Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-06
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IT'S BRYAN'S ROLLER
All Opposition Is FIattened Out
in the Dust.
"PEERLESS" WILL RULE
Red-Hot Radicalism to Suit the Most
Radical.
'GUFFEY'S REPLY TO ROAST
Labor's Injunction Plank Arrives in
Custody-William J. Would
Placate Working People.
GUFFEY'S REPLY TO ROAST
,ecial From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From a Staff Correspondent.
DENVER, Col. July 6.-Pushing stead
lily forward, crushing down every element
of probable opposition which cannot be
coaxed or trafficked with. riding down
! former friends and making up with for
mer enemies, the Bryan influence is en-
| veloping the approaching convention COM
petely. 1 have endeavored to emphasize
this outcome steadily in all the dispatches
have written since reaching this west
ern country. in preparation for the Won
derful spectacle of a convention of a great
mass of the American people paying trib-
| ute to one man. 1t promises to be second
only to the ovation given to President
Roosevelt in Chicago
The Bryan men are winning at every
point. They have beaten the little band
| OF. conservatives from the east into a
pulp and pressed them into souvenir
| mold, the form of which is Bryan What
ever trace of conservatism attach to the
| platform or to any act of the convention
will be because Mr.. Bryan graciously per-
mits it, and it will be but a feeble trace
| at that.
Ihere will be radicalism a plenty and
TO suit the most advanced of the Bryan
ties or the west. The conservatives made
one last stand yesterday afternoon, but it
was feeble demonstration. They met in
Boss Murphy's room-a little group of
Sheehan, Grady, Guffey, Murphy, the
Johnson boomers and one or two others.
Ihey figured that they could count about
s4o anti-Bryan votes in the convention.
provided New York stood out bravely to
the end But when they emerged the
Johnson men remarked to their friends.
New York has no more intention OF
standing out than of flying Murphy must
carry the mayoralty> election next wear.
and he knows he can't do it without labor
and the radical democratic vote New
York VIII welch and there won't be sew.
enty-five votes against Bryan
Tammany Just for Tammany.
Tammany is playing politics for Tam.
many and for nothing else. DELEGATION
after delegation has gone to Tammanv for
hunch as to New York's choice for Vice
PRESIDENT and has received this inyariabls
reply:
we have taken the position all along
.na. Iammany has no candidate, but it
| - mere 10 attend the convention in the in
| terest OF harmony. We have consistently
! refused TO unite ourselves with Others
| VINO are on the outside, and this annJies
o1. ~ Tue uuney situation as well as to all
| u.ner er contests. Tammany has no fight in
| TINS campaign. Tammany has been given
| 70 understand that it might name the
VICE President. and all that Tammany will
| ISIS. uPol IS tnat ne be a good man.
| state o o'iei
An otherwise dull and prosaic Sunday
was enlivened by the tart reioinder of
III; III Guney to Mr. Bryan's attack upon
| nm. nm. Inc antl-Bryan men macked their
Ups over it. and Tom Taggart and Roger
sullivan enjoyed 1t exceedingly while John
/. McGraw grinned 1t enraged the Bry-
| an men, as matter of course, but their
1 only reJoinder was that Mr.. Bryan should
take 1t as compliment to be attacked
\ from such a source.
Gov. Haskell said: 'I feel SO little in.
| terest in the Guffey brand of politics thar
l hardly think 1t is worth while to talk
of his charges against Mr. Bryan You
cannot stop free speech i'm this country,
and he has perfect right to say what he
| thinks. But it will not do him any good.
1t will not make any difference in the
| outcome of this convention. Mr.. Bryan
will be nominated. Mr.. Guffey probably
was red-hot when he made the statement
and We must not judge him too harshly."
Shy on Big Men.
| Some of the antis thought that if they
had a strong, resourceful fighter such as
David B. Hill. they might use the Guffey
letter as a rallying cry for all the anti
Bryan sentiment. But there Is not q
man on the spot big enough to go against
the game The trouble is not over yet, as
Col. Guffey must fight for his life in the
Pennsylvania delegation, and. If he wins.
may take his case to the floor of the
convention.
The labor people say they fear there il
| some skuldugsery going on about the
nti-injunction plank. President GomperS
and Secretary Morrison of the American
| Federation of Labor got in last night with
labor's anti-injunction plank and imme-
diately ran up against bunch OF nvely
rumors that Mr.. Bryan is to allow him.
self to be forced into modification OF their
plank to save his face with the conserva-
tives
| The essential difference at this stage
| between the plank proposed by Mr.. Com
pers and the one being put out as feeler
| by the Bryanites is the question of issu-
ing the preliminary injunction without
notice. Here Is the tentative Bryan
plank:
| I'VE favor the passage of laws more
| fully defining contempts and regulating
| the proceedings and punishments IN mat
| terS of contempt IN all trlalS III the leu
| eral courts, whereby any person accused
of violating disobeying in the trial
| court when not in the presence or hearing
| of the court or judge sitting as such. any
| order of injunction or restraint made or
| rendered by any court or judge shall be-
| fore penalty or punishment is imposed
! be entitled to trial by jury as to the
guilt Or innocence of the accused. In no
case should a penalty or punishment be
imposed for contempt until an opportu-
nifty to be heard is given.'
Labor Plank Is Radical.
This will be preceded by paragraph
providing for the continuance OF the press
ent practice of issuing temporary rec
straining orders without notice when i'm.
minent danger to property is threatened.
but requiring that all such writs shall be
returnable within a period Of from three
to five days.
And here is the labor plank: I'VE pledge
ourselves to such legislation as will guar.
antee to workmen those rights necessary