Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-26
TALK OF BRYAN As THE
!. CONVENTION WARWICK
Question i'm Democratic Circles AS
- TO Who Will Get the Ncbraskan's
Cndoubtcd Influence.
OWEN is oNil POSSIBILITY
Oklahoma Senator Is Single Candi-
date Who Agrees With the Com
moncr on Main Issues, Holding
Same General Idea.
MI rnEDERrclL EssAp,.

, -
Z; ,WASHINGToN. April 2i.-who will
.Slf William !. Hryan's choice for the
f1Jresidency at the San Francisco CON
:, The fact that he will te 4 delegate
from Nebraska, that he will have 4
powerful following and that he will
seek 20 exercise the veto upon any
candidate who may be unacccpt BILE
30 him. even thour: he cannot force
mis- own candidacy upon tho convcn-
ton. makes this question one OF alb
sorbing interest To every Democratic
leader in the country
Moreover. he viii have a few pro-
nounccd platform p!anks OF his own.
declaration in favor OF national pro-
hih!tion and TOT the drastic enforce :
ncnt o: the Nolstcad act. He Will
urge a party commitment on the sub
JcCi OF the league Ot nations. but he
viii stand for reservations. He VIII
insist upon declaration in favor of
government ownership OF railroads
Must Agree With bryan.
No candidate who fails To agree
Win him upon these three paramount
Bryan policies nay eNNact his SUPP
port That much may Uc pu; down
as beyond debate. And 10 date only
one OF the avowei Democratic can
didatcS measures up to the Bryan
sAslidI HdI utluaIr ~ SENATOR
Rober, l.. owen. OF oklahoma.
More than one is IN agreement with
the NcSrarkan upon the prohibition
question. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Palmer
qualities in that particular. He has
championed rigid enforcement; from
the same platform with Mr.. Bryan
and i; is no secret that his manager
hope that IN the end the Bryan in
hucnce Will be swung 10 Palmer. But
the Attorney General does not favor
government ownership OF railroads
and he is for the league of nations
covenant as submitted by the Presi-
dent.
secretary OF Agriculture Meredith
has been described as a Bryan favor
lite, but he is not a candidate except
10 the extent that every Democratic
willing to sacrifice himself. If called
Mr.. Meredith al the moment has no
actual standing among either party
leaders or party followers as con-
more than the Bryan support TO put
him upon the political map.
Owen Only Ono Who Fits.
TIT 1t Is s. different with Senator Owen.
tive candidate for the nomination.
He was the firet Democrat to am
nounce himself. He was the first to
open headquarters and TO begin a
has not had anything more than the
okiahoma delegation TO go on and
sun mas nothing hut that. yet he
takes his candidacy very seriously
that Mr.. Bryan takes it seriously.
me okiahoman il for substantially
All the things that MIR. Bryan is FOR
he Is an unapologetic prob sbi,ionist.
ne ls lor = type %! government regu-
lation OF industry that fits we'll into
the Bryan scheme OF naturalization
OF the railroads. lie was willing TO
swallow the peace treaty with reser-
NallOns IL he 4,
other way
Because OF this stand. sir. Bryan
ana MT. owen have been touring the
country as n team. They have been
speaking in the same States at the
same time. More than once they
nave spoken from the same platform
and they have talked invariably
alons The, same general lines. The
mind OF the Oklahoman seems to 20
-2iong Very significantly with the
'-s1'ind OF the Nchraskan.
-" nr!nn VIII Push Himself.
, i-cad;n. Democrats, however are
. convinced tina, Mr. Bryans first
I choice for the nomination is MIR.
btyan. They know iha, this was
uuc pach IN 1872, when he maneuv-
! cred with consummate skill at I:al,i-
more for dead!ncls which would
make him the inevitable choice Of the
convention. lie succeeded to the cx-
; T inhi o. ,.hmLnaiing champ Clark and
oscar Underwood and JudSon IIHr-
, mon md Thomas T.. Marshnll. hut he
. ~, sca .cuIatcd when he threw him
: SELF into the night Tor Woodrow vii
, *ol. IN doing that he started some
: ihin% that he could not stop.
Most Democrats IN WASHINGTON ore
: WINGED that Mr Bryan viii MIA
once more for deadlock lie will
seek I" Tie he copven,ion into a
. knot end wiz 9ncc more play for a
. stampede III Ms own behalf. hui
lhese Democrats Are also convinced
. mat sucn stampede is impossiblr
hr!an VIII never b. nominated. they
4. contend and once he discovers that
lact he VIII throw himself into a
hEnt ior some candidate whose
views coincide with his own
. owen Nny he Unexpected Power.
: IN tAat event. II * confidently he
/; lleNed that Senator owen viii he
F.: raised from the stains nc a ..hush'
: it"Guc candidat" 10 = major league
candidate His friends expect 10 SCI
F.; lim emerge from the BACKGROUND and
. pia! an !Wp"rian; part in the prn-
, c"cn!hsS. but the most enthusiastic O.
{ nose tiI"EdS quit" understand ,hui
70 attract the necessary twO-,bIrI.
vote VIII Involve II degree of ,nnk !,
IaEe!N ever exhibited in nationa'
Whetiit-: he puts hirns.'. or eono
iHr owen OYER. The fact viii remain
that the veto powcr OF Mr.. Eryuu /.
not 10 DC discounted He :nusi con.
.rol only one nor" Than q third o.
me delegates IN order 20 defeat IN.
ChhhcAc% OF any man in WHOM, Is,
HoeS no. believe, AMI il may br as
Sbmcd inat a.. viii PLAY :, s;rnnt
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