The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-11
peerless One" Demands
Free Wool-Clark and Un-
derwood Opposed to So
Drastic Revision.
DECLARES LEADERS
ARE "ALDRICHIZED"
Speakers Stand Precludes
Probability of Presidential
Endorsement by the Great
Commoner.
Ov SIDNEY EsPY.

~ SIDNEY esPY.
Washington. June 10.-A sensation.
a and apparently irreparable breach
has occurred between william Jen.
ninss Bryan and the leaders OF the
Democratic house. The tariff on wool
10 the disturbing factor. and because
Of the disagreement over this Champ
Clark may lose the Endorsement of
the Peerless Leader" when he comes
TO seek the presidential nomination.
Bryan has practically demanded
that the Democratic house declare for
free wool. The leaders OF the house.
particularly Speaker Clark and Chair.
man Underwood of the ways and
means committee. are opposed to
such drastic revision of the wool sche-
dule. a. indicated by the bill which
the ways and means committee pre-
scented to the Democratic caucus.
Mr.. Bryan Arst fought the Under.
wood.Clark faction in caucus; he and
his free wool friends may still cause
Q disturbance before the bill passes
the house.
For some time II has been realized
that trouble was brewing between Mr..
Bryan and those charged with the
duty OF tariff revision In the house.
While the ways and means commit.
tee members were lighting out the
woolen schedule In the committee
room Bryan was lambasting the "tar-
~ for revenue Democrats" in editor.
3als In hs paper, the -Commoner.
viii Get their "Msdiclne."
Just before the Democratic caucus
Of June /. Mr.. Bryan came out in an.
other editorial broadside In which he
virtually accused the house OF having
become "Aldrichixed." He limited that
those Democrats who refused to vote
for free wool would be dealt with at
the polls, and offered no consolation
In event Of their defeat.
This angered the Clark. Underwood
faction. They plainly resented the In
reference of the Nebraska leader,
who previous to this time. had been
accused by some house members with
having too much to do with the or.
ganisation Of the house.,
Wilson Oryan's Favorlte.
Bryan's disagreement over the wool
schedule. however. is perhaps but in.
cidental to the larger question-who
will he support for the presidential
nomination? Heretofore II has been
q seeming toss.up between Champ
Clark and Governor Woodrow Wilson
Of New Jersey. One day Bryan was
reported to be leaning toward the
speaker: the next day Woodrow vii.
son was declared to be In the fore.
front Of his affections. II has been
conceded all along that Bryan would
unqualinedly oppose Governor Judson
Harmon. whom he does not regard as
suhiciently progressive.
Unless all signs fail Champ Clark's
ansistence that wool shall carry a
duty will have the result Of perma-
nently wean away the support of the
three times defeated candidate OF the
Democratic party. Some OF Mr..
Clark's friends refuse to be distress.
ed by this fact: In fact the claim Is
made by influential Democrats that
Bryan's Endorsement will hurt more
than II will aid any candidate when
the next Democratic convention is
held.
House Wants No Dietation.
Talking conAdentially the other day
one Of the leaders Of the house made
the following Significant statement,
which represents the attitude OF a
number of those who profess to have
the welfare OF the party at heart:
william Jennings Bryan did not
elect the present Democratic house of
representatives. He shall not dictate
20 II. now that II has been elected.
Democrats have heard that Bryan
has threatened to go into the district
Of any man who votes against free
wool and defeat him. Some OF us do
not believe that Bryan has any such
power.
1T 10 not assured that Mr.. Bryan is
going TO dominate the next conven.
ton. The candidate who comes into
the convention bearing the O. X. OF
Mr.. Bryan probably will want to be
rid Of II before the votes are taken
Since Mr.. Bryan's disturbing per.
formance In the wool situation there
are those OF US who believe that a
candidate will be injured rather than
benefited by his Endorsement"
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