The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-25
NEEDS ONLY 187 MORE
 ID SECURE NOMINATION
Samuel Gompers Jumps on the DO Nothing Congress" and Cannon as
 an Irresponsible Tyrant."
 Fate of Currency Bill.

Washington, May 24.-(Special.-The most accurate figures which can be gath cred on the status of the delegates so far elected to the Denver convention shows that of 30 states and territories which have elected delegates, 4s1 are in- structed for Bryan, % for Johnson, Il for Gray and 163 uncommitted. Six hum dred and seventy-seven delegates have been elected, hence MT. Bryan has T per cent instructed for him. It takes 66s delegates to nominate, so Bryan only needs 1S7 more. That he will easily get these is apparent from the list of states which hold conventions, beginning at Ft Worth, Tex, May 26 and ending in Burlington, Vt, June 26. According to MT. Vrey Woodson, the secretary of the democratic national committee, the follow ing are the dates of conventions yet to be held: Texas May 26; New Hampshire, May p; West Virginia. May 2S, New Mexico May 2S; Arizona, May 2s; Porto Rico, May 31; Nevada June 1; Louisiana, June 3; Maryland, June B Idaho, June 3; Georgia. June 4; Utah. June 6; Arkansas, June &; Montana, June 10; Virginia, June Il; Kentucky, June Il; Colorado, June Is; Oregon. June 16 Tennessee, June r; Mississippi. June II; North Carolina, June ! 24; Vermont, June 26.
 Do Nothing Congress. Even President Samuel Gompers of the | American Federation of Labor Is roasting the do-nothing Congress. in spite of the efforts of republicans to pass an anti injunction bill The American Fedora tionist comes out this morning in note .,f ,..,t,. hot tAA Congress responsible for failure to leg islate. Gompers calls Cannon fire sponsible tyrant. " who represents the powerful interests which, with the do- cile consent of the majority of the House. have placed him there and aided him in imposing his autocratic rule upon the House."
 'It Is of little use" continued the edi- torial, flor congressman to frantically implore the American Federation of Lu- bor to give them a clear record and explain their inability to secure a vote on labor legislation. They must make the explanation to their constituents themselves and also explain how they came to betray interests of the people by electing such a speaker and crawling to his feet every time he promulgated new rule to throttle debate and ob- struct legislation. Labor holds the fail ure to legislate as the refusal to legs- late"
 Hitchcocks Latest Notion.
 Frank Hitchcock the Taft eastern man. ager, who started out booming through the postmasters the renominaton of the President, then went to Cortelyou and fin- ally landed m the Taft band wagon, is said to want the Secretary of the Treas ury nominated for the vice presidency. The relations of MT. Cortelyou and Mr. Hitchcock have always been close and interesting. For six years the latter has been a protege of the secretary. In the campaign four years ago MT. Hitchcock vas the right hand man of the chairman or the republican national committee. and in this connection the candidacy of MT. Hitchcock for the national chairmanshp is appealing very strongly to republican leaders. Having been of the prin- cipa assistants in the gathering of a cam raign fund from the corporations, trusts and insurance companles in the last cam paign, it is recognized that MT. Hitchcock will be a very valuable man this year. Arthur Voryes of Ohio also wants the place, but when 1t comes to collecting the money he will be no match for Hitch cock.
 II is pretty well understood that Hitch cock in return for the services rendered him by MT. Cortelyou would like to do d good turn for his old chief and turn the vice presidency to him. The insurance scandal exposures. however, give Hitct- cock an uphill fight and the best poli- ticIans in the party are not likely to con- sent to the Cortelyou nomination.
 Currency Bill.
 'I think there is no possibility of an agreement upon currency bill. The Sem etc wants nothing but the Aldrich bill. which the House will not accept. The passage of the resolution to commission through the Senate, and its favorable re- Iort from the House committee indicates to me that the subject is closed"
 Representative Pujo of Louisiana, one of the House conferees on the currency h,ll, made the above statement tonight, relative to reports that after all there would be currency measure framed and passed before adjournment.
 Further conferences were held today by Senate and House leaders, who, realizing the political disadvantage in which the republicans would be placed by failure to enact currency legislation, are endoiv- bring to get through something or any thing which can be construed by their campaign orators as answering the ap- peals of bankers and the business in- terests who are bombarding members with telegrams asking that something be done tc avert a repetition of a panic such as occurred last fall w S.