The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
MEMORIAL ON CLEVELAND STIRS
OPPOSITION OF BRYAN HACKERS

DENVER. July 3.-This is the first
Of the four arrival" days for the Dem
ocratic national convention-Monday
will be the last. The prospective per-
manent chairman of the convention,
Representative Henry d. Clayton, of
Alabama, got in before 3 o'clock this
morning. He has been at Lincoln, con-
ferring with Mr.. Bryan, indicated
that he would give a premium for a
nice, quiet place in which to write a
ringing speech.
Later in the day. but not less in i'm
p%ortance, came the New York train
which had been speeding west under
the limelight since Wednesday. 1t
brought the last Democratic candidate
for the presidency, Alton b. Parker;
also Leader Murphy, of Tammany, as
well as McCarren, of Brooklyn; Fran
els Burton Harrison, another v~ice-pres-
idential possibility, and other notables
of the New York Democracy.
There is one grief which citizens bear
heavily. 1t has been decreed hat but
1,500 seats in the convention hall can be
allotted for local use. With four ses-
sions Of the convention In sight this
means that only 5000 Denverites have
a chance to witness the proceedings at
any time.
Likewise, grief has come to the nu-
merous candidates FOR first and second
place on the ticket. The City Council
has decreed that no headquarters"
banners may stretch across the streets.
The simple reason Is given that such
banners would interfere with the
scheme of decoration which is being
carried out by the business men of the
town. The names of the various can
didates will be permitted to adorn the
exterior walls of the place of their
headquarters, painted on canvas or IL
Illuminated, and this must satisfy.
The Cleveland resolution continued
today to be the subject of consideration
and discussion. The quick joinder of
issue between the NewfYorkers and the
Bryan adherents yesterday, whereby
1t was made plain through a plan an
nounced by the Bryan people that the
convention would be given opportunity
first to simply deplore Mr.. Cleveland's
death without indorsing his political
opinions. was regarded with satisfac-
ton in many quarters. With the con-
vention in the control of the Nebraskan
the carrying out of this plan would
make 1t necessary. if the Parker resolu-
ton Is to be brought forward. to nave
1t offered as a substitute with all the
attending indications Of a desire to
force a test of strength.
IT think the Democratic convention
should go on. record unanimously in the
adoption of resolutions commencing the
life and record of craftsmanship of
Grover Cleveland" said Manager Lynch,
of the johnson boom, today. HE was
NORTHUMBERLAND, -.e,t ..an. IN Tho nnrtu
which honored him. and of which he
was.a leader. l can see nothing what
ever IN the Parker resolution which re-
fleets on Mr.. Bryan, and, while 1 cannot
speak for the Minnesota delegation, l
believe it will support the Parker reso-
luton"
: This was the answer when Mr.. Lynch
was asked IL he would support a move
ment to substitute the Parker resolu-
ton in the event 1t should be preceded
in the convention by one drawn by Mr..
Bryan or his friends.
= Chairman Taggart has not as yet de-
sided who he will ask to introduce the
resolution. 1t has been urged that the
honor should go to a New York man,
and that Mr.. Parker would nave been
the desirable person without question
IC " tbC be ~
the publication of the resolutions he
has prepared.
Should Mr.. Parker consent to modify
his resolution in some places 1t may yet
be acceptable to those who oppose 1t
now. If such a modification could be
effected and Mr.. Parker would consent
to present the resolution after what
has been said on both sides of the
question, it Is regarded as the happy
solution of what may yet become a dis
agreeable incident on the floor of the
convention.
The negro question may come to the
front in the convention. Report has
reached Denver hat Mr.. Bryan would
be- pleased to see Incorporated in the
platform a rebuke to the administration
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 friendly to
the idea.
AS the story goes, the Nebraska can
didate has recently been visited by
representatives of the race, who have
assured him that a very slight denun-
citation of the course of the administra-
ton in that matter would insure thou
sands of votes to the Democratic ticket
in the close or doubtful States of the
North, and 1t Is asserted hat he was
found to be not unfavorable to such a
course.
Negro Plank Causes Anxiety.
He is represented as holding the opin-
ion that the negro troopers should not
have beer discharged without honor IN