Atlanta Georgian., 1912-06-29
Ex- President Said To
Be Willing to Let Ne
braskan Head New
Party, With Second
Place for Himself.
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS

BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
BALTIMORE, June % Who was 1t
said politics makes strange fellows ?''
There may something develop within
the coming weeks which viii greatly
Justify him IN his wisdom
Heney. chief rooter-not to say rioter
for Roosevelt, is in town. Crane, also
a riotous Rooseveltian. is with him.
Heney came here to see Bryan. He
has seen him; also he saw him for
Roosevelt and brought a message. He
who could say not only what that mes
sage was. but what viii be Bryans re-
ply to It. might, In the ups and downs
IT would cause. make money in Wall
street
There are two stories told as to that
message brought by Heney from Roose-
welt to Bryan one Of them is right
after a manner; perhaps both Of them
are right The more believable is that
Roosevelt is urging Bryan to bolt the
present convention even as Roosevelt
boted the steam rollered, money con
troIled Root handled convention in
Chicago, and unite forces with him.
According to the tale ~ told, Roosevelt,
as an inducement to Bryan, offers the
latter the first place on the new third
party ticket He CBryan) can have the
white house end Of the situation, while
he CRoosevelD sinks modestly back to
second place and makes race for the
vice presidency.
Alleged Roosevelt Contention.
Roosevelt holds that this last would
show the public that he (Roosevelt)
was moved Of pure motives and not
mere personal ambition in his present
war upon Taft and the regular Repub
ncans
Heney is making it plain TO Bryan,
as are also divers other friends Of
Roosevelt Confidential friends such
as William Allen White, are circuat-
ing among the newspaper men, max
ing 1T plain to the people that the Bry-
an strength against Parker, like the
Roosevelt strength against Taft, came
from the middle West and West. In
both conventions the conservative
strongholds were in the East and
South.
Heney for Roosevelt insists that a
combination ticket Of Bryan and Roose-
welt. or Roosevelt and Bryan, would
sweep through the middle West even as
the grace Of heaven through a camp
meeting. and leave both Of the old par
Ties too dead to skin
The other explanation Of Heney's
visit from Roosevelt to Bryan is the
same story over, With the single change
of Roosevelt for the presidency and
Bryan for the vice presidency.
Rookevslts Real Motive.
You ask as to the probability OF these
tales being true There is no doubt
that Heuey has come from Roosevelt.
There is loss doubt that his mission is
a mission Of politics, and has in view
the bringing together shoulder to
shoulder. of BRYAN and Roosevelt in
crusade against forces which both
Identify as the public enemy
That Roosevelt would so modify his
pretentions as to offer Bryan the top
place on the ticket and himself sink
back TO second position need not amaze
one Roosevelt is a wise politician. He
knows the third ticket can't win. At
best and most 1t would aid in beating
Taft and make his defeat not alone
sure. but disgraceful That with last
word is the target which Roosevelt
aims at He doesn't hope to elect
himself president He does hope to
DESTROY Taft His one burning wish Is
to tear that sirthy chief magistrate
in two in the middle politically and
leave him on both sides of the road.
In yielding first place to Bryan,
Roosevelt would be sacrificing nothing.
Also he would eliminate the third term
cry. which he knows better than any
other i'm the country for he has re
ceived tons of condemnatorN anti-third
term letters As you look the business
ND and down there are scores of rea-
song why Roosevelt would be willing to
give BRYAN the top cf the ticket.
Proposition Not New to Bryan,
The proposition is nothing new TO
BRYAN 1t did not descend upon his
unstlarded head like bolt from tne
unexpected blue While Roosevelt was
lighting his war in Chicago and tne
stear@ roller was at the height Of it's
crushing work the tentative sugses-
ion of Bryan Roosevelt ticket was
laid before Bryan AT that time. Biyan
was mute He was trying TO edge him
selr into the. DeWocrauc nomination.
He was talking Wilson while mean
ing Bryan" ana entertained more or
loss firm belief that somehow and In
some way he tBryanl would be tne
man
BrSau would sooner he the regular
Democratic nominee than run upon a
holtng ticket With Roosevelt, and Yet
the chance was he'd open Who could
say what Baltimore would bring forth =
Il might become worth While to talN
of thifd tickets 60 one who knows so
qsr.r., t. t,., rel ,,.-s1