Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rashin nasarar Bryan a 1900 ya kashe shi matsayin matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar Democrat da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya kamar David B. Hill da Arthur Pue Gorman sun koma don sake kafa ikon su a kan jam'iyyar kuma su dawo da shi zuwa manufofin zamanin Cleveland. A halin yanzu, Roosevelt ya gaji McKinley a matsayin shugaban kasa bayan da aka kashe shi
a cikin Satumba 1901. Roosevelt ya gurfanar da shari'o'in cin amana da kuma aiwatar da wasu manufofi na ci gaba, amma Bryan ya yi jayayya cewa Roosevelt bai cika karɓar abubuwan ci gaba ba. Bryan ya yi kira ga kunshin gyare-gyare, gami da harajin samun kudin shiga na tarayya, tsarkakakken abinci da dokokin magunguna, haramcin kudaden kamfani na kamfen, gyaran kundin tsarin mulki wanda ke ba da damar zaben 'yan majalisar dattijai kai tsaye, mallakar gida na abubuwan amfani da kuma amincewa da jihar da shirin da kuma kuri'ar raba gardama. Ya kuma soki manufofin Roosevelt na kasashen waje da kuma kai hari ga shawarar Roosevelt na gayyatar Booker T. Washington don cin abinci a Fadar White House.