The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-01
JUDGE GRAY IS
GENERAL fAVOR|TE
AMONG DEMOCRATS
Very Probable That He Will
Be Named as William Jen-
nings Bryan's Running
Mate at Denver.
CONVENTION COMMITTEES
NAMED BY WOODSON.
Several Indiana Men Have
Been Chosen as Officers
For acknowledgements
Gossip.

Denver. Col, July 1.-Although can
didates for the nomination for vice
president on the democratic ticket are
numerous. and despite the fact that
their number is likely to be largely in
creased before a choice is actually
made, it is the general opinion among
such leaders of the party that are now
here, that if Judge George Gray, of
Delaware, will declare his willingness
TO accept the second place on the tick
ct he can have it. Josiah Marvel, of
Wilmington, Del, the manager of the
Gray presidential campaign, who arriv-
ed in Denver last night, will not, how
ever, give his consent
He insists that the Delaware man is
a candidate for first place and when it
has been settled that he cannot have
this place, it will be ample time to
place him in the running for the sec
ondary place, providing he cares to
take it. Mr.. Marvel denies that Judge
Gray will be satisfied with anything
less than the head of the ticket. 1t is
well known that Mr.. Bryan would be
pleased to have JuCge Gray for the
vice presidential candidate, and the
only thing that prevents the latter
from becoming a leading candidate
| for that position is the simple but all
powerful fact that he will not declare
! himself to be candidate 1t ell.
Gray Boom Launched.
The Gray presidential boom has
been formally launched and headquar-
! ters have been opened in the Savoy
hotel
The Johnson headquarters will not
be opened for several days and the
date on which the Bryan banners will
be thrown out has not Deen determin-
! ed, but it will be on Saturday or Mon
day, after the arrival of the Nebraska
! delegation.
Fight Over Anti-lnjunction Plank.
! 1t is certain that there will be a
strong fight in the committee on res
Olytions and possibly on the floor of
the convention itself over the anti-in-
junction plank Word has come di-
rcctly from Lincoln that Mr.. Bryan is
in favor of a plank or a somewhat rad
ical nature, and it is certain that such
men as Roger c. Sullivan, national
committeeman from Illinois, and
Chairman Taggart, of the national
committee, are strongly opposed to it.
Sullivan has given out q statement
in which he favors equal rights be-
fore the law" and used other express
sions of similar character which
were construed to mean that he was
opposed to strong anti-injunction
plank. Sullivan denies tn2t he intend
ed to convey the impression that he in
tended to fight the anti-injunction
plank, but it is generally believed that
he is against extreme language in this
part of the resolutions.
II is we'll known that between Mr.
Bryan and Mr.. Sullivan and other in
fluential members of the Illinois dele
cation no particular amount of love
is lost, and reports have been circu.
lated that if an anti-injunction plank
is adopted more radical in its charac.
they can approve that the state. when
; it comes to balloting for president
will break away from its Bryan in.
structions.
No Break From Bryan.
} Sullivan denies this emphatically. In
} a statement today, he said:
I'VE were told to stick for Bryan
} and we are going to STICK. do not
: believe that any platform can change
our present program. Illinois has nc
| idea of breaking away from its instruc
| tions'
: Chairman Thomas Taggart of the
national committee has been charged
5 with the responsibility of letting con
) tracts for the establishment of a hos
pital for emergency purposes. Mr.
= Taggart inspected the hospital in tht
} Chicago Coliseum Immediately aftei
the adjournment Of the republican con
vention and was greatly pleased will
the completeness of the establishment
The hospital here will be patterned
after the temporary hospital at thu
Chicago Coliseum.
: The question of tickets continues Il
= divide the members of the committee
{ on convention arrangements and tn
committee of Denver citizens which
looking after the Denver end of tn,
, convention. AS is usually the case
. the local people would like to secur
! greater number of tickets than th
committee feels il can spare.
Woodson Names Assistants
The contracts for the equipment an,
supplies and the matter of securin,
the attendance of competent physi
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