The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
MAY ABANDON FIGHT
 AGAINST MIR. BRYAN.

Denver, Colo. July 4-Whether to continue the fight against W. J. Bryan or to anandon the field to those who iri- sist that the Nebraslkan will be nom mated on the first zallot. has been the subject of many, conferences here to- day, in which the leaders of the anti Bryan forces have been participants.
 The decision hinges upon the atti- tude of the New York delegation, which concededly will follow the Judgment of Charles E. Murphy. lead or of Tammany Hall Mir. Murphy is not ready. to announce his position and said as much to such men as Colonel J.. M. Quincy of Pennsylvania. and William F. Sheehan of New York. These men gained the impression that MT. Murphy is not disposed to join in a movement to defeat Mir. Bryan if 1t shall be demonstrated within the mex forty-eight hours. beyond a dues- ton of doubt. that the task is hopeless Mir. Murphy does not intend to take up the cudgel in defense of a lost cause. He is not ready at this time to commit New York's weight of sew enty-eight votes to any candidate and is waiting for developments between now and the, time for the New York State caucus on Monday to determine his course.
 An Open Questfon.
 With New York's position undeter- mined. the question of carrying on the fight against Mr. Bryan Is still open. The conferences today was not direct cd by the representatives of Judge George Gray and Governor John A. Johnson. the only candidates against MT. Bryan who are now in the field. but were entirely apart from any plan to further the interests of either of these men. The, move was solely one to develop thD extent of the opposition to Mr.. Bryan and dfsclos whether there exists a chance to prevent his nomination. The disclosure of more than one-third of the strength of the convention against Mr. Bryan in all probability would bring other candI dates into the contest for the purpess of sooner disintegrating the Bryan strength. The Bryan men are taking little notice of the work that is being done against their candidate, and with the utmost confidence. continue to an- nounce on all sides that the Nebraskan cannot be beaten.
 Josiah Marvel. speaking for the Gray boom and Frederick B. Lynch, the manager for Governor Johnson. are advision everybody to wait until the delegates arrive before deciding that Mir. Bryan's nomination is settled. What effect the attack by Mir. Bryan today upon Colonel Guffey. the national committeeman from Penn sylvania will have upon the situation, is being awaited with great. interest. Colonel Guffey has many friends in the convention and is particularly close to large number of the dele- gates from New York State. In con- nection with the publication of this attack which was made in Lincoln to- day by Mir. Bryan when he addressed the delegation from the Keystone State, an interesting incident occurred which may have some significance upon deciding the question or whether the fight against Mir. Bryan should go on. Since the arrival of Mir. Murphy and his followers on yesterday 1t has been charged that the Tammany man has been dickering with. the Bryan forces in order to strengthen his hand against State Senator Patrick H. Mo- Carren, for many years the Brooklyn Democratic leader. It was said that effort to keep out the Brooklyn deie- gation, Mir. Murphy was willing to vote the New York delegation for Mr. Bryan. It was conceded that If this isa done the bottom will immediateIv fall out, of the Bryan opposition.
 GuRey and Murphy.
 Colonel Guffey called on Mir. Mur- phy to learn whether the reports were true If New York joined the Bryan forces, he was ready to follow tns lead of that State and to relase the delegations from other States who had pledged tn emselves to aid in the artt- Bryan movement. While Coloney Gur- fey was consulting with Mir. Murphy. an afternoon paper was brought into the room by Daniel F. Cohalan, Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall, and Mir. Murphy's right hand man. The paper contained an extract of Mir. Bryans spech at Lincoln and Mir. Cohalan be- gan to read the article aloud.
 Neither Mir. Murphy nor Colonel Cuff fey had seen it. Before Mir. Coholan had read half the story. Mir. Murphy took # out of his hands and beginning at the first. read 1t Co himself. He was amazed at the character of the att tack on Colonel Guffey. He knew that Colonel Guffey had aided the Bryan ss.s.ae fv. NaVrz York efRht vaarR acc