The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-28
OHIO MAN RESENTS
 BRYAN'S ATTITUDE Has No Right to Dictate the
 Candidate IS NOT FAIR TO HARMON Stephen A. Cain of Columbus Is Satiri- cal in Calling Over w. J. Bryan's
 List of Four Democratic
 "AyaiIabIes"
IS NOT FAIR TO HARMO1

| Ohio, grooming two of its sons as can | didates for the presidency in 1912, is keen | ly iesenting the interference of outsid- | CTS.
 | This is especially true, according to Ste phen A. Cain, democrat, of Columbus, | as concerns William Jennings Bryan, the peerless
 | MT. Cain, at the Hillman last night, de- | clared that the democrats of Ohio in offering Judson Harmon to the people of the United States are doing so perfectly confident that he would succeed | So far" stated MT. Cain, "but one democrat has been fit to throw Into the camp the apple of discord. And that is William Jennings Bryan, thrice candi- date and thrice defeated candidate him. self.
 MT. Bryan announces true, that he is not a candidate. He does so with the evident purpose of forestalllng and pre- venting a landslide in his favor I pre- sume. But Mr. Bryan spoiled his alleged spirit of self-abnegation by attempting the dictation of who the candidate shall | te. He announces his choice as Joe Folk of Missouri, and naturally there re- mains nothing for us to do but nominate and elect MT. Folk. MT. Bryan gives as his reason for favoring MT. Folk the fact that the Missourian, from the very beginning. voted for, aided and abetted MT. Bryan. This Is, of course, an excel
 lent reason from the standpoint of Mr. Bryan. AS his second choice MT. Bryan names Mayor Gaynor And his reason is that Mayor Gaynor has always supported MT. Bryan. For third choice MT. Bryan | nominates Judson Harmon. We thank You, MT. Bryan. In speaking of Harmon the peerless Nebraskan declares that in 1896, when free silver was the predom-
 mating feature of the Bryan platform Mr. Harmon failed to vote. Perhaps MT. liar mon overlooked election day. Many oth- CTS, unless we mistake, failed to vote in 1S9f-or rather failed to vote the demo- cratic ticket. MT. Bryan declares, how ever, that in the last campaign MT. Har- mon did him the honor of presiding at the Nebraskan's reception in Ohio. For | that reason, we presume, he does MT. Harmon the honor of a mention. For | fourth choice Mir. Bryan nominates Woodrow Wilson. He probably ranks MT. Wilson fourth because MT. Wilson in 1s9s not only refrained from voting for MT. Bryan, as did MT. Harmon, but commit | ted the sin of all sins-voted for Palmer and Buckner.
 Sincerely speaking. the democrats, i'll my opinion. have an excellent chance of electing their candidate in 1912. But their chance will be affected in proportion to the amount of dictation attempted and accomplished by Br Bryan. I would not decry MT. Bryan. But it is true that his name is synonymous with defeat, and should he be the means of naming the standard bearer, there would be presented serious obstacles to a successful issue in | the very beginning"
 MT. Cain Is a lawyer and Is engaged in professional business in Alabama. He de- clares himself no politician-save as a | follower of each democratic standard bearer, and an observer of conditions.