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Show ARDUSEENTHUSIASM , CANDIDACY OF GOVERNOR JOHN- S 80N BRINGS NEW HOPE. H PROBABILITY OF WINNING 'a Party Leaders 8ee In the Man from Minnesota an Unusual Chance for Victory at tho Polls In November. & Chicago. At tho Johnson hcadquar- tera In the Grand Pacific hotel i. there are signs of satisfaction with 5 the turn tho presidential nomin- atlon contest Is taking In tho Dem- iocratlc party. As tho JohnBon managers man-agers see It, tho action of tho Now York stato Democratic convention nnd that of tho Michigan- Democratic state central commlttco marked a significant sig-nificant change In tho contest. "From now on," said P. n. Lynch, who Is In charge of tho Johnson campaign, "you will hear much similar news. Prom now on people who read tho papers will know that there Is a lively con-test con-test on, good-natured though It shall be so far as wo aro-cohcorncd, for tho Democratic nomination nt Denver. Tho two official notions of late I refer to -1 tho course taken by tho Now York stato convention and the Michigan-1 Michigan-1 stato commlttee--aro merely Indica tions of what Is going on beneath tho surface. Tho fact Is tho rank nnd Ale of tho pnrty aro waking up to tho op-portunlty op-portunlty tho Johnson candidacy nf- fords. Thoy are beginning to reflect on what a good thing victory next November No-vember would bo and to consider that with a new candldato like Johnson It i j. Is not only posslblo but ptobahlo. The f j nows of tho action of tho Michigan state central committee was a surprise, sur-prise, but nono tho loss pleasing on thai nccount. It was all tho more a surprise bocauso of tho fact that wo have done no active work In Michigan Michi-gan and supposed, of course, that tho stato contral commlttoo would Indorso Bryan and Cnmpau. Wo had received many encouraging letters from that Btate, but did not bcliovo that tho party lendora would refuso an Indorsement Indorse-ment to Bryan and Campau In this etato which has been so friendly to i them in tho past. "Another thing that is significant Is ( that, although wo have mado no effort whatover to organlzo in Illinois, quite a number of counties aro electing un-) un-) Instructed delegates to tho Springfield convention, nnd in nH such cases failure fail-ure to Instruct means that tho delo- ijr Kates aro favorably Inclined townrd I Gov. Johnson. Tho popular responBO wo aro receiving In Illinois bIiows us that had wo been In tho flold a few months earlier this stato could easily have been lined up for Mr. Johnson. 1 Wo aro rocclvlng n perfect dolugo of letters from nil parts of tho state, and largoly from friends and supporters of Col. Uryan who bellevo that tho tlmo has como for a now candldato." ' Scores of letters aro being rccolved ffc at tho Johnson hendquartera from Bryan Democrats In nil sections r. tho country. Wlillo as much' attaclicd to Col. Bryan as over, tho writers feol that It would not be wlso to nomlnato , him a third tlmo. A typical lcttor Is tho following from W. N. Bremer, n prominent lumber lum-ber denier at Nlles, 0.: "I roply to you as a Democrat. I havo talked of and pondered over this presidential election many times, and have found that John A. Johnson Is the mnn neoded to lead us to success. fc I havo worked hard for Bryan In his last campaigns, and fell with him. I am now out for John A. Johnson. Wo ' can win If ho Is nomlnnted. I will talk with our dolegato horo and urgo him for JohnBon. I havo told him Bryan can't win, oven if nominated. 1 have quit politics for tlio.past threo ) years, but will go to work for J. A. J. i Por If we nomlnato him ho will surely j bo oiected. I will stay by him until I tho last voto Is coutitcd fn November, i Trust mo with any political wont you '( may offer mo for his success." |