Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Conference TO BE Held Thurs
day to Consider Johnson
and Harmon
THINK NEBRAsKAN WILL RETIRE
New National Body to supplant Reg
ular Committee is Planned - Party
Leaders to Acknowledgment Of 6ry-
ans Willingness to Withdraw Keeps
sobbns Up

New York, Jan. 21.-Eastern leaders
of the democratic party, realizing the
utter ,aopelessness of winning III the
next presidential election with William
]. Bryan as their party candidate. are
organizing movement to induce nm
to step aside and unite on a standard
bearer who will be satisfactory to all
factions. The movement will be SUI
1iciently we'll organized by the time MI
Bryan comes east this week to lay
the matter before him.
cretly up to the present time, but an
announcement is now made that i'm
nortant developments will not be de-
layed long 1t is evident that the feel
ing Isl becoming stronger among demo-
Gratis that Bryan may consent not to
run tor president.
Supporters of Governor Johnson OF
Minnesota and Judson Harmon OF ONO
are encouraged by the outlook, ana the
johnson workers, at least, are making
an active campaign to bring to the at
tention of the democratic party the
qualifications of their man. In an at
tempt to shape the policy of their party
in the campaign, democrats, mostly OF
the conservative element, have ar
ranged to hold conference, secretly
planned for some time, Thursday at 1
p. nj, in the Astor gallery of the wal
dorf, house. A national body, supple
mertal to the democratic national COM
mittee, is to be established if possible.
Party Leaders to Attend.
Alton 3. Parker has been invited
to attend, and has signified his inten-
tior, it is said, of being present. He
will be asked to preside. Morgan j.
O'Erien is one Of the leaders in the
movement and will be there. So will
Juelson Harmon of Cincinnati, Thomas
M. Osborn of Albany, J. M. Guffey OF
Pittsburg, ]. c. Hemphill, editor of the
Charleston News and Courier: Richard
Olney of Boston, John M. Carlisle of
W;ltertown, N. Y: John A. Agar. Will
liam Travers Jerome, William Church
Osborne and jefferson NJ. Levy. Sen
ator Daniel of Virginia will be in the
city on Wednesday and an effort will
be made to get him to say over and
attend.
Among others to whom invitations
have been extended are Perry Belmont.
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, John D..
C1immins, S. F. Dimmock. former Gov
ernor William L. Douglas. John r.
Dunlop, James Byrne. William Horn
blower. August G. Fox. Asa Bird Gard
ner Edward M. Grout, D. Cady Her
rick, Governor Hoke Smith OF Georgia,
John B. Stanchfield and John r. Tor
rance Tho most of those invited are
men. we'll known for their opposition to
Bryan, it Is denied a movement is be-
ing organized in expressed opposition
to him.
Bryan Report Won't Down.
Sherman NJ. Craiger of the City club,
who has acted for former Justice
O'Brien and others in organizing the
conference, said today that politics and
not candidate would be the primary
consideration.
'This is a conference" he said, "of
democrats interested in the prosperity
ef the country It is not the intention
Ito advance the cause of any candidate.
but simply to aid in the success of the
democratic party
IL 1t Is declared in democratic circles
that Bryan has made inquiries about
Il The movement and while not making
any definite statement as 60 his inten-
lions has fntimated that Il any consid-
cradle number Of his friends among
prominent democrats think he should
surrender the leading place to some