Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-02

of the ticket. He may have to choose be-
tween radical Platform with conserva-
tive vice presidential candidate and con-
cession in the platform with a vice presi-
DENTAL candidate who win stand for all that
Bryan himself stands for. Bryan wants
the candidates and the platform to fit one
to the other with perfect harmony and con-
sistency, but the convention may yield at
one point or the other, and the question is
which would be most agreeable to Bryan
TO nave candidate coming up to his own
ideals, or to have 16 to l in the platform
and a man of antasonistic views on the
ticket with him should 1.-THE choice be
forced upon him. If 1t were known in ad-
vance that a man OF views as radical as
those held by Bryan would be put on the
ticket with him there would be a strong
disposition among the delegates to make
amends to the east by emitting the fateful
nsures l6 to 1 without changing the mean
ing OF the plank. The speculation as to the
vice presidency is languid. AS yet there
is little in the gossip that has about it
anything substantial. There is a pervading
sentiment in favor of HiI but it is not
a strong sentiment. 1t is widespread but
Is evidently lacking in energy Within
small circle there is desire to force him
to the front in spite of his disinclination
and the possible distaste Bryan might have
to him as a running mate. But outside this
small circle the friendliness for the New
Yorker Is not strong enough to assert it
self against even a disinclination of Bryan
to nave Hill on the ticket.
How Bryan Might Accent Hill.
The opinion is expressed by some that
rather than sacrifice any of his cherished
features of the Chicago platform, Bryan
would accept Hill as a companion candi-
date on a radical platform with 16 to / and
all the rest. But the incongruity of such
an arrangement would be repugnant to
Bryan's disposition, and it would not be
comfortable for Hill to stand as a candi-
date ON a platform which would sag under
the weight of inconsistency
The converse of this Hill suggestion is
that If Towne is made the candidate for
Vice President Hill may get something of
the concession he wants in the platform
Against both these propositions is the stub
porn fact that Bryan wants both the plat
form and the candidate to be consistent
with his own position. If Towne had been
born democrat there would be no doubt
OF mis- nomination. He is universally re-
sarded by the silver democrats as just the
sort of man they should have on the ticket
with Bryan, but many of the southern men
thlnk that democracy is hereditary and can
not be acquired late in life. These shy at
the fact that Towne used to be republi-
can and has never been officially registered
as a democrat. Against this prejudice
stands the fact that the nomination of
Iowne Will be come at most necessity if
there is any modification of the silver plank
made, and that in him must be placed re-
lance to hold the allied forces together in
order to secure the electfoE-of silver sena-
toIS from several OF the western states
where the democrats cannot hope to elect
by themselves. One thing that may make
considerable impression on the southern
delegates is that Towne is said to have the
unanimous support of the Nebraska dele
cation in addition to that of Minnesota and
Michigan, which will be solid, and others
in the northwest.
Shfvely Says He is Not n Candidate.
Shively of Indiana, who from the first
has attracted much attention and who
seems to have as good a chance of nominal
ton as any other in the field, insists that
he Is not candidate and has no intention
of becoming one. The Indiana delegation is
going to meet and discuss the matter before
any formal announcement Is made as to
what Shively would do If the nomination
was rendered to him, but he has stated that
he would not accept If nominated. Mr. Sui
zer is more in evidence than any other
candidate. He says that there is no room
for doubt that he will be nominated. One
of the most curious things about the vice
presidential talk is the persistent recur-
renee of German S name in unexpected
quarters as an available candidate. The
friendly feeling toward German, in the
case of Hill. is strongly in contrast with
the hostile sentiment excited toward him
among the extreme silver men in SO. This
sentiment, however, offers nothing in the
way of practical concession to the political
opinions of either German or Hill. Aside
from Towne, the man who is actually an
avowed and aggressive candidate with
something substantial behind him has not
appeared as yet. ]. P. NJ.