Omaha daily bee., 1912-07-03
PRoGRESSIvENEsS THE ISSUE
Believes Large Part Of Republicans
for Candidate.
SYMPATHY FOR THE LOSERS
Failure Only Means They Did Not
Fit Conditions.
EMPHATIC ACTION REQUIRED
Nebraskan Holds Informal Recep-
tion In Rooms and Many Dele
gates Drop in to Congrat-
ulate Him.

BALTIMORE, July 2--William ]. Bryan
in statement tonight said that the nomi-
nation Of Woodrow Wilson on a progress
sive platform meant an overwhelming
victory for the democratic ticket next
fall.
Mr. Bryan said: U...s- d..
Il feel sure that the action Of the, con.
vention thus far will appeal to the coun-
try. | had no choice among progressive
candidates, but from the first included
Governor Wilson in every list had oc-
casion to make. His action in coming
out strongly against Mr. Parker for tem-
porary chairman was the turning point
in his campaign. = The country is progress
sive. Nearly all Of the democratic party
and more than half of the republican
party are progressive. #
''The paramount question before the
convention was whether we would take
sides with the reactionaries and thus en-
courage the organization of a, third party
and give to the third party the hope Of
defeating the reactionaries divided into
two parties or whether we would nomi-
nate ticket that would so appeal to the
progressive element Of the nation as to
make third party improbable.
Sees Huge Majority.
\ IT am satisfied that with Mr.. Wilson
running for president on the platform
which has bean prepared. there will be
comparative few progressive republicans
who will NOT feel Justified in supporting
the democratic ticket. IfFI were to make
an estimate tonight I. would say that we
ought to have not less than 100000 ma
jority of the popular vote and enough Of
the ELECTORAL vote to give us an over
whelruing majority in the ELECTORAL col
lege. sss In n n, !. ssg 3 i "a Is ssst Il d "a
The action ofstte conventioff In adopt
ing the anti-Morgan.Ryan-B Belmont reses
luton has demonstrated that sths demo
cratic party Is not only progressive but
is bold enough to 1throw down the sahnt
let TO the pedatoryainterests, 1t IL for
tunate that Mr.. wilson's nomination was
made without the aid Of Mr.. Murphy. II
was no reflection on the many good men
in the New York delegation to say this.
From every standpoint the outlook is
hopeful The only unpleasant thing about
political fight is that success to one
aspirant brings disappointment to others.
Those who fall ought TO find some conso.
latiori in the fact that failure Is not al
ways reflection upon the individual.
because circumstances exert a larger in-
fluence than is sometimes supposed In the
determining Of convention choice. Men
are only available when they fit condi-
tions. cs- So.
Trusted the Multitude.
II decided some two years ago that I
did not fit into the conditions asSwe then
saw them, and was not willing to as
sumo the responsibility of advocating any
particular progressive, partly because
preferred to trust the wisdom of the
multitude and partly because felt that
a great deal would depend upon the ac-
tion of the republican convention.
When the republican convention ad-
journed 1t was even more apparent than
before that circumstances required some
emphatic action on the part of our con-
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