The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-02
JOHNSON FOLKS MAKING
NOISE FOR THEIR MAN
Continued From Pace 1.


sues were 10 be pooled by the opposi-
ton. I'VE are here to nominate John
son. and We are going TO do il. We have
had no conference with the Gray forces.
and while we are friendly towards them
as all Democrats are friendly to
other. there is no sort of working agree
, ment or understanding of any sort, nor
VIII there be. y
Making Loud Talk.
Mayor Lawler. who acted as spokes-
man, while Mr.. O'Connor filed a think
ing part and came in strong with mods
OF approval after the mayor had de-
clared himself. said that all talk of
Governor Johnson taking second place
on the ticket is utter nonsense
He will not take it," said Mayor
LAWYER. 1T is out of the question to
talk of such a thing. Even If Governor
Johnson was himself disposed to accept
the vice presidential nomination. and ]
assure you he is not the people of
Minnesota would not permit him 20 do
so. The Democrats of Minnesota and
his real friends throughout the country
are not willing that Governor Johnson
shall be sidetrackec into the vice pres
idency. He Is too big a man for that
place and he belongs in the presidential
chair if he goes to Washington at ALL"
Mayor LAWYERS Great Faith.
Mayor lsdWlcF WIS not prepared 10
discuss the platform or the vice presi-
Dental situation. He was, however.
emphatic in his statement that he ex-
poets Governor Johnson to be NOM
mated.
Il do not believe" he said, that any
nomination will be made on the first
ballot. There are many uninstructed
delegates; in fact, more than one-third
of the convention is unpledged, and we
10 hal lor DIV
stances any nomination will be made
Immediately. We look for Governor
johnson to make an excellent showing
on the first ballot and to steadily gain
strength from that time until he is
nominated. and we do not expect that
many ballots will be necessary"
The Johnson headquarters will be for
mally opened tomorrow at the Albany
hotel and the campaign managers for
the Minnesota governor promise an
energetic fight from that time on until
nomination has been made by the
convention.
Gray Headquarters.
Headquarters for Judge Gray in the
Savoy hotel were in full swing today
under the direction of Josiah Marvel
of Wilmington. Del. and r. j. Beamish,
of Philadelphia.
No definite time has yet been set
for the opening of headquarters for Mr..
Bryan. which will be at the Brown
Palace hotel. There have been as yet
few arrivals of men influential in the
Bryan movement. the chief direction
OF his affairs in Denver having been so
far in the hands of James c. Dahlman,
mayor of Omaha.
Discussion of the platform continues
TO be largely confined to the anti-in-
junction plank. and on this subject the
latest information from Lincoln regard
ing Mr.. Bryan's attitude toward that
portion of the resolutions was brought
by Frank $. Monet. former attorney
general of Ohio. who arrived in Denver
today with the announcement that Mr..
Bryan desired him to address the res
olutions committee on the legal phases
of an anti-injunction plank. Mr.. Mo-
nett personally is in favor of strong
utterance on the subject. He conferred
with Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln on yester-
day
Samuel Alschuler. who is the prob
able member of the committee on res
olutions from Illinois, declared today
that he did not believe that the anti
injunction plank to be adopted by the
convention would be of such charac-
ter that any controversy would be pro-
voked by it,
Cicdf-Cul statement.
There has been talk of a radical
plank in the platform" said Mr.. AL
schiller, "and all sorts of meanings
have been grouped under that word.
IL all depends upon what is meant by
the word radical l think it is en-
tirely safe to say. although i am now
giving my personal opinion only, that
any assumption that the anti-injunction
plank will be an attack upon the courts
is incorrect 1t unquestionably will
favor jury trials for contempt, and due
notice to all parties concerned in in
junction proceedings. II can safely be
stated also that the plank will be a
clean-cut. definite statement. and not a
straddle such as the Republican party
has made. 1t is entirely within bounds
10 say that the injunction plank TO be
adopted by the Democratic national
convention will be no more advanced
than the views which have from time
10 time been expressed by President
Roosevelt. In fact, it is my opinion
that we will be more conservative than
the president would have been if he
could have written the plank in the
Republican platform"
When asked about the vice presiden-
ton situation, Mr. Alschuler declared
that in his opinion the great desirable
attibute for any candidate was that
he should be from Illinois.
If, however, that state did not pre-
sent any name TO the convention he
was utterly at a loss to predict at this
time who the Illinois delegation will
favor.
The state. he said. would stand for