The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-07-06
BRYAN is QUITE UNEASY
ABOUT A RUNNING MATE
Peerless Does Not Want the
Question Agitated Until
He is Sure Himself.

DENVER, Col, July G-Expecta.
tlon Of definite action in place of con.
lecture. concerning, some at least OF
the pending questions, marked the
opening day among the delegates tc
the Democratic National convention
whose first session Will be at noon
tomorrow.
The program of the day included
caucuses of many state delegations
some of them are likely to have
weighty Significance, even as affect.
ing the presidential nomination ii.
self, and the beginning of the work
by the national committee upon sew
eral contests. which, while not likely
to affect the Anal results might In
volve an expenditure of time sufficient
to delay the work OF the convention.
New York Watched.
The principal interest is attached
to the caucus of the New York state
delegation for the attitude OF that
delegation and the delivery OF Its
seyenty-eight votes cast as one under
the operation OF the unit rule will
have moral effect to say nothing OF
the balance of power, which has been
potent and sometimes absolutely de-
cisive in national conventions memoir
able in political history.
Tho national committee is expect
ed 70 appoint subcommittee to con-
slider each OF the contests before the
convention, the understanding being
that this subcommittee will report
on contests tonight to meeting OF
the full committee.
The contests are from the follow
ing states: New York, second to
sixth. districts inclusive; Pennsylvania
first to the sixth districts, inclusive
District of Columbia, entire delega-
tion; Illinois, first to tenth districts,
inclusive; Idaho, entire delegation;
and Ohio, ninth to nineteenth dis
trictB, inclusive.
Will Last -Four Days.
The general expectation now Is a
four days convention will be and
final adjournment will be some time
Friday, but potenttalities of trouble
as yet undeveloped lie in several sub
ects still unsettled.
Even II 1t be assumed that Bryan's
nomination Is practically certainty,
there is still the open question of the
platform and controversy over an
injunction plank and the selection OF
candidate for the vice-presidency.
The ce-presidential problem took
a somewhat different turn yesterday
when the intimatlon was received that
Bryan believed 1t to be both logic
and strategetic OF the situation to
suggest the propriety of deferring
definite activities as to second place
on the ticket until the first has been
disposed OF.
This led to a perceptible falling of
of gossip on the subject and the
whole matter is for the moment side
tracked.
General interest in the platform is
still confined to the proposed plank
regarding the use of court injunctions
especially in labor controversies. La,
Dor representatives on the ground
Gompers. Mitchell and others. are
urgently pressing their claims upor
those VINO presumably have an i'm.
portant influence on the committee or
resolutions.
Answering persistent reports cir.
culated about the hotels. Joseph Mar.
vel. manager for Judge Gray. said
Gray's name would not be withdrawn
for the nomination for President. He
declares that under no circumstance
will 1t be withdrawn. FredericH
Lynch. manager of Governor John
sons campaign, denied the repor
that Johnson's name had been with
drawn.
Guffey Reelected.
]. NJ. Guffey was reelected nation
al Committeeman by the Pennsylvani;
delegation. There was bolt in tht
delegation.
The Ohio delegation will review a
formal caucus this afternoon its in
formal decision made enroute yester
day to elect Harvey CARRIER a mem
ber OF the national committee from