The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-04-02
BRYAN is
WATCHING
Anti.DTyanIteS al Work in East
and The COmmOneT
Visits

attribute a hidden slgnit-
lcance to tho visit Of william Jen-
nings Bryan in Washington today
The establishment OF Johnson head
quarters here and in New York aud |
other eastern cities, and rumors of
a plan to capture the eastern dele
cations at Denver for the Minnesota |
man, have caused some trcpidation |
among the Nebraskan's supporters |
in Washington, Mr. Bryan will hold !
several important conferences with
Democratic leaders in Washington
today.
Tomorrow Mr. Bryan will invade
Pennsylvania, one OF the strongholds
Of the opposition 10 his candidacy,
speaking tomorrow evening in Pitts
burg, Reports state that the mem
bers OF the Pennsylvania Bryan
league have arranged an elaborate
reception for their chief, and that
his appearance in the Smoky City
will mark the beginning OF deter
mined campaign TO contest the state
delegation in the interest OF the Ne
braskan.
From Plttsburg Mr. Bryan will go
to Psrkersburg w. Va and thence
to Kansas City, Mo, whore he will
be the guest Of honor at one OF the
greatest political bsnquets ever held
In the West, to be held Monday
night. On Tuesday he will be in
Lincoln and will entertain the Dem
ocratlc and Populst editors OF Ne
braska at a banquet, Later next
week he will begin western tour
that will include cities and towns in
Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and
Iowa.
While Mr. Bryan is engaged in
swinging around the circle his OPP
ponents in the East will be busly
engaged in manufacturing Johnson
thunder in the hope OF preventing
the Nehraskan's nomination for the
presidency. The anti-Bryanites hope
TO secure control OF the delegations
from New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware and Massachusetts,,
with possibly several others, In New
York, the Bryan opposition is headed
by Mayor Mcclellan and Charles f,
Murphy, while other prominent poll
tiCians have taken the lead in other
eastern states While Johnson is
considering the logical choice of the
anti-Bryanites, either Judson Har-
mon Of Ohio, or Judge Gray OF Della
ware would be acceptable as COM
promise.
According to report much work
has already been quietly done In or
ganizing the antiBryan men in Penn
sylyania, Massachusetts and New Jer-
sey, ans the indications are, it was
said, that the campaign will be a
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
necessary to prevent nomination
it was stated that the hackers of the
movement expect that If they can
control the solid delegations from
four important states they will have
little difficulty in rallying other del
egations about them, and in that way
massing enough to defeat a nomina-
ton on the first ballot.
New York has seventy-eight dele.
gates, Pennsylvania, sixty-eight;
Massachusetts,, thirty-two and New
Jersey, twenty-four, total OF 202
There are 965 votes and Mr.. Bryan
will have to get 643. To prevent his
nomination on the first ballot, his
opponents will have to muster 32l
votes. 1t was pointed out by friends
Of the Nebraskan that he has many
friends in all the states mentioned
and that, while uninstructed dele
cations might be sent from each t
the convention, 1t would hardly bt
possible for the anti-Bryan men tC
capture all the delegates from each
Of the states. On the other hand, il
was stated that, with the air of tho
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 vii
send delegation instructed fol
Johnson, and of Delaware, which has
already signiiied its intention Of
sending It's delegates pledged tC
Judge Gray, Massachusetts, through
its state committee has refused t
declare for Bryan and North Caro-
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