Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-08
EXTREMELY CLEVER sTEGRiNo
DEMANDED TO KEEP OFF
ROCKS.
CARE REQUIRED TO AVOID
COLLISION WITH BRYAN
Some Of Candidates Intimate Fr'snds
Dislike ksbraskan and clarks
Friends Are Thoroughly Mad-sryan
May Vet Assume Role Of Dictator
During Campaign.
Especial correspondence.l

washington, July 8.-ll VIII require
some extremely clever steering OF the
Woodrow Wilson political craft to keep
| it running on smooth seas between now
and November. One Of the chief rocks
! which the craft aforesaid will have TO
avoid is q collision with Bryan or with
Bryan's followers. And this will be
task Of no little difficulty.
! 1t was Bryan who made the nomina-
ton Of Wilson possible. OF that, there
can be no intelligent dispute. Had
| Bryan not plunged into the Parker
| fight, had he not stirred the country
Clark Belmont Ryan Murphy
Sullivan combination, Clark would
have been named and Wilson defeated.
Moreover. Bryan went away from the
convention a bigger figure than ever
in the eyes OF the country. True. he
earned many enmities that will never
be wiped out. But at the same time the
Fitch of enthusiasm Of his admirers tor
him has risen higher than ever
Under such circumstances. 1t would
appear that the Wilson campaign man
agement would 60 far out OF Its way
to avoid getting into open or UNDER
ground collision with Bryan and 10
avoid giving any onense or any rea-
son for distrust on the part Of the Bry-
an following.
Friends Dislike Bryan.
But plenty of the mon about Wilson,
plenty Of the men VINO voted for him
| at Baltimore and worked for him. have
no use for Bryan Their feeling against
him crops out at times. William r.
McCombs, who managed the Wilson
pre-convention campaign, and who will
be the manager OF the prediction
campaign, an old Princeton man, is not
a Bryan man himself 1t Is true NJ.
McCombs has succeeded admirably In
getting along with Bryan and his fol-
lowers. But he il likely to use his in
fuence rather to direct Wilson in an
IL Bryan ways than otherwise.
In TiekIish Position.
Governor Wilson doubtless realizes
that he Is in position where clever
management will be required. If he
sdineres TO Bryan too closely. there VIII
be bitter criticism from the conserva-
, tives. II he shows any sign Of breaking
from Bryan, 1t viii be seized on by
irrogreesives OF both parties all over
the country, and the result will be the
l Arena IlOH Oh Vast uuInUcI0 Oh pIO6iSSe
sive democratic votes. Such course
support Of the third party movement
| and Theodore Roosevelt. =.
Under the circumstances, II may be
expected that Governor Wilson will
keep his own hand on the situation
and that he will take good care not
to have any brea ches with Bryan. He
| hoH a kAe MI for
what happened to Mr.. Clark.
| Bryan Msy Not Dictate.
| Bryan already has shown some signs
Of not wanting to dictate the course
of the campaign for the nominee. He
Gid not press his plan TO authorize the
| naming Of campaign committee. He
was told 1t would stir up trouble. and
besides. he finally came to the conclu-
sion that 1t was rather the business
of Wilson than Of himself. Some OF
Bryan's friends advised him against
trying to press the plan he had IN
mind to a conclusion. This plan was
to. authorize the nominee to pick his
| ca mpaign committee Independent OF
the national committee. Such an act
would undoubtedly have been slap
at the national committee.
| While Wilson is under the deepest
obligations to Bryan. there is no doubt
that much effective work was done for
lhime by leaders who have no sympathy
with Bryan. Senator Watson. Of West
Virginia, did a good deal to bring about
Wilson'S nomination. Congressman
Broussard. Of Louisiana. is another
Wilson's trouble is going to be that
the conservatives are now going tc
reach out to do all they can in the
management Of the campaign with ar
eye to welding influence over him
after election. It remains to be seer
just how successful Wilson is going
to be ia keeping both the reactionaries
4 and the Bryan following satisfied and
1 working in harness for his election.