Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-05-18
cratic party Mr.. William J. BRYAN has

cratic party Mr.. William J. Bryan has
instructed for him POS delegates. More
over there are eight delegates from
Rhode Island who, though not in
structed. are for him-are Bryan men.
The only other instructed delegates
come from Delaware They number
six and are instructed for Judge Gray
SO far Bryan. with 20S and Gray. with
six, are the only candidates that have
been mentioned in Democratic conven-
lions.
In the Pennsylvania contest fifty-one
out of siXty-four delegates were carried
for Bryan. AS not all newspaper read
ers understand methods. it may be
stated here that a delegation to q ma
tional convention is elected by congress
sional district conventions. OF these
there are thirty in Pennsylvania. The
| thirty district conventions elect sixty
delegates to Denver. They have elect
ed fifty-one delegates for Bryan. The
state convention is yet to he held. and
| 1t has the power of electing four dele
gates at large. but it is vet to be de-
termined whether they will rot be out
and out Bryan delegates. If the voters
of the state of Pennsylvania have been
able to elect so enormous Il majority of
| the district committeeman to Denver, it
| will he curious If the state convention
| shall not be responsive to the will of
| the voters
The Two Conventions.
| The time of the two conventions. Re
| publican and Democratic is drawing
| near. Both will be interesting; both
| will be worth while seeing. There can
| be no better education for young
man in American politics than to at
| tend either one. There is always a
| feeling that the stranger cannot get
| ticket to the convention. | have had
some experience regarding this matter.
and it is unquestionaby true that the
| stranger without "pul'' has hard
| chances Of getting ticket to the first
| days session. After that tickets are
| easily obtained. and there are no meet
| ings of any sort that give so clear an
v
| government as these national cOnven-
| tons. whether it be the Republican or
| the Democratic convention. The man
| who is fortunate enough to go to one
| of these conventions need not think of
! the house of representatives or the SEN
| ate. He finds in the convention the en-
| thusiasm. the devotion and the purpose
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| government He does not find man
with gavel controlling the delegates.
| but he sees in both the Democratic and
| the Republican conventions true demOc-
racy. fair debate and thorough discus
sion Of every point raised.
Illinois In the Bryan Column.
The latest state to declare itself for
Bryan in convention was Illinois. 1t
has instructed for the Nebraskan and
directed it's delegates to us all honor
able means to secure his nomination.
While it Is entirely true that there
have been some fractional antagonisms
In the state, the action of this conven-
ton has quieted them all. The Illinois
delegation is and will be a Bryan dele
CATION at Denver. 1t will cast fifty
four votes in the national convention
and will be Il very considerable factor
in determining the action Of that con-
vention.
The Democratic state conventions
are coming slowly but North Dako-
tn, South Dakota. Wisconsin. Iowa, H.
linois and Indiana have already in
structed for MI Bryan.
And il you look at the east the state
of Massachusetts has been carried alb
solutcly by the Bryan element. Mas
sachusctts will send an instructed dele
| CATION. Democrats throughout the
| United States might as we'll figure now
that the convention is going to he CON
trollcd by the friends of Mr.. Bryan
and that the nomination will be made
within the first three ballots
Publishers and Politics.
The committee of newspaper pub
! fishers recently in Washington found
! themselves treated with scant courtesy
| by the committee appointed to consider
their demand for the repeal of the
duty on wood pulp and on print paper
| nave ttlhtt ut SOluc ltIlSlll With IL
member of this committee. What puz-
zlcS him is that when the publishers
and owners of newspapers. of whom
he is one, reached Washington they
! found that six congressman. no one of
whom was newspaper owner. had
more knowledge of the paper business
than anybody, except the purchasers of
| print paper for Il newspaper, could pos
! siby have. This might be Indicative
of extraordinary intelligence on the
| part of the congressman on the com
mittec, headed by Mr.. Mann of Hi
nois. But there seems to be general
! feeling that it is more indicative of the
! fact that there was some quiet influ-
ence at work to put the committee in
a position of antagonism to the men,
bers of the Newspaper Publishers as
| ISOLATION who addressed it,
OF course the committee. being Re-
publican, did not wish the question of
the tariff reopened through the demand
of the newspaper publishers for free