Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-05
OFP[OTS ANOPLOTTER
But the Serenity of "The Peer
less" Remains UnShaken.
JOHNSONITES STILL BUSY
Trying to Embarrass Bryan Men
Over the Platform.
GRAY TALK AND COLD CHILLS
N. o. M. Chats of Inside Politics at
Denver-Bryan Is Playing
With Vice Presidency.

Special From staa Correspondent
DENVER. Colo. July 4.-This has been
day OF futile plotting on the part of
those who would try to disturb the seren-
ity of the plans FOR Mr.. Rryan's nominal
ton, but as the sun went down behind the
Rockies this evening and ley trail OF
glory on the snoW-capped ps aAs they had
10 acknowledge themselves baked at
every turn. The Johnson men are holding
out TO the end. and have implored New
York and Pennsylvania to come with
them; entreated Illinois TO upset the har-
mony plans of Bryan and Roger Sullivan.
made in the face of iongstandinS en-
nifty but all without avail
Mr.. Murphy can see nothing in it for
Tammany. for whom the main thing at
present is to slaughter the Honorabie Nc
Carren. and Roger Sullivan cannot find
amy compensation in pulling the johnson
chestnuts out of the fire. The Gray BOOM
ers hold haughtily aloof. saying that they
are not here TO kill off Bryan for some
one else. out that they are here to urge
Judge Gray for first place, and that does
not contemplate any alliance with outsid-
ers To clean up the main obstacle in the
way.
Boss Murphy Is Nagging.
The next thing on the program is to try
TO embarrass the Bryan men over the
platform. and they will try to do that.
Boss Murphy started the word around to-
day that a conservative must so on the
committee on resolutions from New York
possibly Martin NJ. Littleton. That made
the Bryan men very angry They went
at the Tammany chieftain with this ar
gument: You are going to stand for
Bryan for the nomination. aren't you?
Well. then. why do you want to give the
good bucket of milk and then kick it
over? Why don't You let the tail go with
the hide and make a good job of it,
There is. a little malice in the inter-
tion of the Murphy folk to pester Mr..
Bryan about the platform as we'll as
for the purpose of keeping the record
straight and maintaining consistency.
1t was suggested today. by the speech
of Mr.. Bryan at Lincoln last night. that
he will not run on the ticket If the
platform does not suit him in every re-
spect Some of the conservatives say
that if the committee on resolutions can
be stacked against him and a platform
reported which did not measure up to
his demands. perhaps they could put
him lin hole
Bryanites Come Right Back.
The Bryan men saw this in a jify
and came back with the proposition
that if the conservatives want to turn
down the harmony plan in that way let
i'll I11
taken TO the floor of the convention and
would be for blood. They pointed out
that Bryan would have more than two
thirds of the delegations favoring his
nomination. and that he certainly could
muster out of that majority for his
platform.
But wait a minute, cried the con-
servatives, you may have all these in
structed votes for Bryan. the man. but
allow us to suggest that they are not
not bound up by the voters who sent
them to all of Mr.. Bryan's ideas and
policies. They may take him as can
didate. thinking him the most accept
chances of victory will be overshadowed
by a populistic platform they will be
justified in differing with him."
So that kind of argument seems to
hold the possibilities of a nice little
shindy in the convention. but way down
deep in their hearts all these politicians
think that Bryan will dominate every
thing.
Some Second Place Chat.
The vice presidential talk Of the day
was Judge GaynOr Of Brooklyn and
Judge Gray. State Senator Grady says
ne knows Judge GaynOr would take 1t
and would be acceptable to Bryan.
Others declare with equal emphasis that
Judge Gaynor would not give up his
term on the appellate bench. at $l7,50O
a year for this will-O'-thewisp.
The best Judgment about the vice presl-
dency is that Mr.. Bryan is playing with
il. and will continue to play with 1t un-
til he has his platform safely fxed up
and will not offend one faction by pre-
ferring the candidate of another until ne
is out of the woods. 1t is a good thing
to trade with and dicker on.
The Gray boomers started cold chiils
down the backs of the Bryan men this
afternoon by issuing an appeal to the
delegates to stand Tor Gray first and
Bryan Tor second place. An extract from
ii conveys the point that the Gray men
are driving at: lit is argued by Mi
Bryan's friends that George Grays candi-
dacy for the vice presidency would orlhg
to the party large proportion of the IN
dependent and the heretofore lukewarm
democratic vote in doubtful eastern states
To this assertion We make the amend
ment that George Gray for the presi-
dency would mean the whole of that vote
tory in those states
Gray Men Are Grouchy.
The Gray men say with some bitter
ness OF feeling that Mr.. Bryan secured his
instructed delegates by giving out the i'm
tmation months ago that Judge Gray
would not be acceptable to the radicals
and that now Bryan is calling on Gray
to save him by taking second place. The
Cray men say that every argument foi
Gray for second place Is a double arSu
IlCnt for Gray for first place
BOSS Murphy gave out a statement TO-
night intimating that no one has righ'
to designate New Eork'S attitude on the
presideH"y the vice presidency unit
after next Mondays caucus OF the dele
cation. N o. VI.
Boy Wounds Playmate.
ATLANTA. Ga. July 4.-As result o.
the celebration OF the Fourth here th'