The San Francisco call., 1906-08-04
Nebraskan' Name to Be
Offered for Endorsement
in New York Convention
AWAITED
BY POLITICIANS
Jerome's Refusal to Run
for Governor Disappoints
the Democratic Leaders
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.

NE YORK. Aug. s.-w. j.
Bryanis name will be brought
before the Democratic State
Convention in a resolution in
dorsing him as the Democratic candi-
date for President in 1908, and the Dem
ocratic leaders are waiting with some
interest to see what attitude the sup
porters of W. R. Hearst in the conven-
tion will take on the resolution. Nor
man E. Mack has announced his inten-
tion of offering the Bryan resolution,
which will be similar in tenor to other
resolutions Of Endorsement which have
been adopted in the Democratic State
conventions of many of the Western
States.
Mack is the New York member of the
Democratic National Committee and
while he is a warm friend and admirer
of Bryan. he has also declared in favor
of the nomination of Hearst for Gov
ernor on the Democratic ticket. The
great body of the Hearst men, however,
following the example set by Hearst,
have carefully avoided the Bryan boom.
That Hearst's real object IN running
for Governor of New York this fall and
thereby assuring the election of the
Republican candidate is to become a
candidate for the Presidency in 1908
is the opinion of the conservative DEM
ocratic leaders. They hold this opinion
in spite of Hearst.s declaratioB that he
VIII not be a candidate for the Presi-
dency and they fortify it by directing
attention to the uneoncealed hostility
of the Hearst boomers to Bryan and his
friends.
The Bryanites are convinced that
they will have to fight Hearst" two
years from now, and are waiting for
Hearst to begin the battle. There was
much disappointment today among The
Democratic leaders over the report that
Attorney Jerome had decided that he
did not care to run for Governor this
year. The overwhelming sentiment
shown in the meeting of the Democratic
State committee against the sociaIistic
ana radical assaults which are being
made upon the State organization has
encouraged the leaders TO believe that
the independent candidacy of Hearst
will have little effect upon the Demo
cratic vote if the right man is chosen
to head the Democratic ticket
In the conference of the members of
the committee which followed the meet
ing it was shown that Hearst has failed
to make any Impression upon the DEM
ocratic organization except in the
western part of the State.
In spite of the enthusiasm and wide
spread interest aroused by the coming
reception to Bryan on his return to
this country on August 80. the man
ayers of the reception are puzzled by
the failure of the plan to raise by pop
ular subscription the $4,000 required
to defray the expenses of the celebra-
tion.
Bryan, in a letter to William Hoge,
head Of the Commercial Travellers Anti
Trust League. suggested that the money
required be raised by subscription. no
greater than $50 being received. He
also advised the publication OF list Of
subscribers and an account OF the ex-
penditure or the money. It was ex-
pected there would be a food of 81
subscriptions from admirers of Mr.
Bryan, but UP to last night exactly So
had been received from this source. One
Of the dollars came from Pennsylvania,
another from Washington and the
third from Wilmington, Del. Not one
collar subscription has been received
from this State. Altogether the total
amount so far realized is about $500.