Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-07-02
The Denver Convention.

Denver, July 2 1t begins to look like
a simple case of ir thmetic so far IS the
nomination for vice-president and the
determination of plsttorm questions are
concerned, Diligent sesrch throughout
Denver fails to reveal mere than three
persons who are not willing t, wager
that Bryan will have more tlen the
necessary two-thirds-668 votes-on the
fi,s, ballet next Wednesday Thursday.
These are Frederick b Lynch, official
custodian OF the johnson boom and the
irm of Msrgel and Beamisb, promoters
of the Gray candidacy. The Bryanties
claim al least $50 votes on the initial
roll call With the nominSt'on OF the
head OF the ticket thus set led, the
trend of discussion has drifted in the
direction of the vice-T sidency aud
hin feStOreo Of the plstiorm. Con-
sidered Inadvertently, there can be no
Other conclusion than tbs q man accept.
able ID the Fairview tanner will be &C
cepted fr bis running mste and that
the platform will be one sprr wed by him.
The fact seems to have been over
looked that whereas q tw0.thirds vote is
REQUIRED TO nominate the candidates,
only maj rity is necessary to sdopt the
report of the committee on resolutions.
With Bryan even more securely 10 con-
troll of the national committee and The
prospective resolutions committee than
Taft was at Chicago, 1t is difficult ID I'M
derstsnd how majority OF the |, O02
deIegatts could be induced to vote
against the policies which he repr .seLt'.
In the matter of the vice presidential
nomination and disputed planks of The
platform, it may be ststsd on the au-
lhorily of one of the Nebrsskan's closes t
friends that he is not of dictatorial chat
acttr. Bryan will be entirely Satisfied
with any one of number of men who
have been proposed for second place on
the tick,t
The impression prevails that Jndg
Gray Is his fsyorits, but it Is known
that Bryan has lent encouragement to
the aspirations OF Charles A. Towne, OF
New York.
As to the platform, Bryan will be
willing to compromise, to cert lin ex-
tent, with the ideas of the so-call6d
conservative elemen; of the psrtg. He
will insist that the policies upon which
he will go before the voters OF the
country shall be progressive, but not
necessarily radical.
There will DO an hu,finJudctUn
plank, but 1t will net be so broad as has
been demanded by lsbo, leaders. 10
other words, Bryan, rs the choice Of
more than two-thirds of the delegates t.
the CONVEX ton, will exercise the right
TO veto both as 10 the planiorm and his
running mst'.
A considerable boost was given today
to the candidacy of w. q. Conrad, OF
Montana, native Virginian and q
simon-pure Brysn t., by reason OF the
instructions OF the Montana state con-
vel ton held yesterday. The Conrad
boomers expect to obtain generous sup
pert from the south where he is said 10
be we'll and favorably known.
Chicago, July 2.-Ohsrles F. Muir
ply, high chief of Tammany; Judge
Alton B. Parker, Leads Nixon, Chair.
man ConneIs and sixteen other Tam
many braves, srriyed here tqdly from
New York and all but Parker departed
at once for Denver, whore they will
mingle in the preliminary "doings" Of
the democratic national convention.
Judge Parker announced that he would
follow his acknowledgements, at 2p. m.
Murphy was asked if he believed the
platform would contain any radical
planks, such as the ant'-iniunclion
plank advocst ted by Samuel GOmpers,
and he replied that he did not think 80,
believing thtt the platform would be
"mild and sane"