Show WM JENNINGS BRYAN EATING CROW from republican press bureau republican state committee william jennings bryan is eating crow on his present tour of the northwestern part of the nation it was pointed out by senator reed smoot soon after the visit of the quondam boy orator and many times candidate to utah mr bryan made before utah audiences what purported to be an explanation ol of his bis present attitude toward john W davis as candidate tor for president as compared with his attitude at the new york convention toward john W davis as candidate for the bartys nomination tor for president that explanation in senator smoots opinion would have been much more plausible it if mr air bryan bad not been just as thoroughly acquainted with mr davis before the convention as he was after it mr air bryans visit to utah and the northwest was under circumstances that must have been embarrassing to him declared senator smoot his excuse for changing his mind as to mr davis attitude on public questions eions will in my opinion be questioned even by democrats who understand the situation mr air bryan has known mr davis for many years they were N ere in the I louse house of representatives 8 together and must have had n many conferences mr air bryan knew mr davis employers at the time of the convention to claim that the nomination has clanged mr davis whole ideas of government is to cas cast t reflection on the honesty and integrity of the candidate the new york times is a democratic newspaper and a strong supporter of mr davis it tells of what wha t happened it at the convention on july 1 when mississippi switched her vo vote te to davis the times relates how mr bryan left his seat and w went e nt over to the al mississippi issis sippi delegation and expounded his views 1 I know the temper of the northwest he said and I 1 offer as my opinion to this delegation that you are throwing democratic chances to the wind in voting for davis he can command no following in the northwest north where the election will be decided remember coolidge and dawes had already been nominated at th that at time now mr bryan has eaten his crow he has impeached himself but his speeches reflect on the intelligence of the democratic voters in that respect however I 1 might t add they are no worse than the statements of democrats on conditions in utah with reference to the tariff when they claim they are tor for protecting the products of utah such as wool sugar and farm products |