Arizona republican., 1908-07-08
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FIRST AND FIERCEST TEST.
Lies in the Fight Between Bryan and
 Guffey.

Denver, July 7.-The possibility of
 a revolt by delegates not in sympathy
 with the Bryan control of the demo- cratic national convention, against the parliamentary practices employed by the officers of the convention today
 in sending the Pennsylvania contro versey to the committee on credentials, f is the only hope left the allied oppOsi- tiOn to Bryan's nomination. This Op-
 position is proceeding with the belief
 that the committee on credentials will report against the contested delegates ! from Philadelphia who favor the cleo ftiOn of Col. James NJ. Guffey for na- tional committeeman, in which event a minority report will be made.
 The first test of the anti-Bryan strength therefore, will occur over the adoption of the report of the creden-
 tials committee, and it promises to be the bitterest in the convention. Should it be decided against the Bryan men,
 some of whom have announced their purpose to railroad" the Pennsylvania leader out of the party in accordance
 with the expressed wish of the Ne braska candidate, unquestiOnably it will encourage the opposition to Bryan to renewed efforts to defeat him for the presidential nomination.
 No sooner had the convention ad journed today than the anti-Bryan
 men began to gather and discuss the
 situation. At several of these infOr- nal conferences the consensus of Opin- ion was that the Guffey- Bryan fight furnished the issue on which the anti Bryan men could take a stand and sup
 piled the rallying ground that had
 been needed in order to concentrate
 their forces. It is asserted by the anti Bryan men tonight that the refusal to- day of Temporary Chairman Bell to recognize the demand of the Guffey men for a roll call on the question of sending the Pennsylvania case to the credentials committee brought them many recruits, and these added to the force that has been against Bryan on other points, promises a victory for | Guffey tomorrow. On the other hand | the Bryan men claim to have Guffey's scalp already hanging from the belt of their leader. and declare that they are not worried in the least.
 Much is being made by the Guffey men of differences which Bryan has had with such men as Roger Sullivan of Illinois; John T McGraw of West Virginia, and certain democratic lead
 CTS in Texas, Tennessee, Wisconsin. Michigan and other states. They pro- fess to believe that the delegations from these states are anxious to ad-
 minister a rebuke to Bryan for his al- legged interference with state degelates in selecting representatives to the con- vention after the states themselves had
 declared in favor of the nomination of the Nebraskan-
 Should the anti-Bryan men prove to
 be correct in the estimates of the sit
 uation, Bryan without doubt will be
 defeated in his attempt to overturr
 Guffey of Pennsylvania. It is not un-
 likely that the contest over the issues
 will engenderL the bitterest kind of
 feeling and will have an important
 bearing on the vote of the convention
 after the candidates have been placed
 in nomination for the presidency.