The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-03
THlRTY-NINE MENTIONED A.
PROBABLE RUNNING MATE.
ALL NOT IN HARMONY
w. .. Bryan VIII Be. in Close Touch
With Convention Golnss on and
VIII Go 70 Denver II His Presence
he Needed.

- ANoAN
and a score or more Of s%ightseers
bound for the Colorado city arrived in
Lincoln late tonight. During a heavy
rainstorm which occurred in the fore
moor in making puddles in the roads
to Fairview and beating down the
hay fields Of Mr.. Bryan and his neigh
bors.
Mr.. Bryan met the visitors at noon
at the Lincoln hotel, holding a brief
receptions in IN Of the parlors, after
he entertained them at a hastily ar
ranged luncheon in a private dining
room. Later most Of the visitors
made a pilgrimage to Fairyiew and
were shown the Bryan home.
Candidates Numerous.
Sitting the statements made by del
egates after talking with Mr.. Bryan it
may safely be stated that the demo-
cratic political candidate Will leave
the platform makers and the vice
president canvass alone. Only urgent
necessity such as threatened the pas
sage Of a plank repugnant to what
the Nebraskan considers progressive
democratic doctrine, or a considerable
move in favor of some vice presiden-
tial candidate whose views and polit-
ieal practice are antagonistic to the
platform will constrain Mr.. Bryan to
Interfere. So far, however, it is be
lieyed Mr.. Bryan has nothing against
any of the 80 running mates reported
as having been mentioned to date. "A
great majority Of them, of course, are
not taken seriously. The very num-
Der of possibilities is taken here as
proof positive that no man so far
mentioned has received assurance of
active support from MI. Bryan.
May Go TO Denver.
However, should occasion arise for
it, Mr.. Bryan has provided the means
for prompt action. Lincoln will be in
| close touch with the convention hall.
Friends in thorough accord with his
wishes will keep him promptly in
formed of every move of the commit
tees and on the convention floor. BY
the same means Mr.. Bryan, if com
PEELED to by some move radically a
tagonistic to his Judgment, will make
his voice heard at Denver with great
~celerity.
The delegates who talked with MI.
bryan here today were D. j. Campau
and Emory Kirby of Michigan; Bird
S. Coler and William Sulzer OF New
York; j.. w. Kern, J. E. Lamb, Claude
Bowers, $. w. Kahn and Abram Sim
mons of Indiana; r.. Il. Clayton Of
Alabama; Clyde -. Johnson of West
Virginia; John Garlnan and d. Gin
ton DE Witte of Pennsylvania and /.
Dunn Of Omaha, who will make the
speech nominating Mr.. Bryan. Others
who paid their respects to the Ne
braskan we're Don FernsWorth of Chi
cage; T. ID. Ryan, national commit.
~teenan from Wisconsin; J.. G. John
son OF Kansas, who was chairman OF
the executive committee of the nation
al committee in 1896; Slower Jack
son. chairman Of the Indiana state
central committee and w. q. Chiffon.
who is credited with influential work
in sueeirng instructions for Bryan in
the West Virginia convention. Mr..
Ghilton's private interests in affairs
at Denver is found in his desire to
succeed John r. McGray as national
committeeman. All was not harmon
ious in state politics between Messrs.
MeGraW and Chiffon, and .Chilton's
friends, notably Arthur English, who
is accompanying him to Denver, de
Glare that Of West Virginia's ID dele.
gates, seven are for Chiffon, five for
McGraw and two non-committal.
Clayton tried throughout the day to
start work on his speech as perma,
nent chairman of the convention but
was interrupted SO constantly that he
made no Roadway. i'd
Begins Writing Address.
Even at Fairview where he and Mr.
Bryan discussed outlines of the ad
dress. the Alabaman was able to make
only a few notes.
It is his intention to begin work or
the speech soon as possible after his
arrival at Denver at z o'clock tomor
row morning.
Resembles Chicago.
The Lincoln hotel lobby in a small
way today was reminiscent Of Chi
cago hotels during the republican
convention. Politics formed the on.
topic of conversation. The genera
sentiment was that the antiinjunc
ton section of the declaration OF pol
icy should and would be straight-for
ward but that some provision for thu
issuance Of writs Of ex parte hear
ings, in extreme cases, should be re
tanned. The delegates seem to take 4
for granted that other features urged
by labor organizations would be en-
bodied in the plank. The one discord
ant note was sounded by Bird 8
Cpler, who declared that he stood