The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-07
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resolution ludnruins him for President IN
ipH IL presented ~ the convention
During the DAY Bryan Wa Tho Ioe subject
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wa The topic that candidates w~rN lsnoruI
and little interest manifested In tho coming
nominations,
When tho district convention me this
evening TO appoint Tho several members ~
convention committees tho foremost Bryan
men Of the districts we're put forward a.
candidates, and In tho great majority 81
cases were chosen without opposition.
The resolutions committee Ia made up 81
strong Bryan men, many Of whom went
into temporary retirement during the
Parker campaign,
More than at sny time since the talk Of
indorsing Bryan began the different ele-
ments Of the party seem now to be- united
upon him. Even some Of the most ultra
conservatives are shouting for him. and IL
IL only now and then that q voice il raised
TO suggest that the proposed resolution may
he premature.
To the surprise Of the leaders, Col. Charles
l.. Jewett, who left the party in 1899, made
speeches for Mckinley and accepted a
commission in the Spanish war, has CON
up to the convention a. a pronounced
Bryan man and IL warmly advocating the
adoption Of the resolution declaring for him
in 1908.
State Senator Lew v. Ulery, who led the
Hearst forces in the Twelfth district two
years ago, and through whose influence
two Hearst delegates were sent TO the st.
Louis convention, only to have their hands
tied by the unit rule, to-day declared his
preference for Bryan. and said the district.
with Bryan in prospect a. a candidate two
years hence, will give its old time Demo-
cratic majority this fall.
Everything points to the most enthusiastic
convention tomorrow that the Democrats
nave had in a decade.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark June 6,-Amid scenes
Of the widest enthusiasm the Arkansas
State Democratic convention to-day in
dorsed William Jennings Bryan rs the Demo-
cratic Presidential candidate in 1908.
The resolution indorsing Mr.. Bryan
was adopted with tumuituo us unanimity,
although friends OF William Randolph
Hearst fought hard to stay the pro-
ceedings and to check the Bryan wave by
IA proposition TO submit the matter to the
voters at large at the next Democratic
primary.
But the Bryan thrill. were too cleo trio
and carried the assembly with a rush.
At the same session Jefferson Davis was
nominated for the United States Senate to
succeed Senator Berry. He accepted in a
characteristic speech which was enthusiastic
cally received,
But the convention did not know what
genuine enthusiasm was until Chance lor
Humphreys presented the resolution in
dorsing Bryan. Immediately a dozen dele
gates with Hearst l~eanings were on their
feet, but their protests were drowned utterly
in the wild yells that greeted the name Of
the Great Comfnoner, ana the lndorSe-
ment went through without n dissenting
voice being heard,
The following ticket was nominated:
Senator. Jefferson Davis; Governor, John s..
Little; Attorney General, W. F. Kirby;
Secretary of State, o. C. Ludwig; Auditor,
A. c. Moore; Treasurer, j. L. Yates; Superin-
tendent Of Public Instruction, j. j. Doyne;
Associate Justice Supreme Court, j. c. Red
dick: Commissioner Of Mines, Manufactures
and Agriculture, Guy B. Tucker; Land Com
missioner, l.. l.. Coffman; Railroad Com
missioners, H. T. Hampton and j. W.
Crockett.
YANKToN, s. D., June e.-The State
Democratic convention to-day Endorsed
William Jennings Bryan for President in
1908 and nominated the following ticket:
For Congress, W, j. Elder Of Lawrence
county andS A. Ramsey OF Sanborn county;
for Governor, j. A. Stranskey Of Brule
county; for Lieutenant-G Governor, James
Coffee of Walworth county; for Secretary
OF State, Frank Latta of Hyde county; for
State Auditor, John Hayes OF Stanley
county; for State Treasurer, C. w. Martin
of Grant county; for Attorney-G %eneral,
c. j. B. Harris Of Yankton county.
Tn convention was enthusiastic for