Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rashin nasarar Bryan a 1900 ya rasa matsayinsa a 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 da kuma mayar da ita ga manufofin zamanin Cleveland. A halin yanzu, Roosevelt ya yi nasara a matsayin McKinley a matsayin shugaban kasa bayan da aka kashe shi
An kashe shi a watan Satumba na 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 al'amuran 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 zaɓen 'yan majalisar dattijai kai tsaye, mallakar gida na kayan masarufi da kuma karɓar jihar na shirin da 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.