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Show WHO FOR VICE-PRESIDENT? Several Names Aro Suggested, Including In-cluding Thrco From tho Hoosier Stato. ST. 'lOUIS, Mo., July C The Vlcc-Presldentinl Vlcc-Presldentinl situation was tersely sketched by MaJ. Monzles of Indiana, himself a Vice-Presidential possibility, when he said tonight: "We will finish tho nomination of a Presidential candidate candi-date before we go to warring about the second placo on the ticket. Like the lamented father of Immortal "Huckleberry "Huckle-berry Finn," our motto is "Meat first, and spoon vltales afterward." There was enough of gossip to satisfy, satis-fy, but aside from the movement In behalf be-half of George Turner of Washington, there was no well-defined Vlcc-Prcsl-dentlal boom. A flurry resulted from tho report, early In the ovenlng, that James II. Eckles of Illinois, had begun a active fight for Judge Johnson Harmon, Har-mon, but the Harmon people declaro the story absurd and asserted that Harmon had already positively and finally fi-nally declined to accept anything but first place on the ticket. Thero was a good deal of talk during the afternoon and evening favorable to Representative Williams of Illinois, and throughout the day ho was, next to Turner, perhaps, the most frequent mentioned of the long list of Vice-Presidential possibilities. The Washington delegation wa confident of the nomination nomin-ation of its favorite, but many of the Middle West delegates declared themselves them-selves opposed to the selection of a man from tho far West A. E. Stevenson of Illinois, Mr. Bryan's Bry-an's la9t running mate, was talked of for a time but It was declared that he would not accept the nomination. The Indiana delegation was divided In senti ment as to what Us position wouhjf If tho nomination were to go tolm . State. John W. Kern nnd B. F, Shf 4 ley, both former gubernatorial call A' dates, were being mildly boomed bylP Indlanany as was also Major Menzlifc t In addition to the men already riaaM IL there wat? In the various delegatffV' talk of Joseph W. -Folk of Miss .. David Pose of Wisconsin, Samuia" schuler, a former Illinois gubernat . candidate; Jarries Kilbourne of CnjjP Governor Dockery of Missouri andSlflr ward C. Wall of Wisconsin. 'Jfc The- North Carolina delegation WT f tonight and decided to preeont the hSf I of Charles B. Aycock for VIcc-PresliMl They have been assured that theyj'JI I get the South Carolina votes for m candidate. m- Tho Dockery movement assumed caift slderablc prominence during the cyjf 1 In lng. his supporters asserting that tmllr had aesuranceo of active aid from awMl era! Eastern delegates. The KentuSri.-delegation KentuSri.-delegation was named as being pg p-". of the Dockery movement but the dip'' gates declared themselves solid 31'.;!'. Governor Ecckham. mlt' |