Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
BRYAN YOKE FITTED
TO TAMMANY TIGER
And Other States Delegations
Reluctantly Bend Necks. :,
OPPOSITION UNDER THUMB
And the 0ne-Ring Circus at Denver
Harmoniously Begins.
TRAINED ANIMALS ALL MEEK
Boss Murphy Told to Be Good Under
Threat Of Trouble in Mayor
atty Campaign in New
York City.
OPPOSITION UNDER THUMB
And the One Ring Circus at Denver
Harmoniously Begins.
TRAINED ANIMALS ALL MEEK
'pecia, From a STAFF Correspondent.


DENVER, Col, July This day marks
aggregation Of democratic talent ever ex-
hibited under one tent. There are to be
stunts many and daring.
There will be blood-curdling tight rope
balancing by Roger Sullivan and others
who will teeter from one political camp
to the other; a hair-raising loop-the-loop
as Tammany plunges through the air and
lights safely in the big net; there will
be sword-throwing by McCarren the
Brooklyn wonder; Guffey will shoot the
apple from the head Of the fair-headed
boy and not care if he misses.
A great exhibition of riding two horses
at once, barebacked, one foot on Radical
and the other on Conservative, will be
given. The tiger will gambol as a little
lamb and the blood-sweating behemoth
of the trusts will eat out of the ringmas-
ter's hand.
So sit tight. good people all. and see
the sights. After the performance the
gentlemanly attendants will pass among
you and distribute invitations to the side
shows yet to come.
All Will Do Bryan's Bidding.
The simile may seem grotesque. but is
not This convention will not be much of
a battle, but big show, a one-ring show
at that.
But to dismiss the simile and treat the
affair seriously, let me briefly outline the
salient features of the convention, to give
a clear understanding of the import of
events as they occur in the next four
days.
The first fact that towers above the
level, as Pixies Peak above the eastern
prairie is that Mr.. Bryan has bent the
convention absolutely to his will He has
accomplished this mainly by the force OF
the numbers Of his instructed delegates.
But his task has been rendered easy by
the acQuiescence in his plans Of men
known to oppose his policies, who still
oppose them at heart but who are out.
wardly granting consent to their adop-
tion. New York, Pennsylvania and ILL.,
nois, powerful nucleus of opposition IL
exerted. have lain down.
New York set the pace and the others
trailed along. And let me tell you why
New York took its stand. Tammany has
a mayoralty campaign on its hands a
year from this fall. Every one who has
followed politics for more than six
months knows that to Tammany the con-
troll of New York city and the mayoralty,
compared to the honor of effecting the
presidential election Is as the mines OF
Golconda to an abandoned claim in Death
valley. 1Hc dyOidity duO lHc CITY HrSI,
the state second. and the presidential elec-
ton last of all, has been the consistent
policy of Tammany.
Murphy Told to Be Good.
When Boss Murphy arrived here he was
told bluntly. to my certain knowledge.
that If he threw Bryan or any of
Bryan's policies he could not hope for the
labor support and the radical support in
hi
Mr.. Murphy knew what the threat meant.
have based my forecasts of his action
upon that knowledge.
To be sure. Mr.. Murphy has made a
show. pretenSe of standing out for con-
servatism. But what i'm Sam Hill do he
and his followers care about the hair
splitting phraseology OF an anti-injunc-
ton plank?
Another motive which actuated him was
this: Lets preserve our regularity. And
if Bryan goes to defeat as we think he
will we at least will have come out with
credit and with the goods in New York
city"
Arguments for Lining Up.
That latter argument also appealed to
Roger Sullivan, in Illinois. and to the
Pennsylvanians. who. despite their stand
ing up for Guffey. will support all Bryan's
program.
their cry.
These men are looking four years hence
dead certain in their inner consciousness
that this will be Bryan's last try and that
he will lose.
"Give him his radical planks and let
him try them on the thoughtful people Of
the United States"
Now e second fact. towering like
lesser peak. is that in the anti-Bryan
states, while acquieScence is given to the
Bryan policies and program. the old lead
ers. who are distinctly anti-Bryan. have
been retained in power on the national
committee. The anti-Bryan organization
is intact for. future use.
West .irginia returned Col. John T. Nc
Graw, whom Bryan bitterly opposes. Yet
West Virginia will stand shoulder to
shoulder with the BryaniteS In the con-
vention. Illinois reelected Roger Suil1-
van, at present working under flag or
truce with Bryan. formerly his bitterest
enemy. For the present Illinois will do
Bryan's bidding. In the future Roger
Sullivan will set the pace.
Indiana indorsed Tom Taggart, whom
Bryan has opposed. New York Will or
course choose a man not in touch with
Bryan for the national committee. The
Pennsylvanians, In their temporary or
ganization, indorsed Col. Guffey In the
face of the terrific onslaught made upon
him by Bryan. This may he overturned
in the permanent organization. but it is
mighty significant fact as 1t stands.
Now do not all these things Indicate
clearly the trend of feeling among the
conservatives and explain their surrender
to the Bryan influence? How far these
people viii play fair In the election re-
mains to be developed.
Have 1 made 1t clear TO you. pointed
out the secret springs of action which
will control future movements? II So
let's pass to the next proposition.
Genuine Bryan Enthusiasm.
That is the genuine Bryan enthusiasm
which prevails the great mass of the con-
vention leaving out these conspiracy pro-
voking states. Make no mistake about
its earnestness 1t is inspired, Of course.
by the great western and southern popu-
lation, but is Infectious, and you will lind
even the middle states warming UP to
the Bryan hurrah.
Judging from the present temper oS