Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-07-28
TO DISPEL GLOOM.
Candidate Bryan Will Meet
Maine Democrats.
The Man from Nebraska Will Make
Great Stamping Tour.
Bryan Will Have Some Sport Trying to Turn
this State Democratic.

| Lincoln. Neb., July 27.--The plans Of
Mr.. Bryan for the campaign are grad
| ualIy shaping themselves into some
| thing definite and when the commit
| tee ON notification announces the date
| OF the great rally in New York at
| which he viii be informed of his selec-
| ton as the candidate of the Demo-
| cratic party, he will prepare a partial
programme of his engagements. Sen
ator Jones of Arkansas. chairman Of
| the national Democratic committee, is
comforting with Mr.. Bryan as to the
plans of the latter during the cam
paign.
| 1t is not likely that Mr.. Bryan will
| spend much of his time in Lincoln
after he starts out on the stump. The
| Democratic managers realize his value
as an orator, and want him to take
| the lions share of the work for the
| ticket which he heads. His physical
| strength is such that he can make
several long speeches a day without
| fatigue, and he has record of de-
| livering as many five campaign ad-
dresses of an hour each at different
places in his congressional district and
| then travelling 80 miles in buggy to
| the next place in his itinerary without
sleep. Added to his physical endur-
ance is ability to sleep at any time
and a short rest fits him for many
hours of work. He does not wish to be
| spared during the campaign, and his
| stump-speaking tour is likely to be a
record breaker.
From present indications it is prob
able that Aug. 10 or u will be the date
| OF the notification in New York. Mr..
| Bryan will start East from Lincoln
about five days before the day fixed
| for that event. He is preparing the
speech accepting the nomination, and
| he thinks il will be the effort of his
| life, exceeding eloquence and asser-
ton his famous address to the Chicago
convention on July 10. As contemplated
at present Mr.. Bryan will make a
through trip to Chicago. From that
place he will proceed to Pittsbur over
the Baltimore & Ohio. and make an
address there. From Pittsburg he will
go to Washington on an invitation
from the delegates of the District of
Columbia to the Chicago convention
and on the way to New York he will
stop over in Philadelphia and talk.
From New York Mr.. Bryan will go
to Bath. Me, where he is to be the
guest of Mr.. Sewall for short time 1t
is probable that he will make some
addresses on the way
Maine audiences are likely to see
something of him, and he will then
go westward. The date of his return
to Lincoln has not been arranged, but
it is rumored here that he will appear
in the Nebraska capital on Aug "a.
when a reunion of Grand Army men
of this state will be held. This. how
ever, seems hardly feasible. as it will
give Mr. Bryan only fortnight to
visit Mr. Sewall, make a number of
addresses in New England and return
to his home in the slow fashion Incl
dental to Presidential aspirants during
campaign when invitations to speak
along the line of their journeys are too
pressing to be refused.
1t is expected that Mr.. Bryan will
devote most of his time to the states
between the Alleghanies and the
Rocky mountains. and he is not likely
to retur to Lincoln until just before
the campaign is over. Mr.. Bryan told
United Press reporter that he had
rot made any plans for short trips
from Lincoln previous to his formal
notification. He is devoting his ener-
GIGS to keeping up with his mail and
in this he finds constant employment,
even with the assistance of Mrs. Bryan
and two clerks. Mrs. Bryan will ac-
company her husband on his trip to
New York and New England.
Hon. Bartlett Trpp. United States