The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-09
TOUCH ON DENVER
CONVENTION, BLYTHE SAYS. IS BEING
City of Lights HoIds the Bax--Tt is Sur. Geefed, More or Lees r1ippanfiy, Ihnt New fs the Time for
 Retort from Oyster Bay.


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 Washington Post.
 these endless plains cultivated by dry farm ing and populated by dry farrnera thass scores of pnblicists who left the canned eon- en upon an embalmed convention in Dem yer, where the immortal doctrines of the tality and put on their imnorteiios. There has been vast mistake some where We have ben psipitating with the Lights--some of them uniighted. but inc City of Lights. just the same was to have Democratic national convention early in mate. where the sun shines $50 days in the xear-when t shines-and where the air is er-where the percentage of humidity is SO low you have to dampen your glass of wa sirb s oslo5e apa .S y0a drnh h,s hmpsnver mile timss-Denyer was to have Democratic
 We have read of this and what do we findy We find that Lincoln. Nebr.. has reached out greedily and snatched from the City of Lights that proud prerogativs for each with Tn God We Trust on it: we find that. the Democratic national conven- Denver will get win be the cheering priv ilege.
 What the Delegates Are to Do.
 handful more than 1000 delegates will obtrude themselves on this city, thinking they have something to do And they will skyroekets. fire off the roman candles. and at the proper moment touch e stick of punk to the set piece that will presently liam Jennings Bryan deiineated in living fire. the champion of the people and the boss of the whole works.
 The conyention that Is to be held in Den. yer had already been held in that charm cd the gold paint on the dome of the cap- itai building to silver In order to be in con sonanse s.'n with those departed ideas that pro. Vide for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 1s to i--you remember one Ablegate sitting on his broad porch. ever and anon Klancing at his blooded heif- CTS CTS or str stroiling to the big tent on the lawn. the admiring populace. has held this con yention. I,a.. writtsg It's platform. outlined its lifted weak voices in prntest--one Ablegafe, with calm and unwrinkled dome of thought, calm and unwrinkled new pair the situation that makes the steel ahears of rolling mill look like the hand eIsap Chance for Repartee % u from SyEsSsh oyster sn Rsn
 MT. Bryan has frequently said President Roosevelt filched the Rryan policies which ic party. Should Mir Roosevelt feel in the mood to retalIate. he can hand out a state ment at oyster Bay claiming that Mir. vention idea. eN'" eN'"
 It Is well enough known that Mfr. Roose- Welt controlled the Chicago convention that nominated Taft, but his control of that Chi cago convention was mere supervision com pared to that of MT. Bryan over the Denver
 However. we are going through the form out here in Denver. beginning when Mir Bell of California tolIed a few times ns temporary chairman. It was Mir Bryan who rang the Bell. The executive committee of the Democratic national committee ilsten- rnEA AAu and then said: We have chosen Bell, of California The executive committee for oays had been listening intently for word from Lincoln. and the hearing of Tom Tas gart and Roger Sullivan and Urey woodsou mas become so acute they can hear the naer-
 Correspondents in Suspense.
 70 Tar as the prelminaries have been concerned. 1t has been most exciting time. porters could have been found standing in me loebies of the Brown Palace Hotel gag mantel and waiting. hoping, praying, that somepoay would fall over the balustrads of ths T eighth floor and make spash.
 talked mysteriously of things that might happen. They claimed 400 votes on the first oaiot' and excited only languid inquirI1s as to whey they were not real claimants' ana put the total on the first ballot for their man at a thousand. "
 The Johnson boom arrived and r,ada some noise-not much, but some. The John- son people could figure out only 300 and
 
 ing them to be rather amateruish fieurers There were the same old stories of a stam. J peoe away from Bryan. but stampede sto- ries fail to excite in these high attitudes. The hot air swirled and circIed up aesinst the glass ceiling. Now and again a boardar sa the hotel. looking for bath towel, made haf dozen laps around the gallery
 Greek letter society convention tried to liven len things up bit by emitting college ysnor,s yss, out s sne executive committee and the
 Wait for the Platform From Lincoln. , Ihe platform 1t was learned. was to discussion as to what would be in it
 Pilgrims from the East and West who i nao stopped of ct Lincoln brought word of this' None Of the information was import ant Tor MT Bryan has a tantalizing way or picking his own messengers instead If And it all simmered down to talk shou, the Vice-Presidential candidacy, There uyere forty or more candidates mentioned" Any man who had an ambition to be mention l ed was in hard luck if he couldn't eat a | line in the dispatches. sS-
 The aspirants range from Conrad of Mon- tanas who wants to be named because he Is millionaire. to some others who thought they might be chosen because they Meantime. the fact that William Jennings Bryan Is in absolute control was apparent IL was so patent that nobody would argue about it. Meantime, also, 1t was known that William Jennings Bryan will be content I'd tsy isy a Few ideas. policies and theories on the sneH this time, if he thinks he can get united party behind him.
 soft Pedal Business
 He will put the soft pedal every timA 1t seems the right time to shade the music MT, Bryan wants to be President. He is making his last start. He will see to 1t that he is not hampered. Therefore, in the interest of the eternal fitness of things it would seem that the ticket should be VII liam Jennings Bryan for President and John W; Kern of Indiana. for Vice. President. tdent and Kern has been defeated twice for Governor of Indiana.