Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-27
DEMOCRATS FACE
LONG bALL0T|NG
PERIOD BEFORE
. MAKING CHOICE
Several Elimination Races
Will Probably Have To Be
Held When Convention
Gets Down to Voting.
SITUATION LIKENED
TO THAT AT CHICAGO
Seven Hundred and Fifty
Six Delegates Are Unin-
structed; Personal Prefer
enceS Wholly Unknown.

tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wi1Hi
San Francisco, Calf, June 90
AS the rival forces at the demo
cratic national convention move
into position for the opening Mon
day there is apparent no more lie
finite alignment of strength for
various canjidates than there has
been since the delegates began to
assemble. William Jennings Bryan
epitomized the situation todaT IN
language With which most Ou3arv'
ers s"rmeG to agree.
There will be a lot of tickets put
up and down before the convention
nominates one" he said.
The closing hours of the pre-
convention period are much the
same as characterized the last
minute proceedings of the republi-
can convention at Chicago. There
is a marked similarity in many re-
spects.
Seven hundred and fifty-six of the
ten hundred and ninety-two dele
gates are uninstructed, Their per-
sonal preferences cannot be as
sembled in composite review. There
are ten candidates. avowed, un-
willing or receptive. 1t seems GER
tain that some balloting on the con-
vention floor will be necessary to
disclose the lines of strength and
weakness, clear the ground of ia
vorite sons and complimentary
votes, and narrow the situation
down to the real contenders out In
the open.
Rivalry On Issues.
No democratic candidate comes
to San Francisco with any such
showing Of pledged strength as was
brought to Chicago by Wood. Low
den or johnson. But as at Chi
cago the situation at the opening
revolves about a rivalry on issues
for the moment rather than candi-
dates.
How Much influence William J
Bryan will have on the making OF
the partys platform and it's choice
of candidate will he shown sooG
after the opening session of the
convention Monday.
The first evidence of how much
of a force Mr. Bryan will be, will
come in the makeup of the resolu-
tions committee. which will draft
the platform and in the choice of
the permanent organization of the
convention.
These issues bring about a direc.
contest between the administration
forces and Mr.. Bryan's forces. If
Mr.. Bryan finds upon the resolu-
tioDs committee majority of men
sympathetic with his views on pro-
hibition, the league of nations and
other questions, the chances of a
fight at the outset will be minim-
ized. If the administration men
control and insist on declaration
in support of the league as brought
from Versailles by President Will
son, Mr.. Bryan may oppose bring
Ing the issue into the platform at
all. OF course. If the "wets" at
temOt to put in plank which
runs counter to Mr. Bryan's de-
clared views on prohibition, Nj
Bryan certainly will carry the fight
to the floor of the convention. In
such an event Mr.. Bryan will not be
unanswered and there are prospects
of fireworks which might even
eclipse the display which accom-
panied Mr.. Bryan's fight at Balti-
more which eliminated In the
nomination of Woodrow Wilson.
Mondays Session Preliminary.
Mondays session will be a nero
preliminary in which Chairman
Cummings will deliver his KEYNOTE
various committees including reso-
speech. the caucus designations tor
lutions and credentials will be rati-
fled and the convention will then
adjourn so that the committees
may work.
If a fight within the committee