The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-01
But New Jersey Man is Out for Presidential
Nomination
FIGHT OVER ANTI INJUNCTION
PLANK PROMISES TO WAX
WARM.
MANY STATES OPPOSED
To Any at All and None Want Radical
sullivan, Taggart
and Others Want il to
Be Mild.

Denver, June 30.-Althongh the can
didates for the nomination for vice
president on the Democratic ticket
are numerous, and despite the fact
largely increased before the choice IS
actually made, it is the general opin
ion that if George Gray, of Delaware,
will declare willingness to accept the
second place he can have it. Josiah
Marvel of Wilmington, Del, manager
of Gray's presidential campaign, will
not however, consent He insists that
Gray is a candidate for first place
and when it has been settled that he
can not have the first place, it will
be ample time to place him in the
running for the secondary position,
provided he cares to take it, Marvel
denies, however that Gray will be
satisfied with anything less than the
head of the ticket.
Bryan Would Be Pleased.
1t Is well known that Bryan would
be pleased to have Gray for a vice
presidential candidate. and the only
thing that prevents the latter from be
coming a leading candidate for that
position, is the simple but all powerful
fact that he will not declare himself
TO be a candidate at all
Gray's Boom Launched.
Gray's presidential boom was form,
ally launched today and headquarters
opened The johnson headquarters
will not be opened for several days.
and dthe date on which the Bryan
banners will be thrown out has not
yet been determined, but will be Sat. |
urday or Sunday.
1t is certain that there will be \ !
strong fight in the committee on rcso, |
lutons and possibly on the floor Of
the convention, over the anti-injunc |
ton plank. Word has come indirectly |
from Lincoln that Bryan is in favor |
of a radical plank, and it is certain !
that such men as Sullivan, national i
committeeman from Illinois, and !
Chairman Taggart. strongly oppose it. |
1t is well known that between Bryan |
and Sullivan and other influential |
members of the Illinois delegation no
particular amount of love is lost and !!
these reports have been circulated
May Break instructions.
II the antiinjunction plank is adopt |
ed more radical in its character than !
the the Illinois people feel they can !
approve, the state, when it comes to |
balloting for a president. will break !
away from its Bryan instructions.
Sullivan denied this today, declaring !
that the delegation will obey instruc- |
tiong.
Charles G. Heifner, of Washington
state, who has the proxy of John Y. (
Terry, national committeeman of that |
state, announced empriticalIy tha, |
the Pacific coast was opposed to the |
adoption OF such plank as was pre-
scented at Chicago by the officials of !
the American Federation of Labor.
Transparent Sop"
The adoption by our party of such
a plank" said Heifner, would be a j..
transparent sop to union labor which |
would be repugnant to the voters i'm
all sections of the country. II would |
he promise that no law-making body
would be willing to fulfill. It could
not help but iniure the Democratic
ticket at the polls
New England Opposed
New England Is said to he opposed |
to the plank and New Jersey and
Pennsylvania also are accredited with
pronounced antagonism to such res
olution. If the New York and Pacific
coast delegations should take deter
mined stand against it the fight would
assume formidable proportions.
Secretary Woodson of the National
Committee who has meen chosen sec
retary of the convention, today an
nounced his assistants These in
clude: Assistant Secretaries H. c.
Richmond, of Fremont, Neb; c. A.
Nash, of Perry. Iowa: Edward Cahill, i
of Springfield, Ill.
Reading Clerk-Wiliam McEniry. b,
of Rock Island Ill