Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
DEMOCRATS
PREPARE FOR
CONVENTION
CANDIDATES BUSY LINING UP
DELEGATIONS
Remarkable Activity Manifested by
Political Leaders--Denver Ready r
to Entertain Big
Crowd

Special to The Herald.
DENVER, Colo. March 1.-THE lead
ers of the Democratic party who are
out for the nominations at the national
convention TO be hold here July Z, have
begun work several months earlier
than in any campaigns in former years
Already campaign headquarters are
being secured in Denver for the men
who are planning to capture the nomi-
nations for president and vice presi-
dent. Some of the work is being done
openly and in other cases the efforts
are kept as near secret as political
work can be kept when a national con-
ventton looms ON the horizon. Gen
orally when national convention is
held in July the leaders of the party
who are looking for nominations on the
ticket content themselves with a sixty
day campaign. 1t appears from present
indications that twice as much time
will be devoted this year to looking
after the votes of delegates as has
been given in former years.
Denver is just now Mecca of all
the well-known political figures in the
country. They either come here i'm
person to secure headquarters for the
convention or send representatives to
look the ground over and see which is
the most advantageous point to station
their heavy political batteries before
the battle of ballots opens. There is
hardly day but some representative
from an important state delegation ar
rives i'm Denver to look after accommo-
dations for the Democrats of his state,
so the campaign managers who are
looking after the welfare of the various
aspirants to the Office of president and
vice president find Denver an important
strategic point from which to ascertain
the feeling in the various parts of the
country toward the candidates whose
interest they are looking after
Hotel Rates Reasonable
A rumor was afloat a few weeks ago
TO the effect that hotel accommoda-
tons in the city of Denver would be
excessively high during the conven-
ton. This rumor /precipitated flood
of kilograms from various political
leaders throughout the country who
wished to secure headquarters and
wanted to know If it was so that prices
for rooms and meals would be higher in
Denver during the convention than at
any other time.
President +. l.. Scholtz of the Den
yer chamber of commerce issued a
statement assuring them that Denver
hotel and restaurant keepers were
pledged in writing to the national COM
mittee not to charge more during the
convention than at any other time.
This statement was confirmed by
Chairman Thomas Taggart of the ma
tional Democratic committee, who as
sured all who intended coming to Den
yer that they would get square deal
and the same rates that are charged
when no crowd is in the city.
The remarkable activity of the po-
litical leaders in securing accommoda-
tions at such an early date for their
delegations as well as the demand for
special trains from various points in
the United States to Denver at the
time of the convention is significant
proof of the interest that is being
taken in the convention throughout the
country and of the fact that an i'm
mense crowd will be here when the
work of nominating president and vice
president begins, So far political ac-
tivity is apparent in behalf of Judge
George Gray of Wilmington. Del.
w. ]. Bryan. Neb.. Stuyvesant Chan
ler lieutenant governor of New York;
Governor John A. Johnson of Mime
sofa and a number of dark horses
who appear at every convention will
ing to trust to the chances of political
fate and take nomination if circum-
stances will permit them to secure 1t.