Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
FAIR SKIES At DENVER
Early, Morning Scenes in the
Convention City.
PLANS OF THE MANAGERS
Nomination for President Probable
Thursday.
ADJOURNMENT FRIDAY LIKELY
New York's Failure to Lead SIAM
pede Against Bryan Regarded as
Insuring His Success.
ADJOURNMENT FRIDAY LIKELY

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of the morning found the thousands of
delegates, alternates and spectators from
all parts of the country beginning to
stream toward the great auditorium.
where the democratic national conven-
ton will be in session for the next three
| days.
The unusual feature Of the first days
program was the plan to adjourn at an
early hour as mark of respect to the
memory of ex-President Grover Cleveland.
the last democrat who occupied the ex-
| allied Office Of chief magistrate Of the ma
ton. This adjournment. however, is not
expected to delay materially the work
of the convention. for today's session was.
! as usual. planned to be preliminary in
It's nature. including only the call to order
by Thomas Taggart of Indiana. chair
man Of the retiring national committee:
the reading of the call for the convention
by Secretary Trey Woodson the opening
| prayer by Archbishop John ]. Keane of
Wyoming, the announcement of the tenn
porary convention officers selected by the
national convention and the confirmation
by the convention, the opening address
by Temporary Chairman Theodore A. Bell
OF California and the announcement of
the several committees selected by the
caucuses of the state delegations. These
| committees, on credentials permanent or
ganization, rules and order of business
platform and resolutions. will proceed
with their work after the convention has
takeE it's recess until tomorrow.
The program for tomorrow provides for
the completion of permanent organiZa-
ton. the address of the permanent chair
| man. Representative Henry d. Clayton of
Alabama, and the receipt and adoption
of the reports of the committees appointed
| today. 1t is expected that the nominal
ton of neither President nor Vice Presi-
dent will be reached before Thursday;
that day the head of the ticket will prob
the vice presidential candidate is expected
to be deferred until Friday. after which
the convention will adjourn.
There is no reason apparent at present
to expect the convention to extend beyond
thai day.
Yesterdays late hours brought forth
some interesting developments in the mat
ter of the presidential nomination and
were marked by increasing urgency of eff
fort on the part of the elements opposed
to William j. Bryan to prevent his nomi-
nation. There were several conferences
in this behalf and the opposition showed
its purpose to leave no smallest stone I'M
| turned in the search for delegates who
might be prevailed upon to vote against
| the Nebraskan. Those who are leading
this effort admit that it is in the nature Of
| a forlorn hope: but" they say, "forlorn
hopes have been known to turn the tide
of great battles. We have still two days
in which to continue this fight and we
purpose to continue it till there is not a
shot left to be fired.
Interest in New York's Action.
AS has been the case so often before
New York state, with It's handsome total
Of seventy-eight delegates, bound under
its unit rule to vote as one, Is the center
of interest. 1t is recognized by both sides
swung into the fight against Bryan it
would have immense and perhaps decisive
weight against him. attracting as it al
most certainly would, the delegations of
| other states who will vote for him unless
they see definite prospect of success on
the other side. The New York people held
their caucus and made their selections for
the committees. also electing Leader
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall as
chairman of the delegation. They took
| and none upon that of the member Of the
national committee, the place now held by
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo.
1t was announced last night by friends
Of Charles A. Towne of New York that in
| the matter of the vice presidency the
| event would find New York free lance
| on this subject and that State Senator
Thomas F. Grady OF Tammany would
| place Mr.. Towne's name before the con-
| vention as candidate for vice president
Most interest was displayed at the caucus
| In the matter Of the so-called Injunction
plank in the platform and q subcommit-
tee was appointed to consider the matter
The caucus adjourned until 10 a m. today.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan attach much
| importance to the fact that Lewis Nixon
was made chairman of the subcommittee
| on the anti-injunction plank, while Judge
Alton b. Parker, who will be the states
| lutions. was given second place on the
| subcommittee. Mr.. Nixon Is known as q
| warm friend OF Mr.. Bryan. and his promi-
| nence In the Tammany activities Is in
terpreted by the Bryan people as indi-
eating that New York in the final show
down. will support Bryan.
Fatal to Anti-Bryanites.
The Importance Of the leadership of
New York Is apparent in a review of
figures given out last night for the first
time by the anu-Bryan people as setting
| forth the theory on which they have been
working.
They claim that timely utterance of
New York against Bryan would have
rallied total Of $40 votes-ffteen more
than enough to prevent his winning the
| tWo-thlrds vote necessary for nomination.
This is the strength they are counting on:
Alabama, l; Florida. Z: Georgia. %; Louis
lana, IS: West Virginia. IA; North Caro-
lima. "a: Connecticut, IL: Delaware, &;
4 damD-
shire. 4: New Jersey, "a: New York. *.
Pennsylvania, 4s; Rhode Island, 4: Yer
mont. 8; Minnesota. %: Ohio, Il; Wiscon-
sin. 9; Alaska 8; Porto Rico, 6. Total.
| $40
| New York's failure to lead the stampede
| against Bryan was generally accepted
last night as fatal to the hopes Of his
| opponents; even some of the most san
suine admitting privately that it is now
too late to rally an effective combina-
! ton.
Work on the Platform.
Appointment of the credentials COM
mittee today will bring the platform
question defnately to the fore this aft
| ernoon and interest is increasing hour
ly in the declaration which is likely to
be made on the subject of the use OF
the lnJunctions and court orders in
| labor controversies. There is no end to
the gossip on the subject, and tentative
pianks are Of almost hourly production
from this source and that. The real
work Is being done by an informal
| committee headed by Gov Haskell of