Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-07-31
BRYAN WILL FOLLOW
TRAIL OF ROOSEVELT
Nebraskan to Harass Bull Moose
In Campaign
Is LATEST PLAN OF LEADERS
Little Attention Will Be Paid to
President Taft


The leading question as to what
is to become Of William jennings
Bryan in the Democratic National
Campaign has been seemingly ans
wered when close political advisers
OF Governor Wilson let it be known
that Bryan's assignment for the
campaign will be to worry and ha-
rass the Bull Moose" candidate
and to follow him with a goading
bevy OF question marks into every
debatable State.
The assignment Of Bryan to take
care Of Colonel Roosevelt is regard
ed as happy one in which the Ne
braskan will take great Joy. 1t is
known that Bryan has always re-
garded Roosevelt as trespasser
upon Democratic preserves, and the
Wilson forces expect him to make q
brave showing as a defender OF his
party's right to carry out in Office
the things for which Bryan stood
long before Colonel Roosevelt de-
cided that, be too, would take them
up.
In order to prepare Mr.. Bryan
for his excursions along the Bull
Moose" trail. Governor Wilson viii
hold conference with him at Sea
Girt shortly after the speech of &C.
ceptance is delivered on August z.
Mr.. Bryan has been invited to Sea
Girt end to be prepared to remain
for two or three days. So far nc
political visitor has been asked to
stay over night at the Little White
House." and Bryan's visit ia this
respect will be unique.
Bryan will urge. according to the
present plan OF campaign sketched
out for him. that Colonel Roosevelt
tell just why George W. Perkins is
contributing so largely to his cam
paign; just why the Colonel did SC
little with the tariff in his seven
years in Office; just how the Tennes.
see Coal and Iron deal came about,
and how it came that the Steel Trust
maintained so persistently its status
as good trust"
He will urge that every item in
the Bull Moose" party's program
has long been Democratic doctrine
with the exception of the woman
suffrage idea and the judicial recall
Governor Wilson's part in tn,
program making it Mr.. Bryan
chief duty to care for the "Bul
Moose" party calls for bis COMING
into direct clashes with Roosevelt
as little as possible. Governo
Wilson wishes to make only a fey
set speeches during the campaig
and to rest his case upon his view
of public questions, rather than o.
personalities.
Oddly enough, the Democrat
leaders are counting upon the ser
vices of La Toilette to be of gres
Importance to them. They do nc
expect La Toilette to declare an ope
: allegiance to the Wilson cause. Th
word brought by National Commi,
teeman Davis from Wisconsin
that La Toilette prefers to stay res
ular in tue Republican party an
} fight out the issues from within.
But in some informal manner
has been understood that La Follett
will camp close upon the Blu
: Moose" trail and will take the fiel
, as often az Colonel Roosevelt take
the field. He will not fight Roos
!, welt as Wilson adherent. but as
Republican Progressive. who ha
+. no faith in the Roosevelt brand {
j pro2ressiveism. La Toilette, a
most as much as Bryan, is bein
relied on to carry the fight to tt
. Bull Moose" and teach him, {
Senator Gore expressed it. "ho
: much better weapon the scimits
is than the bludgeon.
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