The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-11-20

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. uraas nomination 1914. ra .eII.Ht
sa iar a. He arI h.. friend. ucr. con-.
eeueI When h. stood u. t1 make Dots
.csea.iuI speech, Hc wa. .Hr5 e're loaded
dice which hl1 been prepared nearly
two year. before. The 'bo, Orator" had
assisted his friend. 10 pulling ihe wires
for many months, and every move In
the same had been studied out.
This information was outlined In Ne.
braska during the week preceding elee.
ton, and the authority for the story
IA no less person than James c. Dahl.
man, chairman Of the democratic state
central committee Of Nebraska, Mr.
Bryans confidential political adviser
and friend. lie gave permission to
print the story after election, and mean.
while every statement he made was
verified from other sources, the whole
proving conelusively that William Jen.
nings Bryan knew he was playing for
high stakes when he made his cele.
brated cross Of gold speech at the Chi.
cago convention.
lie was not only fully aware Of the
plans Of his Nebraska friends, but was
consulted at every stage and on himself
alone depended the final maneuvrc
which secured for him the opportunity
to speak just at the right time to capture
the convention. The story, as told by
Chairman Dahlman, supplemented by
the statements Of others, bears the i'm.
preston Of truth on It's face, and can
easily be verified by any one who cares
to do so.
The Bryan committees scheme was
to get the closing speech. Jones and
the other managers fell into the trap.
They knew Bryan was a clever speaker,
and we're perfectly willing to wind up
their case with some fireworks. The
division Of time was made. and Bryan
was given the last speech, and the
plotters went to work, convinced that
the scheme was certain Of success
They knew that llill and the others
would talk long and earnestly and tire
out the gallerie, and the delegates
The convention was for silver by 40
overwhelming majority .-sla-S'7TT hat
was necessary was SsTigh, the spark
and have the lasSHandy. Dahlman l.. d
come .2<chleago two or three DAYS
os.2S-N'he convention 10 set up the pins.
H. soon as the delegation was seated he
tnd others began quietly 20 talk up
Bryan. Dahlman himself went 10 Dan.
ltls Of North Carolina, llokc Smiths
secretary, and urged him to Keep out
OF he Bland, Boics and Mclean camps.
Los lslana and one or two other states
were similarly visited and given TIP to
be r,ady.
Then the sehemcts began 10 make
oveftures TO Illinois. They did their
best To capture Altgcld, but could ac
coml'i nothing They had enough
Z scattering uelcgaie9, however, 10 make
sure that neither Bland, Boies. Mat.
thews nor Mclean could secure the
nomination. All went well, and Just
as 1t had been arranged. The young
orator from Nebraska had been pre-.
pairing for the event Tor months, lie
had his speech well In hand, and he
knew that he was not expected to
make logical argument Tor silver.
but brilliant explosion Of oratorleal
fireworks for the express purpose Of
capturing the crowd, and when William
Jennings Bryan sat down he knew that
the die had been thrown, that the nom.
nation was within his grasp and with
1t the possibility OF the presidency
itself