Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-27

,pvAN IS WATCH
ING HIS FENCES

zsSNAEn today. The establishment
Iosl,Eon headquarters here and in
Now York and other Eastern cities,
rumors of plan to capture the
~l..orn delegations to Denver for the
.'.,osota man, have caused some
,aanidation among the Nebraskans
supporters in Washington. Mr.. Bryan
wi hold several important confer
oos with Democratic leaders in
washington today.
tomorrow Mr.. Bryan VIII invade
,,,nnsv]vania, one of the stronsholds
~ the opposition to his candidacy,
sneaking tomorrow evening in Pitts
burg Reports state that the members
= tho PENNSYLVANIA Bryan League
hove arranged an elaborate reception
-. their chief, and that his appear
once in the Smoky City will mark the
beginning of determined campaign
~ contest the State delegation in the
Nebraskan
From PittsburS Mr.. Bryan will go 10
parkersburg, W. Va, and thence TO
Kansas City, Mo-, where he will be the
ynest of honor at one Of the greatest
no,itical banquets ever held in the
West. to be held Monday night. On
Tuesday he will be in Lincoln and will
entertain the Democratic and Populist
EDITORS of Nebraska at banquet.
Later next week he will begin a west
ern tour that will include cities and
towns in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska,
and Iowa.
While Mr.. Bryan is engaged III
swinging around the circle, his oppo-
nents in the East will be busily en-
gagged in manufacturing Johnson
thunder, in the hope OF preventing the
Nebraskan's nomination for the presi-
dencv. The anti Bryanites hope 10 Sc
cure control Of the delegations from
New York, Pennsylvania, New JreseH,
Delaware and Massachusetts. with
possibly several others. In New
York, the Bryan opposition is headed
by Mayor Mcclellan and Charles +.
Murphy, while other prominent poll
ticians have taken the lead in otAer
Eastern States. While Johnson is coll
sidered the logical choice of the anti
Bryanites, either Judson Harmon OF
Ohio or Judge Gray OF Delaware,
would be acceptable a. a compromise.
According to report much work has
already been quietly done i'll organ
ling the anti-B Bryan men i'll PennsEI-
Yania, Massachusetts and New Jersey,
and the indications are, il was SAID
that the campaign vii be hard one
for the Bryan men to fight. While the
delegations from the -four States
would not Constitute a third OF the
whole number--a third being neees-
sary to prevent nomination-it was
stated that the hackers Of the move
ment expect that if they can control
the solid delegations from four M
portant States they viii have little dit
fcuty in rallyins other Legations
about them and in that way masSInS
enough to defeat nomination en- the
first ballot.
New York has sevcnty-ei9ht dele
gates, Pennsy lvania. siXty-ei@ht; Mas
sachusetts, thirty-two. and New Ter
sey, twenty-four, total of POP. There
are $50 votes, and Mr.. Bryan will have
to get 643. To prevent his nonfnaAon
on the first ballot, his opponents VIII
have to muster 322 votes. II was
pointed out by friends of the Nebras-
kan that he has many friends in all
the States mentioned, and that, Whlle
uninstructed delegations might be
sent from each of the conventions, II
would hardly be possible for the anu
Bryan men to capture all the dele
gates from each of the States. On the
other hand, it was stated that with
the aid of the unit rule, solid anti
Bryan delegations might be sent to
Denver.
In promoting their campaign the
anti-Bryan forces will have the CO.
operation of Minnesota, which Will
send delegation instructed for john
son, and of Delaware, which has al
ready signified it's intention of send
ing its delegates pledged to Judge
Gray. Massachusetts, through its
State committee has refused to de-
clare for Bryan, and North Carolina,
to the surprise of the Bryanites, failed
TO adopt a BRYAN resolution