The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

Jackson II. Ralston. the senior mem
Der of the law firm Of RaIston & slddons.
ives one OF the spectators at the Demo
cratic convention at Denver.
In an interesting letter 10 Mr. siddons
he gives review OF his impressions, He
says IN part:
There was much about the convention
I found intensely interesting as well as
novel I attended every session, sitting
through all OF them.
"On Thursday night We began about Z
O'Clock. and closed at as IN the morn
ing, after which walked a mile to our
boarding place. The novelty and excite
ment banished all thought OF fatigue As
the papers have told you. pandemonium
broke loose twice. first when Gore named
Bryan. and next. at about g IN the even
ing OF Thursday. when Dunn finished his
splendid nominating. speech For one
hour and ten minutes the second tine the
convention was standing on the chairs
yelling and waving flags. The sight was
beautiful in the extreme. and although
the second time the applause did not last
50 long. II was more impressive than the
first.
Had Fun With Hob.On.
The convention was. IN certain way.
free and easy. When It did not wish 10
listen 10 a speaker. he knew II quickly.
Hobs0n had 70 take a severe hazing at
its hands For instance. when his ges-
tuTes grew violent the convention. or
many OF its members. advised him to take
OF his coat. When he told Of his inter
view with Roosevelt about war. the con-
veution openly derided him
As you know. on the Presidential vote
we stood for Bryan and for Johnson
Vandiver was among those who seconded
the motion 10 make II unanimous The
three additional Bryan votes came from
those who recognized that a fight against
him was worse than useless. and they
were ready TO accept the situation.
Il note from your letter that you are
impressed by the reported Bryan sentf-
ment IN the West You are right in be-
ing so impressed The conviction is borne
in on me with the greatest possible force
that the nomination OF any other man
would have been q political blunder ap-
preaching a crime
Whole West for Bryan.
The whole West believes IN Bryan
with q ferv0r not readily TO be equaled-
To have refused him nomination would
have meant ruin TO Democracy I can
not understand Johnson's shortsighted-
ness in trying 10 withstand this feeling.
which should have been wen known to
him
7 had a talk the other evening with
Walker. q Washington newspaper man.
whom you know 70 be a most competent
man. After asking ny observations. in
response 10 a question. he said that he
had Travelled a good deal ard talked mat
ters over with newspaper men who had
been through the West thoroughly. and
while he had no opinion as to whether
Bryan would or would not be elected. he
was sure that there was no Democrat
stronger. ard that II any Democrat
could be elected he could
Taft Must Do Something.
I. myself, have no decided opinion to
express on the subject, as so much may
happen between now and November, but
I would be stole not to be affected BY
the devotion with which Bryan IS re-
garded IN this part Of the world Re
publicans generally viii doubtless vote
for Taft II they vote at all. but they are
dissatisfied and unhappy, and to give even
an appearance OF enthusiasm an enor-
nous amount OF money must be expended
and Taft should say or 90 some striking
thing"