The Washington times., 1904-06-01
BRYAN TO DOMINATE
NEBRASKA CONVENTION
Will Lead Delegation to St. Louis and Be Member of
Committee to Draft Platform

individual contributor TO the Demo-
cratic campaign fund. and in gratitude
Tor his assistance Judge Gr1ggs has
been doing what he could 20 help along
the Hearst boom
The Hearst men are in the minority,
however. IN Georgia, and even II the
delegation IS not instructed. 1t is said
that the Parker men viii see TO II that
the unit rule is adopted and that a MAJ
Jority OF the delegates are favorable &c
the New York jGrist.
Hearst in Michigan.
In Michigan the fight today is Hearst
and anti-Hearst. The 'antis" are not
united upon any candidate. although II
is reported that they are in the ma
jority. They will probably adopt the
unit rule and send an uninstructed dele
cation to the ST. Louis convention.
Representative Hearst's followers have
carried several Of the Michigan districts.
and the adoption Of the unit rule would
prevent the Hearst men from recordIns.
their votes al st. Louis for their candi- (
date. This IS the purpose Of the anti
Hearst men.
National Committeeman Daniel ].
Campau IS the leader OF the, ''cOnserva-
tives" and will probably head the dele
cation from Michigan TO the st. Louis
convention.
Oklahoma for Hearst.
II is probable that the Oklahoma con-
vontion will instruct for Hearst, or at
least indorse him for the Presidency
and choose delegates who favor his
domination. Representative Hearst,
I through his newspapers, has fought for
/ the admission OF the Territories to
| Statehood. and a year ago took a spe-
/ clai trafnload of statesmen to Okla
/ hCma, Indian Territory, New Mexico,
and Arizona for the purpose OF helping
/ on the Statehood movement. This has
/ served to make him popular with the
Democrats Of the Territories, and he
will probably have the votes Of all of
/ them In the national convention Ne
/ braska will have IS votes; Georgia, %,
Michigan. 3, and Oklahoma, 6.
Poll of Delegates.
The New York World has under
taken to poll the uninstructed delegates
/ to the ST. Louis convention with the
| view Of ascertaining their preferences
for the nomination. There are 261 un-
instructed delegates UP 10 the present
/ time, and OF these IS have thus far
made reply 20 the Worlds query
! Nine candidates are mentioned In these
/ replies, Judge Parker heading the list
/ with 81 votes out Of IS: Representa- tive
| Hearst is second with Z. Grover Cleve-
land has ?. ex-Secretary Olney !, Colonel
/ kilbourne. Of Ohio. I; Gen. Nelson A
/ Niles !, ex-senator Harris Of Kansas
!. ex-governor Francis of Missouri l.
| and ex-senator Gray Of Delaware l.
/ Ten delegates who make replies are
| undecided. Seven Of the 81 who declare
! Tor Parker are from Alabama, where
/ the state convention Endorsed Judge
/ Parker but did not instruct for him
/ No replies are quoted in the World
/ from the remaining Is from that State
/ or from the IS uninstructed delegates
| from Pennsylvania. Kansas has the
/ greatest variety Of preferences, accord
/ ing to the Worlds" poll
keplies were received from hve dele
gates each with a different choice one
Tor Miles, one for Harris. one for
Cleveland, one for Francis, and one I'M
decided The second Cleveland vote
comes from New Jersey. which also re-
ports the one vote for Judge GRAY. The
one vote for eX-SecTetary Olney comes
from the Hon. John H Clark who was
the late Senator Hannas opponent for
| the SenatOrship in Ohio.
Replies were received from all OF the
| ten delegates from Florida which gives
SIX votes to Parker and four TO Hearst
In previous compilations Hearst has
| been given only three OF the ten dele
gates from that State. The one man 10
express preference for General Mics
Is the Hon David Overmyer. formerly
Democratic and anti-PrOhibition candi-
I date for governor OF the Sunfowcr
state. His selection is interesfine, in
| view OF the fact that General Miles is
| prominently mentioned in connection
with the nomination for President on
! the Prohibition ticket. Mr.. Overmyer
says
General Miles. South safe. Miles can
get vote Roosevelt repels: old soldier
vote; soldier sympathetic vote almost
solid as full regular Democratic vote,
/ honest vote; true, patriotic, anti-impe-
rialist and peace vote. II is dignity,
/ historic worth. calm judgment, against
/ ruf7anism. heroics. strenuousness. stage
/ thunder and dangerous Caesarian an
! tics The people against power.
! DAVID OVERMYER,
l 'Delegate-at-La Large"