Show CANDIDACY OF GOVERNOR JOHN SON BRINGS NEW HOPE probability OF WINNING party leaders see in the man from minnesota an unusual chance for victory at the polls in november chicago at the johnson headquarters in tho the grand pacific hotel there are signs ot of satisfaction with the turn tho the presidential nomination contest la Is taking in tho the democratic party As aa the johnson managers see it the action of the new york state democratic convention and that of the Alic michigan higan democratic state slate central committee marked a significant ant change in the contest from now on said F D B lynch who Is in charge of the johnson campaign you will hear much similar news from now on peo people ale who read the papers will know that there isa Is a lively contest on good natured though it shall be so far as we are concerned for the democratic nomination at denver the two official actions of late I 1 refer to the course taken hy by the new york state convention and the michigan Alle bigan tate state committee are merely indications of what Is going on beneath the surface the tact fact Is the rank and ille file of the party are waking up to the opportunity port unity the johnson candidacy affords they are beginning to reflect on what a good thing victory next november would be and to consider that with a now new candidate like johnson it Is not only possible but probable the news of the action of the michigan state central committee was a surprise fiut but none the less leaa pleasing on that account it was all the more a surprise because of the fact that wo we have done no active work in michigan and supposed of course that the state central committee would indorse bryan and campau we had bad received many encouraging letters from that state but did not believe that the party leaders would refuse an indorse ment to bryan and campau in this state which has been so friendly to them in the past another thing that ts is significant Is that although wo we have made no effort whatever to organize in illinois quite a number of counties are electing uninstructed delegates to the springfield convention and in all such cases failure to instruct means that the delegates are favorably inclined toward gov johnson the popular response we are receiving in illinois shows us that had bad we been in the field a few months earlier this state could easil easily y have been lined up for mr johnson we are receiving a perfect deluge of letters from all parts of the state and largely from friends and supporters of col dryan bryan who believe that the time has come for a new candidate stores scores of letters are being received at the johnson headquarters f from rom bryan democrats in all sections c the country while as much attached to col dryan bryan as ever the writers feel that it would not be wise to nominate him a third time A typical letter Is the following from W N bremer Bre roer a prominent lumber dealer at niles 0 1 reply to you as a Demo democrat cratt 1 I lve ha have talked of and pondered over this presidential election many times and have found that john A johnson Is tho the man needed to load lead us to success I 1 have worked hard for bryan in his last campaigns and fell with him I 1 ani a m no now W out for john A johnson wo we can win it if lie la Is nominated I 1 will w III talk with our delegate here and urge him for johnson I 1 have told him dryan bryan cant win even it nominated I 1 have quit politics for the past three years but will go to work for J A J for it wo we nominate him lie ho will surely aurely be elected I 1 will stay by him until the last vote Is counted in november trust rae me with any political you may offer me or his success |