The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
New York Judge Is Likely to Be
Tammany Candidate for
Second Place
Nebraskan and Radical Element
Will Control Platform Com
mittee at Denver "a
Jurist Is Rated as Strong With
PrOletariat and Followers
of Hearst
Democrats of Empire State De-
sire to Make Election Serve
Their Own Purposes
By RAYMOND
SPECIAL DISPATCH To THE CALL

DENVER, July 3.-Denver is
warming up. The big men of the
party are pouring into the city by
every train. Democratic politics be-
gin to be mixed by the barrelful.
There are half a dozen lively fights
on foot and although Bryan's nomina-
ton is as certain as ever it was the
vice presidential situation is shifting.
The platform fight is becoming furi-
Gus and the arrival Of the New York
leaders and the Chicago county de-
mocracy has enlivened the streets of
Denver until it begins to look like a
real convention city.
There also is an abundance of live
convention news to be had for the ask
ing. In the first place, there is brand
new vice presidential candidate in the
person of Judge William j. Gaynor OF
New York. The leade.s of his delega-
tion arrived here today. including the
head of Tammany hall. and are in
clined to unite upon him, and il they
do he will be the strong candidate be-
fore the convention.
Judge Alton B. Parker. the late
democratic candidate for the presi-
dency is likely TO be dOubly Inundated,
as his friends feared he would be If he
came to the national convention. He
has been compelled to back water his
resolution regarding Grover Cleve-
land. ANY manifesto of that kind
which will be adopted by the cOnven-
tion will be so pruned by the national
committee that it will contain nothing
antagonistic or offensive to the Bryan
democracy
Besides that. Judge Parker may be
denied the privilege Of representing
his state on the resolution committee,
for which he was originally slated, and
II he is given the place at all it will
be only as a concession to him, because
he occupied such a distinguished place
in the party four years ago.
BRYAN RADICALS CONTROL
1t developed by my personal investi-
cation that Bryan and the radical ele-
ment in the convention will be in absO-
lutte control of the committee on resO-
lutions. They can adopt any radical
plank they choose, and they will do this
If goaded into il. On the other hand.
the minority is composed of some of the
strongest men in the party. The prob
able result of the platform fight is a
distinct compromise, as was the case in
Chicago The anti-injunctiOn plank
will not go to the extremes demanded
by Gompers and the labor associations.
but there will be a declaration in favor
OF distinct limitation on the right of
injunction.
There is always something doing
in a democratic convention when the
nfcknamed notabilities of New York
state have arrived. Naturally enough.
therefore. the spectacular event of the
day came when the great men from
Tammany hall and up state put in an
appearance and began to circulate
around the hotels. 1t was only neces-
sary to give catalogue of the names
to show their political Importance at
home There are Charlie" Murphy.
'sFingy'' Conners. Billy Sheehan.
Pat" McCarren, Billy Sulzer. Dan
ers of less distinction.
At the same time arrived Judge
Parker. He has no nickname and.
therefore. cuts little ice with the New
York delegation. Immediately on their
arrival the Charles" "Fingys." Toms
''Billys," and Dams" communicated to
the waiting world the fact that they
would not stand for Alton 3. Parker
and the resolution he prepared as a eul-
ogy on Cleveland. They do not pro-
pose that the resolution he prepared
without consulting them be adopted at
the convention. The delegation acts
in everything as a unit, and il Judge
Parker wants to have his resolution
adopted it will have to be submitted in
advance to the national committee.
NEW WORKERS BOOM GAYNOR
II the distinguished person from the
banks of Esopus creek is not satisfied
with the arrangement he can offer his
own resolution and have IL turned
down I'm the convention. for the New
York delegation will have none OF him
nor of his works. The plan is to have
satisfactory resolution prepared in
advance. which will do justice to Cleve-
land without injuring Bryan. After
temporary organization is effected the
committee will be reported and the US
ual preliminary business completed by
Tuesday. Judge Parker. or some ono
else, will offer this mild resolution as
eulogy on the democratic president
and the convention will then adjourn
until the next day. nOminally out OF
respect to Cleveland. but actually be-
cause national conventions of both
parties always do that sort of thing
Judge GaynOr's boom for the vice
presidency, which was brought here in
hermetically sealed can and opened
by the New York leaders as soon as
they had removed the ice and used it
for more social purposes. was a genuine
surprise. No one seems to know Just
how seriously to take IL. II the New