Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-02
too RADICAL: FOR EAST
Committeeman's Comment on
Proposed Platform.
EXPRESSES HIS DESPAIR
Represents Views of Others From
His Section.
BRYAN MEN DISAPPOINTED
Had Hoped to Nominate Judge Gray
for Second Place on Demo-
cratic Ticket.
RYAN MEN DISAPPOINTED
Special From a Staff Correspondent.

DEM Elk, COL. July IA member Oh
the democratic national committee made
this statement to me this morning: The
platform which is being prepared for
| adoption by the convention is of a char
acter which will preclude Our carrying
| any eastern or middle western state. The
| fact that Mr.. Bryan is willing to concede
| the vice presidency to the conservatives
will not suffice to counteract the social
istic. populistic platform upon which that
candidate will have to stand
| That is pretty despairing talk, but 1t
| represents the views of the eastern men
| on the spot. The westerners laugh 1t to
| scorn: they are confident that the wave
of radicalism is tapping the foothills of
the Alleghenies. and beyond the Alleghe-
MES they don't care.
The johnson men are giving a striking
| object lesson Of man going down to de-
| feat courageously. They know their can
| didate has no chance. but they came to
| Denver last night and opened headquar-
| terS for Johnson for first place on the
| ticket. Sanity. conservatism and possible
victory is their motto, and they propose
| to hold out until the end, to show the con-
| vention what it means to stand for
principle.
And how rabid are the Bryanites against
Gov. johnson! They are bitter and vim
Johnson might carry the country where
Bryan is likely to fail drives them into
| frenzy and they go up into the air at
every mention of his name.
Vice Presidential Situation.
Judge Gray's refusal to take the vice
presidency, announcement of which was
telegraphed west yesterday. was a severe
disappointment to the Bryanites, at least
to those of them who were unable to un-
derstand Judge Gray's character and ap-
preciate that 1t would not be possible for
a man Of Judge Grays caliber to run on
the platform they are preparing. The
lists are still open to an easterner. New
York preferred. but New York has not
yet decided upon a man.
Another vice presidential boom bobbed
up today. Melville E. ingalls, of Cincin
natl. president of the Big Four railroad.
is the latest candidate. He is one of the
perennial candidates and has bobbed up
every four years.
Charles A. Towne Of New York came in
this morning and opened headquarters.
| He is entirely acceptable to Mr. Bryan.
| but he will have to do business with Boss
| Murphy first. Mr.. Bryan is favorably
impressed with John w. Kern of Indiana
| as vice presidential possibility.
An authoritative statement from Lin
coin says: John B. Stanchf1eld Of New
! York will not be acceptable to Mr.. Bryan
as vice presidential candidate. Mr..
| Stanchfield is put forward by the same
| interests who want Gov Johnson of Min
nesota. Mr.. Stanchfield is tarred with
the same brush as all the anti-Bryan men
| in the east He will not be allowed to
| run on the ticket with Mr.. Bryan
Angry at Judge Parker.
The Bryan men are as mad as wet hens
over the resolution in praise of Grover
Cleveland which is to be offered In the
convention by Judge Parker They say
that the resolution is a slap at Mr.. Bryan.
in that it emphasizes the kind of dem
ocrat he is not and Mr.. Cleveland was.
However. they will not resist its adoption.
as the Bryanites are sitting up 10 the
| Cleveland democrats like a kitten to a
| hot stove. Judge Parker is looked upon as
a troublemaker by those same Bryan men.
| Judge Alton B. Parker, Charles F. Muir
ply and Pat McCarren will be in toward
| the end of the week Mr. Murphy can
name the vice presidential candidate II he
desires. Mr. McCarren is coming to con-
test for representation in the convention,
but will proba bly, not win out The Bryan
men cannot afford to offend Boss Murphy.
Judge Parker will try to influence the
convention to adopt a conservative plat
| form. but undoubtedly will not succeed.
He will be lucky If he gets a respectfuf
reception These western democrats look
upon Judge Parker very much as dead
one" They say he had his chance and
could not make it a go: seat far back In
the hall for his'n.
Hotel Rates Up In the Air.
Denver is very hospitable to the visit
ors. but there is loud clamor against the
hotel rates. The town itself Is trying In
every way possible to overcome this. The
| visitors get a card to the clubs, passes
| on the interstate railways to see the won
| ders of Colorado. and the glad hand In
every way. The standard rate at the ho-
| tells for convention week is $21 day for
room alone. and that on contract for
| five days. So one pays $1O5 for five
nights lodging.
Everybody who comes from the east
| hears dreadful tales about what the alti-
| tude is going to do them. One must not
| drink coffee. nor smoke big black cigars
and all that sort of thing. After you are
| here for a day or two you forget all about
the altitude and the rarihed atmosphere
and 60 right along doing just as you do
| az home
The lobby of the leading hotel looks like
section of the press gallery at the Capt.
tol There are here something like forty
| and more coming. The sight of them
with the following: There is very an
| cient story about happy inhabitants of
| some sunlt isles in the southern seas.
| who. when asked by an explorer how they
each were comfortably supported by TAX
ing in each others washing was
somewhat reminded Of this anecdote
when. in the rotunda of one of the prin-
c!pal hotels of Denver yesterday. 1 found
something like forty Washington corre-
spcndents eagerly asking each other for
news. At this writing only the devoted
| subcommittee of the national committee is
| on deck. and the members of this organ
| izatiOn have been interviewed and photo
| eraphed and celebrated in all the ways
that the Imagination will permit. The
cry is now for new men Of public fame to
| hasten to Denver that the overworked i'm
| imagination OF the correspondents may be
given some respite"
| Mr. Bryans choice for chairman of the
committee en- resolutions Is Gov Haskell
of Oklahoma. Gov Haskell is a radical OF
the first water. He stands for Organism
rampant He will advocate the most ex-
| treme radicalism.
Mr.. Bryan's Desires.
Mr. Bryan will ask the convention to in
corporate five planks: 20 wit: Anti-injunc-
ton, antitrust. guarantee Of bank depos-
its. regulation of railways. revision Of the
tariff If the convention will frame
these to suit him. it can do as 1t pleas es
! with the rest of the platform. n. O. NJ.