New-York tribune., 1908-07-11
DEMOCRATS MAY BOLT
SOME ARE INDIFFERENT.
McCaren Expected to Use Chioro-
form an Kings.

re 80. .heol,,+a disr1;st at least Indifference
marked the attitude of Democrats in this city VINO
were asked last night to express their opinion OF
the ticket nominated at Denver On the other
hand Republicans gratifed that the Demo
cratic party had made nominations which would
make the task Of eecting Taft and Sherman the
easier.
Cornelius N Bliss the former treasurer of the
Republican National Committee at his home IN
Oceanic. ". J., said he knew of Democrats prom
nen+ in the party in the East who already mao oe-
cided to bolt the Denver ticket
The attitude taken by ex-Surrogate fsaslus -
Ransom was typical of that OF most of the oioiie
Democrats He hestated at first and then eN-
plsined by saying: "A man don't want 10 pe plaoeu
.n the postIon Of making faces at MS party
can say that think Bryan is an earnest cap"Oie
patriotic man. ] don't know Kern But mus
saw that so far the great Democratic party j.
concerned am greatly disappointed In the uche'-
There is not much to be said for the DeInocrauc
ticket but there are things that ought TO be saio
and that ought to make Taft have nara Ileh'-
en, inclined 10 think that the policies OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt not so popular as is seheraliS
supposed. -,
r.,ver ticket would carry this state 1T certainly
would not If the election was held IN Week. ne
said but there many things that can he said
between now and November. 1t is or should De
nos so much q question of personalities as OF
policies"
Alexander E. Orr. former president of the New
York Life Insurance Company and head of the old
Rapid Transit Commission, did not eV1nce any
great interest in the ticket He is democrat
hut would not put himself record now as IN
sanding 70 vote the Democratic ticket this year As
for Kern. Mr.. Orr said he did not know him and
could not pass on his qualifications for Nice-Pres-
dent
Tn. Associated Press sent from Oyster Bay the
following statement:
A letter was received at the executive office to-;
sev from p former New York State Senator and
TaIn1nany Hall man. in which he said that that he 3 IN
fended this year support the Republican nornl-
nee for the Presidency. His name not an
nounced.
Colonel James D. Bell Assistant Corporation
Counsel. in charge Of Brooklyn. and chairman Of
the Kings County Democratic General Committee
showed what he thought Of the Denver ticket anc
the Denver convention in general by the look OF
disgust on his face. As organization man ne
cid not want throw any bricks at the ticket
however. OF course, he said. that the regular or
,s,.zs.ion which is controlled by Senator McCar-
rem in sr,ite OF the fact that he WAS thrown out
of the convention, would not bolt the party 1t is
expected. however. that McCarren and his organi-
zation will give the ticket chloroform IN Kings
County.
Many Democrats had by last night so little In
9erest in the convention that they did not know AT
q late hour the name Of the Nice-Presdential cam
dIdate Many of them asked who MrA Kern was
For instance, when ex-Corporation Counsel VIII
lam & Ellison asked what he thought OF the
+;cke+ he lust laughed and then he laughed some
more. =
who's on the ticket with Bryan" he asked He
was told.
IT haven't anything TO say about that" ne said
, 81 really haven't
tr -,-a,,ad aside ali further questions but he lei
Il he inferred that end his friends were still ir
doubt whether or not they would vote the Bryan
ticket
Congressman J. Ven vechten ocott, Republican
first asked: Who is this man they nominated al
-President2"' He added: Well ANYHOW, VI
have got to work hard even If Bryan was nom
mated: we will still have TO work HARD hui 1h'
New York vote for Taft will carry every Repub
licsn on fhe state ticket into office beheVe ina
Asr T7rya,, the strongest candidate the Demo
Gratis could have chosen. But Mt. Taft was tht
strongest man the Republicans could have nom
mated Mr. Taff's election ] consider an absolute
certainty do not TO predict that his lead II
This state Will be greater than Mr.. Roosevelts was
- she last election but he certainly will carry the
state and all the Of the ticket by oVerWheinl
ing figures
Cornelius y. Bliss asked: who is to be the
tail of the Democratic ticket? He laughed, 100
when he was told Il cannot conceive of Mr.
BRYAN being the head of the government ne SAID
NOR can i conceive IL possible that any CONSIDER
able body OF the American people can wish him tc
he such MF.Taft Will surely win by a very large
-l,,-alitv know that men representing very large
Tennocratic interests the East going to vote
fhe Republican ticket Mr. Taft is man on whom
4, hofh Republicans and those Democrats opposed tf
den,aeogy and Organism unite. He viii receive
much support from Democrats, but particularly II
the East