The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-04
Citizens Are Eager to Welcome the Delegates to Ci9's First
 Great Convention
BRYAN MEN PACIFIEO
 OVER PARKER'S FIASCO
Conference Is To Be Held By Bryan Opponents and If He Is Too Strong for Them Fight Will Be Made
 On Ant-Injunction.

Denver. Col, July 3.-Denver, the new convention city of the west broke forth in brilliant patriotic respendency today, cool breeze sweeping in from the noun tains and hundreds of flags and draperies of red, white and blue bunting dancing in veritable riot of flashing colors. The sun that had lurked behind storm clouds
 on Wednesday and which shone for a greater part of yesterday through ilmy lace of white fieeks. was undimmed to- day and added material splendor to the citv's full dress attire Wires had been strung at intervals across the principal downtown streets several days ago and last night the decorators set to work with
 a rush to place the floating flags and
 banners in position. The decoration of the business streets has been carried out
 in accord with a design decided upon some time ago.
 1 The plan for each street is identical l and no private decorations have been
 permitted to interfere with the harmony
 of the general scheme. The Denver com
 mittee early sent out notices that no polit-
 ical organization would be permitted to
 stretch a banner across the street and ] this edict has strictly been adhered to. 1 State headquarters and the headquarters
 of candidates are marked only by ban
 ners hung along the walls of the hotels
 or buildings where they are established. ! Vari-colored lighting effects also have
 been arranged for at the principal street
 intersections and when the incandescent
 bulbs are all placed and the current
 turned on, the night effect is expected to
 rival that of the day.
 New Era For City.
 Denver is eagerly awaiting the conn
 ing of the crowds. for the convention is
 regarded as marking the opening of a
 new epoch in the city's history.
 The probability of row in the eonven4
 ton over the wording of the resolution
 eulogizing the memory of Grover Cleve-
 land was somewhat diminished today.
 Judge Alton B. Parker, who drew up the
 resolutions, which the Bryan men con
 strued as being a direct slap at their 1 leader, arrived during the day and at once
 announced that he had no intention of
 offending MT. Bryan or any of his follow
 CTS; that the resolution printed
 merely tentative draft and that while | he was still determined to offer a CleVe- l land resolution he considered himself tho | most appropriate person to do Its
 exact wording will be determined after
 he has consulted the members of the New | York delegation.
 ] Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany | leader, who arrived few hours before Judge Parker reached Denver. also as- 1 serted that the Cleveland resolution
 proper matter for the New York delega-
 ton to consider before it was offered iE
 the convention. He said that Judge l Parker had apparently written his reso- ] lution without consultation with other members of the New York delegation, and asserted with much posltiveness that 1 no resolution should be introduced into | the convention coming from New York, | unless it had been submitted to the entire ] delegation and approved in the caucus. l He had never heard of the Parker resolu-
 ton, he said, until he saw it in print
 Bryan Men Pacified.
 1 The Bryan people early in the day, al- l though still angry and disturbed by the 1 wording of the Parker resolution, declared | that they were heartily in favor of resolution eulogizing MT. Cleveland and
 recognized that it could most appropriate l ly come from New York state.
 | They also said that they are entirely willing that 1t shall be introduced by | Judge Parker himself. provided he will ! so modify 1t as to eliminate all sugges- l | MT. Bryan and MT Cleveland. As Judge 1 Parker had stated to the Associated Press 1 before reaching Denver and before he
 was aware of the wishes of the Bryan | people, his entire willingness to do ex- l actly what they are disposed to request 1 the prospect of trouble over the Ceve-
 land resolution seemed tonight to be dis | pelled.
 The members of the New York dele l gation who have so far arrived deny that | they intend to make a direct fight upon , MT Bryan personally, but say that if l they can satisfy themselves after careful l consideration of existing conditions that l the chances of success will be brighter | with another man at the head of the l ticket. they will do what they can to se- ] cure the nomination and election of that | man. The New York people, however, l do not regard with much favor the Ne- i braska anti-injunction plank, which they believe will cause the defeat of the ticket | in the east.
 Conference on Strength. l As soon as possible the New Workers /, will confer with Josiah Marvel, the cam paign manager of George Gray, and Fred l erick B. Lynch, who acts in a similar capacity for Governor Johnson, for the purpose of accurately determining what strength is possessed by the candidates other than Bryan, and to ascertain if it is possible to keep from the Nebraska candidate enough votes to prevent his l nomination the first ballot. If these conferences develop that it is futile ro , attempt to defeat Mir Bryan, an effort will be made to organize for an attack on the Nebraska anti-injunction plank, provided the Bryan people insist upon its insertion in the resolutions.
 The vice presidential situation showed no particular change during the day, al- though the arrival of Martin w. Littleton of New York added strength to his boom. Charles A. Towne, however. still claims that he will receive much of the strength of the Empire State. John w. Kern of Indiana is favored by some of the vest ern delegations. but declares that he is not seeking the place and will undergo