Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-08
BRYAN SURE As TAFT
Chances For His Nomination at
Denver Apparently as Good
as Ohioan's at Chicago
WILL NOT SUPPORT JOHNSON
In Event of Bryan's Failure to Land
Nomination cuIberson Will Fall Heir
to the Honor-Taft Supporters Said
to Be Considering Crane for Run
ming Mate.

Washington, June Swim the NOM
nation of Taft at Chicago as assured
as anything in politics can be sure, the
prospective action of the convention
to be held at Denver next month is
going to come in for more attention.
of preventing the nomination of Bryan,
but the anti-Bryanites may make as
Woeful showing at Denver as the
anti-Taftites are making at Chicago.
1t is difficult to see how any combina-
ton can prevent Bryan's nomination,
but we get back to the original prop
osition that nothing is sure in politics
until it has been accomplished.
There has been lot of talk lately
that in the event Bryan discovered his
own nomination impossible he would
throw his influence to Senator Charles
eddy is true that Bryan would be as
Well satisfied with the nomination OF
Culberson as he would be with that of
any man who possibly could supplant
him, but despite the authoritative
source" from which the information Is
said to have come, it is open to very
serious doubt whether Mr.. Bryan has
seriously considered any alternative to
his own nomination. The opposition
lacks a lot Of having demonstrated that
it can control a third of the delegates
to the Denver convention. Assured OF
a clear majority and with the chances
largely in favor of his having two
thirds on the first ballot, man would
be the deepest, darkest, darkest sort of
pessimist who could see anything but
victory before him. And MIR. Bryan's
faults, whatever they may be, have
never included the fault of pessimism
toward his own political fortunes.
There is reason to believe, however,
that Mr.. Bryan and his advisers have
Senator Culberson good deal In mind
these days. Not only will the con-
vention at Denver nominate candi-
date for president, but 1t must select
man for second place on the ticket
The Texas senator's qualifications for
only would it be a recognition of the
south, a long-overdue debt the demo-
cratic party owes the stronghold of
democracy, but Culberson's nomination
for vice president would lend strength
to the ticket in the east, probably az
much as would the nomination of any
eastern man. He would be acceptable
to Bryanites everywhere and would be
especially strong in the southwest 1t
goes almost without saying that he is
eminently qualified to preside over the
body of which he has been one of the
leading ornaments, and nowhere would
there be apprehension should he be
elected to the second and called upon
to discharge the duties of the first
place.
One of the most interesting tales
coming out of Chicago is that the
Taft people have serious designs of
Senator Winthrop Murray Crane of
Massachusetts for the vice presidential
strangest coincidents Of politics
should Crane, who has been the main
stay of the allied opposition to Taft,
be made Taft's running mate.
But it must be remembered that
Taft and Crane have not quarreled,
that there has been no rupture in their
friendly personal relations. 1t is a
well-known fact that Taft was Cranes
original choice for the presidency, but
being a lover of peace and very
earnest advocate of party harmony, he
tried to patch up the differences be-
tween Taft and Foraker. Failing in
this, he wiped Taft's name off his pres
Dental slate and went over to the
camp of Fairbanks, Cannon, Knox, ct
al.
According to the Chicago dispatches,
1T is either the vice presidential nom
ination of the Craftsmanship of the
national committee for Crane. In the
latter role he undoubtedly would shine,
for there never was a man in public
life with a greater knack than Crane
for getting men to do things they don't
want to do. AS they would be quite
a lot Of men with no feverish desire
to get out and whoop it up for Taft,
this attribute in the national chairman
would he most valuable.