New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-24


q, him with ease and threw back snappy
answers which always concealed hlS
main batteries. which, he intimateo' ~
would not bring into action before TO-
morrow. when the national committee
meets to take UP the question or temper
airy craftsmanship
els Rryan a candidate for the nomlna-
ton"
The only possible answer that can Oe
given TO that question is that he Is
receptive candidate. In view OF the car
with which he avoided anything Una
could possibly be interpreted as le
fusal on his part of the honor whlch IN
has held three times before, that OF De
ing q candidate for the Presidency
should be added that Mr.. Bryan IS
very eager. receptive candidate.
Would YOU take the nomination II )
vas offered 70 you?" he was asked
Have you got it to offer"' he sho
hack with a challenging lock. and those
who were between Bryan and the mar
who asked the question began 10 ss'
out Of the way. because II looked as y
the Nebraskan was going 10 start rlsh
for that man If he had it anywhere
about his person.
To every question that was directed a.
him in an effort to ascertain What NE
plans for action, either in the prellmi
nary skirmishing in committees or y
the floor Of the convention, might Dc
BRYAN returned an evasive answer o.
else implied that he would not outl'H'
his campaign or programme in any way
One thing stood out above everything
else in Brvan's self-imposed interVle"
end that was that Bryan IS gong ''
Asbt the programme Of making Parker
..ponorsry chairman. He would not au'
NIT that he would carry the night to the
Aoor Of the convention, conceahns Una,
mart az his campaign under the genera
answer that he would not reveal hl'
programme in any way, but close frienoS
of his who have talked TO him since NJ
arrived declared that he would night u
all over again in the convention Il oS
any chance he should he defeated III me
committee meeting this morning
The FIRST question put TO him was as
70 his reason for opposing Parker as
temporary chairman.
nssleotion of Parker Would Be Disgrace
Because the selection Of Parker woulo
be disgrace 10 the party, he answered
TT would mean going before the coun
trv with reactionary speech as 'he
KEYNOTE Of q convention which is surely
going n be q Progressive gathering
yves the temporary chalrmanshlE
ever rendered to vou?' he was asked.
No. II was not" he replied. I saw
in he newspapers that the question OF
the temporary Craftsmanship was being
preached, and wrote Mr.. Mack that
did not want to be considered, ana thai
ss the convention was 70 be Progress
siye one I would he in favor OF any
Progressive man for the temporary
chairmanship who was agreeable to the
leading Progressive candidates Wilson
end Clark"
win YOU oppose the application Of the
unit rule, particularly in the Ohio dele
CATION"
IT am not outlining my programme in
any way" answered Bryan.
Would you accept the permanent
Craftsmanship as it has been reported
that it was offered 10 YOU as price for
dropping opposition to Parker
One Craftsmanship at time" re-
turned Bryan. They could not even
offer me the permanent Chairmanship.
That Is something for the convention 20
decide upon. and they are as powerless
10 give the temporary Craftsmanship to
Mr.. Parker.
DO YOU think that YOU are likely 10
come 10 the same end in leading the
Progressive cause here-as Mr.. Roosevelt
did in Chicago"
L can't imagine as large Wall Street
element here as there was at Chicago,
returned Bryan.
What do you think should be the ef-
feet Of the results at Chicago at this
gathering here"
even more imperative the construction o.
progressive platform and the nomina
ton of a Progressive candidate here. oil
though these have always been essen
tial"
Declares He Would Not Bolt
/, can YOU conceive of any circum
stances that would bring about youl
boiling from the party
No that is foolish-it Is foolisl
question"
Some one Of the hundred newspape1
men present interjected a Hypothetical
question here, and Bryan digressed for
minute 10 have a little fun.
"I've always feared hypothetical ques
tions since 1896" he said. because il
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