The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-07

tion as the candidate of the party for
the presidency would bring to our sup
port the electoral votes of all the states
within the Mississippi valley and thus
secure a national triumph, we respect
fully present to the Democracy of the
nation the name of John A. Johnson as
candidate for president of the United
States and recommend to the Democrats
of Minnesota that they cause his name
to be presented to the national cOnyen-
ton at Denver for nomination"
The Presentation of the resolution
Immediately precipitated a contest and
that the resolution would carry. the
Bryan men insisted on fighting every
inch of the way. After a long and at
times acrimonious debate. the Bryan
men forced vote on two resolutions,
one tolay the johnson resolution on the
table and one indorsing the candidacy
of Mr.. Bryan. Though they were over
.whelmlngly defeated on both Tesolu-
tions. the Bryan men made the mem
bers of the committee go on record by
insisting on a roll call. not only on the
original Johnson resolution, but on the
two minority resolutions. The official
count was as follows:
On the motion to lay the Johnson
resolution on the table-Yeas "A, noes
6S
On the resolution indorsing Bryan
Yeas 10, noes SIS.
On the resolution indorsing johnson
Yeas 6S. noes %.
The debate was opened on the John
son resolution by Jay La Due of Rock
county, who said that as a friend of
Governor Johnson he desired to save
him firm the certain results of the
adoption Of the resolution, which who
blight his political career, as the nom
ination of Bryan was certain.
State Committeeman Stockwell of
Minneapolis asked by What authority
the state committee presumed to pass
a resolution indorsing any man for the
presidency.
You can pass this resolution if you
choose to-" he said. "but it will not
represent the sentiment of the Demo-
Gratis of Minnesota. Did Governor
Johnson authorize the Introduction of
this resolutiOn2
IF this resolution is adopted it slaps
in the face thousands of Democrats
i'm Minnesota and does not represent
the sentiment of the governor"
Claims Made for Johnson.
Mr.. O'Brien said in reply: "A strange
condition presents itself. You have been
reading in the press how state COM
mittees I'm other states have Endorsed
the candidacy of Mr.. Bryan, and this
is the first time l have heard such
action criticised. l have yet to hear
of any place or time when Mr. Bryan
has criticised any committee that in
dorsed his candidacy.
Governor Johnson can carry every
state that Bryan can carry, and, in
addition. can carry Minnesota, Wiscon-
siT F1xy
other states that Bryan can not carry
This committee has Their light TO ex-
press its opinion.
Vasaly of Morrison county, in oppos-
ing the Johnson resolution, said the
Democracy of Minnesota had more Sc
riOus business on hand than to be
throwing bouquets to a favOrite son.
How do we know" he said, that
Johnson is a candidate? Is any man
here who will get up and say the gov
ernOr is a candidate2 There is a
purpose behind all this In adoptins
the resolution you are doing something
that will injure the Democratic party
in this state and will injure the gov
ernOr."
Question Quickly Answered.
F. B. Lynch. a Johnson adherent
from St. Paul. here asked Mr.. Vasaly
if he would support johnson were he
nominated
Il am surprised" replied Mr.. VasaIy.
emphatically. that any man should
ask me such a question. Of course
I will support Johnson, but if | knew
that the predatory interests were back
of him I would not support him"
Somewhere in this country" said L.
Austin of Minneapolis. some cunning
mind conceived the idea of pitting Br-
yam and Johnson against each other
and killing them both. There is not
q man here but knows that if the New
York World believed Johnson was a
man of the Bryan type it would die
before it would support him"
Alfred Jaques of Duluth, the law