Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-04-01
NO FIGHT 10 BE made
ON BRYAN At ROANOKE:
Believed Congressman Who Are
Against Him viii Not Buck
VIII Of The Psap|a.
NOTHING BUT HARR0aY N sIGaT
Admit Probability of Daniel Going 40
an Instructed Delegate Along Win
rewnty-three Other Instructed Del.
eeates-onc Leader Frankly Admits
That People Are for Bryan.

'ACNb, VIZ, NNTcn II - 1ne
Richmond Evening Jonrinrs Wash-
ing ton correspondent IN Il special
says:
The Journal correspondent Is able to
state on the authority OF one whose
right TO speak for MIR. Bryan is we'll
known. that the Nebraska statesman
does not look with approval OH the
course that Is being followed by SEN
ator Thomas In the fight he is making
uginst Senator Daniel TO the Denver
convention. IN fact, he has pusltive
uisiike for the course of Senator
Thomas and THINKS that II will do
no one any good. II is a cnse where
he wishes to be Saved from my fool
friends There Is tendency here
10 look upon the attitude of Senator
Thomas as The zeal OF the new con-
vert 1t being openly said that neither
IN 1896 nor in 1900 could he be charg.
ed with being a warni champion OF
Mr.. Bryan
eryan Friendly Toward Daniel.
There has been great deal of
,alk ges'8its the'tmark rs sowar,, al
ilrSan. riEnIaat1r Daa,ieiHfatIcr is thai
the senior senator does look upon The
leadership OF Mr.. Bryan as unfortnm-
etc. ana not for the best interests OF
The party. He has expressed these
views to many of his friends. But. ut
The same time. he would be the last
man in Virginia TO misrepresent her
people. Ho does not believe in the
things advocated by Mr.. Bryan. nor
yet In The wisdom of nominating him
But in that he is not different
from many others who are
certain to go to tbs Den
yer convention rs either district
delegates or delegates at large. Yet
none of them are going 10 oppose Mr..
Bryan. They have two reasons for
such course. The main reason is
that they understand full well that the
people of the state are for MIR Bryan.
The other is that they recognize that
the selection of Mr.. Bryan is now n
-, foregone conclusion. and that the fu-
tility of opposing him is no greater
than the harm that would come to the
party by giving the Republicans the
advantage of Democratic pre- conven-
lion opposition TO Mr.. Bryan.
No Opposition Predicted.
II the Journal correspondent could
/ tell all that has been told in confidence
by members of the Virginia delega.
! ton in Congress. it would lie easily
seen that there was full justification
for his prediction that there will be
no opposition 10 MIR. Bryan when the
Roanoke convention meets - that Is.
/ any opposition from important sourc-
! es. If there are any set of msn quail
: flied 10 speal, on the subject II is the
. Virginia delegation. The representa-
! tivos are pretty well informed about
matters in their own districts. and
! the senators have their ears close
enough to the ground to detect what
ever signs of real opposition there is
. going 10 be-
And without exception. almost, they
regard the nomination of the Nebras-
! kan as certain. and that their dis.
tricis are for him.
Representative Jones thinks his con-
stituents want Mr. Bryan and the
same is true of Captain Lamb. Rep.
resentativc Saunders, Representative
| Glass. Representative Hay. Represent
ative Carlin and Representative Flood.
Representatives Lassiter and May
nard were for Johnson awhile ago,
but they are now beginning TO realize
that his candidacy is a forlorn hope.
The views of the Virginia delegation
favorable TO the nomination OF Mr..
Bryan cannot be ascribed to any over
zeal for him, for down in their hearts
n majority of them feel that If he
were to cooperate in the nomination
and election of some other man the
Democrats might poll heavier vote
than he. But they realize that with
his wanting the nomination there is
no chance of electing any other Dem
ocrat.
Time for Opposition Past.
man who is as prominent in state
affairs as any other. and who will OK
ercise an important influence over the
state convention, said to me today:
THE time for opposition 10 Mr.. Bry-