Putnam patriot., 1908-07-17
Democratic Presidential Candidates,
 fs. PrrsId nt WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
 For Vice President

and the clock was not started a2air
 until afteff the nominations @efe made
 IL was conceded by the opponents .
 Nr. Bryan, as soon as ihe Con fentiof
 ~as opened, tJat he would be nouina
 ted on the first ballot. From that tim'
 on there seemed readiness fo unit.
 hafiaeniously iH placing Mf. Bryan lH nomination.. On the first ballot hs
 received s9Z | z votes 10 los i2 for Gray
 and Johnson. and then The nomination.
 WAS made unanimous.
 There was no effort III ade to concil. late the conservative eia@s who lad op.
 posed MT. Bryan. Neither was there manifested the least expectation 0f se- curing any Of the Eastern States, moi even New York. IL was thought oth- efwise by outsiders, who felt sure the candidate for Vice President wosila be taken from that State, but now II is seen that the plan adopted was the wisest possible Tor any hope Of success. The Southern vote WAS reekoned sure for Bryan, as was the Eastern and Pa ellie coast States for Taft. That left the Middle West 10 become The deci- sixe battlefield. Hence the selection of MT. John W. Kern, of Indiana, ss candidate for Vice President. Mir. Kern is built on the Abraham Lin eeln style If man. Although he has held no important political office, he k adored in his home city of Indi- anepoIin, where no Republican could have the least chance against him In a contest fof any office. If he cam paigns The -fate and deNeiopes in strong force the characteristics that won to his support the Republicans Of his home city he Hay start n political tornado lhal may sweep back The old Bemoefatie.sFirittlat int tarIaBiy ' made thal 9lase so auwaecfing taf that par tx in IL eafl5 history. In his noHina- ton k t5i. hope.
 Those who thought the delegates nj the Denver Convention were an lgnor ant mnb without piau 5r ieadenhip, except ta obey the Nhimso ot i.t4 au, be- eia to see there Was ofdef and piaa to hfing about the strongest forces in q national contest since Cleveland < last victory. In accomplishing this there were shfe wdef men than Bryan that arranged the plan af campaign, and the ..4 i.t aIa ed had nothing objectionable to such profound conservative leaders as Judge Parker, the Presidential candidate In loo4, who fasors the platform pfonis- ing to heartily support Bryan. Riddef, Editor of the New York Getting, the leading German paper in the nited States, who had bitterly oppoked Bry. an, and went to Denver to demand of hin to withdraw for some more aeee p- table candidate, tlot only follows Judge
 Parker In endorsing the platform. but on his way home from the Convention sent the following telegram io Mir 1 Bryan.
 You may rely on the sincere and earnest support of The Staats Zeilung.
 oiompef., the head of lhc Federation | of Labor, and the present most iatli- ential leader in the labor fanhri who went to Denver to..dcmands the adop. ,, ton of certain @lanks, k equally grat- :, filed with fa7 aaef and Riddef with the | platform aud the candidate, Here k one of the most prominent leaders af inc eansefe atiNe Democrats; here Is | al~a one of he most influential leaders | of the German American voters: here | too k Il powerful controller of the labor yote-eaeh publicly pledged io give | hls nndis iied support tathe bcmoera- tie platform and candidate. How did | II happen lt's mystery. The De | mocfaiic eitder~ enter the contest with d eonseieusneS~ they will have ia fe- Volu,on,Sc lnbHc sentiment in order to win the nRht, because at tue outset K strug a2atust them. Even II They fail to win the victory, but can censei. idalc the nsm ,cratie spirit into Niial force they VII have gained an adN an eed party position, better prepared for the next battle under new leader. The Republican leaders understand al the possible chances their opponents hope to win, and knowing them will l he ready with stronger forces lo over | com. them. They are not disposed h | supinely rest on their strong rrobaeil | and almost certainty of winning a great victory They have one of the ahle>t and pafest men in the country | tor leader, their party has a record | that shows what they have done ,o raise this nation ta aagrandeuf ln every. thing that ennohles n people to which
 nothing in history approaches, and an ! intelligence to appeal to that readily | discerns between what is real and
 what k rretentious, and they enter the contest, no matter how fearful ths
 struggle may prove, with the certainty of A triumphant success.
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 Arthur Roterge of Holyoke, Mass. Is the guest of his cousin, Eddie Rel
 leroSe on Batley stcet this week.