The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-11
OUTLOOK IN FAST AND WEST GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY Gratifying Reports Are Made to Mr. Bryan By Callers at
 His Home BRYAN WELL PLEASED
 WITH HIy VISITORS Henry George, Jr Pays Visit to Fairview and Says It Is a Sig nifcant Fact That Gompers
 stumps for Bryan.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., August 1o- From the lips of numerous callers from various parts of the country anu letters received William J. Bryan to- day received gratifying reports of the political outlook as affecting his can didacy for the presidency. Altogether he had one of the busiest days since his nomination. In addition to some travelling men the visitors included Representative Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the committee on notification; Dr. J. W. Mcclure of Se- daIia, Mo-, member of the committee, Rev. s. F. Mcclure of Osecola, Kan; Henry George, IT,, of New York, liar vey w. Hardy of Lincoln, an octogena- rian, who intends to stump Erie and Wyoming counties, New York, for Bry- an; delegation of Christian Scien- lists from various parts of the country, and 800 members of the Epworth guild, to whom MT. Bryan made a brief ad- dress.
 Knowledge of the fact that Gen. Henry Douglass of New York city had organized a Bryan-Kern club com posed of south erners residing in the Empire state, brought unbounded pleas ure to MT. Bryan. The information was contained in a letter received at Fair view today. Gen. Douglass. who Is q native of Maryland. commanded a bri- gade in Gen. Fitzhugh Lees corps, to wh ich Col Bryan's Third Nebraska reg iment was attached. MT. Bryan gave expression to his feelings on the sub ject by making the following state ment, believing that Gen. Douglass lead would be followed by southerners in other northern states:
 q am very much gratified to hear of it. We have a large number of south ern democrats in the city of New York and they have won prominence in all the departments of the city's activity. They have retained their love for fun damental democratic principles and are in position to contribute largely to the party's success in that state. l am more than pleased to hear of the organization of this club.'
 The success of Adlai Stevenson, MT. Bryan's running mate in 1900, in the Illinois primaries for the governorship attracted particular notice.
 While l take no part in the contests between democrats either in convention or primaries" he said, T am sure l will be pardoned in this case if l say that while we had number of worthy democrats aspiring to the governorship in Illinois, no one among them was superior in his quail ifcations to MT. Stevenson l believe he will make very strong candidate and will greatly aid the national ticket. The dissatisfied republicans, and there are many of them in Illinois, will feel that no harm could come to the state from MT. Stevenson election. His large public service and his sterling qualities combine to make him the ideal candidate and he will make an ideal governor"
 The visit of Henry George, Jr., lasted an hour.
 His opposition to the idea of the guar antee of bank deposits was well known to MT. Bryan, but that will not prevent his supporting the democratic ticket. Mir George is nearing the end of an extensive lecture tour and when that is concluded 1t is his intention to take the stump for Bryan and Kern.
 
 particularly interesting to us," remarked MT. George. but beyond that he would say nothing of what was under discussion To the newspaper men MT. George de- clared that if he could trust the signs, he noted trade union movement in New York similar to that in 1886, when his father conducted his campaign for mayor. This Is the first time in many years. ex- cept in the case of Representative Little field of Maine." said MT. George, that President Samuel Gompers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, has been in a political fight. It is very significant"
 The members of the notification commit tee are rapidly coming in Tomorrow im- portant conferences by the democratic managers will be held in Lincoln. One of these will be between Chairman Mack and the members of the executive committee and the other between MT. Mack and the committee appointed to compile the cam- paign text book. In the afternoon MT. Mack will go to F'airview, where he and the democratic nominee will discuss the general conduct of the campaign.
 It has been decided by the arrange ment committee for the notification ex- ercises that National Chairman Norman E. Mack will preside at the notification exercises Rev. Father Nugent will de- liver the invocation.
 Mr. Bryan has asked Mir. Kern to make speech and it Is probable that he will accept. Ten special trains. mainly from Nebraska towns, will ar give ifl Lincoln on notification day.