The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-09
NO CHANGE IN THE V|CE-PRES|DENT|AL SITUATION
Any One of Dozen Men Mentioned for the Place May Be
Chosen by the Convention When Ba|otng Begins-PIat-
form Still in Hands of Committee Resolutions


crowd and 1t cheered loudly.
Clayton knew what the delegates
wanted and his first utterance, This
Is the democratic year" started the
crowd going. The fact that Clayton
re ad his speech in great part, while 1t
may have deprived him of some ap-
plause, did not detract from close at
tention given to delivery. 1t is one of
the noticeable features of this con
vention that the most remarkable o.
der has prevailed during the delivery
of all speeches, and other proceedings
as we'll. This may be due to the fact
that every word uttered in an ordin-
ary platform voice can be plainly
heard. This is a marked contrast to
the recent republican convention at
Chicago.
Democrats Like Speech.
Clayton's excoriation of Roosevelt
and his characterization of Taft as
Roosevelt's shadow was applauded. A
reference to Judge Parker met hearth
est applause up to that time. The
demonstration yesterday apparently
exhausted the supply of enthusiasm,
at least temporarily and at no time
was Clayton seriously interrupted by
applause until he spoke of Grover
Cleveland and his record as president
in recognizing the sane and just de-
mands of labor. Then there was a
demonstration which lasted scvera.
minutes. His definition of the repub-
lican position on tariff as Give us
chance to make you another promise
and we will make you another prom
ise," also caught the popular fancy.
PreIiminaries Were Cleared Up.
With the overthrow of Col. Guffey
by the temporary organization last
night the convention has a clear field
today for the real work of the conven-
tion and will in all probability, see a
candidate for the presidency named,
the platform adopted, a candidate for
vlce-president settled and the conven-
tion ready to finish work and bid
Denver goodby. Whatever hope might
be in the minds of the allies of any
possibility of defeating Bryan's nomi-
eous outburst Of enthusiasm which fol-
lowed Cores mention of Bryan's name
yesterday and the vote on the major
ity report of the credentials commit
tee unfavorable to Guffey delegates
last night
New York instructed at its caucus
this morning for Bryan. Of the aye"
ut hn
Colorado. nine; Georgia, three; Idaho.
two; Illinois, fifty-four: Iowa, two; Mis-
souri,, five; New York, seventy eight;
North Carolina, two; Pennsylvania,
ten: South Carolina, four; Tennessee.
twelve; Virginia, twenty-two; West
Virginia, three: total of 134 votes.
In addition to these it is probable that
Bryan will receive the eighteen votes
of Louisiana, six of the District of Co
lumbia and possibly New Jersey and
some of the New England votes. With
the doubtful votes out, therefore. it
would appear that Bryan's minimum
vote will be 749, with strong probabil-
ity that it will reach S51 or even more
1t is evident that Murphy's demand
N'hstN AN ~ SAAS" II SliouSol NoiCS W give
him at least a gamblers chance be-
fore leading the forlorn hope against
! Bryan could not be met
There is very close race on be-
tween the Bryan seconders and the
vice-presidential candidates as to num-
bers. AT least twenty seconding
| speeches have been prepared and new
ones are coming up every day It
| looks like every Bryan state and ter.
ritory from Alabama to Porto Rico
wishes to have word to say as 10
which commoner should be the next
president of the United States If all
of them are delivered it will hardly be
possible to reach roll call before long
after midnight and it may take all
night session to exhaust the floods OF
oratory.
| The platform will be ready to re
port as soon as the permanent organ
fzetion is effected.
Georgia Favors Gray.
In caucus of the Georgia delegation
this morning Thomas w. Loyless. del
egate-at-large. who has been with the
majority of the delegation in opposins
the nomination of Bryan as long a:
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