The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01

taken no action, there has been great
deal of correspondence and consultation
among leaders everywhere ON the subject
Of presiding officers, and the understand
ing is that Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee,
will be the temporary chairman, and
James D. Richardson, Of tennessee, the
minority leader in the house of repre-
sentatives, the permanent chairman.
IowA's PREFERENCES.
Cato Sells, of Iowa, chairman of the
Iowa delegation. who was gold stand
ard Democrat in 1886. aid Is now an en-
thusiastic supporter of Bryan, said this
afternoon: s-
"The Iowa delegation has had no meet
ing yet. and l cannot say whom it will
favor for vice president /; am satisfied,
however, that the nominee will be
Democrat Where he is from will not
matter, so much as who he Is and for
what he stands. AS to the platform, 1
believe that a declaration of principles
closely modelled after the Illinois plat
form would be most acceptable to the
Democracy of the natiof9 AS view 1t,
we are in good shape to make pronounced
gains in the Eastern states, dependent
largely on wise action at Kansas CITY L
regard the prospects for Mr.. Bryan
election as more than encouraging be-
cause of the issues growing out OF the
war The peculiar situation develops Tor
the first time that the German-Amer1can
and Irish-American voters are extremely
liable to be found fighting shoulder to
shoulder for the same candidate. And
that means not only that we will prob
ably carry New York, but it makes such
states as Wisconsin, Michigan and I'LL
nois doubtful states, with indications
pointing to their votes being cast for the
Democratic candidate. -.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.
Among the arrivals tonight were two
New York Democrats OF prominence,
Judge Van Wyck and Congressman Sui
ger. Mr.. Sulzer came direct from con-
ference with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln ana
Immediately upon his arrival went to his
headquarters at the Sayory hotel There
he was seen by throng of his friends and
a number of newspaper correspondents.
He did not hesitate to express confidence
in his own nomination for the vice pres
idency. snIFo1
1.-The New York delegation will control
the situation" he said, ''and ] am salts
ned they will support me. 'ad
He declined to divulgd1tHe purport Of
his interview with Mr.. Bryan, saying:
"You can draw your own conclusions.
/ have been to see Mr. Bryan, and
am satisfied that the convection will re-
aHlTIn TIE principles Oh the CnlCdSO pldI-
form. l express that as my own opinion,
and the inference is natural
Judge Van Wyck declined to answer
in direct terms the question as to wheth
er he thought the platform would con-
tain declaration for the coinage of sill
yer at the ratio of Is toll, put replied by
saying there were simpcrtant ques-
tons to which the convention should give
its attention.
we are entering upon a new era he
said, "and the nation has never before
faced so important crisis as that which
it is now approaching To my mind the
question of our present tendency toward
imperialism, and the method of dealing
with the trusts, require our first atten-
ton, and 1 think the convention will feel
inclined to give these subjects the con-
sideration which their prominence de-
serves
| Asked if New York had a candidate