Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1908-07-02
POT B0ILS
in Denver
Many Names Suggested For
Second Place.
BRYAN MANS VICTORY.

Choice of Bell For Temporary Chair.
man Pleases Nebraskan's Followers
Clayton of Alabama May Occupy
Permanent Chair In Convention
Five New York Men Mentioned as
Candidates For Vice Presidential
Nomination.
Denver, July with the election
of Theodore A. Bell as temporary
chairman of the Democratic national
convention, which will begin here
July Z, the real work of preparing fol-
the convention began. While no state
delegates, OF course. are here yet and
no candidates headquarters have been
opened, the city holds a sufficient mum
Der of the advance guard OF the con
vention TO keep alive discussion of can.
didateS and issues
The names of five New York men
are looming up conspicuously in the
preconventiOn gossip over the vice
presidential situation. These are Nor.
gan ]. O'Brian. former chief justice OF
the New York supreme court: Herman
L. Metz, city comptroller of New York
former Representative Charles \
Towne, Lewis S. Chanler, lieutenant
governor, and Representative Francis
Burton Harrison. The two latter are
young men and have been successful
in politics. Mr.. Towne, formerly OF
Minnesota, has made a reputation in
the east and west as a strong cam.
paigner. Judge O'Brien is an intimate
friend of Judge Alton h. Parker, who
made the race for the presidency on
the Democratic ticket four years ago
1t is believed New York can hav,
the candidate for vice president should
a man be presented by the delegation
who is acceptable to Mr.. Bryan. The
belief that New York is a doubtful
state this year and that New Jersey
is on the wavering line gives the vice
presidential question much prominence
here. Outside of New York man the
only name seriously considered is thai
of Judge Gray. 1t is not known thai
he would accept.
Bryan Men Pleased.
The out and out Bryan men ar,
highly pleased over the easy manne
in which Theodore A. Bell of Califor
mia was named for temporary chair
man. There were reports before Mr.
Bell had been selected that a fight wa
to be made ON him by Thomas Tag
CART, chairman of the national commit
tee, and Roger G. Sullivan, the ma
tional committeeman from Illinois
but the promised struggle did not ma
terialize, and the. wishes of Mr.. Bryan
regarding Mr.. Bell were carried on
without sign or sound of dissent
This fact was taken by the Bryan
men TO mean that all opposition to tn,
wishes of their leader had disappeared
or at least will be only of compare
lively slight influence throughout tn,
convention.
They are now counting confidently
on the selection of Henry d. Clayton
saying that it will be brought about n,
easily and with no more opposition
than was that of Mr.. Bell.
Mr.. Bryan's managers lay claim To
more than 700 of the 1.00S votes to be
cast in the convention. The Gray and
Johnson leaders do not concede more
than 165 votes for him on the first bal
lot. They will concentrate their eff
forts against his securing any more
1t is their hope that if they can pre-.
vent the 612 delegates necessary to
nominate from casting their votes for
him on the first roll call they can ulti.
mately nominate some other man,
Johnson or Gray, if possible, but any
one to beat Mr.. Bryan in the end.
The anti-injunction plank continues
to provoke a large amount of discus.
sion among such party leaders as have
already arrived for the convention
While opinions differ as to the exact
nature of the plank which should be
adopted, all are of one mind in say.
ing that it shall be n definite and spe
cific statement. Such members of the
national committee as have discussed
the matter are a unit in saying that
the wording of the anti-injunction
plank shall leave no possible doubt in
the mind of any reader as TO where
the party stands on this question.
1t is now generally believed, how
ever, that the anti-injunction resolution
will not provide for trials by jury In
cases of contempt of court or favor in
any way measures which might he
construed as interfering with the pre-
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