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Show THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT.' Washington Begins to See the Probability Prob-ability of Gov. Johnson's Nomination. Washington, D. C Well Informed political observers who survoy tho country from Washington havo noted n wonderful change In tho campaign for tho Democratic nomination nt Denver Den-ver within tho InBt week. No bo very long ago It was taken for granted that Col. Bryan would bo nominated with practically no opposition to day It Is a question whether ho will bo nomlnnted nomln-nted nt nil. Gov. Johnson of Minnesota Minne-sota has loomed up as tho man bo-tweon bo-tweon whom and Col. Bryan the convention con-vention nt Denvor will havo to choose. Gruy of Delaware, Olnoy of Massachusetts, Massachu-setts, and Harmon of Ohio, aro no longor conBldorod In tho running. Indeed, In-deed, tho suddenness In which tho Minnesota mnn has como to tho front Is almost dramatic. Reports pouring into Washington from nil parts of tho country Indicate Indi-cate that tho Johnson men havo mado wondorful progress, largely without nolso or publicity, in Bcctlons of tho country whoro thoy wore not supposed to bo at work at all. As tho situation stands to-day, practically prac-tically all of tho Now England, nil of tho eastern states, and a largo portion of tho southern stntes will send John son, or what is tho samo thing, practically, prac-tically, unlnstructed delegates to Denver. Den-ver. Prlcnda of Col. Bryan wore somewhat some-what perturbed over reports drifting Into Washington regarding such states ns Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Montana, Washington, Michigan,' nnd Kentucky. Reports nro also coming In that n tremendous Johnson sentiment senti-ment Is nppearlng In Missouri, nnd n largo number of unlnstructed, or Johnson, John-son, dologntes being sent up to tho Illinois stato convention, rovoallng nn unexpected Johnson strength underneath under-neath tho surface All political observers ob-servers In Washington aro agreed that thcro will bo a lively contest for tho nomination nt Denvor. It Is oven claimed that two-thirds of the delegates lo the convention -will bo unpledged, and such Democrats as Itopresentntlvo John Shnrp Williams, Dourko Cochrano, Sonntor Culberson and Senator Daniels, declare that tho Denver convention will bb a dullbor-atlvo dullbor-atlvo body, which, boforo It nominates, nomin-ates, will consider tho qualifications o tho aspirants and their prospecta of winning. There Is a fooling here that Johnson John-son as n poor boy and a sclf-mndo man with n romantic nnd oven tragic llfo history, coming from nn early llfp as obscuro and painful ns Lincoln's," and now rlson to Btate power and national fame would make n candidate of such respoct-commnndlng, votogottlng power that under his leadership tho Domocracy would havo a splendid chanco of winning. |