Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-08
POLITICIANS OPECULATTNG
Discuss Probability Of Bryan and
Roosevelt Joining Hands
Next Year.
SOME THINK IT POSSIBLE
Prom Staff Correspondent

Prom a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Nov. 7.-(Special what
would be the outcome Of the presiden-
tial campaign In 1915 II the improbable
should come TO pass and Theodore Roose-
welt and William Jennings Bryan should
Join forces, one as a candidate for presi-
dent and the other as vice president on
the same ticket?
This was a question discussed by a
number Of men interested In the poll
tical situation in the lobby Of the Lln-
dell hotel in Lincoln Saturday.
That Is a condition which could never
come to pass said an influential demo-
crat, who is opposing the grape Juice
antics OF his fellow democrat, Mr.. Bra an.
1T is impossible" said he. Just because
neither Mr.. Bryan OF Mr.. Roosevelt would
take second place on any ticket Neither
one OF them would take anything else
but the first place. and so there is no
use TO discuss that proposition"
Proposes to win.
We'll. don't know ABOUT that" said
another democrat. living outside Of the
state. "Mr. Bryan Is getting pretty des-
perate. He has cart his lot against the
president and when a man like Bryan
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shows that he proposes to win his fight
II he busts his party in doing II. Mr..
Bryan has got TO that point In his career.
where he must come out on top or he
will be a dead duck. and II he could
make any political alignment which
would help him. am Of the opinion that
he would even 20 so far as to Join with
Mr. Roosevelt In an effort to kill off
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not surpise me q bit II he should try
to pull off something OF that kind"
WELL" said a republican, you may
not be far out OF the way. Still, 1 am
inclined TO believe that there will be
nothing like that. have always been
OF the opinion that Mr.. Bryan would
/ never consent to play second fiddle to
anybody. but the fact does remain that
he took place in the presidents cabinet,
when all the time he has had an en-
bition TO be president That he had an
| object in taking a subordinate position,
believed at that time and 1 also be-
ievo that It was his intention at that
time to pull away from the president,
whom the opportunity became ripe. Mr..
| Bryan does things just at a time when
he can get the most and greatest public
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and without II he would be the most
miserable man in the world. / believe
he has lost out with his own party and
really think he believes II and he
might. II he thought he could get the
assistance OF Mr.. Roosevelt, pull off Just
such a thing. II would give him piblic-
ity sf new kind, and that is the kind
he likes"
Where Hitch wOuld he.
But the hitch In that kind Of pro-
gram might come from Colonel Roose-
veit." said republican. who has always
been a follower of the colonel.
II agree with you there" answered
tho other. but II must become evident
to Mr.. Roosevelt that he can expect
nothing in the way of future success
from the progressive party. The recednt
elections should convince any man fot
that Mr.. Roosevelt can hardly be ex-
pected to go back to the republicans. and
as he. like Mr.. Bryan. loves publicity and
| appears to thrive on 1t. he might FOR
the sake OF defeating the party again,
which he was responsible for defeating
in 1919. line up with Mr.. Bryan for no
other reason than to keep that party
| from winning In 1919. which to me ap-
pears to be q foreEone conclusion under
| present conditions. The progressive
party cannot hope to become much OF
a factor In the 1915 campaign and with
these two men apparently working for
the same object, that OF Furnishing mem
bers of their own party. even at sacri-
flee of defeat might join hands to ac-
complish that object in hopes that by
their united efforts they might be able
to win themselves"
Thinks it Possible.
by cracl1y," exclaimed a man, who
had been standing by listening. you
fellows may have been drinking a kind
OF liquid Entertainments that make you
see farther than I can. but there hai
many stranger things happened in poll
tics in the history OF this country, and
for one am willing to admit that yol
have set me to thinking. What a sen
sation tie-up between Bryan and Roose
Welt would create. 1 don't like to thini
about 1t. for the more I do the more Il
looks possible. when one takes everything
into consideration ana the temperament Of
the two men,"