Show Til 13 SI SIO SHADOW O OP hEARST That Thai William R. R n Hearst will wi secure the Democratic nomination for governor governor gover gover- o er nor of New York Is one of oC tho lie cal probabilities that weighs heavily In an estimate of the chances of oC Willlam Will Will- VI lam lain Jennings lr Bryan an for fO the Iho presidential tal nomination No one knows this bet better heller than Mr Air Bryan himself Yet the situation is one that affords the Iho leader of oC the national Democracy scant opportunity to get In tho tile game gme The campaign for Co governor hiding as ns asIt asit i It does loes a play fo tot for position by Hearst for tho ho presidential nomination Is ls something with wih which Mr Bryan has nothing to lo do The Tile Baltimore American Ameri Amen can sa says s 's the Iho factional fights In the Empire state ma may ira vitally affect his hiI future chances chances but bul ho can simply bok lok on and pray for deliverance from flom the he wiles wies of his chief adversary Hero Hele Air Mr Ir Bryan Bran meets the tue first disadvantage dis advantage of having to aim two to years In n advance and at a n changing changing target if I f tho ho distance were veI e less or 0 the target tar target get were fixed he lie would be moro more sure SUe of or hitting the bulls bull's buls bul's But nut tile the shift shir of ot politics will wI not nol permit the mark marl marko to o remain In ono one place On the other hand Air Mr 1 Hearst has but to aim aim at ata ata ata a tar target ct close at nt hand hanl which If Ir he heIts hits Its It I will wi ili a advance l ance him close enough to o the other mark to give glo him a great advantage over o er the Nebraska candi- candi date dale alo Air Mr 11 Bryan seeks ecks the done ency even though he lie has not openly so o avowed Air Mr Ir Hearst says sas nothing upon pon tho the su subject of or the larger hanger hope Willie he Is moving the political machinery ma- ma chinery of or his Ills state with wih the power of his lis Independence league lever Ie lo er In or- or der del cr to lo secure the Iho gubernatorial nom nom- lallon and the support of New York Yorki lU In i the national convention eon Mr 11 nr Bryan an 13 may bo be the logical canIdate candidate can- can for tor the presidential nomination but ut that test of merit merI belongs largely Jarge to o his past career 11 Mr Hearst Is shaping shaping- tho the tho logic of or events events events' In the tho thoresent presen present resent and after th meeting of oC the Democratic state convention n may inay may have o ha avo the logic of or achievement ement all al his way ay The probability of or this being so o is to be rea read l from the tho signs o of I Ithe the ic times The he support of f Tammany Is s almost certain to go to Hearst and ho tho nomination will wi probably be his by tile tho time the th matchless son of oC I Ithe the he masses mases stops Into tho the sunburst of f glory that tho the reception committee commit commit- tee ec is desperately desperate seeking to lo cn oaKen oaKen- cn- cn der del er for fOl or him If H the Iho nomination were equivalent to lo an election electon the prospects for or Air Mr 11 Bryan to secure the votes of oC New York In ill the tue national convention would be 10 pret pretty near neal all al But as ashe he tho factional fights in the Democratic party in New York will wi turn out to the ho benefit of oC the Republicans epu who only have need to put their united l strength behind a candidate of the rIght caliber In order to win out there hero Is a fine prospect that Hearst wi go EO down In defeat and thus be swept out of the path of or the overcoming over over- coming comins but never arriving never candidate |