The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-07-06
Hearst News Service.

JSuuluSS bryan, VI NeuIdShd tut
vice-president-but let us not antici-
pate.
So far as the Nebraskan is concern
ed, it is all over but the shouting. The
convention to be opened tomorrow by
the Democracy of the nation is to be
a ratification melting, not a free-for-
all race. The hundreds or delegates
and thousands of other visitors as
sembled here today are practically
unanimous on this point. The New
York and Minnesota delegations with
a few other anti-Bryan delegates, oc-
cupy forlornly a little island of their
own, entirely surrounded by the dash
ing waves of Bryan enthusiasm. Their
voices are drowned in the rumbling
roar of the Bryan sea, whose sirens
sing only the praises of the Peerless
One. And the wreckage of this sea is
the blasted hopes and bursted boom of
John A. Johnson, of Minnesota.
And this is how it will come about.
A thousand and odd delegates will
gather in the brand new convention
hall, the pride of chesty Denver, and
after transacting the necessary pre-
liminaries, the chairman will announce
that nominations are in order. The roll
of states will be called. When Ne
brascka is reached, the delegates and
some ten or eleven thousand other
leather-lunged disciples of Democracy
will make the welkin ring with shouts.
Then will arise in his place one
lgnatius ]. Dunn, city attorney of
Omaha and one of the delegates at
large from Nebraska. In language
carefully and painstakingly selected
from among the very choicest words
in Webster, the orator from the banks
Of the Big Muddy will enumerate the
civic virtues, the lofty craftsmanship
and the great ability of Nebraskas
candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton.
Again the cheers of the delegates
will ring through the hall spread
throughout the confines of the city and
echo from peak to peak of the snow
clad mountains. With the restoration
of parliamentary calm, Governor
Glenn of North Carolina, famous
throughout the country as the sworn
foe of the demon rum. will make the
first seconding speech.
Afterward, the formality of a vote.
Alabama, Arkansas, California. Colo
rado-none of these delegations will
lose any time in climbing into the
Bryan band wagon. Little Delaware.
with its six votes, will announce for
its fayorite son, Judge George Gray,
and relapse into painful and abashed
silence. Governor johnson, who will
be nominated by Representative Win
field s. Hammond, of the Second Min
nesota district, will get the vote of
Minnesota, and possibly that of New
York and New Jersey. These, how
ever, are mere details. At Bryan head
quarters, it is alleged that the Nebras-
kan will receive in the neighborhood of
800 votes on the first ballot That will
be a plenty, thank you, since only 672
are required for the necessary two
thirds to nominate.
With the formality' of ratifying the
candidacy of Bryan out of the way,
the delegates will settle down to the
transaction of the real business of
the convention, that of agreeing upon
a vice presidential nominee In this
respect, the gathering will be coun-
terpart of the Republican convention
in Chicago.
From all present indications Govern
or Johnson has decided lead in the
vice presidential race. Little atten-
ton is paid to the announcements that
he is not a candidate and would not
accept. Those who favor him say that
while he has been successful in Min
nesota he has not won such a place
~ MS pdAty lhdt NC Souiu dHOfu 10 de-
cline nomination for second place on
Democratic national ticket. They
contend that he is the one available
man who would properly supplement
Mr.. Bryan's candidacy, say that he has
been put forward as the candidate for
the presidency by Eastern Democrats
and urge that those Democrats would
support him just as strongly for vice
president and declare they must have
him"
John Mitchell, former president of
the United Mine Workers of America,
is also prominently mentioned for sec
ond place on the ticket. and has many
supporters among the delegates. 1t is