Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-13
BRYAN IS SURE OF 4 VICTORY
 IN CONVENTION
Nomination of Former Attorney General For Vice President
 Is Probable-Fnends Assert
 Harmon Can Garry Ohio.

tidi HUI O0it SoiiJ SihOA CHICAGO. March 12.-Detested though he is by the politicians, Will liam Jennings Bryan, without ques- ton, will be the unanimous choice of the Democratic national eonvsn- ton when it assemblies at Denver next July, says a Chicago correspond |ent Continuing this correspondent says:
 The Denver meeting promises to be quite different from that which will occur in Chicago when the Republi- cans will select their standard bearer for the impending campaign. On the part of the Republican leaders there will be jealousy and dissension. On the eve of a most important cam paign one set Of Republican politi- clans, backed up by important finan- cial and Wall street interests, is op- posed to another set, headed by the President, and comprising practically all of the Republicans in the ranks. The Democrats, on the other hand, are as nearly united as they could hope to be. William Randolph Hearst, who is no longer considered by Bryan to be Democrat, has become an out and-out Independence Leaguer, and unquestionably there will be a ticket headed by him or some one else in the field
 From one end of the country to the other. it is the understanding of the people that Bryan will be the nomi- nee of the Democratic party The | sentiment is for him, whatever the politicians may say. In New Eng | land l took occasion to ask quite numbeS of Democratic voters who | they thought should lead them in the coming campaign. The unanimous
 answer was Bryan" h the Middle Atlantic States I received the same response to the same question. In Ohio the friends of Judson liar
 mon. former Attorney General in IClevelands cabinet wanted that
 statesman indorsed by the Democratic
 State committee as the presidential nominee of the party. Bryan went 1 tc Columbus, the capital of the State,
 on the eve of the meeting of the 1 committee. He was received by an extraordinarily large crowd and the
 eople turned out en masse to hear
 him during his afternoon and evening appearances. The committee met and unanimously indorsed Bryan, approv- ing Harmon, not for first, but for sec Iond. place on the ticket
 "One of the strongest men the Dem
 ocratic party has today is Gov John
 son. oF Minnesota The governor ap Tpreciates that the sentiment of the country is for Bryan, and he recently
 announced that he would not be Q
 candidate. Judge Gray, of Delaware may have the support of the delega ton from his State if he desires it
 But Judge Gray is too wise man tc
 permit his name to be presented in {
 convention which will be packed by
 Bryan delegates.
 If the Southern leaders could have
 their way, Bryan would not be tne
 candidate of the party. But they art
 powerless, as are the leaders of tht
 North. Nothing they may do car
 block the nomination of the "Peerles!
 One" from Nebraska Bryan has
 taken occasicL to go through tn,
 South, as he has through the North
 West, and East, addressing largs
 crowds and making friends whers
 they would do him the most good In Kentucky, for example, he made
 a strong fight for the election of Gov
 Beckham to the United States Senate In some respects Beckham is unpopu
 lar. he having committed the Demo
 cratic party in the State to certain
 local reforms, such ss local option
 which failed to meet with unanimou
 approval.
 But Bryan's interests in supporting
 Beckham's candidacy, as he did il
 speeches made in the Blue Gras
 State, arose from his desire to nav
 a Democrat made a member of th' Senate. Consequently he lost noth ing with the antiTeform elemen while attaching Beckham and his SUI pcrters to him with hooks of stee Beckham is in control O the Demo cratic machine in Kentucky and wi force an instruction for Bryan snoul pressure be necessary. In Tennesse g movement was uder way to hay l direct primaries for tue fmpendin
 nomination. Bryan could have no oI iectioa to that, for the people of tn < State are for him. As it Is, the Den S ocratic State committee adopted ! s resolution declaring that he was tn } man Tennessee desired as the Dem, ! cratic nominee.
 Unlike the Republican zconvent.o there will be practically no eoutes s ing delegations at Denver. Praetica ly everybody will be for Bryan. sa 4 the professional politicians. The la S ter would like to beat Bryan if the 2 could. but they cannot, and they mn: swallow him with the best grace the S can muster. Tha likelihood is they wi S name Harmon as tae Vice Presidel ; tial candidate. Harmon represents \ Of course, an entirely different ell ment from Bryan He was i1timatel ! associated with Grover Cleveland $ serving in his cabinet But he is $ man who can give a great deal ( ! strength to the ticket. Bryan claim
 tho country has come up to him, g s President Roosevelt has put into e ! feet reforms which the Nebraskan al z vocated long ago. Harmon, on tn s other hand, has beea among the col i servative following. He has neyt S openly spporved of tho Bryan her . si-s.' nor has he publicly disapprove them Moreover, Harmon was one { the first Attorney Generals to gi' effect to the Sherman antitrust lay f He was named by the President tT $ years ago to make an inv 7Sti23tion { 4 the charge that Paul Morton, 10 president of the Equitable Life Insu $ ance company, and at the time Sc i retary of the Navy in Mir. Roosevelt $ cabinet. was guilty of granting rebate $ while connected with the Santa F & railroad. Harmon found the caars | true and recommended proceeding & h,- +bo eovaraunant Morton was ai