The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-07-09


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sss.il.1.~si Asr A-i. se.s. W apge sstAil
overwhelming sssl isssss~s@lss. gs'sli-s'
lssas. sDa The continuation ~ ths ~
traslnn seeRs Bow assured Sesou
sny reasonable douhG unlees some VI
locked for reversal ~ present rond
items Secars All efforts 10 MATTE ON
wise presidential Candidate hay
proved fufsic. and The eogyenfion i'ewal
Us deliberations leday with the con
test fDf second place wide open,
A rasJoflsy Of the rsnnssisania deis
gsiIon ia caucus named James ". Gut
icy As nasioaai committeeman, In opel
defiance II Brysn's demsnd for his DIS
piacemsnf aud 90 the heels o. tsuiieyi
singing public arralgnincnt ef BryaI
a. ~hyprs.fte, Migrate and faisitief
A minority of the Pennsylvania dele
eatieA held 4 rump caucus whiel
sought TO oppose Quincy from leader
ship and Install James Kerr. Bryai
man, as Pennsylvania leader
The New York delegation sppointe'
committee 0f ten 10 draft platform
and named Alton II Parker, the Demo
cratic standard bearer Of 1904, 49, ih'
New YORK representative on the piut
farm cemmittee. The New York eau
Gus was silent on The presidential snS
vice presidential situation and New
York stu fails 70 show Der colors.
The Democratic national cnmmiite,
held It's first meeting 10 consider con
tests. which resulted In the dismissal of
Senator Me1arren's New York con
tests and the seating of Roger Sulli
vans Illinois delegates.
DAY Crowded With Events
The foregoing are only the main
features OF an eventfnl day--a day
marked bs the elimination Of that
noisy demonstration which ushers Ia q
national convention. with delegations
aud lheIr hosts OF followers pouring
INTO town. with bands and marching
clubs yleing In turbulent demoDstra-
lions, aud with streets and hotel lob
bIes flied with surging crowds.
Amid aIl this confusion the men OF
action have worked increasingly Most
OF the states effected their orgaDiza-
iiDn. electing members OF the com
mittees which win serve today. The
arrivals have practically completed the
roster OF state delegations and have
gained an idea Of the aggregate strength
eornlnnpded by The Bryan forces
There has been one continuous swelling
Of the Bryan strength, with only scat
iering aeeessions for other candidates.
This has become SO apparent that tue
OF Bryan seems assured,
hot only by the required two.thirds vote
OF the convention, but by practically a
vote, except that OF Mime
sofa and Delaware, whose representa-
tiyes stil insist they VIII be steadfast
to the end to their fayorite sons, and
scattering antl-l!ryan votes from
Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maine and several other localities, a
opposition dwarfed By the
nagnltude OF Bryan's total.
f Murphy Remains Silent
While this steady tide Of Bryan
strength has been setting In. the allied
opposition have been locking intenily
but xainly toward New York. for II has
been recognized that Chief Murphy, the
political genius vi the delegation held
B key which might unloosc movement
Of genuine force against the Nebras.
kan, With New York taking the head
and throwing iis ssyenty-eight votes
against Bryan, Guirey and his Pennsyl-
vania cohorts would have followed
suit: Georgia was wayerlng and likely
10 turn block OF southern strength
away from Bryan, and this, with the
prgs ni.ed strength Of johnson ana
Gray, might have given vitality 10 the
sIlied opposition. V aH
But ali these reckonings have come
10 naught because u New York's per
sistenf silence Murphy " neither for
Bryan nor against him. and with this
eadesleSs. simless position, the allied
opposition has cr,ImbIe,i 10 pieces. If
Murphy has waited for some one else
10 take the head, as Is generally be
levei. he viii have the satisfaction OF
scing back 10 New York With the dec
nration that II would have been lacking
n political saaaclty for New York TO
let against Bryan until the aggregate
strength VI the opposition was demon.
s,rateJ 10 be SUFFICIENT to defeat him,
What Might Have Happened
For the FIRST time the allied opposi
ton has disclosed figures showing
What might have happened had New
fosk announced at the outset that it,
evenly eight votes would he swung
gAinst Bryan. According 10 this table
iotai or 40 votes. or considerable
more than the necessary number 10
,iock Bryan nomination. wonsd have
wing into line with New York. The
oiai vote ~ The convention Il fnu2, the
ne third necessary 10 prevent noini-
laiion h"lng 3as. whereas the allied OPP
,osilbR dsinsed nfits%i II, excess ~
his requirement had New York fur
,ish~i the fnIiyinr point @
A meeting vas held late last night
" The safIuas anti Bryan elements.
fiiring v hict The situation WINS fully
'snyss-sd aai praeiicai agreement
reached thai II was futile 10 continue
Ihs nghs ID view Of New forks mae
Inn.
The heated contest IN the renfisyi.
TahIa delegation rased around Gnf
~, but his victory. his enemies claim,
i hess significant than might appear.
rhe hopes III the Bryan men are zen
esa Oh the nine eant.ssing delegates
rom Pennsylvania. A these con.
sssianis are Bryan men, they are prae.
icslly assured ~ being seated ~ the
ssysn committee on credeniiais. and.
pnce seated, u,urey's victory may be
sncc~edei 10y Bsyars FINAL triumph
oday. according 10 lie calculations ~
he Br,sn men, Against this however,
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