The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-04
Bryan to Defend Negro Soldiers.
 - REPORT REACHES DENVER OF NEBRASKARS VIEWS Favors Plank as a Rebuke to the Administration.
 .----s----- Denver l. Fun of Democrats aas All Is in Readiness for Convention --Henry D. Ciayton Arrives After vis,t te szr.
 Bryan.

Denver. Col, July s.--This is the first Of the four arrival" days for the Democratic National Convention~-Mon- dAy will be the last. Then tho per- fornaera for the ssbig show will be here and places to eat and sleep will be scarce and valuable as tickets for the residents of Denver to the con- vxntion hall.
 i've each--the residents will have a scorners' on food and slumber. As the r,sle of supply and demand will obtain In both instances, there promises to be a lively clinking of the silver dollar. wi1ich is very much in evidence in the infer-mountain country.
 The prospective permanent chairman of the convention, Representative Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, got in before o'clock this morning. He has been fu Lincoln comforting with Mfr. Bryan ana indicated that he would give a premium for nice. quiet place in which to write ringing speech. Later in the day. but not less in per cent, came the New York train. It brought the last Democratic candidate for Pres idant, Alton B. Parker. also leader Murphy of Tammany, as well as Mc- Carrhn. of Brooklyn: Francis Burton Harrison, another Vice Presidential VVGEIBt&tt0e New York Democracy.
 wearing Whdte Badges.
 While the leaders of the party were antrnfning for the journey in all sec fiong of the country. the stream of are rivals from now on will be steady and increasing h volume. The white badge as large as goose egg. has been boldly donned by the residents of Dem yer, which says in plain black letters. sI live in Denver ask me-
 There Is one grief. however. which citizens bear heavaiys IL has been aecreed that but f,boe seats in the con~ vention hall can be allotted for local use. With four sessions of the cons vantion in sight, this means that only 6000 Deuverites have a chance fo wit mesa the proceedings at any time. The one ray of hope which glints is the fact that delegates will each have five tickets. Many of these delegates are far from home. They have no friends here, and personal influence might sep- arate them from some of the tickets. The local papers tell their subscribers to De on the lookout for ticket scalp CTS that while the price may be high. opportunity to see the convention will Do afforded those who care to witness it.
 Likewise grief has come to the nu- merous candidates for first and sec- Dnd place on the ticket The City 4t0UHefl QScfGeU 0eA0@ quarters banners may stretch across the streets. The simple reason is giv- en that such banners would interfere with the scheme of decoration which is being carried out by the business men of the town. Names of the vari- ous candidates will be permitted to adorn the etxerior walls of the place of their headquarters, painted on can- vass or illuminated, and this must satisfy.
 The Cleveland resolution continued 10 be the subject of quiet discussion The quick rejoinder of the New York CTS and Bryan adherents yeserday whereby it was made plain through a plan announced by the Bryan people. that the convention would be given op- portunity first to simply deplore Mir. Cleveiaud's death without endorsing his political opinions. was regarded with satisfaction in many quarters. With the convention in the control of the Nebraskan, the carrying out of this plan would make 1t necessary if the Parker resolution is to be brought forward, to have tt offered as a sub- stitute. with all the attending indi- cations of a desire to force test of strength.
 The Negro Question.
 The negro question may come to the front in the convention. Report has reached Denver that Mir. Bryan would be pleased to see incorporated in the platform a rebuke to the administra- ton for the dismissal of the colored troops on account of the Brownsville. Texas, affair, and the Southerners who are on the field are by no means friend Iy to the idea.
 As the story goes. the Nebraska can- didate was recently visited by repre- sentatitves of the race who have as- sured him that very slight denunci- ation Of the course Of the administra- tion in that matter would insure thous- ands of votes to the Democratic ticket in the close or doubtful States of the North. and 1t Is asserted that he was found to be not unfayorable to such course.
 He is represented as holding the opinion that the negro troopers should not have been discharged without hon- or until their guilt had been estab- iished by legal inquiry and is there- fore favoring the insertion of a plank expressing this view and in the inter est of justice and fair play Those who agree with him contend that such an expression could not be properly construed as in any way an express sion on the race question and they contend that 1t would be in the inter- est not only of fair play but of good politics as well. They point out the fact that Mfr. Taft's instrumentality as Secretary of War in carrying the Presidents order of dismissal Into ef- feet. saying that 1t has embittered many negroes and urge that any con- demnation of the Presidents course would open the way for many members of co1ored people to enter the Dem- ocratic Party and thus help in the flu. ture as well as for the present.
 The probable opposition of Southern delegates is fully recognized and 1t is considered doubtful, after mature de- liberation, there will be any determined effort on behalf of the resolution. Tt Is therefore possible that the conven- ton win content itself with declar- ation against summary proceedings by the executive in such matters without mentioning and specific issue or race.
 The latest arrivals from Lincoln bring the information that in his draft of the plank of ths platform Ee-