The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-16

will be tusy one in democratic cir
Giles. Conventions and primaries will
be held in many states, in different
parts of the country, and will afford
fair measure of the strength of the
Bryan opposition.
Democratic conventions will he
held Monday in California, at Fres-
no, and in Washington, at Spokane.
According to advices from the coast,
Bryan is certain of endorsement by
both conventions. State primaries
will be held in Alabama on Monday.
The sentiment in that state is alleg-
ed to be for Bryan for president,
and the delegation will probably go
for him, as well as instructed for a
platform in line with the policies he
advocates.
On Tuesday primary election
will be held in Florida, at which
delegates to the Denver convention
will be chosen. There is little doubt
that the entire Florida delegation
will be for Bryan, as the opposition
has been weak and dispirited and
the Nebraskan is a favorite with a
large majority of the democratic
voters.
Wednesday will be an important
day in the democratic calendar,
since state conventions will be held
in Pennsylvania. Missouri and South
Carolina.
Missouri will go solid for Bryan
and all of these states have been
centols of opposition to the Nebras-
kan and the action of the caEN"n-
lions will be watched with a great
deal of interest by Washington poll
ticians.
In South Carolina the fight over
Bryan has not been so bitter as in
the northeastern states, but there
has been much powerful opposition
to the Nebraskan. Senator Tillman,
the most powerful figure in South
Carolina politics, is thought to fav-
or Bryan, but he will not take an
active part in the campaign. The
convention to be held next Wednes-
day in Columbia will elect the dis
trict delegates, as well as the dele
gates at large.
In Michigan, where the democratic
state convention will be held at
Lansing on Wednesday, considerabl
sentiment in favor of Johnson has
developed. The state committee re-
fused to indorse Bryan, and this ac-
ton put heart into the Johnson
boomers, who have been carrying
on a vigorous campaign during the
last few weeks. According to re-
ports received from Michigan, the
voters are about evenly divided be-
tween the Bryan and Johnson fac
tions, and any attempt to instruct
for Bryan will probably lead to a
| hot fight on the floor of the conven-
ton.
Missouri democrats will hold their
state convention in Jefferson City
next Wednesday. The selection of a
| delegation favorable to Bryan is a
certainty. Popular sentiment among
the rank and file of Missouri demo-
Gratis is all in favor of the Nebraska
! candidate.
The Pennsylvania democratic con-
vention, to be held in Harrisburg on
| Wednesday, will be the most impor-
tant of the week in it's far-reaching
effects. For nearly three months the
! Pennsylvania Bryan League has been
| carrying on a spirited campaign to
secure the Endorsement of it's candi-
date, and the embodying in the plat
form of his views on national ques-
lions. If the league should be sue
cessful in its endeavors to capture
the big Pennsylvania delegation, the
position of the Bryan boomers in the
/, Denver convention would be render
ed almost impregnable. Those who
favor Johnson or Gray realize this
and will make every effort to stem
1.-The Bryan tide in the convention and
to follow New Yorks lead in send
ing an uninstructed delegation.