Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-07-03
# GRAY IS WILLING
Democrats May Give Him the
Second Place on Ticket
BRYAN ON ANTI-INJUNCTl0N
His Radical Views Do Not Meet
With Favor and May Be Opposed
Fight Against Federation of Labor
Proposition Considered Likely

Fight Against Federation of Labor
Proposition Considered Likely
Denver, July 1.-Although candi-
dates for the nomination for vice presi-
dent on the Democratic ticket are nu-
merous, and despite the fact that their
number Is likely to be largely increased
before a choice is actually made, it is
the general opinion among such lead
ers Of the party that are now here that
if George Gray of Delaware will de-
clare his Willingness to accept the sec
ond place on the ticket he can have it.
Josiah Marvel, manager Of the Gray
presidential campaign, who has ar
rived in Denver, will not, however.
give his consent He insists that the
Delaware man is candidate for first
place. and when it has been settled that
he cannot have first place 1t will be am
pie time to place him in running for the
secondary position, provided he cares
to take it Marvel denies, however,
that Gray will be satisfied with any
thing less than the head of the ticket.
1t IS well known that Mr. Bryan
would be pleased to have Gray for the
vice presidential candidate, and the
only thing that prevents the latter
from becoming a leading candidate for
/ that position is the simple but all-power-
full fact that he will not declare him
self to be a candidate at all.
The Gray presidential boom has been
formally launched and headquarters
were opened in the Savoy hotel yester-
day afternoon. A corps of bill-stickers
were going about the hotels, putting up
Autographs of the Delaware candidate.
No other pictures have been placed as
yet and the Gray men secured the most
prominent places in the Hobbies of all
| the leading hotels.
The Johnson headquarters will not
be opened for several days, and the
date on which the Bryan banners will
be thrown out has not yet been deter
mined, but 1t will be Saturday or Sun
day, after the arrival of the Nebraska
delegation.
1t is certain thatthere will be a strong
| fight in the committee on resolutions,
and possibly on the floor of the con-
ventiOn itself. over the anti-inj junction
plank. Word has come Indirectly from
Lincoln that Bryan is In favor of
plank somewhat radical in nature, and
1t is certain that such men as Sullivan,
national committeeman from Illinois,
and Chairman Taggart Of the national
committee are strongly opposed to it.
Sullivan gave out a statement in
which he favored equal rights before
the law" and used other expressions
of a similar character which were con-
strued to mean that he was opposed
to strong anti-injunction plank. 1t
is well known that between Bryan and
Sullivan and other influential mem
bers Of the Illinois delegation no par
ticular amount Of love is lost, and re-
ports have been circulated that If an
anti-injunction plank is adopted more
radical in its character than the ILL
nois people feel they can approve, that
the state, when 1t comes to balloting
for president, will break away from
its Bryan instructions. Sullivan de-
MED this.
Dor plank were strengthened by the ar
rival of Charles G.. Heifner of Wash
ington state Heifner announced en-
phatically that the Pacific coast and
particularly Washington, was opposed
to the adoption of such plank as was
presented at Chicago by the American
Federation of Labor THE adoption
by our party OF such plank would be
a transparent sop to union labor
which would be repugnant to voters in
all sections of the country. 1t will be
a promise that no law-making body
would be willing TO fulfil.
The coming of Heifner with his
statement of the sentiment on the Pa
cific coast against the proposed anti
injunction plank, and the announce
ment in the east that Martin W. Little
ton of New York will come here TO
make a fight against the insertion of
such a plank in the platform easily
makes this question the most important
under discussion. New England is said
| to be opposed to the plank, and New
Jersey and Pennsylvania also are ac-
credited with pronounced antagonism
to such a resolution. II the New York
delegation and the Pacific coast dele
cations should take determined stand
against it, the fight would assume for
midable proportions.
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