Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-03
VIGOROUS LANGUAGE USED
Bryan Managers Try to Force the
Judge on the Ticket.
fasteners SPOIL HARMONY
Conservatives Rejecting the Olive
Branch offered by the Nebraska
Leader-Demands of Labor.
Special From a staff Correspondent.

Special From Staf Correspondent
Den YER. Col. July 3.-Representative
Clayton of Alabama, who is to be perma-
nent chairman of the coming democratic
convention, came to town today. after
stopping at Lincoln. Mr.. Clayton talks
nothing but Judge Gray for second place.
He is of opinion that Judge Gray will
be forced to take it: that he cannot resist
the pressure which will be brought to
bear on him.
Notwithstanding Judge Gray's state
ment that he will not accept the vice
presidency the Bryan managers are still
after him. A pretty strong letter has
been written to him from Denver. laying
down the law TO him in vigorous fashion.
In this letter he is told that he has been
the beneficiary of the democratic party
all his life; that it has showered honors
and emoluments upon him. and that now
in the party'S hour of need he has no
right TO stand on his dignity and refuse
to render service. 1t is also pointed out
IL him that Adlai Stevenson. who was
Cleveand's running mate. did not disdain
10 stand on the platform of 1900 with
Bryan. The democrats who are RESPONSE
ble for this letter have not much hope
OF its being effectual but they propose
TO give Judge Gray a few things TO turn
over in his mind, anyhow.
State Senator Thomas 7. Grady of New
York dropped in last evening. He said
that there is no use to contend against
Bryan. and that Bryan will be nomi-
mated on the first ballot with votes to
spare. He and his Tammany colleagues
would prefer Gov Johnson. but it's
thumbs down, in their opinion, for all
candidates except Bryan.
Rejecting the Olive Branch.
Harmony was in the air until Col. Jim
Guffy Of Pennsylvania, Judge Parker and
Charles F. Murphy started westward, and
now the fireworks are beginning to
crackle and sputter. Col. Guffy lit last
night. and the first thing he did was to
hand out hot statement that Bryan was
not TO have a walkover. The statement
had no convincing effect. of course. and
was interesting only as showing the
state of feeling Of the conservatives, who
are resisting the olive branch which Mr.
Bryan is holding out.
The Parker resolution, praiSing the late
Grover Cleveland. has set the Bryan men
fairly crazy with anger. If it Is intro
duced In its present phrasing it will burst
the convention wide open, the Bryan men
say. Judge Parker is looked upon as a
trouble-maker. and he will get some jolts
before he gets through with this conven-
ton.
Injunction Absolutely Opposed.
James O'Connell of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor arrived from Washington
last night Mr.. O'Connell said that the
federation would present to the demo-
cratic committee on resolutions the same
demand for the recognition of labor that
was presented to the republican conven-
tion at Chicago
We asked the republicans for an anti
injunction plank said OConnell, land
they gave us pro-injunction plank. They
gave an opportunity TO defend our
selves in cases of injunction, in that way
practically legalizing injunction What
We want is TO have organized labor ex-
cepted from the writ of injunction abso-
lujely-emphasze that word absolutely.
We believe that there is law sufficient
TO punish the men who violate laws. We
claim that there is no law which gives
the courts the right to apply the writ of
injunction TO labor, because there is no
offense Tor which there is not a remedy
in law
1t has been suggested that we adopt
the Nebraska law the basis of our
request. This law gives organized labor
the right 10 be heard before the injunction
Is granted, To take the final hearing to an
other judge and TO have jury trial. But
this is not an anti-injunction law. 1t is
ess of injunction as applied to labor What
we want is a law making this application
of the Injunction Illegal N. o. NJ.