The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-07
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
FOR President:
WlLLIAM HOWARD TAFT
Of Ohio.
For Vice President:
JAMES s. SHERMAN
Of New York.
THAT DENVER SHOW.

of New. YORK.
THAT DENVER SHOW.
The convention to be opened today
at Denver by the Democracy OF the
nation, is to be a ratification meeting
rather than a free for all race. Press
dispatches indicate that the hundreds
Of delegates assembled in the Colo
RADIO metropolis are practically I'M
an;mous on this point. The New York
and Minnesota delegations, with a
few other anti-Bryan delegates, oc-
cupy f%orlornly, a little island Of their
own, surrounded by the dashing
waves Of Bryan enthusiasm. Their
voices are drowned in the rumbling
roar OF the Bryan sea, whose sirens
sing only the praises OF the peer
less One" And the wreckage Of this
sea is the blasted hopes and burst
ed boom Of John Johnson of Mime
sofa.
And this is how it will all come
about. A thousand and odd dele
gates will gather in the brand new
convention hall, the pride OF chesty
Denver, and after tr%ansacting the
necessary preliminaries, the chairman
will announce the nominations in
order. When the roll Of states Is call
ed and Nebraska is reached, the dele
gates and some ten or twelve thous-
and leather-lunged disciples Of Demo
cracy will make the welkin ring with
shouts. $
After, one, 1gnatius ]. Dunn, who
by the way is city attorney OF Omaha,
has risen to his feet and in language
painstakingly selected from Webster,
enumerated the virtues and lofty
craftsmanship of Nebraska's candi-
date and placed his name in nomina'
ton, the cheers of the delegates will
again ring through the hall. Just
how long the demonstration, follow.
ing the mention Of Bryan's name, will
last has not been announced by the
Peerless One"-but then he has only
forty-five minutes to beat-and with
his ear at the other end Of the wire
to Lincoln, the Nebraskan may sati-
ate his vanity and hear himself pro
claimed for the third time the leader
of the Democracy Of this nation.
All this and more is provided for
In the program for the convention
prepared by MI. Bryan and arranged
for by his crops Of able lieutenants.
Afterward, the formality Of a vote.
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colo
rado-none Of these delegations will
lose any time climbing into the Bryan
band wagon. Little Delware with Its
six votes will announce for its favo.
rite son, Judge George Gray, and re.
lapse into painful silence.
Governor Johnson's name will be
placed in nomination by Represents
tive Winfield s. Hammond Of the
Second Minnesota district and will
probably get the support New Yorh
and New Jersey. These, however
are mere details. Bryan supporters
have seen to it that the Nebraskar
will be nominated on the first ballot
With til, formality Of the Bryar
ratification ou. of the way, the dale
gates will conclude the cut and dried
business Of the invention, and settle
down to real work in selecting a vice
presidential nominee. This contes'
will be more than a ratification meet
ing and may be enlivened by the ap
pearance of q dark horse.
Although there is a desultory in
terest in the platform, there SEEM
to be a movement for conservatism
"A great combination. A man, who b,
his u%tterances has stamped himsel
a radical, running on a platform
which in order to compromise mat
ters, will probably not coincide wit
his views on questions Of nationa
import. Yet in order to better hi
chances Of victory in this, his thir
race for the highest honor in til
gift of the people, he may forsak
many OF his doctrines, which horde
on the socialistic, to say the leas
His attitude during the past fe,
months leads one to believe that h
a playing for the support Of lahc
and capital alike and his utterance
are those Of a man under restraint
The Democratic press of the cou1
try would have us believe that thel
IS not the slightest hint OF discord l
the ranks Of democracy, yet Ii
eulogy Of Grover Cleveland. which II
New York delegates propose to pr
sent to the convention In the for
Of q resolution, is bitterly resented b
friends Of MI. Bryan q an attac
upon him. Watterson objects to
With Ill earnestness, as "a blow ,
concord" as .the act Of shameless
hypocrites." as INSPIRED by a me
cenary spirit" and terms Alton