Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-03
ANY BRYAN DEMOCRAT
BUT EASTERN MAN
PREFERRED
Vice Presidency the Big Topic
al Denver With Forty
Nan mes in
Prospect.
SEVERAL HAVE
BRYAN'S GOOD WILL
NebraSkan Absolutely Controls
Convention but viii Not Have
to Name the Vice Presidency
for His Friends Are
There In Force.

Denver Colo. July S.-This is Will
liam j. Bryan's convention. What
ever else may be said of il, this one
fact becomes daily more evident. The
only question here is: What does
Mr.. Bryan want?
lis 1t a matter of contests? They
will be settled as Bryan says. Is it
matter of platform? 1t will be
drawn as Bryan says. Is 1t a matter
of the vice presidency? 1t will be
man approved by Bryan.
William j. Bryan has two-thlrds of
the delegates, and then some. All
statements to the contrary, notwith-
standing, this may be set down as a
mathematical certainty.
The names of Johnson and Gray
may be presented. And then again
they may not. The potentially for a
stampede in 700 or 500 delegates may
readily be seen. When the Bryan
demonstration begins, look out. 1t
Will be like a mountain stream in the
season of spring rains. Already the
little distractions creak and groan.
Presently they are likely to be tooth
picks in the maelstrom.
Already speculation has passed
over the big things''---the presiden-
tial nomination and the platform
aad come to the vice presidency. And
here again it is all question of
Bryan.
Will Bryan dictate the vice presi-
Dental nomination? No. He will not
have to. His friends-and they are
the big majority-are not being left
in ignorance as to his opinions ON the
vice presidency. Here they are:
Amy man who is really a Bryan
Democrat. And, preferably, a man
from the east" y
This means tlAt the second place
on the ticket will be filled by the ma
jority, not, as in the Republican con-
vention, by the minority. The Repub-
lican convention surrendered to the
allies" Taft permitted the men who
had fought him-Cannon, Fairbanks
Knox and the stand-pat ring in the
House of Representatives-to grab
the vice presidency. Bryan will not
do that.
Bryan will not pick out any one
man and insist that he be nominated
| with h.m. But on the other hand.
he will exercise what might be called
veto power. He will let ii be
known--and he is letting it be known
that certain candidates are not sat
isfactory to him.
The result is that already a num-
ber of these candidates have been
eliminated. Among them may be
mentioned William j. Stone of Mis-
souri,, John w. Kern of Indiana. w.
G. Conrad of Montana, David X.
Francis of Missouri, Judson \. Har-
mon of Ohio, l.. ). Chanier of New
York and william l.. Douglas OF
Massac chusetts.
on the other hand there is a class
of vice presidential candidates who
may be said TO have received a quiet
and unofficial .. X. from Bryan. In
this class are: Judge George Gray OF
Delaware, Archibald Mcneil of Con-
necticut, Herman \. Metz of New
York, Adlai Il. Stevenson of Illinois.
Tom l.. Johnson of Ohio, Henry T.
Rainey of Illinois, Governor Higgins
of Rhode Island, and Q. A. Towne of
New York
Bryan's attitude toward the above
Is decidedly friendly. 1t is quite cer-
tain that Judge George Gray is the
man Bryan would rather have than
any of the others. The question in
the case of Gray is simply whether
Judge Gray is willing to take il. And
this question seems to be answered in
the negative. There are reasons to
believe that Bryan is not averse to
having Johnson for his running mate.
out Johnson chance for a place on
the ticket is decreasing rapidly with
the steady progress of other candi-
dates toward this goal
One thing about the vice presidency
Is becoming quite plain: The candi-
date, if Bryan has his way. will come
from the east.
Bryan feels that his strength viii
be in the west. The place he win
need votes most Is the east. Ii a man
can be found from one Of the eastern
states who will bring any prestige or
votes to the ticket, that Is the man
who will be approved by Bryan for
p1a