Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-08

state shall be thrown in the vice pres.
 tdential contest.
 The possibility of revolt by dele
 gates not in sympathy with the Bryan
 control of the convention against par
 liamentary practices employed by of.
 fcers of the convention in sending the
 Pennsylvania controversy to the com.
 mittee on credentials is the one hope
 left to the allied opposition to Mr. Bry. ans nomination. This opposition is proceeding on the belief that the com. mittee on credentials will report against the contested delegates from Philadelphia in favor of the election of Colonel James NJ. Guffey, who is opposed to Mir. Bryan, for national committeeman, in which event a minor. ity report will be made. The first test of anti-Bryan strength therefore will occur over the adoption of the report of the committee on credentials, and 1t promises to be the bitterest of the con- vention. Should 1t be decided against the Bryan men, some of whom have announced purpose to railroad" the Pennsylvania leader out of the party in accordance with the expressed wish of the Nebraska candidate, unquestion- ably it will encourage the opposition to MT. Bryan to renewed efforts to de- feat him for the presidential nomina- ton.
 Guffey Mems Hope.
 Much is being made by the Guffey men of the differences which Mir. Bry- an has had with such men as Roger Sullivan of Illinois, John T. McGraw of West Virginia, certain of the Dem. ocratic leaders of Texas, Tennessee, Wisconsin and other states. They pro- fess to believe that the delegations from these states are anxious to ad- minister rebuke to Mir. Bryan for his alleged interference with the state del. egations in selecting their representa- lives in the convention after the states themselves had declared in favor of the nomination of the Nebraskan.
 It is not unlikely that contest over this issue would engender bitter feel ing and have an important bearing on the vote after the candidates have been placed in nomination for the prcsiden- cy. It is conceded that If Colonel Cuff fey should be defeated. which should be the result in seating the anti-Guf- fey delegation from Philadelphia. that would end the opposition to NIT. Bryan and all of the fight practically would be taken out of the antl-Bryan men. The Nebraskan's friends then will be given a clear road to the adoption of whatever character of platform they favor and no showing whatever would be made against him for the nomina- tion for first place on the ticket Should the Bryan men be so disposed they could dictate also the nomination for the vice presidency.
 There is little change in the vice situation. It is estimated that there are nearly a hundred men in the field. l
 It was stirring scene which spread before Chairman Taggart when with uplifted gavel he first sought to bring order out of the confused babel of sound and motion. The splendid am phitheater. decorated with flags and bunting. was packed to It's utmost linn It's with a dense and seething mass of humanity. Below In the central arena sat the delegates. just two more than an even thousand. and hack of them the 1000 aiternates-theSe 2.O00 the real convention. with the desfinies of . the party in their hands. FIanking them and sweeping around the han 1 were the long lines of eager. expectant . onlOokers. rising tier on tier and gal \ lery on gallery. solid masses. the . brightness of the women in their gay costumes vieing with the spiendors of Old GIory. which hung at every hand
 Mrs Lens~orth and Mrs. Ls.vits.
 On tO the left the presidents daugh- ter. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, h fetching gown and Lady Gay spanker hat with flowing plume. smfled from one of the boxes. and from another box looked ont the laughter of the Nebraska leader. Mrs. Ruth BFysn Leavitt. besminx as she rsited the naming of her father for he presidency. On the pIatforn. t,a ~ere many rspresentstfres cf fsrsu 'ountriz-T0znz y1sco1nf 6s Chzn-