Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-05-30

Bryan men. ne StCOHd - whether
real Bryan men shall be sent to DEN
yer or newly onverted ones who have
suddenly unearthed deep-seated, but
overlooked, admiration for the Nebras-
kan.
AS regar the first question, the
fight is funny one. Because Col
McGraw, as chairman Of the state
committee. opposed an endorsement
of Bryan by that body. proposed by
the Chiffon faction, and, when his ad-
vice was disregarded. solemnlg de-
clared tat the action would arise like
a specre to haunt the party at some
future time, It has been brvited
aboard that tne Graftonian was OPP
posei to the Peerless One. The story
gained some credence when consider
known friendlineJs to Taramany ind
otner eaaterners. who were looking
admirin1Iy uFon Judge Gray Be that
as II may, after waiting a respectable
length Of time, enough to enable him
to notice the swelling Bgyan chorus
from the apple orchards OF Hancock
TO The Brunette coal fields Of Mercer.
Col. aIcGraw wrote to the Great Conn
moner hiYnsef, telling him what the
bad men were saying about him (Mc-
Graw) n West Virginia. WITH COM
'mendaole cslerity Mr.. Bryon replied,
assuring Col. McGraw that he always
regarded him as true friend and
faithful supporter and so on and so
forth. Whereupcn the man from Tay-
Tor proudly caused to be printed the
documentary evidence OF his feaity to
Bryan fresh from the Great Fount it.
SET This did not faze Brother Chill
ton When the letters were published
The sprang telegram he had received
from Bryan several days before, thank
ing him for the instructions Chiffon
had won for him in the state commit
tee. In making this telegram public
Chiffon modestly called attention to
flH@ hASS that ~ was u fpiuutdtJ CUH-
,tributicn from Mr. Bryan, that he
didn't have to write for It, and that
the way to be Bryan man was to
work for him SO 1t is so far left
, undecided which loves the prophet
the more and which loved him first
except in the fourth district where the
verdict was rendered in favor OF
Chiffon.
Now, as to the second point. The
antl-Bryanites have given up all hopes
Of beating Bryan instructions. Their
last foothold was lost when the Fair
mont democrats instructed their dele
gates to Wheeling to vote for Bryan
instructions. This was like sticking a
harpon into the west flank of the Hon.
o. s. Mckinney and the Hon. Clarence
w. Watson and other gentlemen of
the Fairmont Coal Co, who were dem
ocrats that day, but they suppressed
their agony as best they could and
made a superb exhibition in trying to
look pleasant. Now. the game is to
let the instructions, go through with
an imitation of sublime harmoy, and
then turn in and elect delegates who
might listen to reason even though in
structions forbid. Editor R. E. Hor-
ner, who would like to be one of the
Big Four says Clyde Johnson. OF
Peasants, is that sort. and calls atten-
ton to the fact that Randolph Stall
maker and the B. and o. are doing
their mightiest to reserve a berth for
Johnson on the Denver excursion
train. Horner says 1t looks to him as
If the scheme is to send men to Den
Yer who would vote for Bryan if it
were assured he would get the neces-
Isary two-thirds over and above their
votes, but If they saw a chance to
meat Bryan they would do their ut.
most to do So Horner's reasoning is
rather plausible to say the least.