The sun., 1912-07-04
BRYAN AND ROOSEVELTp
Or. 70 He Brief, Roosevelt and Bry an

Or, 10 He Brief, Roosevelt and Bry an
To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--!Sir: The
point scored by John b. Stanchfield in his
! speech before the Baltimore convention
that W. j. Bryan's sympathetic alignment
with Theodore Roosevelt. as evinced In
his reports OF the Chicago contest. dis
qualified him from participating in a
Democratic convention. was somewhat
more than we'll taken. For the Chicago
imbroglio was not the first event to evoke
Bryan tributes to Roosevelt greatness.
Four years ago the country beheld this
valiant and peerless" leader meekly
swallow the epithets and savage blows
which the former President SO freely dealt
out to him as the Democratic standard d
bearer. As fast as Roosevelt slapped
him on one cheek the Nebraskan turned
the other; and his principal aim through
out tho campaign seemed to be to con-
vince the people that no rather than Mr..
Taft was the riGhtful recipient Of the
Roosevelt mantle and the legitimate heir
to tho Roosevelt political estates. Many
were the inutterings among Democratic
epellbinders that summer who were eager
to attack the weak spots in the Roosevelt
armor. hut were restrained by the per-
sonal attitude of their chief. Was Bryan
deceived in Roosevelt2 If so. he was
mighty easy fooled"
He could hardly have been ignorant Of
public records; and he was bound to
know from these the utter emptiness and
falsity Of Roosevelt's trust busting pre-
tensions. and the sheer hypocrisy of his
ranting about "rich malefactors." Yet
because the people of the West we're
not yet ION to the Roosevelt curves" and
were still under the spell Of the Roosevelt
press bureau. Mr.. Bryan showed himself
willing to hunor their delusion in the
hope Of reaping q harvest for himself
In their votes. Was not this compound
ing with sthe enemies of the people" for
personal gain? For when did -the in
terests" ever have such "a perfectly cork
ing time" a. under the Roosevelt regime?
And a. numbsrless Congressional inves-
legations have conclusively shown. they
had II with Roosevelt's express sanction
and cooperation.
Yet Mr.. Bryan has the temerity to
refer to the Roosevelt candidacy in the
Chicago convention-backed by Perkins
Munsey Hanna. ct Alas the progressive
cduDcs WIlie he 10 nOt dSflaIneO, III a
climacteric abandon of arrogance. ego
ism and demagogy before the Baltimore
convention. to brand as -reactionaries
tried and true men Of his own party faith,
because. forsooth. they received tho
votes of the New York delegation! I have
not. however. heard from any source that
Mr.. Bryan spurned these same "Ryanized.
Murphyized. Belmonted' delegates when
they were voted for him under the iniqui-
tous unit rule" four years ago.
The logical inference from all this il
that MIR Bryan can find no resting place
for his progressive" soles in the Demo-
cratic party. which has honored and
enriched him. and which he has rewarded
with discord. Dictatorship and disaster.
The Republican party was fortunate In
losing it's dictator at Chicago: IL the
Democratic leaders are wise. they will
send theirs to join him in the third
party" camp with all possible haste. The
spectacle Of this brace Of -progressives,
T. r. and William j.. engaged in generous
rivalry. q real CASTOR Alphonse contest,
for the second place on the ticket would
almost compensate the rest Of us for all
We have endured from them both!
ANNIE RILEY HALE.
EEw YORK, July ,.