Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-06-02
PRIZE NOT FOR 7.
R., SAYS BRYAN

Atlanta, Ga, May 2G-Willam Jen
nings Bryan, who spent four hour
! here today while ON his way to Gov
ington, Ga, to lecture denied that h,
will be a Presidential nominee O.
the prohibition party, expressed tn
4 opinion that the Probabilities ar,
against, the Republicans nominatin.
Roosevelt, SIand declared the Demo
Gratis will nominate President Wilson
without opposition.
Concerning prohibition, Bryan sale
his work in this cause will continue
TO be done inside the Democratic
party, where he considers he can BIZ
of more service to the prohibition
cause than as "a desertcr" He fur.
ther declared that prohibition will
be Il national issue soon and that
the Democratic party will be arrayed
against the saloon in IL few years.
Several questions were submitted
to him and they and his dictated an
Swcrs follow:
"Whom will the Republicans nomi-
nate"
"The situation is too full of un-
certaintics to enable any one to do
more than guess. do not care to
however, | hope they will nominate
their weakest man, although | would
| not undertake the responsibility of
naming him"
"Do you think it will be Roosevelt? p
"No. 1t seems to me the probabili-
ties are against him. The tendency
among the Republicans seems to be
to get together and Roosevelt is not
IL gct-togethcr candidate"
what will the Republican issues
be-"
"That will depend Il good deal on
the candidate. Roosevelt for instance
would require Il different platform
from Root. Platforms are usually
COMPROMISES in the statement of the
propositions upon which there is not
entire agreement"
"Who will be the Democratic nom
incc?"
Bryan smiled as he answered
CHATS very easy. There will be no
opposition to the denomination Of the
President"
Twill the Democratic convention
have smoothe sailing?"
81 see no likelihood of discord."
"Would you consider accepting the
nomination of the Prohibition party if
it were rendered you?"
81 have read the newspaper items
to which you refer. A man ought to
not be expected to discuss Il story like
that, for which no one assumes re-
sponsibility. But in view of the UNI
fairness of unfriendly papers | will
go beyond the requirements and say
there is nothing in the rumor. My
work is in the Democratic party.
The liquor question is under consid
Grafton in number of States and will
within few years be Il national is
sue. | think | can do more good for
the cause of prohibition in the Demo-
cratic party than l could outside and
therefore, it would be my duty to
work with the Democratic party even
if that were the only issue.
but there are many other issues.
The work of the Democratic party is
not finished and will not be. 1t is Il
permanent agency through which the
citizen works for the advancement of
the public welfare. 1t sometimes goes
astray one way or another, but in
such cases the Democrat who loves
his party can serve it better by try
ing to correct its mistakes than by
deserving it. The Democrats who de
serted the party in 1896 became re-
sponsble for reign of exploitation
from which the country is still suffer
ing.
AT the present time it is probable
= majority of the Democrats of the
Nation would be against Prohibition
if it were submitted to-day, but the
sentiment is growing in the party. OF
The eighteen prohibition States ten
are Democratic. and Florida and Tex.
Is are likely to be added within n
few years.
No Fight i'll ST. Louis
at is only Il question OF time when
he majority of the Democratic party
will be arrayed against the saloon.
md expect to do what ever | can to
securing this victory for the home
against the liquor interests. l don't
;now how long it will be, hut it is
important enough to justify the fight.
as there likely to be fight over
the Democratic PLATFORM
81 see no reason why there should
be fight over anything. The Demo
cratic fight this year will be made on
the party's record, and that record is
made up of the President and Con-
gress. These two factors in the MAX
ing of the record could not be sepa-
rated even if any one desired to sep
aratc them.
"The platform, therefore, will be
written before the convention meets
and the convention will approve what
has been done and invite the judg-
ment of the country upon it. AS
the Republican convention meets
first it's action may have some in
iluencc upon the language of the
platform, but the general lines will
be determined by the party's posi-
ton already taken by the President
and the Democratic Senate and the
House.
AS his visitor was leaving, Bryan
said
you can say will attend the Re-
publican convention in Chicago and
the Democratic convention in St.
Louis-in journalistic capacity in
both instances"
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