The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-01
NOMINATION
TO Be HAD FOR
THE ASKING
Judge Gray of Delaware the
- Logical Running Mate
for Bryan.
PLATFORM CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE TALK
DENVER PEOPLE DEMANDING
MORE CONVENTION TICKETS
THAN CAN BE ALLOWED.

Henver, June 3o.-Although candidates
Tor the nomination for vice president on
tae Democratic ticket are numerous and
eespite the fact that their number is
hkely to be largely increased before
choice is actually made. II is the gem
efal opinion among such leaders of the
party as are now here that if George
HEr.y OF Delaware will declare his will
iinSness TO accept the second place on
the ticket he can have it, Josiah Mar
Vel OF Wilmington. Del. the manager of
,he Gray presidential BOOM wEo arrived
IN Denver tonight, will not however give
MS consent. He insists that the ISela-
ware man is a candidate for first place.
ana when II has been settled that he
cannot have first place il will be ample
time TO place him in running for the
secondary position. provided he cares TO
lake H. Mr.. Marvel denies. however
that Judge Gray will be satisfied with
anything less than the head of the ticket.
Would Please Bryan.
II is well known that Mr. Bryan would
be pleased to have Judge Gray for the
vice presidential candidate. and the only
thing that prevents the latter from be-
coming leading candidate for that po-
sition Is the simple but all-powerful fact
that he will not declare himself to be
candidate at all.
The Gray presidential boom was for
maily launched today and headquarters
were arranged some hours in advance
of the arrival of Mr.. Marvel. and during
the early part of the afternoon corps
OF expert bill stickers were going about
the hotels putting up autographs of the
Delaware candidate.
Get the Favored Positions.
No other pictures have been placed as
yet and the Gray men secured the most
prominent places in the Hobbies of all
the leading hotels. The headquarters
were thrown open after the arrival of
Manager Marvel. but because of the late
hour at which he put in an appearance
the Gray boom was not put into active
operation. BY tomorrow. however, it is
expected TO be in full swing.
The Johnson headquarters will not be
opened for several days. and the date
on which the Bryan banners will be
thrown out has not yet been determined,
after the arrival OF the Nebreska oeie-
cation.
Platform Gossip.
=, Il Is certain that there will be strong
fight in the committee on resolutions.
and possibly on the floor of the conven-
tion itself, over the anti-injunction plank.
Word has come indirectly from Lincoln
that Mr. Bryan is in favor of Alank
of somewhat radical nature, and il Is
certain that such men as Sullivan. ma
tional committeeman from Illinois. AMI
Chairman Taggart of the national COM
, mittee are strongly opposed to il. Sui
Ivan gave out yesterday statement in
which he favored equal rights before
:he law" and used other expressions of
a similar nature which were construed
TO mean that he was opposed to a strong
anti-iniunction plank Sullivan denies
that he planned TO fight the anti-injunc-
ton plank. but il is generally believed
that he is against extreme language in
this part of the resolutions
reports Circulated"
1t is well known that between M.
.atlff sI,aV inf
entail members of the Illinois delegation
no particular amount of love is lost and
reports have been circulated that II an
anti-inlunction plank is adopted more
radical in its character than the Illinois
people feel that they can approve.
The state when IL comes to balloting for
president will break away from its Bry-
sullivan denied this emphs tically to-
day. He said;
we are going to stick. / do not believe
that any platform fight can change our
r nresent program. Illinois has no idea
Of breaking away from its Instructions.
Opposed to Plank.
Ths forces opposed 10 a radical plank
were strengthened today by the arrival
of Charles G. Hiefner Of Washington
state. who has the proxy Of John Y Ter
nv the national committeeman from that
state Hr. Heifner announced emphat
caIlv that the Pacific coast. and particu-
nosed TO the adoption of such a plank
as was presented at Chicago by Samuel
T.ompers ard other officials of the Ameri
c,n Fedefation of Labor. lie said
.s'rhe adoption by our party of such
a plank would be a transparent sop TO
Union labor which would be repugnant
to voters in all sections of the country.
II would be a promise that no lawmak-
ine. body would be willing to fulfill. 1t
conld not help but injure the Democratic
ticket at the polls.
Mr. Hiefner believes that the vice pres
,dency will go TO the east. but he was
moi ready to say how his delegation will
vote.
AII-Important Question.
The coming of Mr.. Heifner, with his
statement of the sentiment on the Pa
cific coast against the proposed antrim
junction plank: and that announcement
IN the east that Martin w. Littleton OF
New York will come here 10 make fight
against the insertion OF such a plank in
tbe platfornl. easily makes this question
the most important under discussion. New
england Is said to be opposed 10 the
flank and New Jersey and Pennsylvania
aaiso are accredited with pronounced an
,sronism TO such a resolution. II the
Tew York delegation and the Pacific
coast delegations should take a deter
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