Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1907 — WILLIAM J. BRYAN IS WILLING TO RUN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILLIAM J. BRYAN IS WILLING TO RUN.

Declares in Tlie Commoner He Is Ready to Accept Honor if Requested. WILL NOT SEEK THE PLACE. Prepared to Lend His Support to Any Other Candidate that the Demr ocrats May Select. William Jennings Bryan in the current issue of the Commoner, the paper owned and edited by him, announces his. willingness to be the candidate of the Democratic party again, should he be called upon. However, be declares he’ will not Seek the nomination. If the Democrats should decide that somebody else suits them better than he, he will be neither “disappointed nor disgruntled,” he says. He insists that the

question of his availability be left to the rank and file of the people, rather Than to a few so-called leaders. He has received honors enough from Ttre pnrty, "Ee~gays. He bas been amply repaid by it for all he has done in its behalf. lie will cheerfuly serve in the ranks if another leader is chosen to make the fight. But should the party’s choice fall on him his address is Lincoln, Neb., the dog is tied and his doorbell is in good working order.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.