The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-06

proceedings was the development of
the waning fame of Mr.. Bryan. The
national committee selected four years
ago as committee following his I'M
questioned leadership, today turned
away from him in settling the Illinois
contest. Bryan had made the fight of
Hopkins his own, and the action of
the committee showed clearly that he
no longer welded his one-time mar
velous control.
Many times during the past day the
suggestion has been made that Bryan
would swing his strength to this or
that candidate and the delegates who
were anxious to organize a winning
coalition investigated and found that
outside of the Nebraska delegation the
former candidate had no following ex-
cept a few delegates who were bound
by the unit rule or who were under in
structions. Many visitors called at the
Nebraska delegation headquarters to-
day and admired the plaster cast of Mr..
Bryan on the mantel, but these callers
were not men who were in control of
this convention.
1t is expected that there will be a
clash with Mr.. Bryan over the plat
form, but that document is expected to
be a conservative utterance. Mr.. Bry-
an is to be accorded a respectful hear
ing, but the dominant element in the
convention, it is freely asserted, will
not temporariZe or attempt to placate
and conciliate him. The forces which
will adopt the platform and name the
candidate for president will also name
the vice president and this element
has allowed it to become known that
no concession to the minority vote
catching expedient is to be adopted in
choosing the nominee for second place.
For Second Place
So much attention has been given to
the presidential nomination that no
conclusion has been reached regarding
the vice presidency Several names
have been mentioned and one or two
active candidates are in the field. The
friends Of former Senator Turner, Of
Washington, believe that he may be
nominated. Several Northwestern del
egations from the intermountain coun-
try are to be thrown for Judge Parker
in return for reciprocity from those
most interested in Parker's nomina-
ton.
Thus far no sign has been given by
the leaders that a candidate will be
sought on the Pacific coast. In fact,
same man who will add strength to
the ticket in Illinois and Indiana is
wanted, and if such man can be
found in either of these states he will
undoubtedly have good support. The
suggestion has been made that David
s. Rose of Wisconsin, might be Sc
lected, but that state refuses to have
him considered for fear that anything
of the kind might be regarded as dis
loyal to E. G. Wall as presidential
candidate.
Benjamin F. Shively and John F.
Kern of Indiana, and David r. Fran
els, of Missouri, have been mentioned
in connection with the second place,
but no effort has been made to secure
consideration for any of them.
The nearest approach to definite
statement from Senator German as to
his attitude was made tonight by his
intimate friend, former Senator Davis,
of West Virginia. 1t came after day
of pressure upon Mr.. Davis from his
own delegation to secure a confirma-
ton of Mr.. Germans attitude, and was
brief He merely said: ut is under
stood that Mr.. German does not desire
that his name should be presented to
the convention" He added the opin-
ion that in all probability the vote of
the state would be divided on the first
ballot between Senator Cockrell, Mr..
Hearst and others. He did not include
Mr.. Parker in the list, but some of
the members of the delegation say
that a number of them will vote for
Judge Parker.