The Washington herald., 1908-06-08
KENTUCKY PARTY
UNITED ON BRYAN
Harmony Programme Will
Be Insisted Upon.
wATTERsON BEsTs BECKHAM
Attempt to Inject Revenge Plans, as
Result of Senatorial scrimmage,
Thursday-win Name James, Beck
ham, McCreary, and HaIdeman.
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Louisville KY, June las the clans
begin to gather for the Democratic State
convention, which is TO assemble at Lex
ington on Thursday, it becomes more and
more apparent that the effort to make
trouble by the introduction of the liquor
question, or last winters Senatorial
.sorimmage. will fail.
The fate Of Hoke Smith in Georgia has
carried a timely warning to temporizing
Democratic politicians in Kentucky, and.
in answer 10 the friends of Gov. Beck
ham, Democrats are asking themselves
why Mr.. Bryan should be sacrificed and
the electoral vote of Kentucky thrown
away. in order to porpetuate the bitter
personal and factional feuds which lost
the State last fall and will surely lose It
next fall unless they be ended. The plan
Is to end them by the election as dele
gates-at-large Of James, Beckham, Nc
Creary, and Haldeman This would end
it and adjust all the conflicting elements.
Mr.. James is Mr.. Bryan's immediate
representative on the ground. II Is said
he will have Mr.. Bryan's last word TO
the Kentucky Democrats, and that this
speaks harmony"
Mr.. Watterson has declined to go to
the national convention. He will not
even attend the State convention. It is
understood that Mr.. Haldeman stands
for his opinions and wishes. and will ap-
pear at Lexington as a peacemaker
pleading in the names Of both Mr. Bryan
and Mr.. Watterson for united party.
Peace Programme Planned.
The agreement entered into by Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Watterson In New York
two months ago embraced the completest
reconciliation and most perfect under
standing.
Mr.. Bryan himself has taken pains to
make the fact known that he looks to
Mr.. Watterson to take the place Of the
, late Senator Jones. of Arkansas, as his
close confidential friend and adviser. In
this weeks Commoner, Mr. Bryan pub
fishes the Bryan-Taft correspondence as
10 the campaign contributions, and closes
with the significant words: Mr.. Bryan
made his proposition to Mr. Taft at the
suggestion OF Henry Watterson."
The truth is, the Courier-Journal has
become as much Mr.. Bryan's mouthpiece
as the Commoner. and all Democrats be-
lieve that Mr.. Watterson's changed atti-
tude Will recover the electoral vote Of
Kentucky TO The Democratic column.
Taft Organ Involved.
In view Of all this. the plan to slap the
Courier-Journal in the face has fallen
Hat Leading Democrats consider it the
''device Of the devil and local newspa-
per man, who edits a Taft organ"
Il is given out that Mr.. James has a
letter from Mr.. Bryan entreating his
friends to be no party to it. II Gov
Beckhau should allow his desire for re-
venge to get the better OF his judgment,
either by an attempt to introduce the
saloon issue into the State convention or
TO thwart the magnificent fight Waiter
son Is making for Bryan, he would find
himself without any considerable follow
ing. AS It is, he only has a crowd Of
mugwump end renegade implacables 10
back him IN such purpose.