Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-11
BRYAN SEES
 VICTORY IN 1912 Much Depends on Next Congress if it Should
 Be Democratic. ONE THING IN MIND That He is Glad to Give as Wide Circulation as POssibIe-"yote
 for Amendment No. 1O.,
ONE THING IN MIND

Harrison, Ark, Sept 10.-(Special to the Graphic)-)En Route on Brv
 an-Donaghey SpeciaD-In an inter- view today just before concluding his five days tour of Arkansas, in the in terest of the Initiative and Referen- dum Amendment Col. Wm. Jennings Bryan declared that Democratic sen tlment was growing throughout the country and that prospects were very bright for a Democratic victory in 1912 He heartily endorsed the ac ton of Col. Roosevelt in his refusal to sit at a banquet table with sena- tor Lorimer. He reviewed the nat lonal political situation and asserted among other things that it would he necessary for the Democrats to nom mate radical in order to hold the Democratic vote. The prospects for Democratic victory in 1912 looks good. said Col. Bryan, and seem to be growing better. The first ele- ment of strength is the spread of ideas that are distinctly Democratic Democratic policies are being taken up by progressive Republicans and many Republicans feel that if demo- cratic policies are to be put into operation they should be entrusted to Democratic official. The second source of Democratic strength at this time is found in the radical division in the Republican party. The epithets which insurgents and stand-patters apply to each other are more severe than the average. critic ism a Democrat would make against , the average Republican. This division runs from the head of the party down to the present. With ex- president Roosevelt and vice presi- dent Sherman, rival candidates for the temporary chairmanship of the State convention of the largest state in the Union, with insurgents and stand-patters opposing each other for senate and congress, the Demo- crats cannot but gain largely, and it | now seems probable that we shall have a majority in the House. We shall gain several members from the | senate and the progressive Republi cans will gain several more. So it is entirley possible that the Demo- crats and and progressive Republi- cans may control the senate. When we look back at the unexpected things that have happened with in the last two years we get some idea of what is possible within the next two years, with Democratic house and an anti-stand pat senate.
 "Who do you regard as the leader among the insurgents?' "Ex-Presi- dent Roosevelt is, of course, the most prominent, but the real leader of the insurgent movement is Sena- tor LaFollette. He has been at it longer, has worked harder, and has insurged in more different directions than any of the rest of them. He was turned out of the convention that nominated Roosevelt in 1904, but was elected governor by his peo- pie and afterwards sent to the sen ate. The Republicans of the sen- ate attempted to ignore him, and to make their opposition to him more marked they ostentatiously walked out of the senate when he began to speak He noticed it and warned them that the chairs which they vol untarily deserted that day they would later leave under compulsion from l their constituents.
 His prophecy has been strikingy realized. One after another Of the conspiring stand-patters have besn 1 been forced into retirement. Aldrich did not wait for summons. Hale saw that an opponent would defeat |