Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-15
BRYAN HAS 1893
VOTES FOR HIM
EXCESS OVER TW0-THIRDS
NECESSARY Is 221
ONLY NAME TO GO BEFORE THE
CONVENTION
With Only Ten Delegates to Be Chosen
Commoner Has All but 115
votes-Future State
Conventions
BRYAN SUMMARY

With the Democratic convention four
weeks from tomorrow and ten states
still TO elect delegates, in whole or in
part William Jennings Bryan has 1913
votes out of a total of zoos. That is
221 votes more than he will require to
nominate him on the first ballot, If one
should be taken.
But no ballot will ever be taken, ac-
cording to Los Angeles statisticians
who have been keping tab on Mr..
Bryan's vote during the many months
that states have been holding conven-
t1ons and falling into his column. The
local statisticians are in full accord
with those of the Atlantic cities who
have been watching the unprecedented
course of the Bryan campaign. Their
figures tally almost to q vote and their
Judgment that no name but the Ne
braskan's will go before the conven-
tion is concurred in by the Atlantic
Watchmen.
Those who took "Marse" Henry Wat
terson's suggestion over a year ago
that Governor Johnson of Minnesota
was the man who would be q better
candidate than Bryan are finding that
there is nothing that may be depended
on to intervene between this time and
the convention that would deprive
Bryan of the nomination. Mr.. Bryan
Is healthy and has shown no inclina-
ton to release the instructed delegates,
so that the field. composed exclusively
OF Johnson and Judge Gray, could bid
for their support.
In spite of all opposition state after
state has instructed for Bryan and
now he has COB delegates absolutely
signed and sealed and to be delivered
at his Denver address. Thirty-two
states have instructed wholly or in
part for him and out OF ten states that
ala 6nIn tA- tn
structed he has las delegates. Add to
this his reasonable share of the dele
gates yet to be elected in ten states
and he enters the convention with S93
votes.
Johnson's Position
Governor johnson was the only ag-
gressive candidate against Bryan. His
candidacy, however, was i'll timed and
he did not get into the race until
twenty states had instructed for the
commoner and when the possibility or
his winning a majority was almost
hopeless. The only thing he could
have done was to prevent a nomination
under the two-thirds rule, but this has
now vanished. So hopeless is the
Johnson candidacy that those of Penn
sylvania and New York who had
hoped to hold enough strength for him
to make fight in the convention have
admitted that Bryan's will be the only
name before the convention.
Now comes the announcement that
Johnson's candidacy is more of notice
that he will seek the 1912 nomination
than a serious attempt to defeat the
commoner. His friends declare he
will not accept second place He has
announced he will not be a candidate
for governor of Minnesota, so 1t is sur
missed he intends to enter training for
the nomination four years from noW
Bryan In Control
Bryan will organize and control the
convention. By its instructions
through states the convention has
practically rendered him that control.
This and the spontaneous manner In
which he has overcome opposition In
many states has made new political
history unprecedented in this country.
Bryan won where opposition was or
ganized, where tangible evidence was
abundant that regular organizations
were against him, where favorite sons
seemed to have liens on the party or
particular states. Wherever the masses
had a chance to vote he won by large
majorities. So that the purpose of the
party, as expressed step by step,
seems to have been to invest Bryan
with the power to direct the party
council at Denver July
Last week three states-New Mexico,
Utah and Virgina-held conventions
and fell unanimously into the Bryan
column. They gave him thirty-six ad-
ditional instructed votes
The states that are yet to hold CO.
ventions are: Colorado and Maine, to-
day; oregon, tomorrow; Tennessee and
Mississippi Wednesday; Montana, Fri
day; Kentucky, June %; North Caro-
lima, June "a; Vermont, June 26, and
Georgia, June 27. Part of the Florida
delegation is also to be chosen. In ad-
dition the Porto Rico delegation has
been chosen, but whether instructed or
.aa+ hos ,,nt hear detarmined. and its