The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-08
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

hopping made over the Governors ao- ton, and they are covertly dennuncing him for what they call "frittering for carrying the State in November" :" Governor Haniy. on the other hand, insists that, as Governor of the State, he Is administering the affairs of gov ernment in the interests of all the peo- pie and that conditions have arisen that make it necessary to call an extra ses- sion of the General Assembly.
 It is believed by some that, if Gov ernor Hanly had had any Idea that there was a chance tor the Republicans carrying Indiana in the present cam paign. he would not have invited the
 denunciaton of the party leaders. Baltimore Special.
 Republica nideas as to the unity of the members of the party for Taft re- ceived a rude shock in Baltimore last night when the President of Re- publican Club in the Twentieth Ward. during meeting. arose and said: Gen. tlemen,. must resign my position as head of ths organization. have fully determined to vote for Bryan and Kern, in view of which fact I do not consider
 1t fitting that I should continue as Another member arose. sMr. Presi- dent" he said, before you do anything Of the sort, I wish to say that there may be more of us who propose to vote the same way. Had we not better lind out?" On this suggestion. poll was taken, and of the twenty-seven mem- bers present. seventeen dropped into q hat little slip of paper on which was
 written the names of Bryan and Kern.
 And there are other evidences that the Republican natonal candidates sare not going to get the votes. by any means.
 Of all the Republican voters of Mary. land. Democrats are doing some in- vestigating along this line. that is. proving most enightening. No names are being given out. because. among they be. the Republicans would follow up such announcements with strenu- ous efforts to get the men of that par ty who propose to vote their honest eyer 1t may be stated as fact that one
 of the most prominent and widely ac- uuainted financifrs of sBaltimore--a
 man known nationally. and whose vote
 absolutely certain for Taft--has ex-
 pressed himself privately as determin-
 ed to vote for Bryan. Also, 1t has been discovered that; with q single excep-
 Mems Christian Association will vote
 the Democratic tfeket. And one of
 these is a man who has never in his
 life voted for any one but a Repub-
 lican.
 Washington Special to Louisville Cour-
 ier-Journa1.
 John Cadwaiader, Jr.. of Philadel-
 phia, who for twelve years has been
 generally regarded as one of the most
 irreconciliable of Democrats toward
 William J. Bryan, has declared himself
 2 supporter of the Democratic Presi.
 dential nominee.
 "Tm for Bryan" said Mir. Cadwala.
 der T never supported him before.
 But I now believe that the preserva- tion of Democratic principles requires every Democrat to support him. There is more Democracy behind Bryan, be- lieve, than there may be in the man himself. perhaps. .raft's Endorsement of the things that Roosevelt stands for, including the Ideas of eentralization of government, makes Bryan's candidacy preferable. consider one particularly dangerous probability in case of Bryan's defeat. There will be three appoint- ments to make for the Supreme Court of the United .States. Taft could, and probably would. appoint three Republi- cans, and thus change the constitu- tional prospect of the country for a long time to come. as there would then be eight Republican justices and only one Democfat Bryan would appoint three Democrats and thus the country
 would be safer"