The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
AGAINST BRYAN
xou<E POLL SHOWS NEBRAsrxAN's
 NOMINATION DOUBTFUL.
Washington Post. January is.
 Vote fn the House.

Tom Johnson .......... ....i1
 FSfty-three of the 1e7 Democrats in posed to the nomination of William Jennings Bryan for the Presidency by the national convention. and will do ali in their power to put him aside and make Governor Johnson. of Minne- sofa. or some other man they consider more available. the nominee.
 This fact was ascertained by poll of the Democratic members completed yesterday by The Post. Of the 1s7 members of the minority party in the House, I5f were interviewed. Two were non-committal Sixteen were absent or flf All indicated their choice with the understanding that their individual preferences should not be made pub- lie, although the Bryan men were for the most part perfectly willing to have their names published.
 ' Each Democrat was asked the fol- lowing question: What candidate do you individually prefer today as the Damocratic nominee for the Presi- dency7" The aggregate reply signi- ned a preference on the part of a great majority of Democrats for Bryan, but not of two-thirds of the number expressing a preference, which any candidate to be successful in the Dem var convention, will need. Nearly all those who voted against the leader of his party in two national campaigns pfefaced their choice with statement 3hAt Mfr. Bryan would probably be nom- mated but would be likely to be de- feated in the election In November.
 Vote an the House.
 The vote was as follows: William Jennings Bryan, of Nebraska, sS: Gov 9rnor Johnson. of Minnesota, 51: Judge Gray, of Delaware. 10; Judson Harmon. of 0hic, q: Senator Culberson. of Tex <e A. Hovarnnr Tolra Smith of csAor. mfa, Il; Justice White, of the Supreme Court of the United States, formerly of Xoufsimna. I; John Sharp Williams. of Mississippi. 1, and Tom Johnson, of CIeveiand. 1.
 should the States vote in the Dem var convention as the choice of their xsprasenfa6fves in the House would in- dscnte, the opposition to Mir. Bryan could muster SIS votes on the first roll call within nineteen votes of enough to prevent his nomination. Should Ohio. where Judson Harmon is considered Presidential timber: Texas, where the pamocrats would like to see Senator Cu1berson made President, and Geor gfa. where Governor Smith has long been considered available, vote with tho opposition to Mir. Bryan on the first ballot the total would be swelfed to 4sS In that case Mir. Bryan would re- eeive but 576 votes on the first ballot, W1lH 8d4 necessary 70 uOInAnauon. ID this count the New England States cf Vermont, New Hampshire. Maine, Con- nectlcut and Rhode Island. which have no Democratic representatives in Con KreAs. but could probably be dsneEdcd upon to send delegations opposed ta Afr. Bryan's nomination. are not inciLd- sd their votes total fifty, bringing the murnber of those who ntight be cppt ssd Co Mr. Bryan on the first ballot ID to As2.
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