The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-02-23
Fully Ninety-five Per Cent. of
The Party Is for the Fam
Gus Nebraskan as Candi-
date for President.
TWO-THIRDS OF DELE
GATES GO INSTRUCTED.
Anti-Bryan Men Acknowledge
That 1t Is Useless to Try to
Wage a Successful Fight
Against Him.

Washington, Feb. 22.--The Eastern
democrats who have been planning for
several months to bring out a candi-
date for the democratic nomination
who would have strength enough to
hold more than One-third OF the CON
vention away from William J. Bryan,
have about abandoned all hope of be-
ing able to accomplish anything. They
pinned their faith on Governor john
Johnson, of Minnesota, and Johnson,
they now learn, is not available. john
son had the presidential bee. and his
friends say he may have it yet, but,
say these same friends, there never
was a time when he thought seriously
of permitting himself to be made the
candidate of the so-called Parker
democrats of the East.
He was hopeful that Bryan would
make way for him. He wanted the
support of the Eastern crowd in case
the Nebraskan did get out of the race,
but he realized from the start that his
only hope of receiving the nomination
of his party at Denver lay III the pos
sibility that Bryan would at some stage
of the game say: Il do not want the
nomination. | am for Johnson, and
want all my friends to be for him.
Persons who have talked with the
Minnesota governor recently say he
now realizes that Bryan intends to
stick, and that being the case he is alb
Solutely out OF 1t.
May Not Be by Acciamation.
The keenest observers are inclined to
believe that Bryan will not be nomi-
mated by reclamation, but they are con-
WINGED that his nomination is as GER
tain as death and taxes Persons
who have made a careful investigation
declare that not 100 votes will be cast
against him. New York may possibly
vote for some one else, although the
Bryan wing of the party in that state
! is confident it will name the delegates
| to the convention and will be strong
! enough to instruct them. New Jersey
and Delaware are still disposed to sup
port Judge Gray, and one or two other
states are inclined to hold aloof from
| the Bryan movement.
But the prospect is that more than
two thirds of the delegates to the Den,
yer convention will be instructed to
support the Nebraskan. A democrat
ic senator who has all along been op
posed to the nomination OF Bryan
said today that it was useless to try
to keep alive the antiBryan move
| ment. The fact is said he, that
| any opposition candidate presented TO
the Denver convention will be discred-
tied from the start because he will
have the backing of the so-called Par
ker wing of the party. Now whatever
some of us might desire we realize that
the party will not permit the wing of
the party that brought about the NOM
| ination of Parker to control the Denver
convention.
Ninety-Five Per Cent For Bryan
THE fact is that the Democrats of
the country-95 per cent of them-want
to see Bryan the candidate, and it is
folly to talk about carrying to success
any movement to defeat him in the
Denver convention. 1t is true, too
that Bryan occupies a position that ap'
peals to the average democrat. He
says to his party in substance: made
two races when the odds were al
against me- | stood for things which
were Objectionable to many people, but
time has shown that | was right or
most public questions. The party now
has a chance to win and it is only fail
that l should have another chance"