The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-02
At Delegates Mass Meeting
In Denver, Attempt Will Be
Made to Show Bryan He Is
Not the Man.
CONSERVATION PREVAILS
AMONG HIS FOLLOWERS.
Anti-injunction Plank Remains
Center. of Argument and
Nebraskan May Go to Con-
vention to Work.

Denver, Col, July Every dele
gate on reaching Denver will be asked
to attend a mass meeting in this city
a day or two before the convention, to
take some action to persuade Bryan to
withdraw from the presidential race in
the interests of the democratic party.
Circular letters have been sent to ev-
cry delegate, through an editorial bu-
Teau, asking them TO make known
their ideas of Bryan's candidacy. Sew
eral delegates already here, have cop
les of the letter in their possession,
which states that the plans will not
reflect discredit on Bryan nor be in
the interest of any particular candi-
date.
The object Is to determine the
strength of the opposition to Bryan's
candidacy and the probable size of the
vote which would be lost by Bryan's
nomination and then appeal to Bryan's
loyalty to step aside if success of his
party is endangered by his nomina
tion. CONSERVATION prevailed when
the movement was learned of today.
The circular is dated June %.
Bryan won't Cnan9e.
What is regarded as the very latest
indication that Mr.. Bryan does not
contemplate changing his position on
the injunction question to meet the
ideas of the conservatives was brought
to town by Frank S. Monnett, repub-
lican encouragement of Ohio from
1896 to 1860. Mr.. Monnett was in
conference with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln
as the result of which he says he will
have Mr.. Bryan's Endorsement in ap-
pearing before the resolutions commit
tee of the convention 70 state the legal
and political reasons why the iniunc-
tion plank should pledge the democrat
ic party to an amendment of the law
in these three particulars.
First, to prevent the issuing of the
writ in industrial disputes except aft
er notice to defendants ano full hear
ing; second, to permit trial before a
Judge other than the one who witness
ed the writ. and third, to allow jury
to be summoned in all cases where the
legal contempt is committed outside
the presence of the court.
That Mr.. Bryan has heretofore talk
en- his stand on an injunction plank
containing these elements is the state
ment of Mr.. Monnett, and the fact that
Mr. Bryan requested Mr.. Monnett to
urge their acceptance by the resolu-
tions committee is taken to mean that
Mr.. Bryan will be satisfied with moth
ing else.
Bryan May Go to Denver.
Jf ANYTHING hriugc Rryan tn Depvar
1t is now believed it will be the in
junction plank. He is known to be
somewhat exercised over the reports
that Judge Parker is bound for Den
yer for the purpose of fighting any at
tack on the independence or integrity
of the judiciary as he views it.
The men who have had Bryan's ear
dor the past few days have told him
that something must be done to ap-
pease Mr.. Gompers, else a large num-
ber of the men will go over to the
Socialists this fall. as the Republican
platform offers them nothing.
Close friends of the Lincoln idol
have also been given to understand
that Bryan takes his present stand as
a matter of principle They are say
ing here that he would have insisted
on a clear cut pronouncement on in
functions regardless of what Mr..
Gompers has done or seeks to do 1t
is not claimed, however, that Mr. Bry-
an intends to go as far as he did in
1896, when the courts were condemned
under the government by injunction"
attack
Nebraska Plank Assaied.
The runners from Lincoln bring the
tidings that Mr.. Bryan would be salts
fed with a statement embodying sub
stantially the declaration in the Ne
braska platform. This plank, however
has been assailed by the lawyers not
in accord with Mr.. Bryan as antici-
pating an unconstitutional statute. 1t
specifically eNempts parties to injunc-
tion proceedings in industrial disputes
from the present court practice, and
claims for the defendants. if they hap
pen to be union men, the right of no
tice before the writ issues and trial
by jury on the facts in the case.
Headquarters Opened.
The Johnson headquarters were for
mally opened today at the Albany ho-
tel and the campaign managers for
the Minnesota governor promise an
energetic fight from that time on until
q nomination has been made by the
convention.
Savoy hotel are in full swing under
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