The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05


n.re They continued their hght snds
saved their faces by agreeing upon the,
aominaticn Of Sherman for vice presi- !
dent.
The Bryan split log drag has done /
more 10 democracy than James J. Hiu 1
said such waymaker would DO for /
The North Dakota prairie trails. II has 4
not only scratched down the humps, 4
but il has ground the opposition ex- I
-eeding me, and scattered the grains 1
o the winds that blow.
oNE RING CIRCUS
The Denver convention is apparently /
20 be one ring circus. with the eques-
t~-zn director az Lincoln, Neb., in alb
yolute control Of the performance in
spite Of the handicap incident to the
absence Of direct copper circuit tele-
1hcnlc connection The opposition to
Bryan and Organism is burst. Party
leaders, who came TO Denver breathing
fire and snorting defiance, have sur
rendered abjectly. as did Judge Parker.
or have taken TO the woods as did
-'-ordiaI' Dick O'Connor. J. J. HIS
dcmocratic boss. and Mayor Dan Lawlor
~ 81. Paul O'Conaor and Lawlor came
go Denver Tor a pow WOW with the Sui
.ivaus and 20 complete srrang gements
fer the Undoing Of the commoner after
ttat first ballot. They did not wait 10
meet EGrEeI ana EleEral. - i-DIuoI
found that Denver was not agreeing
with aim. He and Lawlor went to Colo
r-Io Springs. They assured the stall
warts in charge of the Johnson boom
tha- they would be back yesterday.
Ttey are still numbered amous the
absent.
SULLIVAN CAPITUBATES
senator oMauey. whose fame is not
confined 20 his own Chicago, came TO
Denver leading q section OF the Illinois
eEaGoa 6red with determination to
.t.aiz lheir instructions for Bryan. The
crushing blow was 10 be delivered in
a-s Monday. Roger sullivan was
Frst TIe had capitulated before
.f- trustees arrived on the scene What
Roger says goes with the Illinois dele
r4-ien, and the instructions will not be
broken in that Monday caucus. The
r1el VINO thought they were leaders
u thc New York delegation permitted
ID to Pc known that New York would
-lrr for Bryan il the peerless one did
-o- need the New York vote. There
are uo Qualifications on the New York
vote now. There is not night left in
democracy as represented by the oppo-
-ition 10 Bryan. There never was any
such cohesion Of the Bryan opponents
ss that which characterized the repub-
lean allies" and now the scattered
remnants Of the safe and sane forces
sre hiding behind the sorry front pre-
seuted by the Johnson boomers.
The opposition does not know what
- the platform viii be. II does not
know who the vice presidential nomi-
nee VIII be. II does not know that
Bryan is ia control, and It hopes for a
uerciful execution. Tt does not make
even z pretense Of faith in the success
of the Bryan ticket, nor does II pre-
tend that il viii give that ticket more
than the perfunctory support that To-
cal conditions and partisan organiza-
ton viii compel it 10 present for pub
-fc inspection.
BRYAN Is THE BOSS
One Of the big men on the Illinois
delegation said TO me today: Bryan
has admitted to US that he does not
expect 10 carry New York or Illinois.
IIe can not carry Indiana, and without
these states he cannot win. His only
excuse for forcing his nomination is
that something might happen and ii
could not happen him II he was not
on the ticket, and that goes. He is
The boss all right"
Sullen detection IS the prevailing
democratic attitude. Even Thomas e.
OBrien, the genuine big democrat Of
Minnesota and the man who cid more
rhau any other 20 make Johnson's first
Subernstorisl term 2 success, is ugly
O'Brien arrived from Lincoln this morn
ing he went to Lincoln at the in
vftat1on Of Bryan, and the time con-
suned by the trip bears out his as
sertion that he talked with Bryan for
only q few minutes O'Brien was for
merlv q steadfast Bryan man. but he
resented the summons 10 Lincoln. The
eEplanarion that although he was an
instructed Johnson delegate he was ex-
pected TO be a member OF the resolu-
rions committee, and that consequently
MS attitude on platform questions was
one Of popular concern with Bryan, did
not satisfy O-Brien- He denied today that
Bryan discussed the platform beyond a
rcpcUuon Of the commoner's published
views Of the extension OF federal con-
troll Of corporations. He evaded direct
answer when asked II BRYAN summoned
him 70 discuss the advisability Of Civ
ing Johnson the vice presidential nomi-
nation by saying, I told Mr.. Bryan that
Johnson would not accept second place
and Johnson viii not be invited to take
81 BY Bryan
Brother Charles Bryan and Dr. Hall
whose quasi-m manageriaI relations with
Bryan date back to the convention OF
1896. came from Lincoln on the same
train with o'Brien. Charles Bryan an.
bounced that the acquisition Of Montana
gave Bryan sI3 votes on the frst bal
lot, and with reference 10 the vice
presidential nomination and the plat
form said: I'VE are entirely salts
FED with the situation"
PLAN To GET COAST VOTES
Jim Dahlman, cowboy mayor OF
Omaha and Bryan's only authorized
representative on the ground, has q
scheme TO capture the vote OF the
coast for Bryan. Dahlnan suggests q
platform plank committing the party
70 promise 10 leave the fleet now
in the Pacific on that station and the
building Of q new Atlantic feet This
promise Is to be contingent on the
coast states casting their electoral vote
for Bryan, and IN the event Of theii
failure to deliver the goods President
Bryan would hurry the feet around tc
the Atlantic and keep 1t there.
Dahiman has no monopoly on ideas
for platform planks TO sustain the Pa
cifc coast vote. Adam Dixon Warner