Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-17
sPECULAT|ON0 ON
BRYAN s FUTURE
COURSE IS RIFE
May Come Back Into Cabinet
Later On Possible That He
Will Be Dry Candidate for
President Next Year,

VrFtNiAA eohHttFohohhcN 70 MORNING. touRNsAi
Washington, June 16.-Curiasity to
learn the political whereabouts of
William ]. Bryan in 1916 although
general, is not yet keen. Mr. Bryan
Is Known 60 be a man OF eXpedients.
Such thing as Bryan coming back
into the Wilson administration is be-
lieved not impossible, although it is
conceded he will not again be secre-
tary Of state. II is an mconfirmed
but persistent report about the capt.
tai that had not Mr. Bryan left the
cabinet now he would have resigned
later and would have gone abroad
when peace was to be made in Europe
as one of the representatives of this
country, should a congress of nations
be called
Place on Peace Commission.
It is not regarded as impossible
that this may yet happen Mr. Bryan
has not yet broken with the president.
He has chung to the idea of helping
the president keep the peace by leav-
ing the cabinet and opposing his plans
for bringing Germany to terms The
president may think that he owes
enough to the eccentric character OF
Mr.. Bryans combination in and out
support and opposition TO give him
peace commissioner badge, sending
with him enough reasonably we'll
grounded lawyers to balance the dele
cation.
Mr.. Bryan would be an immense
figure in such a meeting. Vie would
be looked up TO and he would make
some great speeches of harmonizing
tendency. He might do an immense
good by extending himself on the hui
manities while the more earthly dele
gates looked after the material results
of the conflict.
May Run for President.
On the other hand Mr.. Bryan may
run for president.
Mr.. Bryan is quite Injured to this
exercise and does not shirk from It,
He has never run on anything but the
democratic ticket The first time no
did this was In the latter part of the
last century. He kept It up until he
had jumped over into the twentieth
century and then he ran once more
to timber up his legs for
a crackerjack race later in life.
Some people assume TO see in Mr..
Bryans spectacular retirement from
The cabinet at the age of 55 and
weight of 200 pounds an evidence that
this race Is now to begin and they are
him to various tickets. one
IF these is the prohibition ticket. IL
he runs at all i'm 1916 II will be for
The old reliable democratic nomination
which he has had often enough to
know how II works. die doesn't know
how the prohibition nomination oper-
ites. nor does anybody else.
II he accepts II at all il will be as
he accepted the silver republican
nomination in 1896.
In response to inquiry based on a
story that he will can
lass for the prohibition nomination
or president, Mr.. Bryan said today:
II. am not responsible for any
stories for my plans that do not ema- |
nate directly from me. The only
hing I have said about prohibition
s included in a statement ] gave out
Tune 4. In that I said that | hoped !
prohibition would not enter
n any way into the presidential can
fass of 1916. | also explained my /
Jews with regard to state prohibi-
ion"
"Then you will not canvass as
tated? ?"
~ cannot give my plans except as !
have already promised In general |
to the press. Piecemeal
tatements will not be made by me"
If MIR. Bryan should decide for pol
tics he will have a perfect right to
ppose Woodrow Wilson, who Is !
,ledged by the Baltimore platform,
made by Bryan to a single term. Mr..
Bryan could take that platform any
where and borrow money on the sin
lie term plank. it is so clear and per-
uasiye In its eloquence.
The only objection visible Is that
Woodrow Wilson, with the advice and
onsent IF the democratic party, has
epudiated the plank entirely as having
10 application to him. Mr.. Bryan
would have a fine winter and spring
OBJ before the primaries come on to
onvince the democrats that they
meant what he said in this part of the
latform
Prohibition, Peace and Suffrage.
IL would be possible, however, to do
!. With the nomination Mr.. Bryan
yould have peace as his paramount
;sue. Subsidiary to this, prohibition
nd woman's suffrage. He could go
ito the large cities where the rough
eek voters take their views from Mr..
furphy, Pinky Connors and Roger
ullivan and raise a perfect furore OF /,
Enthusiasm over these issues. r.
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