The Washington herald., 1908-07-05

Denver. July 4-Friends OF William J.
Bryan are jubilant tonight.
Friends Of Johnson and Gray are cor
respondlngly depressed and have threat
ened 10 the opposition TO Bryan 10 prac-
tically make his nomination unanimous on
the first ballot II New York persists in in
dorsing him at to-morrow's caucus. The
names Of the other candidates. they say.
will be withdrawn Immediately after they
are placed in nomination and their sup
! port will 20 10 Bryan on the first roll call.
The prospect OF losing the Empire State
delegation has taken all the wind out OF
the sails OF the antis; that is quite plain
here tonight
The New Workers are IN a pickle, too,
over the Vice Presidential situation.
Yesterday when they landed here, they
were all for Supreme Court Justice VIII
liam J. Gaynor. o. brooklyn. and asserted
that the delegation at its caucus on Mon
day would declare for Bryan and advance
Gaynor as the States choice for Vice
President To-day. Charles F. Murphy
and his friends in the delegation. not for
getting Senator -Eaomas . Grady. have
heard q heap about the jumping INTO the
frying pan situation. with Justice Gayror
as the chief object TO be toasted.
Bryan has made II clear to the New
Workers that Gaynor was the best man
named II they could agree upon him in
the delegation. Gaynor has told Senator
McCarren that he would accept the nomi-
nation. McCarren could be slaughtered in
the committee on credentials. but would
have 70 be loyal 20 Gaynor. a fellow
townsman, and Gaynor's pleasant reIa-
tions with William R Hearst might IN
duce Mr. Hearst TO forego any determine
tion not 10 support ticket which had
Bryan for It's head.
The plan. it r. said. was made at Lin
, coin and was 10 be tried out for the
additional reason that Bryan believes a
New Yorker should be named for Vice
President 70 counteract any political ad-
vantage the Republicans OF the state
might gain in the nomination Of Repre-
sentative James S Sherman.
Attack on GaynOr.
To-day Bryan's friends with longer
memories apparently began 70 attack
, Justice Gaynor. They produced editorial
articles from New York City newspapers
which IN years gone by had severely
criticised Justice Gaynors manner for
S abjuring his religious faith and attacking
e il from the lecture platform. All day.
e these critical editorials. some OF them
e dating back fifteen years. have been ped
. died among the delegates here and among
: Democrt tic national committeeman and
among Bryan and anti-B Bryan men. And
Mr Murphy and many others in the New
r York delegation do not believe tonight
$ that Justice Gaynor can be selected by
s the delegation on Monday, and even If
d he were. that he would be rejected by the
Bryan men IN the convention.
IL should not be thought that Justice
J Gaynor's boom is altogether dead. but It
j. Is fasting and futtering in the last throes
i There are men in the New York delega-
~ tiOn who hope 10 see II revived by the
time the delegation assemblies on MOnGay
q afternoon. The New Workers began to-
I. night TO say that they did not really
care 10 name a candidate for the Vice
Presidency. They seem to think that
= Bryan should take John w. Kern. of
{ Indiana. or should make even more siren
g uous efforts 20 induce Judge Gray, Of
y Delaware, 10 accept second place on the
e ticket.
e Many Favor johnson.
The Johnson men. with the exception
q Of Frederick b. Lynch believe that Min
nesota's governor should accept the Vice
Presidency for the reason that this is his
Il last term rs governor in the State. and
C that because of the vast Scandinavian
D population In the Northwest, one OF that
- race should be on the ticket This lat
:. ter argument has been submitted 70
o Bryan az Lincoln.
l. Quite a good deal Is expected from
2 Georgia. A number OF conferences were
held to-day by some OF the leading Demo-
: Gratis OF New York, Pennsylvania. Min
I. nesota. and Illinois.
y The majority sentiment was that
| Brvan's nomination could not be pre-
8 vented. and some Of those who attended
l. the conferences stated plainly that II
N they caught New York flying the COOP
!, and deciding to indorse Bryan. they
: would not hesitate a moment TO adopt
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