The Times of Wednesday prints a long and interesting letter
from a Washington correspondent on the return of Mr. Bryan to the States, and his chances of election to the Presidency in 1908. The writer points out as a curious sign of the change in American public opinion that Mr. Bryan's popularity and reputation as a leader of what is par excellence the anti-Royalist and anti-aristocratic party have been enhanced by his reception in Europe, and the consideration with which be has been treated by European Sovereigns. He will, in the opinion of the writer, be probably nominated by acclamation, not merely on the strength of his past services, but because he is the only available Democratic candidate in sight. He has dropped the silver question as a dead issue, and is expected to put tariff revision and anti-Trust legislation in the forefront of his programme.
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