Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-09
Road Roller Has Crushed Out All
Opposition to His Program.
UNDERCURRENT MOST POTENT
Silent Protest of Conservatives Will
Be Felt at Later Date.
BRYAN CAN RUN MACHINE NOW
No Help to he Expected from the
CONSERVATIVES During Campaign or
on Election Day, IL the Trans
lation of the signs.
tFrom a sad correspondent.l

(From a staff Correspondent)
DENVER, Colo, July S-(Special Tele-
gram)-Two features of today's convention
proceedings indicate the situation on the
eve of the nomination of Bryan. The Bryan
demonstration, which started at the first
mention OF his name In speech designed
for time-klling purposes and delivered by
Senator Gore OF Oklahoma, gave the demo-
Gratis Of the nation notice that Bryan's DOM
| ination Of the party is complete. arrogant
and uncompromising. The second, and
really more significant feature was the sui
len acquiescence Of the anu-Brysn forces in
! the domination OF the majority.
All show of opposition to Bryan has been
! withdrawn but the men who were opposed
! to him have decided to make none but mute
| protests against Bryans refusal to consider
/ their claims. Tammany, the New York sup
| porters Of Judge Parker the Delaware
/ boomers OF Gray, the Kern supporters in
/ Indiana and the old gold democrats, who
/ sent Ex-Governor Francis of Missouri to
| the convention bearing the olive branch.
have become so thoroughly disgruntled over
! the situation that they have unanimously
| agreed to let Bryan go as far as he likes.
/ but they have reserved the right to refuse
to help him, although they no longer op-
pose him. Bryan understands the situation
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| brother law, Tommy Allen, he has made
all kinds and descriptions of overtures to
the New Workers. He has appealed to Tam
many leaders to name the vice presidential
| candidate, agreeing to support any man
Boss Murphy may pick out, but Tammany.
in sullen resentfulness. has refused to voice
the suspicion of preference.
No Help from Conservatives.
The attitude of the conservative eastern
| democrats is tantamount to a notice to
Bryan that he need expect nothing from
them in the way of support in either July
| or November
The credentials committee has done
beautiful Job of operating the road machine
and in its path is not an obstruction OF any
kind to Bryan's complete domination OF
everything. All the suggestions made with
the adoption Of the Cleveland resolutions
that tho party was to bury In a new grave
! all its past dissensions, all factional dis
cords. all local wars and ali private
hatchets, for whomsoever designed were
swept away by the report Of the credentials
committee in which every man who has
had the temerity to oppose Bryan was
knocked down and run over. The knives
/ are being sharpened again and there is
brine in all of the old sorcs II has been
a repetition of the old democratic program
of holding peace talk just before the war
dance. The conservatives have been
burned at the stake and the scalping is the
next number on the program.
The man at the telegraph key at Fair
view really runs the convention, taking
Bryan's dictatiCn This was demonstrated
at daylight this morning, when Governor
Haskell of Oklahoma told the resolutions
committee, which had been in session for
a dozen hours, just what Bryan wanted
on the anti-injunction plank. Representa-
tives of the American Federation OF Labor,
Of the American Manufacturers association
and of all the various big. conservative
democrats of the country had pleaded with
the committee or filed their briefs
Notice of Mine Owners.
James Burns, the largest single stock
holder of the Portland mine and repre-
sentative of the mine owners In the west,
served notice on the committee that a
radical anti-injunction plank would mean
the united opposition OF the 5000 business
men in Colorado who are interested in
mining and would destroy all hope OF dem
ocratic success in any western state.
. ! When all OF these arguments had been
offered. Governor Haskell gave out the
Bry an platform. Mr.. Bryans views on the
injunction plank as thus transmitted are
that the plank should begin with the state
ment that the party resents any attempted
. reflection upon the judiciary OF the coun-
. try, that not only are the courts them
selves created by law, but their Jurisdiction
. and authority are defined by law, as well
as their rules of procedure. The position
OF the party on this subject in the plat
4 forms of 1885, 1900 and 1904 is to be en-
dorsed. the further provision made that in
contempt cases the trial Is to be before
ind pfh ha he
writ. and most important. the plank is to
declare for the re-enactment OF the federal
law requiring notice to be given before
y such preliminary injunction shall issue
precisely il existed prior to 1873.
Mr.. Bryan made a subsequent suggestion
for this plank to the effect that Il might
! be well to provide that no injunction or
= restraining order shall remain in force for
n a period longer than three days, and that
?. the hearing on such order shall be before
10 two judges This is not so radical q plank
+ as the extreme labor advocates want bat
5 1t is extremely radical from the viewpoin,
d OF the conservatives.
T With the Bryan endorsement It is GER
n tain TO be passed by the convention, Ieav-
ing the breach in the party ranks az wide
Il as IL made by the free silves plank
s in the 1895 platform. The BTyanites have
= become so drunk with their Joy Of running
the machine thai It is doubtful II even Z
word from Fairview would be potent
5 enough at this time TO prevent the adoD-
tion Of an anti-injunction plank which thu
r general country will regard as extremeIy
| radical
on every other proposition before the
country the Bryan platform. as sent from
= Fairyiew, is OF the advanced radical type
d containing nothing to indicate that IN,
g Bryan Of 1908 Is new Bryan" He is tht
g same Bryan that got into the nationa
J. limelight one hot day in Chicago twelv,
Is years ago. W. H. II.
is CHEERS WITHIN, STRIFE WITHOUT