Evening star., 1896-07-22

deed to increase the bitterness Of the fight
and thicken the fog Of doubt. Bryan's
domination looks more probable, but the
conditions under which 1t will come do not
yet promise to be satisfactory. There
seems to be majority for Bryan and q
majority against Sewall.
1t is not contemplated that anything pro-
gressive Will be done at the convention to-
day. The policy Of the Bryan men Is to
have as much delay as possible, and re-
gardless of any plans 1t is obviously i'm
possible for such an assenblage as this to
get down to business promptly. The dele
gates, in fact, even the officials, did no.
know this morning whether the onvention
was to assemble at 10 O'Clock or II. The
announcement of 10 o'clock was made this
morning, but nearly all the delegates and
most of the officers of the organization
were at that hour at the hotel, with no idea
of going TO the hall before II. The idea
was to effect the temporary organza ton
today and then to permit every one to talk
all he wants TO on any subject he has in
mind.
The committee on credentials is expected
to take its time about making report, and
the first two days OF the convention are apt
10 be consumed without progress The prop
osition for today is to let things run wild
until the evening session and then TO ad-
NIT none TO the hall tonight but delegates
and newspaper men, This is to secure an
opportunity for quiet consideration OF the
situation But quiet can hardly be expect
ed unless the delegates are also excluded
Apparently the only way to get perfect
harmony would be for every delegate to
meet by himself. Fully twenty per cent OF
the delegates are poisoned with the ambi-
tion to go on the ticket somewhere.
The Bryan people. while not entirely con-
fdent, express the opinion that Bryan viii
be nominated. after few days fighting.
and they say that if they able to nom-
nate Bryan they will be able to carry out
their entire program. If Bryan is nonli-
mated, 1t is probable that there will be a
bolt of the radicals at once, that when
they come to vote on Sewall, the most OF
the opposition Will have Withdrawn from
the convention In that event the entire
democratic ticket would be indorsed A
proposition IS made. the other hand, by
the ''Ilijdle-3f-the-road' men to reverse
the order of things and vote On the :ice
presidential nomination first, having the
test of strength come on SeWail, instead OF
Bryan.
The convention started out with a fight
over the temporary organization, and a
fight is il prospect over every proposition
TO be presented in the convention.
The Plntforin.
The conservative leaders, like Allen, Pef-
fer and Simpson, are calculating carefully
on the committee on resolutions. The ef-
fort viii be made to get this committee IL
control of the conservative men, They are
looking to be overwhelmed with res3iuti ons
on all possible subjects from metaphysics
down to the distribution OF seed Potatoes
1t is going to take a long time to get set
of resolutions out Of the committee such
as any man would like to send before the
country. The real leaders say that The
resolutions committee viii take long time
ard VIII finally report a conservative Set
of resolutions j. P. Il.