The Savannah morning news., 1900-07-06
Gil YER PLANK NOT IN FAVOR.
u,.s,>tSs MEN DO NOT LIKE THE
t6 TO L DECLARATION.

r,., say 1t Is Against Rryan's
C,,uces of Successfully May
.,.t,l. Better of the Entire Pint
+orn.. IIowever-Hili Seems 80 BE
sovnnnah's FaVorite for second
p1acc. but Congressman Lester
mes Not Regard Him as a Winner.
,o,vue of Minnesota Al Clean ana
,hIe Man. lie Says, Though o.
ooubtfuI Eligibility.
r.a news of Bryans nomination at
,-,,sas city, which was received late
..o.terlav afternoon, was such a foregone
..,,iusion that it hardy excited any COM
In, There is much more interest IN
the vice presidential candidate, and as
he Democrats do not seem to be in the
...fton of having a ready made hero a,
s.r5 who will fit the job, there seems
- he sill considerable uncertainty on this
score.
David B. Hill is evidently the favorite
vub savannahians, partly because a good
many of them wanted to see him Pres
,deDt once but chiefly because they be-
1ieve me has a show for carrying New
work. for the ticket. This is not regarded
as very giitterng prospect, however,
and bets that New York will not go Dem
ocra.ie even with Hill on the ticket, are
finding no takers.
There is a very strong sentiment here
against Congressman Towne of Minnesota,
chiefly because of the idea that with
70 oil 4
be 50 strongly Populistic that any Demo-
oerat who felt q Discrimination TO support
the ticket could refuse to do so without
being liable 10 censure. Congressman Les
ter says, however, that so far as personal
qualifications go, ToWne is one of the best
men that could be named. He does not
consider him as entirely eligible for the
nomination, however, for the simple rea-
son that he is Silver Republican and
has never claimed 10 be Democrat
Personally, l admire Towue very high
w." said Col Lester. He is a splendid
f,llow and one of the cleanest and ablest
men with whom l have had the pleasure
Of serving in Congress. He would dis
charge his duties, if elected, fearlessly
and faithfully. Towne would undoubtedly
add strength to the ticket in the North
west but his nomination might have the
opposite effect in the East"
Co. l. ster does rot consider Hill the
most available candidate for Vice Pres-
dent He is very doubtful of the ability
of the Democrats to carry New York
state on a IS to platform, no matter W no
the candidates may be, and he thinks
with the antagoni m TO Hill in the ranks
OF the party in New York that he would
not prove as strong a candidate there and
elsewhere in the North as many people
down this way seem to think.
The announcement that the convention
had adopted a straghtout Is to 1 PLANK
I'm the platform cast a considerable damp
err over the spirits of the Democratic bus
mess men here, who were topping that
they would be given a chance TO vote the
Ticket without stult flying themselves. The
fact that the 16 10 l plank is brief and
that it is not given the leading place in
n platform viii doubtless have some
Weight, as will the further fact that dec
Brations agansJ trusts and imperialism
Xre made the leading planks.
II This was not generally understood yes
#erday, however, and business men who
@were approached upon the subject were
|disposed to take an unfavorable view of
the Democratic prospects. Some did nO4
hesitate to declare that if things should
turn out to be as reported and es-
pecally if Towne, or some other Popu
list, should be named with Bryan, they
would vote the Republican ticket openly.
A reading of the entire platform, how
ever, may cause them to view the mat
ter in a different light.