Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-29
NOW FOR Ct. LOUIS.

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Iitical activity now shifts to st. Louis.
II was said by some republicans and
democrats at the time that the Chi
cago conventions work was so COM
pIetely f~oreshadowed IN advance that
1t did not attract any great amount Of
attention from the people. The Globe
Democrat thinks that no such disa
bility attaches to the ST. Louis as-
semblage. The ~clairvoyants are all In
the dark MS TO what the democratic
national convention will do. Half a
dozen aspirants are mentioned as pos
sibilities. and nov Mr.. Cleveland Is
brought into the field. The New Jer-
sey delegation in The convention,
which had been counted on 70 vote
for Parker. will cast It's solid vote for
HE ex.pregident instead. This Is an
nonncod Nv one Of the delegates. This
~iniects A new element Of uncertainty
into the situation. That Mr.. Cleve-
land would accept the candidacy Il II
should be Offered him by two-thfrds
of the delegates there Is no longer
the slightest reason to doubt. His
recent activity with tongue and pen
shows that he stands ready to accept
his party's learership ii 4 fourth cam
paign IL it Is rendered 10 him.
On the other hand, while the con
seryatiye ingredient Of the party Will
be in the ascendant at st. Louis, the
radical element will undoubtedly make
a powerful fight TO retain its suprem.
acy. Bryan will come to the conven.
tion with the resolute purpose Of keep.
Ing the machinery of the party In the
hands of the men who fought the par.
ty's battles IN 1896 and 1900. Behind
Bryan will stand all the radical Gle.
ments Of the party. most Of whom
have conferred on Hearst as a candi
date, and all OF whom are likely to go
to him ON the first or succeeding
ballots. While Bryan says he is not
working for any particular parsonage,
there Is no doubt that he prefers
Herast "a any other whose name has
thus far been coupled with the nom
nation Bryan has made ii plain that
he Will work against Parker. Cleve.
land. German. Hill and all the other
democrats who were either silent or
hostile In 1896 and 1900. For Bryan
this is q life and death battle, His
defeat In st. Louis means his per.
manent ~effacement, and IL he falls It
will be after 4 struggle which will
DO memorable IN Its ~terocity. on the
other hand, the conservative faction
knows that II the party is 70 have a
hereafter Il must cut loose this year
from the leaders and the policies that
plunged II into calamity in the two
latest canvasses.
The platform which is to be adopt.
ed Is as uncertain as The candidate.
Nobody car forecast with any sort 81
confidence The declaration 81 the 81.
Louis convention on any question, inn
mcdlate - ressufs lhip,
q wall .lFset for parA ~ Gcynan
and Cleveland will hamper the party
in It's dealings with the trusts. The
same men are said to have the manu-.
featuring interests of The east on their
This Will impede the party IN
with Its tariff. A powerful
III tho democracy indorses the
republicans coiirse III the Philippines.
and this viii make the anti-imperial
an 0biccvo of distrust. What a sort
n a fight can the democrats make
Roosevelt on Panama with the
whole south on R~ooseyelts side on the
anal question? On every subject
which Is Of the slightest concern 10
my large number Of tho American
'oters the democratic parii II 4 house
divided against itself mn POLITICAL
oothsayers are II the profoundest
ort OF doubt as 10 what the demo.
rats In their convention will say or
o on anything or anybody.