokers and
big business men into doubts whether
began at once to think him
more dangerous than ever. The
dangerous and extreme Bryan they had
pictured had no fears for them They
didn't suspect that the country would
accept such a person. But this new
Bryan. this Bryan who reasoned and
argued calmly, stated his case and made
them think fast-why, he might get a
lot OF votes.
So the Bryan scare set in. II struck
the stock market and the Republican
politicians about the same time. II was
a fine evidence Of the insularity Of New
York city. for the new Bryan whom
New York never got worried about. has
been known to the rest Of the country
for a long time. and his strength has
been accurately enough urged almost
everywhere else, except here.
The friction between the Republican
National Comrlittee and the Congress
siOnal committee OF the party has been
causing some annOyances to the people
who have recently been trying TO iron
out difficulties. Report Is that recently
Victor Rosewater. national committee
man from Nebraska, and literary chief
Of the Western headquarters, has been
accused by the Congressional Commit
teee OF quietly lighting Speaker Cannon.
The allegation is that Mr.. ROsewateT
has been trying to pledge Western Con
gressmen that If elected they viii not
vote for Cannon again for Speaker.
AS a result, according 20 the story at
national headquarters today, Mr.. Rose
water is said to be in very bad with
the Congressional crowd
Speaker Is Angry.
The Speaker is indignant, anyhow.
over the desire Of the national COM
uittee to suppress him The national
committee mas IOunu Indl ne IS not d
very strong political asset; it fears that
he will cost more votes than he will
gain. But the Speaker has not cared
TO be suppressed, and he and his secre-
tary are quoted as roasting" the man
agement Of the campaign, and declaring
It an aggregation of amateurs.
It can be said that there is the most
excellent authority for the statement
that, if the Republicans control tire
Presidency and the next House, a fight
against Cannon for Speaker will have
the sympathy, II not the active support,
of the National Administration.
Governor Hughes came TO town today
for conference with Chairman Hitch
cock about giving some time TO speak