Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-28

or the newspapers.
Trust, Tariff and Money Issues
Those issues which develop
strength and on which the Demo-
Gratis are able to make Roadway
against their opponents will be the
issues of the next campaign and
among them will be found anti
Trust and corporation planks, tar
iff-revision plank and scathlnE de-
lnunciatiOn of the financial policy of
/ the present Administration. Senator
/ Culbcrson has already set the ball
upon the Secretary of the Treasury
rolling on the latter issue by calling
! to furnish the Senate with informa-
ton concerning the recent bond is
sue and the deposits of Government
moneys made in the past year.
Question of Platform Dictation
| One thing Mr.. Bryan did discover
on his visit to Washington is that
the Southern Democrats are not dis
Tossed to let him become the Demo-
cratic party candidate for President
and dictate the platform at the same
| time. II is reasonably certain that IL
Mr.. Bryan will acCede to the demand
, from the South for more conserva-
| tism in the statement of future DEM
CCratiC principles there will be abso-
lutely no doubt of his nomination in
the convention next year and that
! the harmony, which Is beginning to
take root in the party in Congress
Iwill spread itself to some extent
through the rank and file of the par
Ity throughout the country. Until
tnat end is accomplished. however,
! Northern Democrats particularly are
| likely to hold their support in abey-
lance and one of the candidates most
considered by them Is Gov. johnson
Ct Minnesota.
JohnSon's Policy of Silence
| While in Washington at the same
time as Mr.. Bryan, Gov. Johnson re-
trained from committing himself on
iany question of politics now agitat-
| ing his party. Although he met and
conferred with Il large number Of his
party leaders, Gov. Johnson, so far
rs can be learned, did not convey to
| anybody what he would or would not
DO IT, In the opinion of part of his
party, It should become necessary to
oppose Mr.. Bryan in the next con-
Ncntion. ...... ....
Kew York May Offer Opposition
So far as information has come to
Washington, Mr.. Bryan is likely to
ne opposed for the nomination by the
delegates from New York state. II is
not unlikely that the Democrats of
That State will have n favorite-son
candidate to hide behind, at least,
when the convention meets. There
may be other States which will adopt
the same tactics with respect to the
Democratic candidates and 1t Is I'M
derstOod here that Gov. Johnson is in
avor of all of them who are not quite
eady yet to accept Mr.. Bryan. Whe-
Their or not Gov. Johnson's name will
We presented to the next convention
depends entirely, in the opinion of
his friends, on such a contingency.
E2epublicans Are Noncommittsl
Republican national committee
men who attended the committee
meeting in Washington were loath
to commit themselves publicly to
my candidate now in the race. David
Hulyane of Kansas and Former Gov
"rnor Hcrrick of Ohio were among
The Few who came out openly Tor
Secretary of War Taft, while Repre-
cntative Frank o. Lowden of I'LL
nois was admittedly in favor OF
Speaker Cannon and Senator PEN
Csc of Pennsylvania was for Sena-
, or Knox. Few Others expressed
heir preferences in the open.
Iaft's Fight With Foraker
In private conversation, however,
t was developed that much of the
| trpngth which has been counted uD-