Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-30
Bv ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

Baltimore nomination. His candidacy
is for obvious reasons as yet hidden,
not open. 1t is none the less inces-
! SAINT. Bryan has said that he was
not candidate He was all the time
and is a candidate, after the Sabine
method He plans and contrives and
hopes that he may be ravished into the
nomination,
About April 14-speaking to a trust
ed friend a Democratic member of the
house-Bryan declared that he could
See no escape from running. If the
nomination is forced upon me, l can
not refuse" He then went on to show
the impossibility of Underwood, who,
said Bryan, lis Wing, not a Demo-
crat--a protection Wing His grand
father was Henry Clay Wing ana
Clay's colleague in the senate. He
came by his protection sentiments non
estly and as a matter Of instinct"
The Way Bryan Figures It.
Bryan then pointed out that Under
woods marriage to a steel magnate's
daughter. his own investments in steel,
to say nothing of a brother as the big
managing influence of Birmingham
steel, would, while making Underwood
pleasant to the eye and ear of the mon
eyed interests. render him out of the
question with radical and Western ele-
ments of Democracy.
Clark couldn't get 1t, according to
Bryan. Neither could Wilson. The two
would deadlock each other The con-
vention would find itself caught on cen
ters and unable to move The one So
luton was himself, Bryan. The nominee
must be, would be, Bryan. Thus had
the optimistic. not to say anxiously
eager, Nebraskan figured it out
It was suggested that he, Bryan.
was supposed to be no favorjte of the
Eastern money powers. Why it is
asked, should he, Bryan, believe that he
would be more acceptable to the mon
eyed folk than Clark?
Bryan shook his head wisely as one
who has reasons for the hopes within
him Who. he inquired, were about
him in his campaign of 1908? What
should such names as August Belmont
Standard Oil Haskell and Tom Tag
CART stand for? He, Bryan, was neither
so feared nor so hated bv the moneyed
interests as was Clark He, Bryan, was
| reckoned among the safe and sane"
AS for Clark. no one knew what if
given a white house he would or
wouldn't do
In the Wall Street Class.
| With the Republicans promising to
name Roosevelt the moneyed people
| 49, L.
ing to the Democrats, as between him
self and Clark, Bryan was sure that
he would he preferred He himself was
now a millionaire He, like most mon
teyed people, possessed investments.
| He could be trusted as one who If
president, couldn't set fire to the money
| interests without setting fire to him
self. Belmont and others of his gol-
den tribe knew of his (Bryan's) invest
ments. They didn't have to be told
Of them. Clark, on the other end
empty end, didn't own dollar. He
was free to flourish tariff torch or
a fiscal fire brand in what reckless way
he would since it could burn no per-
sonal interest of his own
This. declares the Bryan conhdant. is
thrashed out Clark will beat Wilson
| Sooner than have Clark. however every
power at moneys command would be
exerted to send the convention in a
stampede to Bryan.
The above comes from sources no
more to he doubted than they are to
! be named Bryan at the start urged vii
son He didn't think the Jersey man
stood a chance Wilson, however. got
away with SO alarming a rush that
Bryan became doubtful Then he took
/ to speaking we'll of Clark and James,
by way of balancing things up When
| Clark began running away with Wilson
| Bryan again took the Wilson boom
nurse and stumped Ohio against Har
mon in the Wilson behalf
Gaynor Bait For New York Support.
AS for New York, Bryan expects to
hook that delegation to his fortunes by
offering to accept Gaynor for the vice
presidency. 1t was that thought which
took him down as Gaynor's guest to
st James.
Wilson is aware of the Bryan de-
| signs. Between his knowledge of what
/ Bryan is aiming at and his tears or
C1ark's growing strength he (Wilson)
has been driven to act along new and
to his vanity, unpleasant lines. viii
sons earliest information Of what
Bryans friends are scheming to bring
about came weeks ago from the state
Of Washington. There was an attempt
ed Bryan stampede in that states con-
! Vention.
While the convention vote was being
taken. a sudden handful of Wilson men
Topped for Bryan 1t was as unex
pected, that flop. as pan of milk from
top shelf and meant to be so. The
purpose was to break the Clark line
and send Clark's delegates on the run
into the Bryan camp
The result did not come up to the
Bryan mans anticipation The Clark
forces refused to stampede. They stood
rocklike by their game and their guns.
Clark held over 400 delegates. Bryan
cut the Wilson strength in two, neither