Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-22
UNKNOWN To HEAD
DEMOCRAT TICKET
URGED BY BRYAN
Party is Strongly in the As
CendanCy, With the Repub-
IiCanS Badly DiSOrganizedi
Connmoner Says
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Ueased Wire Service to The Journai)
(COnyrirht. 1023.l

MIAMI, Fla, March 21.-Willian
Jennings Bryan, thrice the Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency.
today sat in his study across the
bay from Attorney General Daugh'
erty IN Miami Beach and contrib
uated a few thoughts to the discus
sion by the latter on the subject
Of the 1924 campaign.
Mr.. Bryan says he never likes 10
discuss personalities. Whether Mr.
Harding will or will not be re
nominated isn't a matter that he s
any too eager to remark upon, as
he will not participate in the Re-
publican campaign Of selection. But
he considers himself well qualified
to speak on what the Democratic
party should do, and to take issue
with Mr.. Daugherty's predictions as
to what will happen after the nomi-
mating conventions have been held
Mr.. Bryan advises the Democrats
to put aside personal preferences
and name a man not heretofoI e
prominently identified with presi-
dental contests in the party.
Sees Democratic Trend
"The trend is toward the Demo
cratic party Mr.. Bryan said to
the writer today, "as is shown by
the elections of 1922. 1 do not know
when we have had an election when
the verdict ofthe people was so
uniformly against the party in
power.
Nothing has occurred since the
election last November to indicate
a change in the trend. In fact, the
attempt to pass the ship subsidy bill
aggravated the situation. The fail
ure of the bill is in itself other proof
that in the Republican party there
is a widespread dissatisfaction.
THE Republicans had more than
twothirds membership of the house
and yet only passed that bill by 24
majority and couldn't have passed
it at all but for provision which
the Republican senate struck out,
namely, the one concerning annual
appropriations for subsidy.
"There were seventy-six Repub-
leans defeated in the last elections
for congress and not a single Demo
cratic district was lost OF the sew
enty-six Republicans whose districts
!, went over to the Democratic party
sixty-siX voted for the ship subsidy
bill in the house, showing that with
out these Republicans who had been
defeated, the bill would have been
badly defeated in the house.
Revolt in G. o. p. Ranks
when you remember that SO Re
publicans joined with the Democrats
in defeating the attempt Of the Re.
publican leadership to reduce the
tax on big incomes and kept it at
so per cent when the Republicans
, wanted to lower it to thirty-two it
will be seen how large percentage
, of Republican leaders are in revolt
on the most important question. And
the revolt among the voters is
larger than among the leaders be-
cause the individual voter feels
more free to rebel than does the
leader.
, However, this trend being due to
reactiohary policies of the Repub-
lican leaders, it would be checked by
the failure of the Democratic party
to identify itself with progressive and
remedial measures. If, for instance,
the Democrats were so foolish as to
allow big business to name the Dem
Ccratic candidate, the people would
be more indignant at the Democratic
party than they were last fall at
the Republicans because they expect
more progressiveism from the Demo
Gratis"
"Who ought to be nominated?"
y
point.
mo one can intelligently pick out
the most available man so far
ahead" was his reply. "It is easier
to eliminate than to nominate.
'The Democratic candidate must
not be representative of Wall street
or a representative of the vets.
Among the Democrats who are pro-
gressive and dry the party ought
to choose the man who at the time
seems most likely to poll the largest
vote. The next congress will shape
the lines Of the campaign by making
the issues, and it may develop can
didate because issues make caadi-
dates.
every Democrat who has the in.
terest of the party at heart ought
to desire the nomination of the most
available man. Personal preference
ought not to outweigh party and
national needs"
Mentions No Names
What well-known candidates
would you mention?" was the next
question propounded to Mr.. Bryan.
ut is not necessary for a man to
be we'll known" he said. Nothing
makes a man so we'll known as to
be a candidate. What we need is a
man who will grow and become
known. The masses would prefer q
man who is not known. but who will
be their friend, rather than more
prominent man who will be their
enemy"
Mr.. Bryan today began his sixty.
fourth year. He looks young and
vigorous; in fact. younger than he
did when he was secretay of state
and more like the campaigner OF
1908. The commoner first ran for
the presidency twenty-seven years
ago but doesn't look a bit the veter'
an politician that he is and says he
fully expects to go on the stump IN