The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-06-30
Ex-Secretary Hopes to Pre-
vent denomination of
President in 1916
.ONE-TERM PLANK
TO BE HIS WEAPON
There May Be a Fractional Contest
Equal in Intensity to the Roosevelt
Taft Political Feud - Explanation
of Rryan's Resignation.

of Rryan's Resignation.
WASHINGTON, June 30-Political
advisers of President Wilson have
learned definitely that William J. |
Bryan viii oppose the President 8 nom
nation on the ground that Mr.. Wilson
is bound by the one term plank Of the
Baltimore platform
The President s friends have learned
that Mr.. Bryan viii take the stand |
that Mr.. Wilson as the candidate of
the convention which adopted the one
term plank, is bound by this principle
and that regardless of the fact that
no legislative act limiting the Presi
dency to one term has been passed by
congress Mr.. Wilson may not seek to
| become the standard bearer of his par
| ty in the next national campaign.
All of the Bryan influence which has
survived his rupture with the Presi
dent, officials expect, viii be exerted
managers to secure for him the nomin
alton for u second term.
It became known yesterday that be
fore his departure for the Pacific coast
| last week. Mr.. Bryan sounded some of
his closest political associates regard
| ing his contemplated stand and that
as a result the news reached the Pres
| ident s advisers. There are reasons for
i believing that the President knew of
! Mr.. Bryan s plans before he (the Pres
| ident) departed for Cornish, \. H.,
last Thursday.
i III anticipation of these coming de-
velopmcnts, Mr.. Wilson S managers
] have quietly begun preparations to
4 cope with what may be fractional
contest equal in intensity to the Roose-
i velt-Taft political feud.
The small coterie of officials most
familiar with Mr.. Wilson S political
plans have not been misled by the as
suranees of cordiality and good will
{ for the President in the many state
ments issued by Bryan since his resig
nation as Secretary of State They
are aware that the resignation fore
shadows storm for the democracy
and they are shaping their plans ae-
: cordingly.
Bryan it is learned. viii contend in
s this case, as he did in resigning frcm
= the state department, that he is mali
ing his fight for a principal and that
!. personal considerations are in no way
2 involved.
Friends OF the President who have
i learned of Bryan S intentions take lit
/ tie stock in such protestatiOus. In some
I quarters here the belief is held that
s the conviction regarding single term
/ is merely the beginning of another
spell of buzzing of the BRYAN pres
idential bee. 1t would cause no sur
prise here if the country witnessed the
!. manipulation of the one term issue in
the next campaign into a move to Sc
eura tho DOr0Ocrofia nomination
Bryan himself
Many here have not hesitated to e
II further than this in analyzing Bryan ;,
! determination TO oppose Wilson IS can
! didacy. They believe that it explain.
!, in large part his withdrawal from tn,
! cabinet when the German crisis was a
its height.
Z Bryan, according to this view, ha,
determined long ago to attempt t,
block Wilson 3 denomination and wa
!, waiting for plausible pretext TO
! withdrawing from the administrator
! in order to leave himself more free t
turn against the President if he at
e tempted to secure denomination Bry
= an, so these politicians contend, We've,
the peace issue as involving a prin
/ ciple so lofty as to leave his resgna
. ton free from any imputation of DO
= deemed good opportunity for desert
y ing the administration.
y In quarters in which this view is en-
= tertained, it has been pointed out tina
!, many have been puzzled to explain TIL
y Bryan resignation ever since the publ
- cation of the Presidents note to Ger
- many. In Bryan statements, the not
u was represented as a communicate
T. likely to prceipitate war. The Pres
. dent s note when published was foun
o. to be of peaceful tone and embodie
an invitation to Germany to submit
any new convincing data that NIGH
be in her possession.
Bryan is understood to have impair
- ed to some of his political associate
. the information that he is not commii
ted to any aspirant for the Democrat
~ nomination and that he has no ma
= even tentatively in mind as a fttin
i successor to the President. Democrat
~ politicians generally have not diseusse
~ the idea of choosing a candidate othe
Il. than the President, and most of thel
l,o have been credited with the belief tha
-. Mr.. Wilson would be reEominate
IN without opposition.