The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-07

There Is only one final way for tina,
will have to have ofacial expression
and that ia by ballot in the conven
ton. Meantime there is not q mar
In the convention who will not say
today that he is ready to accept the
will Of the convention and support the
candidate, when that will is definitely
made known.
In the event Of MI Bryan's nomina,
ton, I Judge from the foregoing thai
you would wish your staunch friends
OF 1904 to give their loyal support
to him?" was the query put to Judge
Parker.
Will Support Ticket.
Most a%ssuredly," he replied, and
why not? Mr. Bryan will then be.
come the exponent Of the democratic
party, with its great principles and
its great mission still to perform. Mr..
Bryan's ability is everywhere conced-
ed and by no one more than myself.
He is a gentleman OF splendid intel
lectual ability, Of vast information on
public affairs, an orator OF magnetic.
engaging personality which wins him
hosts Of devoted adherents and a natu.
raj leader of men. Make no mistake
therefore as to the attitude and the
personal feeling OF my friends, and
Of myself toward Mr.. Bryan in the
event OF his nomination."
rs there any division in sentiment
over the platform?" Judge Parker
was asked.
Won't Stand For Division.
Don't call. it a division OF senti.
ment.- It is the same as to measures
as 1t is to men-we r here for an
exchange of views. We are devoted
to the great party with which we have
long been identified. In a gathering
Of one thousand men from every e
ton Of this immediate country it Is
altogether natural that there should
be differing shades of views upon
some of the great problems now con.
fronting the country. This difference
Of view and this reciting Of the vary.
ing shades Of sentiment from all parts
Of the country, serves a most valuable
end, for out OF all Of 1t comes the
solid judgment Of democrats repre-.
senting and such a judgment, it is to
be hoped, will be consistent with the
great principle of the democratic
party and will serve the country in
a most vital manner at this moment
by combating the R~ooseveltian tend.
ency to centralize all power in the
hands Of the federal government as
against the state. l do not want to
go into details as to these principles
as some gentlement are a bit sensi.
tive and are prone to arraign us as
radicals or conservatives. However,
all this will, / trust, be reconciled;
conservatism will I hope, and believe,
have a moderating influence upon the
more advanced ideas Of some Of our
brothers, while the advanced views
will keep us from tagging in the rear
and will insure the party a steady
infusion of the progressive spirit OF
the age. Leave to the pessimist,
therefore, the talk of trouble over
candidates and platform. We will,
however, confirm and then decide and
that decision will present to the
country a ticket which will command
enthusiastic approval, and a declara-
ton of principles which I fervently
trust will be satisfactory to the best
thought Of the country, and both ticket
and declaration taken together will,
in my opinion, secure the endorsement
of the people in November
This is the first explicit declaration
of the standard bearer Of 1904 con.
corning the standard bearer of 1908.
Bryan Will Lead.
In other quarters. too, the view pre-.
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walls that Mr.. Bryan has such a com
handing lead as to insure his nomina;
ton, although the johnson and Gray
headquarters are still holding out,
manfully with the claim that four hun.
dred delegates are in doubt.
Chief Murphy, and the New Workers.
are preserving a close reserve on the
vice presidential nomination and in.
quiries are met with the assurance
that New York's attitude will not be
known until the meeting OF the dele
cation on Monday night. The New
York sentiment today appeared to be
towards Judge Gaynor, of Brooklyn.
The candidacy Of Charles A. Towne,
OF New York, has a SO developed, seri
GUS proportions, as the arriving dele
cations show that he has a consider
able following from outside states, az
well as being very favorably instruct;
ed by Mr.. Bryan.
BRYAN TAKES 1T EASY,
Is Practically Certain That Nahraaka