The San Francisco call., 1908-07-03
GRAY MAY
YET AGREE
TOACCEPT
New York Delegation Latest to
Support Him for Second
Place
Radicals and Conservatives Are
Still Far Apart on Anti
Injunction Plank
Compromise Suggested Such as
Was Adopted by Repub-
licans at Chicago
Bryan Plans to Make Big Issue
OF Guarantee OF Bank
Deposits
By Raymond
SPECIAL DISPATCH 70 THE CALL

LIN GSN, JuAy G.-NN4CAi lAC
arrival of Tom Grady of Tam
many and ]. K. Mcguire, former
mayor of Syracuse, who is a
strong Tanmany man, the New
York situation was cleared up
sufficiently today to indicate that
there is little probability that the
delegation will get together on
any man who will be acceptable
to the rest of the country for vice
president, On the contrary. the
other New York men here say
that If Bryan indicates a. contin-
ued preference for Judge Gray,
they will be entirely willing to ac-
cept him for second place,
The New York delegation. viii
not meet until late Monday after
noon. and until that time it will
will not decide ofHcially in regard to
supporting Bryan. or presenting a vice
presidential eandidate from the state.
The delegates Will get together. how
ever, in opposition TO strong anti
injunction plank. and despite local
jealousies it has been about concluded
that Judge Alton B. Parker, the former
candidate for the presidency, viii be
the New York representative ON the
committee on resolutions.
Tom Grady. the Tammany SPELL
binder. came here not for the purpose
of interfering with the vice presidential
situation. but to take part in the New
York contest The fight between
Thomas F. Murphy and Patrick Nc
Carren is to be one to the death.
Grady, it is supposed. Will be the New
York member of the COMMITTEES on
rules, The reason for this is that there
is back of the Murphy -McCarren con-
test the old fight on whether the state
convention or the district body shall
control the election of delegates.
GRAY MAY YET ACCEPT
Pat McCarren has undisputed control
OF Brooklyn. His. district delegates
were elected with undfsputed najori-
ties. When the matter was taken up
by the state convention. however.
Murphy had control and withou Ohesf-
tatlOn, as We'll as without lnUcn- II any.
legality, he and "F'ingie" Connors threw
McCarren out Of the state convention
bodily and elected entirely new dele
gates from the Brooklyn district The
committee on rules at the Denver CON-
vention, therefore, becomes important.
because the fight will be made here to-
pass a rule fixing the method of elect.
ing the democratic. delegates IN the
future, and the. Murphy people will
have to stand up for the principle OF
the supremacy of the state convention.
None of the New York delegation
already on the ground seems to. have
any idea that 1T might be possible to
secure the nomination OF a New York
man for second place. Charles. A.
Towne is being persistently doomed by
a small coterie. but there is no evil
of the state under any. conditions. Bird
S. Coler. former controller. is accept
able to the Bryan men. because he" is.
with them in regard to the anti-injunc-
tion plank. Bryan himself does not
want Stanchf1eld, and the state
democracy as a whole simply laughs
at Chanler.
The result is that the situation on
the vice presidential question remains
dependent entirely. on the attitude Of
Judge Gray himself. He has never yet
said positively -that. he would refuse
the nomination for second place., and
it Is Significant that. all the leaders
here expect him to accept it when IL
is offered TO him, especially If il comes
TO him with the knowledge that the
offer has the hearty approval Of the
presidential nominee himself
LABOR PLANK OPPOSED
Every day adds to the growth OF
democratic opinion in opposition TO a
radical labor plank. Bryan is standing
out for such a plank. at least nOmi-
nally, but the recent visitors to Lin
coin all agree that Ire is becoming
milder in his insistence. and the plank.
when finally adopted. is almost certain
to be infinitely more conservative than.
that put into the Nebraska platform
by the express direction Of Bryan HIM
self.
Judge Alton B. Parker will lead the
fight against the anti-tnjunction plank in
committee and on the hoor, IF neces-
sary. He will make his argument on
legal grounds. The strongest Objec-
tions 10 the proposed plank and the
ones which will really produces results.
If any are produced. are purely pOlit-
ical ones Every important democratic
manager who. IS now here takes the
ground that 1t would be a huge mis-
take to allow Bryan to impress his per-
sonality on the party policy. Most Of
them. under their breath. admit thaA