Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-04


,,uch a plank even n Mr. Bryan should
insist upon II.
rntii a caucus has been held b. the New
York delegation Il cannot be said pos lively
that Judge Parker will be the member Of
the committee on resolutions from the En-
pire state. The friends OF the judee expect
that he will be chosen, nevertheless, and
many OF them have 80 expressed themse yes
10 him. lie said today that so far as he
knew no members OF the delegation had
prepared any draft of an anti-injunction
plank which they wodid he willing 10 favor,
but that the question undoubtedly would
be considered at the first meeting OF the
delegation in formal caucus.
New Workers Not for Bryan.
Neither Judge Parker nor Mr.. sheehan
rave made any effort to disguise the fact
that they would prefer to have almost any
democrat nominated for president than MIR.
Bryan, but both denied that they had come
TO Denver with knives up their sleeves"
for the Nebraskan. Mr.. Sheehan said he
had come several DAYS before the conven-
ton TO look over the ground and see what
are the chances for the nomination Of a
man who would satisfy conservative Eastern
democrats, and that conferences probably
would be he'd with other prominent demo-
Gratis who hold similar views. II was in
timated that il It was found that the nomi-
nation OF Mr.. Bryan Is inevitable that they
will do their utmost to have a platform
that will not ALLEVIATE eastern, or what has
been known for several years as Cleveland
Cemo:rats.' He and other eastern demo-
Gratis do not favor the Nebraska anti-in-
i~u,c.ion plank, which they think spells
Cefeat for the democratic ticket in the
cast.
Judge Parker's disclaimer Of having been
inv;lved In the preparation Of an anti
Bryan program was in the form Of a state
ment that he had not attended any con-
~fCrences Of any members of the New York
delegation and that be had paid no atten-
ton to convention arrangements thus far
except to arrange to. come here after he
Lad been elected as a delegate-at-large.
II is known, however, that Mr.. Sheehan
intends to have conferences with Frederick
b. Lynch. manager Of Governor johnson,
and J. Marvel, manager of the boom for
Judge Gray. ,E
A~ntI-BFgah Alliance. I'D.
The purpose Of these conferences will be
to ascertain what strength Is possessed by
the candidates opposed to Bryan and in
the light Of the showing made to analyze
the situation throughout the country and
determine whether n Is possible to Keep
away from Mr.. Bryan more than one-thlrd
Ct the votes of the convention, which it is
nee ssary to do II his nomination is pre-
Vented. Should these conferences prove the
accuracy Of Mr.. Br{an's claims Of sufficient
strength to insure his nomination on this
first ballot, confefences will then bs held
between such men as are antagonistic to
the Nebraska anaeinjunction plank. They
will include Judge Parker, Mr.. Sheehan,
Mr.. Murphy and Martin >LittletOn Il New
York; Colonel I'm Gufrey of Pennsyl-
vania, Roger c. Sullivan of Illinois, Mr..
Marvel. Mr.. Lynch. former Governor
Charles 6. Thomas Of Colorado, c. f. Heif-
rer Of Washington. former Senator James
Smith Of New Jersey and others.
In arranging for conferences Of this char
aeter many of the men insist that the pur-
pose is to provide a platform on which all
democrats may stand and promote party
harmony They declare that MI. Bryan's
record is such that it is not necessary t.
put in the platform planks more radical
than thote adopted in the three last demo-
cratic conventions.