The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-12-25
CAN'T DOWN BRYAN
WILSON RECEIVED Mani. LETTERS
ABOUT BIN
WHILE he WAS ABROAD
The President-Elect Says for Every
Letter that Comes to Him in Oppo-
sition to the Great Commoner He
Got Four Letters Favoring Him for
the Cabinet.
the Cabinet


How long do you suppose 1t Will
take the anti-Bryan folk to learn how
to kill OF Bryan'?" asked a promi.
nent Democrat in Washington Mon
day, having reference to the dispatch
es from Bermuda about the situatio.
as to the appointment of Bryan a.
Secretary Of State by Woodrow Viii
son, says the Washington correspon
dent Of the Spartanburg Herald.
Mention was recently made Of the
conviction that the opposition TO Bry-
an was conducting a vigorous an
concerted movement to convince NJ
Wilson that the Nebraskan was not :
proper person to place in his cabinet
There are piles and piles OF mail o.
Mr. Wilson's Hamilton desk. fep
days after his arrival, protestin
against the appointment or Bryan
Newspaper clippings were showeret
upon him-and on one day he was re
qutred to pay 81 excess postage OF
matter which was almost excluslvel:
protests against Bryan as Secretary
state.
According to the report. Gov. VII
sou was surprised. It was remark
able showing OF the unp Jpull:ity {.
Mr.. Bryan. The protests :aale :ccr
all parts Of the country. Bat IL
oresident-to-be realized his o5.!sa
lions to Bryan, and has not said any
hing about appointing him to IT,
cabinet.
But in the past week there Hr
been a different story from Hami'
ION. The friends Of Bryan have beei
having a few things to say--an'
they are not organized, and are nc
proceeding under the spur OF paqick,
feelings such as seem to actuats tn
anti Bryan contingent. They read !!
the papers that Mr.. Sryan's politics
enemies were making 1t their bus
ness to warn Wilson against Bryan
and they then got busy. and began {
40 a little suggesting themselves. !
special cablegram from Hamilton t.
The Post. of this city, says:
Democratic opponents Of William
I. Bryan, who set out to snow Pres
dent-elect Wilson how unwise i
would be to put the Nebraskan in th'
cabinet as Secretary Of State. hav'
evidently started something akin t:
that affair at Baltimore, from whic!
Mr.. Bryan. after being declslvel,
eliminated, emerged as the chic
force which had made Gov. Wilso;
The party's standard bearer.
Mr.. Bryan has since said he di'
aot do 1.-THE Democratic rank ant
ile did it-but he simply knew wheI
| 20 hnd the faucet to turn on the vii
Of the party. Mr.. Bryan may no
rave been turning on any other tau
Get, but evidence OF ais popularlt.
has been engaging the attention o
Gov. Wilson in the last few days.
when erroneous reports wer'
printed in New York and elswher'
that Gov. Wilson had offered "a
State portfolio to Mr.. Bryan ther'
| was immediate evidence in the ma:
of the power that such a step woui'
be exceedingly unpopular anon
Democrats. Many Of these wTot
their protests-in most cases mak!n'
Gov. Wilson pay excess postage
and editorials Of various newspaper
were often inclosed. The news OF tn!
opposition was cab,eo to the Cnite'
States. Then some one turned OF
the faucet, and the rank and h!e re
sponded with a will.
"Gov. Wilson, when he saw IT,
correspondents to-day, explained tha
he had spent more than four hour
| reading his mail, and that most o
fthe letters were strongly in adVocac,
! of Mr. Bryan for the chief post In til
! cabinet. He said that while the Hrs
letters had opposed the Nehrsskar
the communications favoring hin
| now counted up at the ratio OF a5oH
1 to /.
"'Then Mr.. Bryan still ba
rr,ends?" ventured one Of the inter
| viewers.
"'yIe plumbers them by the hun
ireds OF thousands was the qulc'
| and emphatic reply.
"It was evident that Gov. N!lso'
vs!ues the letters championins IN
! Neb~askan over those conta'nta
protests. and was pleased to learn o
the popularity Of the man he ha'
onre wanted knocked Into a cooke
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