Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
WILL NAME BRYAN
MAYOR DAHLMAN SAYS IT'S ALL
FIXED NOW.
NEW YORK ON THE FENCE
Delegations Piling into Denver on
Every Train and Convention
Talk Grows Warm.

Denver, Colo, July 7-Convention
ehrongs have been pouring into the
city by every train Yesterday was
noisy, boisterous Sunday, with
bands escorting arriving delegations
through the streets, with steadily
swelling crowds in the hotel Hobbies,
and with leaders and delegates but.
tonholing the new arrivals and hold
Ing private conferences on candidates
and more than half of the delegates
are now here.
The chief interest Of the day GEN.
tered in the movement of the allies"
to galvanize the opposition to Bryan
into something like definite and
formidable movement But their best
efforts, begun on Saturday, have not
peen entirely successful. "Chief"
Murphy Of Tammany, on whom the
allies have been conferred, will give
no sign of committing his forces
against Bryan. His lieutenants are
passing the word around that New
Yorks vote will be for Bryan. How
ever, the allied opposition still con-
tends that the fight will be continued.
The Bryan managers have at no
time shown any nervousness over the
renewed activities OF the "allies' and
yesterday Mayor Dahlman Of Omaha,
one of the Bryan chiefs, made a very
definite statement showing the ex-
pectations of the Bryan forces. He
expressed his views as follows:
''Mr. Bryan will be nominated on
the first ballot.
"The Bryan forces now control
thirty-six delegations and will have
at least that many members of the
committee on resolutions and prob
ably more.
"Gov. Charles N. Haskell of Okla
homa is now regarded as the leading
candidate for the craftsmanship of the
committee on resolutions, but there
are many other prominent men being
mentioned for the place. 1t is need.
less to say that loyal Bryan man
will be chosen.
THE vice presidential question may
be described as being in the air. If
the man who call themselves the old
guard can unite on strong eastern
democrat, the Bryan men will not
show curiosity as to the attitude OF
their candidate toward Mr.. Bryan in
1896 and 1900. II the eastern demo
Gratis fail to get together on man
we will make a selection from a
hundred available candidates, any
one of whom would be satisfactory to
Mr.. Bryan"
All of the Bryan men express the
utmost confidence in their ability to
carry out the programme outlined by
Mayor Dahlman. Charles w. Bryan.
the brother of the Nebraska candidate,
said:
although we have more thar
enough to carry out our programme
there are still good seats on the band
wagon"
The arrival of delegations began
early yesterday morning and went
on steadily all day. Among the many
arrivals were the Cook county march
ing club, uniformed and hilarious
with trim black suits, shining silk
hats and natty canes topped with
streamers. After them came the
rough and ready Oklahomans, true
products of the soil, with broad
brimmed sombreros, high boots and
the stain of travel. The Tammany
braves, on several special trains.
were anxiously awaited, but word
came that they stopped off at Omaha
to go to church. They will be here
early this morning, about the time
that Bryan's home cohorts will arrive
from Nebraska.
Many interesting convention figures
are added as the delegations come In.
Last night the California delegation
brought at its head Theodore A. Bell.
the temporary chairman Of the con
vention, who will sound the keynote
when the assemblage meets next
Tuesday.
Another picturesque personality to
arrive was the mayor of Cleveland,
Tom l.. Johnson, round and smiling.
Others in the star groups were Cover.
nor Folk of Missouri, Senator Du.
boise, of Idaho, who comes with an
anti-Mormon fight involved In the
Idaho contests.