The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-22
DEMOCRATS ARE
SURE To. NAME
VIM, J, BRYAN
His Presidential Boom, Fur
thered by Himself and TAX
en- Up by Others Will Surely
Be Successful.
FIGHT is PREDICTED
OVER THE PLATFORM.
Question as to Whether 1t
Shall Be of Radical or Con-
servative Nature Bone of
Contention.

New York, June ga special copy
right dispatch from Washington to
the Herald is as follows:
while William J. Bryan has been
getting all the delegates for himself as
the democratic candidate for president
at the Denver national convention and
will have a walkover, it is becoming
clear that there will be a great contest
over the platform.
Mr. Bryan expects to write the fol-
lowing as we'll as narne the ticket. He
can name the head of the ticket. and
will perhaps do so by the unanimous
vote of the convention.
THE Herald's impartial summary of
pro-convention conditions shows that
with only the four states of Montana,
Georgia, North Carolina (part) and
Vermont to elect, Mr.. Bryan already
has 691 instructed delegates. Two
thirds of the convention, which he will
need to be nominated is 672. He has
154 delegates who are expected to
vote for him and of these all are
promised except for New York, with
rs delegates.
Has Plenty of Delegates.
Leaving out New York. he there
fore has instructed or pledged 767 del
egates. His strength this week will be
augmented by the 62 delegates to be
chosen in the four states enumerated
above, which will give him a grand
total of 907, including New York, or
S29 without New York.
mo power can now beat Mr.. Bryan
exec pit Mr.. Bryan himself. He can pre-
vent his own nomination by joining
the allies and demanding that, in the
interest Of harmony, the convention
take some other standard bearer
But Mr.. Bryan may not be able to
dictate the platform.
How il Will Fall.
Mr.. Bryan will probably control 32
states and territories. This will give
him majority of the committee on
resolutions. The other element will
control 10 members of the committee,
and two are understood to be doubtful.
In the Kansas City convention in 1900
Mr. Bryan was able to control the
committee on resolutions by one vote
and that was supplied by Hawaii. 1t
was the Prince from the Sandwich Is
lands who put free silver into the plat
| form of 1900. In similar way Mr..
Bryan's control of the territories and
outlying possessions in the commit
tee this time will give him control un-
til the question of platform gets to the
| floor.
"All the elements of a close fight
will be collected at Denver in case
the states that are classified as for
a rational platform stand fast and
| write moderation.
Neither side will have a majority
at the start. Mr.. Bryan will have 474
votes in fight on the floor. The 9TH
er faction will have 470. There will
| be at least, Ga votes doubtful.
Many states want Mr.. Bryan, but
they don't want to see any more fana-
ed the platform of 1896. Thus Con-
necticut wants Mr.. Bryan, but it de-
sires moderation, Georgia, which will
| probably vote for Mr.. Bryan, has
swung toward conservatism. Della
ware will want platform on which
Judge Gray could stand if he were the
nominee, Practically everybody in
| the East will make struggle to get a
declaration which will bring demo-
Gratis to the support of the Nebraskan
| if he insists on running.
Want Moderate Platform.
Maine, part of Massachusetts. New
/ Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New
jersey, part of Maryland. Virginia
and West Virginia. are all expected to
bid for moderate platform. Ken
| lucky and Virginia are instructed for
| Mr.. Bryan. They would like TO see
something radical in the platform.
| 1T is evident from Mr.. Bryan's
| criticism of the republican national
platform that he expects to steer clear
of the compromises which marked the
work of the Chicago convention and
put through exactly the declaration of
| principles that he himself will pre-
pare
His enemies in the convention,
some of them compelled TO vote for
| him, think that BRYAN can be placed
| on a johnson platform. The platform
/ is always made before the candidate
| is chosen. Some of them, no doubt,
are hoping that they may be able to
so frame the platform that Mr.. Bryan
will not want to run.
| 1t is the platform that the opposi-
] ton leaders are now thinking about