The Washington herald., 1908-06-27

Denver. June 26.-The committee on
convention arrangements Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee has arrived
here ready for the meeting tomorrow,
when the temporary chairman OF the
convention is to be selected.
The committeeman here aie Chairman
Thomas Taggart. Roger c. Sullivan.
James c. Dahlman. Norman E. Mack. o.
NJ. Johnston. and John f. Osborne. John
L. McGraw and Clark Howell are TO be
here tomorrow.
Uri Woodson secretary Of the national
committee, and Edwin Seton, assistant
secretary, are also on the ground.
The general impression tonight is that
Theodore E. Bell, Of California. is to be
temporary chairman and Representative
Clayton. of Alabama. permanent chair
man Of the convention.
Mr.. Bell was the Democratic candidate
Tor governor Of California in 1906. and
was defeated because William II. Hearst
put an Independence League candidate in
the field. He Is fine speaker. Repre-
sentative Clayton comes from State
which has recently developed a decided
partiality for Gov. Johnson. of Minnesota.
Few Contests 10 BE Decided.
The national committee is not 20 meet
until July TO take up and decide the
contests There are mighty few Of these
contests. the most important, OF course,
being the twelve delegates elected TO this
convention by the Democrats OF Kings
County. n. Y. headed by Senator McCar-
rem The other contests consist OF the
First district OF Chicago and the Ninth
district Of Ohio.
New York's member Of the committee
on credentials Is 10 be Daniel T. ColGhau. /
and either Alton B. Parker or William F. |
Sheehan Will in all probability be New
Iorks members on the committee on
resolutions. The New York delegation is |
to vote under the unit rule. Senator Jo-
seph Bailey Is very seriously talked Of as |
chairman Of the committee on resolu- /
tions.
Bryan Writing Platform.
William J. Bryan, confident Of the |
nomination on the first ballot, is writing /
the platform at Lincoln. and several OF /
Bryan's friends who dropped of to see |
him on their way to this town assert
tonight that the platform contains
strong anti-injunction plank.
Cipher kilograms we're received to-day
from New York. New Jersey. and Penn
sylvania delegates by members OF the |
committee on arrangements. Tonight
It's Bryan all along the line. Several
members of the committee on arrange
ments said to-day that Bryan would be
allowed, without protest, to run the
whole shooting match, that no fight
should be made against him for the nom
ination, even though one-third or the
delegates and more were arrayed in op-
position to him. and that he should be
given free rein as to the platform and
his running mate.
There was preliminary talk OF a Vice
Presidential candidate.
National Chairman Taggart arrived To-
day. and brought with him, besides the
promising lad and small party OF friends.
brand-new candidate for Vice Presi-
dent.
John W. Kern can carry the State OF
Indiana by a great majority" Taggart
said. Kern Is one of the strongest men
in the Middle West"
Connecticut men. claiming the backing
Of all New England and New York are
pushing Archibald McNem OF Bridge
port, for Bryan's running mate
Mitchell Out of Race.
Roger c. Sullivan said that John Mitch s
ell was entirely out OF II, both for Vice I
President and as candidate for governor
OF Illinois
Norman e. Mack said that he and VIII Z
liam J. Conners. chairman of the New I
York Democratic State committee. had all
along believed that the second place on {
the ticket should go to Lieut.. Gov. Lewis I
Stuyvesant Chanler. and there are more '
here who mention the name Of Charles A /
Towne, Of New York. I
Then, too. should Gov. Johnson. OF Min c
nesota, fail 10 win first place. several S
eminent Democrats speak of him as the
very best man for Vice President. But all s
this is in the air. as great things are ex- :
pected when Senator Johnston NJ Ala !
bama. and Joe" Brown governor-eIoct G
OF Georgia arrive Johnston is a Georgia 4
Johnson man from his head TO his heels
and Joe" Brown was elected over Hoke
Smith, the radical anti-buslness and pros-
perity governor Of Georgia. ana tbA
States delegation is uninstructed. !
Give All to Bryan.
Clark Howell is expected to bring ''Joer
Brown along with him. and yet. as al :
ready said, Influential Democrats on the :
ground seem to believe that the whole 4
show, hook, line, and sinker, especially
the latter, should be handed over to Bry-
an without a protest or without even
the semblance OF a struggle They base
their views on the three e-time-and-out"
theory. ard among those inclined TO this I
policy are Democrats who believed that |
1904. 40 c
Charles r. Walsh, head of the Inde-
pendence League, In the absence of Mr.. Y
Hearst has announced that the national a
convention OF the Independence League. o
70 De held at Chicago July q. has been r
postponed until the last week in August :
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