The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-05-22
BRY AIN STRONG.
Captures One After Another of
Supposedly Hostile States.
MASSES ARE FOR Him

Polls Taken by New York Herald
and Other Papers Indicate Over
Mhclming Majority Among Demo.
c'ats Favorable to His Nomina-
Con--Big States for Bryan-Iiow
':'aey Stand.
'lhe New York Herald Of Monday
says; In his contest for control Of
'he National Democratic Convention
"hich meets at Denver July z, Will
llaml j. Bryan continues TO distance
az allscompetitors. The Hcrald's i'm
paI'tal summary of the progress of
oelegate getting for the week and its
estlpate Of conditions i'm various
ota'ss shows that the twice defeated
cahdiuate is SURPRISING even the OK
pectations of his friends.
sympathy must be EXPRESSED for
lhe 3liastern Democratic leaders and
the3gold Democrats <who nave been
| dreaming Of defeating Mr.. BRYAN.
| lheF desire some other candidate in
| tenkely and they say thcy are still
! hopeful but there is little ground
ior nope unless conditions change.
Nh. Bryan is rapidly subiugatine
the "enemy's country"
The Massachusetts Democratic
State Committee declared against
him, but he swept the primaries and
the, state convention this week in
strncted the delegates to vote for
him.
The Connecticut Democratic state
Convention refused to instruct tho
delegates for him, but when the
smoke OF battle cleared away Mr..
Bryan was found to control at least
ten Sof the fourteen delegates, and
had his old and devoted friend Col.
AlaSander Troupe as the head Of the
de, cation
- w York was supposed to be hos
|S,,cia hihH.yet nothing Is plairer
than that Charles f. Murphy will
have to Vote for Mr.. Bryan or run
the risk of having the McCarren
contcsting delegates from Kings coun-
ty seated at Denver
Vermont was classcd as against
Bryan, and is still so classed because
the Bryan men are not preparcd to
claim it; but an inquiry from an OK
ccllent ond unprciudccd authority on
Vermont politics brought tho reply:
"Nermont will not instruct but
the delegates will unqucstionably be
for Mr.. Bryan"
PENNSYLVANIA is classcd against Mr..
Bryan by all the opposition, yet at
llcast iifty-four of the district dele
gates were elected at primaries by
he Bryan league and against Col. j.
NJ, Guifcy, the boss OF the State,
and a majority of them arc instruct
| cd The signs indicate that Col Cur
fey is beaten in the State convention
and that he Will surrender at dis
| crction
Alabama was claimed for Johnson.
| The Johnson manager tcicgraphcd
The Alabama members OF Congress.
we are going to carry this state for
Johnson and want to know whore
| You stand The Alabama members
met and wired back that it was TOO
! late for Johnson. and il was too
late.
These arc a few of the signs Of
he times. AS tho chromclcr Of ln-
biased political news and the promo
| ter OF no boOms, The Herald gives
the facts for what they arc worth
Coming down TO figures, it is
shown that MrBryan already hos 800
| delegates instructed for him He
also stands TO win i2G delegates in
States where conventions or direct
primaries are yet to be held. The
uninstructcd delegates number lA2.
| If they were all against Mr.. Bryan
| there might be some encouragement
for the opposition. I}ut it is csti-
mated for the opposition. But jC is
estimated that about one hundred ot
these delegates will vote for AhBry-
Ian In this calculation he is not
| given the -four delegates elected IN
Maine, the ten who may be for hiln
| in PENNSYLVANIA or the eight bound
by the unit rule IN Ncw Jersey
One Of The most imprc-siv" events
of the week was the Ohio state Con
vention 1t should be remembered
| that this is the homo state Of Judson
Harmon MIR Harmon is a Glove
Hand Democrat He was also one Of
Iiho three men being doomed for the
! IPrasidcntial nomination against Mr..
| bryan The past tense is used ad-
IWscdly hero. When The convention
Imct hcrc was no opposition to Mr..
! pvVnO Yhn 1clppatrS 10 Denver