The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-07
Wilson's Epistle May
Determine Bryan SAT
titude Toward Him.
WANTED TOBERID
OF NEB r A SIX AN
Words Written While He Was
scholarly Recluse' at Prince
ton-Strong Movement on
Foot Among National Com
mitteenen for Presidential
Preference Primary.
Especial to Tho es-Dlspatch.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.
Washington, ID. g. January G.-The
text OF letter yrittcr 6y Woodrow
wilson in 1908. ut that ;inlc president
Of Princeton University. 10 Adrian II.
Joiin". Of Sew York City, was tele-
Sra rhed from New York tonight ana
handed about among the Democrats
national committeeman. II read:
Cannot We devise some dign!fied
Hay or getting Mr. Bryan out oil the
Democratic party and getting rid OF
him fer ell timc?"
This letter was written shortly AZ
ter the defeat of Alton Il. Parker for
the presidency. This excerpt of MIR.
Wilson's letter was varioualy discussed
io-night b. tho committeeman. nearly
all Of whom. TO the number of ffty-
two. nrc In town They did not wish
TO speak of it In specific terms. When
the excerpt was read to Chairman
Norman Il. Mack. OF the National Com
mitt"r. his cnl" comment was:
THE National Committee is not
here 10 select candidates for the presi-
dcncy.''
y number of Bryan men now on the
ground declare that Colonel Bryan
WAS made aware OF Mr. Wilson's letter
some time ago. and that at that time
nc remarked that /; wag a letter from
IA scholarly rccusc. and should not
be accepted seriously. There are other
Bryan men here who doubt very much
II Colonel Bryan ever saw this letter
or ever head Of its contents, for It Is
known that these Bryan men tcIe.
GraPhcd tonight the excerpt from the
letter to Colonel Bryan. yho is spend
Ing the night at Raleigh, \. c.. with
JoSepIus Daniels.
Eject PrnbIeEiuttcnI
has -1-h ";
will have in determining tn Bryan AT
t''ndr toward him IN the Democrats
national convention Is Z matter io,,
'ntnrc consideration, according 10
mos, Of the national committeeman.
With most of the committeeman OF!
the ground. they began TO buitonholc
Zach Other IS 10 their views concern
ing a presidential preference primary.
1t has bccn stated all along thai the
Bryan men and the Wilson men III the
committee Will prccipitate in Mondays 5,
| meeting a resolution calling upon all
state committees to adopt presidential
preference primaries.
After day of consultation ami in
tcrchange OF views. the opinion was eX-
| pressed tonight that tho national COM
| mittee. al its meeting in this city. ma :
adopt a resolution leaving tho Whole
| matter in the hands of the State COM
| mt,tecs. AS a matter of fact. If sucn
q resolution is adopted. II would be
| due 10 on effort TO save the faces OF
| the Srvan and Wilson men, for il IS
declared b. those competent to spea X
| that vast majority of the committee
are absolutely opposed TO presidential!
preference primaries They cost too
much.
The strife as to who are TO be tho ma :
tion"i committeeman for Tennessee and
| PENNSYLVANIA goes on Enabated The
two sitting members are +. J.. Mount
castle. for Tennessee, and Colonel James
NJ Guffey. for Pennsylvania 1t may
take a couple of days TO thrcsh this
matter out. Both Mountcastlc and
Gqffey claim to have sufficient votes
| to retain them in their seats.
GuTcy Sits Tight.
Colonel James NJ. Guffey, of Pitts
| hurgh. issued the following statement
| to- night
Il am the member OF the national
committee for Pennsylvania, and Will
| remd III such until my successor shall
have been elected at the coming ma
tional convention. a vacancy occurred
| in.tha national committee by the death
of Mr.. Kerr in l90S. At a meeting Of
the Democratic State Central Commit :
tee of PENNSYLVANIA, held on January
IS. 1909. ] was elected by that commit
tee 10 fill the vacancy, and my election
was properly certified to the national
committee, as required by it's rules. and
my name was placed upon the roll as
the member from Pennsylvania, and In
order to comply with the rules OF the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania the
Democratic State Committee in Harris
burg. on August f. 1909. unanimously
ratified my election as q member Of the
national committee"
a little tiff occurred to-day in the
Jackson Day dinner committee. Some
of Governor Wilson's adherents claim
ed tnat seats had been refused to them
while seats at the banquet had been
handed out to John r. Nugent and his
followers, who are anti-Wilson men.
The facts of the case" snid National
Committeeman Newman, of Washing
ton, who Is chairman OF the dinner
committee. ARE that | did not know
the Wilson mon or tho antiWilson men
truthful In that statement have no,
kept track OF tho fractional differences
in that State. Two weeks ago Mr.
Grosscup, who ! understand Is Demo
cratic State chairman. sent word that
| no wanted twenty-five seats at tho ban
quot. and I replied that he must send
the money for them. that that was the
rule the committee had adopted.
| morning. Meantime man named M.
| gont-I have since learned that his
name was John R Eugent--sent foi
eleven seats and sent his check for tn
wanted four more seats and sent his
check for those four. Nugent followed
! the rule of the committee and goI
his soats: This morning Grosscup turns
| Tho Lord Almighty could not have
| given him these seats, We have al.
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