The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-01
AGAIN BOOMS
CLEVELAND
Iammany Hall For the
Ex-President
MCCLELLAN IS OUT or IT
Promised Nomination for tue
Governorship.
Bryan. Under Duress, Pronasses Tnsn
II the sage Of Princetsa =
Named. He WIZ Sap
port Hin.
MCCLELLAN is OUT OF n

New York. June ao.-(spectal)->A
sudden change in the prospect = to
the Democratic nomination for the
Presidency came today with the re-
turn OF c. f. Murphy to the Cleveland
boom. the first declaration by Mayor
Mcclellan In a renunciatory vein upon
the agitation of his own name. and
marked revival Of interest among the
Tammany following In the St Louis
convention.
For several weeks Murphy had been
peculiarly silent respecting the Presi-
Dental situation. and during this
period the Mcclellan boom had waxed
strong. Today the condolences q
Murphy's statement and McCleIlanss
attitude makes 1t certain that the
Mayor had retired.
Mr.. Murphy's statement foIlows:
Statement of Murphy.
Il would like to say, In view Of the
reports that am booming a candidate,
that l am. booming no candidate.
am instructed for Parker. but I still
hold my original opinion. / still think
Cleveland the strongest man that can
be nominated and he IL growing
stronger every day.
Several other Tammany leaders de-
clared for Cleveland later in the day.
From where does the demand for
his nomination conner was asked.
From the people," was his prompt
response.
Questioned more closely as to what
delegates he expected to lead the
Cleveland movement in the convention,
Mr.. Murphy said:
He might get New Jersey and the
other States will follow"
Mr.. Mcclellan agreed to withdraw
from the Presidential race only after
the nomination for Governor next fall
was promised to him.
A special from Washington tonight
says:
Bry.n's Changed Attitude.
1t was autheptically stated here to-
day that w. J. Bryan has tacitiy pro-
missed that II ex-Presidsnt Cleveland IL
nominated at ct. Louis, he will not
bolt the ticket.
Several days ago men of great prone
inence in the Conservative Democracy
waited upon Mr.. Bryan. or sent repre-
sentatives to him, and told him that IL
was not among the improbable things
of the convention that Cleveland would
be nominated. and asked what he
would do. At first he made threats.
and said he would never support tho.
former President under any circum-
stances.
Then the representatives of the Cons
servatives began to work upon him.
They told him in plain terms that the
Conservative Democrats would control
the coming convention with great ease
and that they would control the party
in the future as they had done up TO
the time of the first nomination Of
Bryan. They would like to get alona
Rmiably with the Nebraska man II he
would permit.
Threat of Conservatives.
But If he wished to bolt and make
fight they would furnish him with
assurances that If he ever attempted
to aspire to Office again they would
guarantee that what they would do to
him would be sufficient to last him for
a life time They would withdraw
support of every kind, including fnan-
cidl. from him for any efforts he might
make in Nebraska to come to Unised
States Senate this year or any other
year and would watch every oppor-
tunity to squelch him whenever he
showed his head.
They told him that they had sup
ported him eight and four years ago
and expected him to do the same thing
for their friend this year If he should
happen to be nominated. Mr.. Bryan
acquiesced and said he would swallow
Cleveland IL necessary. but declared
would ever get to that point.
Tn promise made by Bryan Is re-
gaEded as so important that the Cleve-
land Democrats have gone ahead with
greater vigor in their plans in his be-
half than ever before and are ex-
tremely hopeful that their plans to
nominate Cleveland will not miscarry.
CleyeIand's Backers Seem SanEuiae.
In fact the plans are represented as
being in such shape tkat the hackers
of the Princeton man are looking
around for a running mate and they
have about made up their mind that
he should be Marshall Field OF Chica-
CO.
II Field should decline to become
candidate, second place on the ticket
will be offered to John r. Mclean OF
Ohio. However. 1t is confidently ex-
pected that Field will agree to become
the Vice Presidential nominee. AS fer
Mclean he does not know whether
some OF the Tom johnson Democrats
would give him the hearty and loyal
support that would be necessary to
help the ticket in Ohio. But In iii.
nois there is Democratic hope and
Marshall Field Is the man who must
be nominated, 1t is urged. in order for
the Democrats to attain success next
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