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Show JOHNSON IS IN . 1 FJGHTATDEHVER Bryan Men Likely to Know They 1 w - Have Had an Opponent in I Wk ' Contest. Imij MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR 'ImI NOT FOR SECOND PLACE , jW' City Is Beginning to Hum With. . j jft Political Talk; Gray Boom V ' jft Also Launched. !fl' DENVER, July 3. Claiming a vie J m . fory on the first ballol, but overlooking; I iWjS 1 no posaiblo chance to mako their tri- umph sure, the followers of Mr. Bryan ll vU have been watching for an3r move on j "-fl1 1 the part o his rivals that would com- L il " pel him to go 8'inglc-handed againsi H' ' tho field, as Taft was obliged to show f his strength in tho early stages of tho Chicago convention against the com- TOlf bined forces of tho "allies." Ml' Tho arrivnl today, however, of thtf . personal representatives of Judgo Gray, j, i and Governor Johnson., the only candi-i 'llp dates who aro now expected to enter jf- the lists against Mr. Bryan, has failed I' J ; to disclose any common ground ofl iT ' agreement between them. vL ' Combination Not Likely. It ,R 4 The Gray managers asserted than . 4l .: they had no intention of entering into J ' ? a coalition with the followers of Gov- fjl '( ernor Johnson and had not received' j ','!' from them, or made to them, any over-' 13 I " turea for a combination. The sama wli disclaimer of a desire to pool issues was jjf r made by the Johnson ucople after their, i'Jlr j arrival tonight. They said that they A had no other object in view than tha 'v" nomination of Governor Johnson and. , intended to make their fight for that j' "r purpose only. ' 1 ; L The attitude which the Gray and J Johnson peoplo have assumed has led. jjl to considerable conjecture of a vice- ' . presidential character. M , , r Bryan Meu's-Views. , m ' The followers of Mr. Bryan profesl . ; W If to believe that tho refusals of the Gray ' b ' and Johnson men to make a combined , light against the strength of Mr. Bryan. Si , ; I lccans that they arc not averse to oc- f!4- ii cupying positions in which they can S j ' 'A avail themselves Nof Bryan votes for fit !'- second place in the event of his nomina- H ' 2h 4r tiou for the presidenc-. On this point, H' iii however, both Mr. Lynch for Governor b''ii'1? Johnson, and Mr. Marvel for Judgo lrsIr4 Gray, insist that the Bryan people aro ft utterly in the wrong. Their men, they ' nif '1 say. are out for tho first place and aro Jj ! . giving no consideration to tho vice- twl" prcs'dencv. I.mI The chief arrivals today, in point o "b political importance, were those ofi a J' Frederick B. Lynch. Frank M, Dav. D. j; J Ml W. Lawler. ma3'or of St. Paul, and Kich- X H ard T. O'Connor, of tho same city, all J ?,v i ii of them enthusiastic supporters of tho jl ,.; Minnesota govemor. Messrs. Lawler jjJH and O'Connor arrived several hours iHli'Vi ahead of Mr. Day and Mr. L3'nch, and I Mi ' were in Denver but a short tmio. They i m - .! went lato in the afternoon to Colorado T'ir"i3 Springs, where they will remain for two i : or three davs. They expect to be joined J M A there by other members of the Minnc- 2 h . ! sota delegation, and it is possible that .' -I ; the various members of the committed , Ml ' may be selected before the Johnson men 'i H Z return to Denver. It is practically cer- w IV' tain, however, that the member of tho Jl A i committee on resolutions will be chosen, yl .-, although neither Mayor Lawler nor Mr. 8 j 1 O'Connor were ablo to say today who s I , , this would be. I 'j -L ' , Johnson Men Firm. j i Mayor Lawler. who acted aa spokes J ' fl S man, while Mr. O'Connor filled u think- t i ing part and came in strong with nod3 t j of approval after the mavor had de- 'ij : clared himself, said that all talk ::!" of Governor Johnsou taking second Jlr' place on the ticket is utter nonsense. ' j 1 ' "XTo will not tnko it." said Majo? ll I ': Lawler. "It is out of tho Question to i talk of such a thing. Eveu if Governor liilb Johnson was himself disposed to acccpfc S jI i the vice-presidential nomination, and. I - I j l 1 J assure you he is not, the people of Min- g N ' ncsota would not permit him to do so. Hj Continued on Page Two. y t! , r V il JOHNSON IS IN FIGHT AT DENVEE Continued from Page One. The Democrats of Minnesota and hif real friends throiignout tho country arc rot willing that Governor Johnson shall bo side-tracked into the vio.e-presidencv Ho is too big a man for that place and ho belongs in the presidential chair, ii he goes to Washington at all." Expects Johnson to Win. Mayor Lawlor was not prepared to discuss the platform, or tho vice-presidential situation. Tl was. however, omphalic om-phalic in his statement that ho expects Governor Johnson to be nominated. "T do not believe," ho said, "that any nomination will bo made on tho first ballot. Thoro are many unin-tructed unin-tructed delegates; in fact, morn than one-third of tho convention is unpledged, un-pledged, and we do not" believe that under un-der such circumstances any nomination will be made immcdtatidv. We look for Governor Johnson to make an excellent showing on the first, ballot and to steadily gain strength irom that, time until ho is nominated, and wo do not expect that ninny ballots will bo necessary." neces-sary." Tho Johnson headquarters will be formally opened tomorrow at. tho Al-baii3' Al-baii3' hotel and the campaign managers for tho Minnesota Governor promiso an energetic fight from that time on until a nomination has been made by the convention. Gray Hoadquartors Opon. Headquarters for Judge Gray in tho Savoy hotel were in full swing today, under the' direction of Josiali Marvel of Wilmington, Del., and Ii. J. "Beamish of Philadelphia. No definite time has yot been set for the opening of headquarters for Mr. Bryan, which will be at tho Brown Palace hotel. There have been as yet few arrivals of men influential in tho Bryan movement, tho chief direction of his affairs in Denver having boon so far in the hands of James C. Dahlmnn, Mayor of Omaha. Discussion of Platform. Discussion of tho platform continues to bo largely confined to tho anti-in-iunction plank, and on this .subjoct tho latest information from Lincoln regarding regard-ing Mr. Bryan's attitudo toward that portion of tho resolutions wns brought by Prank 15. Monctt, former Attorney-General Attorney-General of Ohio, who arrived in Denver today with tho announcement that Mr. Bryan desired him to address tho resolutions reso-lutions committee on the legal phases of an anti-iniunctiou plank. Mr. Monott personally is in favor of a strong utterance on tho subject. Ho conferred with Mr. Bryan at Lincoln yesterday. Samuel Alschuler, who is tho prob-ablo prob-ablo member of the committee on resolutions reso-lutions from Illinois, declared today that ho did not believe that the anti-injunction anti-injunction plank to bo adopted at the convention would be of such a character charac-ter that any controversy would bo provoked pro-voked by it. Talk of Radical Plank. "There has been talk of a 'radical' plank in tho plntform," said Mr. Al-schulor, Al-schulor, "and all sorts of meanings have been grouped under that word. It all depends upon what is meant by tho word 'radical.' I think it is entirely safo to say. although I am now giving my pcrsonnl opinion only, that au3' assumption as-sumption that tho anti-injunction plank will bo an attack upon tho courts is incorrect. in-correct. It unquestionably will favor jurj trials for contempt, and due notico to all parties concerned in injunction proceedings. It can safely bo stated, also, that the plank will bo a clean-cut, deflnito statement, and not a straddle such as the Republican party has made. It is entirely within bounds to say that tho injunction plank to bo adopted bv tho Democratic National convention will be no more advanced than tho views which have from time to timo been expressed ex-pressed by President Roosevelt. In fact, it is my opinion that wo will be moro conservative than tho President would have been' if ho could huvo written writ-ten tho plank in tho Republican platform." plat-form." When asked about tho vico-presiden-tial situation, Mr. Alschuler declared that in his opinion the great desirablo attribute for any candidate wns that he should bo from Illinois. If, however, that State did not present any namo to tho convention he was utterly at a loss to predict at this timo who tho Illinois delegation will favor. Tho State, ho said, would stand for Bryan to tho finish and thero would be no break in its vote at any timo. Roger C. Sullivan, national committeeman commit-teeman from Illinois, tonight announced an-nounced that his State might havo a candidate for the vice-presidency in John Mitchell. Mr. Sullivan said that Mitchell would not bo declared a candidate can-didate unless ho was willing to mako the raco for the nomination. If he will bo a candidate ho will havo tho solid backing of Ilinois, which will mako a strong fight for him. Tho matter will be determined after Mitchell's arrival on Monday. |