The San Francisco call., 1908-07-09
NEW YORK EyADES
VICE PRESIDENCY
Delegation Founders and May
Pass the Selection Back to
Bryan
Archibald Mcneil of COnnecti-
cut has Big Barrel" and
May Secure Prize
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

DENVER, July S.-New York is
foundering like grampus in strange
tank over its duty of trotting out a
vice presidential candidate-one that
viii please both Tammany and Bryan,
ornament the ticket and produce the
! coin.
Charles Francis Murphy, the New
! York boss, says the delegation has not
found its candidate. and does not know
when II VIII find a man for the second
place on the ticket. The New York
caucus was scheduled for the after
noon, but it was passed over until
tomorrow morning, and the vice presi-
dency, as far as New York is con-
cerned, is still cropping. The opinion
is stronger than ever than the New
Workers viii pass the prize back to
Bryan and let it go at that.
GRAY OUT OF GAME
Judge Gray seems TO be out of the
game. Much to the regret of nearly
every delegation at the convention, his
manager sent a telegram to Bryan for
bidding any mention of the Delaware
Judge in connection with the rear seat
on the party chariot. They said that
Judge Gray was not favorable to a
vice presidential nomination, and that
| further breath and worry over his
candidacy in that quarter may as well
/ be saved.
1t is now a ticket composed of Bryan
/ and Towne, Bryan and McNeal, Bryan
and Harrison, Bryan and Kern. or
Bryan and anybody on earth whose
! democracy is on any where near
straight. There is a wide open field
( for the selection. None of the many
/ candidates has taken to the woods.
Charles F. Murphy in the meanwhile,
( fc Of q a
clans in Denver. The many friends
/ Of the many candidates recognize that
! the New York boss is at the present
time the key to the vice presidential
/ situation, and as often as they catch
| him abroad they proceed to switch him
| into a corner and pump him full of
/ the wonders Of their respective heroes.
M'NEILL HAS "BARREL"
The New York delegation is going to
! have a caucus but it has not been
/ given out that it will be for the pur-
pose Of naming a vice presidential can
didate. The members of the convention
as rule pooh pooh the job of picking a
! vice president racer as a small and
/ inconsequential undertaking. Most of
/ them assert and believe that ii can be
settled in about seven minutes after
they get TO thinking real hard about
/ II. From general appearances, how
ever, the CudnceS are Iney VIII SpenQ
! the seven minutes turning the task
over to Bryan.
IF Bryan makes the choice you can
bet your end simoleon that he will
/ take Archibald McNeill of Connecticut"
! said man who lives about as far from
Connecticut as 1t takes a fast train
four days to travel. Our friend
Archibald McNeiIl mayor of Bridge
port, has his back yard piled full of
money, and has to hire a man to cord
up the fresh consignments every morn
ing. Depend upon it, MCNEIL Will be
the 'GassOway' Davis of this years
ticket. There is only one difference
| Mcneil will make 1t win"
The wealth of McNeilI has not been
/ heretofore sprung on the wondering
/ hosts at Denver, but there are reliable
authorities TO the effect that he is a
great man to get money for his coal
/ in Bridgeport, and may be relied on
I to give up for campaign purposes. If
Bryan wants an eastern man, as it is
reported he does, Connecticut is just a
/ step further east than New York and
therefore MCNEIL might qualify.