The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-01
.HANLER BOONED
AS BRYAN'S NATE
Democrats Select Lieutenant
Governor 20 Combat
Hearst.
SECOND CHOICE
is JUDGE GRAY
Plank to Win Colored Votes and
Strons Labor Proclamation
Now Are Assured.
By ]. C. wELLIvER.

4 DENVER, July 1.-Fearful Of the in
aftentions OF William Randolph Hearst,
ss9ir. Bryan and his friends have about
4 decided that Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
] Ter, lieutenant governor OF New York,
Z shall be named for Vice President, in
3 order to embarrass Mr.. Hearst and
II weaken the effect OF the Independence
H.rarty movement.
Chanler was elected to the second Of
Nice in New York on the Hearst ticket
He is strong with the Hearst followers.
but devoted TO Bryan and opposed to
injecting an Independence national tick
ct this year. II is believed his nominal
ton would go far to weaken the Hearst
movement, and would, for this reason,
strengthen the national ticket at its
most dangerous point.
Democratic leaders throw up their
, hands in despair at the possibility OF
-EIearst making a big fight this year all
lover she country. believing It would ruin
4their chances OF winning. To take away
from Ifearst every excuse for such 4
course. and to give his followers every
recogni tlon possible. is therefore the
policy determined upon at the Lincoln
confer noes.
y Gray Second Choice.
u. New York's delegation will not
agree on Chanler. then Gray will be
preferred by Bryan for second place.
The New York delegation is split over
Vice President, but friends OF Bryan
point out that Chanler was nominated
for lieutenant governor with the sup
pct of Connors, Murphy. Hearst and
all the bosses. and they would find 1t
diff cult now to reject him.
IN fact, by taking up Chanler, Mr..
Bryan seems likely to force Connors
and Murphy to stand by him. while at
the same time diminishing Hearst's pow
er to do harm.
Plank for Negroes.
a Er. Br.,an Is going TO have a negro
plank in the platform, according 10 tho
81 latest from Lincoln, and also plank
4 Ie- bouncing the degeneracy Of the House
n of Representatives under the present
rules and the Cannon management
The negro plank is designed to catch
the c,olored vote in the North, by max
iDg tie negroes understand that the
Il DernoC racy is their friend. Just how to
Al this when the colored man has been
4 ,aisfrapchised in most OF the DemocraV Vc
c.o.as is not easy, but Mr.. Bryan is
So
et4fs.nent. which Is expected 10 help
xyitl, the coiored voters Elrcady affected
~ Che Brownsville affair.
-fahn J.. Purcell and sam De NCdrey,
11sairfct Of Columbia delegates, have
--,Eved in Denver. They are both ac-
80 members of labor organizations
90 while on the way West spent two
ihree days IN Omaha and Lincoln
~. Eryan extended the utmost cOur-
Sis 10 them. and held a long discus
b. understood 10 relate TO the draft
the anti-injunction plank, which ls
pOut the only object Of real fgnt 1T
4 Ihe convention.
Labor Delegates Firm.
,rhe Washington delegates stand fol
h s+b., fuu measure Of the Gompers de-
tmands, and while unwilling to go into
details. declare themselves we'll salts
fed with what they learned in Lincoln
s.saABryan is immovable on the sub
e demands vigorous and ehec-
declaration. and viii brook no
on. being willing even to pro-
nself into the situation, IL neces-
ld to make his demand directly
convention, with an ulumatun
81 as he did when, in 1890. he de-
be would not take the nomination
IS the silver plank OF 1890 were re
essrs. De Nedrey and Purcell arr
erstood to have brought the ma
S.f the arti-injuncticn plank from
HnIn here. Mr.. De Nedrey prooaoh
be on the resolutions committee
in charge Of this fight as the Oh
representative Of organized iaoCr
Word About Cummins-
Sdvices received here from Republican
Solitical sources in the East arc tha
aaCublican national powers now wan
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