The San Francisco call., 1908-07-09

,r,,rn and other leading lights of the st.
Touis and San Francisco system. There
S tariff plank, Of course, but ii is not
essentially stronger than that at Chl-
cago.
FOR REDUCTION OF DUTY
II provides for a reduction in the
rates Of duty on all articles which en-
ter into competition with the produc-
fion of trusts, and also reduced rates
upontthe necessities Of life. 1t pIedges
the partv to cut down the duties on all
articles which are sold cheaper apFoau
than at home. and there is a gratifying
and uneouivocal demand for the repeal
of the duty on wood pulp and Whlte
paper. Besides these things the pat
form is strong on insurance or bahK de-
posfts postal savings banks, valuation
Of railroad property, regulation ol
trusts. good roads. Immigration pun
licity OF campaign expenses and q hali
dozen other things contained IN the
Nebraska, Oklahoma and other state
rlaiforms. with only four conserNa-
:tves on the subcommittee Of IS and
with 9ryan at the other end Of the wire
Z .-ar 81 evtte bic that the whole phrase
ll0sy = ne platform. as well as the
uss4ssrs treated, should represent his
r.eEE.
There still uncertainty as TO the
IdnAi iE..tG IDf vice pIESA0ElAs AN~A+A
.zany. b.c6ed up by New Jersey, Penn
sylvanle and Connecticut stands aloot
srom the big locomotive. Murphy ana
eX-Senators Smith and Guffey all feel
the treatment which was accorded 10
the white haired leader from Pennsyl-
vania, who has spent so much OF his
time and money in the cause OF democ-
racy. On the other hand, they accept
Bryan as inevitable. and have taken the
hc chnrs11 he allowed 10
dictate every last detail Of the con-
ventiou. so tEat II he is beaten he can
not say tt vas because some one had
tied a cg.n to him.
SoUTaRONS FOR HARRISON
Jxsge Gray has declined second place
% often that his decision has at last
.gRn accepted as final. Tammany has
.s.-ified the Bryan managers that New
ork has no intention OF presenting a
candidate at the present time as re-
quest from New York. The state would
not object if some man like Francis
Burton Harrison were selected for sec
ond place. in spite Of the fact that Tam
many had turned down Harrison for
denomination for congress. His can
didacy is being pushed by number or
southern delegates for sentimental rea-
sons AS is well known, his father was
private secretary to Jefferson Davis,
and was captured Win lnG llSC4n5 pA CO
ldent of~the confederacy down in Mis-
sissippi and put in a little time in his
company in Fortress Monroe. This fact
alone is sufficient TO insure the sup
port Of the sOutherners, and there is
distinct movement on foot in Harrison's
behalf coming from Dixie and not from
Manhattan. Almost any other man
might be chosen, with David r. Fran
els, president of the st. Louis eXposi
7 nf (NlpVp-
land, and John W. Kern, Indiana's can
didate, as strong possibilities.
For q baby state Oklahoma is do
ing pretty well, thank you. It's gov
ernor has been the hard worked chair
man Of the committee on resolutions
which completed its work late this
evening. Governor Haskell has domi
mated the committee from the start,
and aside from Bryan himself has
had more TO do than any other man
with the creation of the platform it
self, and upon him, Of course, was
laid the duty Of presenting the report
10 the convention. Meanwhile Sena-
tor Gore. with his sightless eyes,
started a characteristic speech in the
convention during the day, and by
his early introduction OF Bryan's name
touched a match and started con-
hagration which swept over the floor
and galleries, which, after the demon
stration had subslded, left the i'm
portant pivotal states OF New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Con-
necticut standing like a fireproof sky
scraper looming out OF the very mid
die OF the burned district.
BRYAN'S CHANCE NOT AIDED
From a political standpoint, 1t can
hardly be said the proceedings of the
day either in committee or in vthe
convention have done much to advance
Bryan's chances OF election. The scars
left by the treatment Of Colonel Guffey
are not likely to be healed before the
election. 1t is a mistake to think be-
cause Guffey comes from a strong re-
publican state that he can be run over
with impunity. The treatment of the
Pennsylvania delegation by the con-
Vention Tuesday was generally con-
demned openly, even by some Of Bryan's
strongest admirers. A precedent will
be set which may disOrganize a demo-
cratic convention some day, and the dis
franchisement of the whole deleEa-
ton in the convention was as useless
as it was extraordinary. OF course.
Guffey appealed to the convention from
the action Of the credentials committee.
thus precipitating a sensa tional fight
at the night session, and, of course the
convention sustained Bryan so far as
the general principle was concerned of
administering a rebuke to Guffey.
Murphy won in the New York con-
test. although the consensus Of opinion
is that Pat McCarren elected his dele
cation legally. The control of the New
York machine is thus transferred TO
Murphy, and the long visaged Pat an
nounced during the afternoon that he
wouldn't even take the trouble to make
a contest on the floor of the conven-
ton But everyone knows only too
well what will happen in Novenber
Some thousands OF McCarren democrats
VIII go fishing election day, and Bryan
will have TO content himself with in
creased majorities in Oklahoma and Ar
kansas.