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

sue. bryan Is a CdnuludIe TOT lQt
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 oontrives and
hopes that he may be ravished into the
nomination.
About April speaking to a trust
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, is Whig, not a Demo-
crat-a protection Wing His grand
father was a Henry Clay Wing and
Clay's colleague in the senate. He
| came by his protection sentiments hon
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 eve 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 it, according TO
Bryan Neither could Wilson. The two
would deadlock each other The CON
yer+ior ,4to,tId HrJ 3fca1e CAUGHT -
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
1t was suggested that he, Bryan
was supposed to be no favorite 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. we're about
him in his campaign Of 1905? 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
would look to the Democrats Look
ing to the Democrats. as between him
self and Clark. Bryan was sure that
he would be preferred He himself vas
now a millionaire He. like most mon
eyed 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 (Bryans) 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 10 flourish tariff torch or
a fiscal fire brand in what reckless way
he would since 1t could burn no per-
sonal interest of his own
This. declares the Bryan contidant. 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 be doubted than they are to
be named Bryan at the start urged Will
SON He didn't think the Jersey man
stood a chance Wilson, however. got
away with SO alarming 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 It was that thought which
St. James
Wilson is aware Of the Bryan de-
signs Between his knowledge Of what
Bryan is aiming at and his fears of
Clark's growing strength he CWilson)
has been driven to act along new and
to his vanity unpleasant lines vii
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
a 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