The age-herald., 1899-06-20
But Can They Control Votes in
 the Convention.
HE LIKES TO BE MEN TONED
As Presidential Possibility. and May Later Come Out for BryanA Pic torial History of the Fili-
 pino Campaign.

Pennsylvania convention is defeat for him or for the plans of the eastern democrats to nominate him. They claim, moreover, that If the platform of the convention is anything, one thing it is declaration that the Pennsylvania democrats win send a sound money delegation to the next na- tional convention. They figure this out on paper by showing that had the Bryan e,e- ment been in command of the convention it would have had declaration in favor of free silver at 16 to 1. The very fact that the convention refused to embody national issues in the platform is conclusive to them that there was not a majority for free silver in the convention. The declara- tion for the "matchless leader" was merely a sop to Cerberus, they assert, and was crafty and far-sighted and will leave the men in charge of this convention at the helm in 1900.
 There may or may not be any thing in all this, but the various papers hostile to MT. Bryan in the east taking this view or It, and the fact that hIr. Germans friends here and in Maryland are putting out this version of the conventions act shows that neither he nor they have given up the hope of defea ting the nomination of the Nebraskan. German men are to be found on every corner of Washington now each one ready to show how strong he will be If he allows his name to be used in the next convention.
 The men who are doing all this German talking are not doing their own ac- cord. He may throw them all down next year as he did eight years ago, but at the present time they seem to have some au- thority for what they are saying It must De confessed that the men who seem to be behind the German movement now will nave votes when ha As far as he Is concerned, history may repeat itself even in detail
 Just eight years ago he and Senator Ransom were in the senate restaurant when two young North Carolinians came m to speak to their senator. The latter in- troduced them to Senator German. They both said how popular he was in the south. They told him that it was due to him that the force bill was defeated and that Il he would only announce himself for 1he presidency that he would be nominated without trouble After they left Ransom turned to German and said.
 Ihose are encouraging words, senator"
 Yes, answered German. q have heard them often from democrats lately. b1lt never from a democrat who will either nave nave vote or who will control a vote in the convention"
 Not from the Voters
 While there is lot of German talk inst ~ F-S"SH1' Il tues LOI seem to come from the men who will do the voting He Is pretty cert, in of tl e deegat ms from Mary lahd, New York and New Jersey, and some or the New England states. He will hard iy have Massachusetts, for Fred Williams Will control that delegation. Moreover if Perry Belmont and Croker send a delega- tlon to the convention which is not for Bryan or which is supposed to be for sound money, 1t Is no secret among the demo- cratic managers that free silver delega- ton from that state will be seated
 Then, too. the German characteristics must be taken into consideration He may at the last moment, come out for Bryan and say, as he intimated last week, that he has no idea of contesting for the nomina- tion. He dearly loves to be talked of as a presidential possibility. It keeps him strong in his state and prominent before the coun- try. Beyond saying that he would not move to New York and that he would take personal charge of the campaign in Mary land this and next year he has kept silent.
 MT Bryan's friends jeer at the sugges- tion that the Pennsylvania convention was purposely enigmatical in its platform. The fact that Mir Cadwallader of Philadelphia left the convention when the name of MT Bryan was incorporated in the platform the matchless leader is suffi- cient proof to them that the convention in tended to do just what it did do-declare for Bryan and make him the issue over and above all blanks and platforms.
 They are willing to accept all such plat forms from the east Let the delegation from New York come to the next national convention, they will say. with such a platform. and no questions will be asked. This is the way both sides see 1t or pretend to see 1t.
 Pictures of Manila Fighting
 The suggestion is being given out here and there that the reports of General Otis are not reliable, and that while he places our losses at the minimum, he eXaggerates the casualties among the Filipinos. If there is any doubt as to the destruction of our guns one has but to go to the war department and see the various photo- graphs that are coming in from Mama by every mail. These photographs are taken after each battle and show the most terrific destruction among the Filipinos. Dead and dying F'ilipinos are seen in heaps and in many cases in actual flight before our troops.
 These photographs are all intended for the pictorial history of the war which is now being gotten up by the war depart ment. It is the first time that such a thing was ever gotten out in detail. It Is an enormous job for the bureau of engrav- ing and printing to undertake and it will be long time yet before it is completed The work of getting together an accurate set of plates of the Cuban campaign Is now well under way. Until the campaign in Cuba and Porto Rico is finished, the work on the Philippine edition will not be com menced. But the photographs from the latter place are among the best and most accurate in the possession of the depart ment. But above all they show better than anything else would the extent of the fighting in the Philippines and the | work that is being done there by the American troops.
 Anti-Expansionists Active The anti-expansionsts are still very act | i've, and the seizure of MT. Atkinson's | pamphlets has not deterred them from get | ting anti-expansion literature out of the | country. It has been reported to the government l that Senator Hoar's speech in the senate l in opposition to the treaty has been put | in Tagal Spanish and that thirty thousand | copies have been smuggled out of the | country. The postoffice department has | been ordered to keep the strictest lookout | for such pamphlets and to report to the | secret service bureau any suspicious docu- |