The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-03
WAITING ID HEAR
 BRYAN'S D|CTUM Nebraskan May Soon Discuss
 the 1908 Outlook
EM0CRATSEXPECT WIN
Big Gains Are Lot oked for By fhe p--ts- i-- o~io and New Jersey. Sn'p eu' Has Many Advts ss
 @a'ssf ow al Work.

"''''',.', October -(special.)-W. '' Accepted an invitation from the George N.,.,r-.... ...,,..a,.,... dress it's stu,
 "e"' Hate he will also be enter 'the local Bryan Democratic
 1t is expected at that banquet S lave something to say concern mo democratic presidential nomina- ''''' ss he deems it advisable to make an anne -, au,,s the mes .,ssa ,f, 1,...a.. ,a ss,.,a ,s VI nd the Carolinas and may visit outhern states. He will confer .|fth ha friends there, and by the time he reach's Washington may be in a posi- ton to nake a definite declaration. The elections this fall are reasonably certain tt result in democratic gains ] throughout\the country. In fact, it will not be surprising if the results in Ohio ana New Jersey afford the democrats great encouragement. In neither, how ever will the personality of MT. Bryan largely enter so whether gains in them can be construed as favorable to Mr Bryan's candidacy ~ather than that of Judge Gray or Judge Judson Harmon is questionable
 Several of MT. Bryan's close friends are very ayerse to his making the race. Their feeling is based on the view that the dem ocrats cannot conduct a successful cam paign next year and the defeat of their leader Is therefore an unnecessary sacr1- fce Opposite to this opinion however, IN that said to be entertained by Mt. brSan himself He is reported to be most optimistic over the outlook next year.
 Ship Subsidy.
 Shlp suoJdy advocates have been busy during the Congressional recess sending out documentA, bearing upon the subject and having meu travel around to the districts represented by republican con 9ressmen to put their case personany oe- fore them. They are. in hopes that the President will come out strongly for the subsidy in his message to Congress and from that time on will be busy on the Senate and House sides of the capitol.
 From what can be learned the a-vo- cates of the measure are going to ask iess than usual of this Congress. The original bill passed by the Senate is said to have been abandoned The programme now IS to ask for the enactment of the bill which
 
 The theory of the shipping interests Is that if they can get the principle of sub sidy written in the nations laws, they can. with little difficulty, persuade suc- ceeding Congresses to extend the scope of the legislation.
 Lynching Case.
 One of the first matters which will come before the United States supreme court, which begins It's fall term a week rom Monday. will be the Chattanooga lynch ing case. J. F. Maher, the courts com missioner, has prepared his report on the testimony taken In Chattanooga whereby it is sought to punish Sheriff shipp, ms deputies and a number of citizens for their supposed part in the lynohing of Ed Johnson a negro. whose appeal to the supreme court had been taken and was to have been heard when his violent death prevented. Many important questions are to come before the court at the coming session, including the constltutionality of the rate law Chicago and Plttsburg mu- nicipality cases, railroad legislation in southern states and possibly the Standard oil $29,000,0oO fine. w. $. will be forced to come out in the open and fl Is also believed that Hitchcock and Capers will be requested to explain their alleged connection with the interests said to be opposed to Taft It is also hoped by the Taft men that some declara- tion will come from the President that will remove all doubt as to whom hs favors as a successors. J. R. II