The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-03
NOW HIS NEIoHBoRs SEE IN HIM
A MAN REALLY GREAT.
EXTENDS ALL over STATE
The Development Of Bryan the Last
Four Years Has Changed the At
tituae OF Nebrssksns-Repub
leans Are Radicals, Too,

William Jennings Bryan upon his
third time presidential nomination
will pass under a huge banner bear
ing a portrait OF William II. TAFT II
is stretched across q street at
Twelfth the principal corner of the
city. and ON the direct o"d to Fair.
view Bryans home. The republican
state committee opened its hcadlulr
ters here this morning and it chair
man announced in very remark
able interview that the republicans
intend to contest the election OF Bry.
an in Nebraska
The tone of the interview IS rath-
er apologetic, showing that numerous
republicans had insisted that moth.
| ing should be done that might offend
MIR. Bryan. Chairman Haywood de-
clarcd that the republicans had con
tested Nebraska with Bryan in 1896
and again in 1900, and that it was
necessary that they should do SO
again. But while there will be- a TAFT
banner swung from republican head
quarters, pictures OF W. j. Bryan
will everywhere be displayed. Al
ready in the hotel lobbies there are
big portraits of Mr.. Bryan bearing
the inscription, Welcome to William
j. Bryan's town
Along the principal streets wires
have been stretched from which hang
thousands of incandescont globes.
! Cannons will boom. bells will ring and
fireworks sputter to celebrate the
| nomination of the Nebraska lcader.
| Even the city council will recognize
| the occasion. 1t has set apart money
for the entertainment of the citys
guests, and everything Lincoln can
do to show that it recognizes Bryan
as its foremost citizen will be done
The street railway companies are
building switch at Fairyiew to
accommodate the crowds which It is
believed will want to go to Bryan's
home Next Saturday, the railroad
comTanys say, Lincoln will contain
one of the largest crowds i'm its his
tory. The Burlington alone win run
twenty-scvcu special trains from va
rious parts of Nebraska drawn here
by the attractions of Bryan marching
clubs, which have announced their
intention OF stopping of in Lincoln
on their way to Denver. The biggest
Of these Is the Cook County March.
ing club from Chicago, which will
have "A band OF 100 pieces. All these
things delight the Lincoln citizen
ship. They have come to know tha.
Bryan is their most valuable asset.
Today II. II. Branch, merchant
of Lincoln, whose business takes him
to all parts of Nebraska, discussed
the situation here with group OF
newspaper correspondents. He said:
The situation all over Nebraska
is just as you find it in Lincoln.
There is the same chang Of AeLti
ment in the country and in the small
er towns that is noticeable here. This
does not mean that everybody in
Nebraska is going 20 vote for Bryan
but it does mean that whether dem
ocrats or republicans We are proud
of him"
ITO what do you attribute thi.
/ change OF sentiment?'
I TO uumber of things" replied
l Mr. Branch. The people have come
to know more about Bryan and IN,
things he stands for. Then, too, Bry
ans trip around The world was al
| eye opener to Nebraska After Bry
an had had an interview by specia
| appointment with the czar, had beer
] the honored guest al the home Of Tol
stoi and had hobnobbed with the KIM
i of England, il hardly became th
most presumptuous inhabitant of NJ
d ~ dShd 10 dNN'hliN " pau NilH' W.
Bryan. Also there are matters re
i lating to party politics which hay
/ had much TO do with the chang
i in popular sentiment so far as
affects Bryan"
II These matters Of party policy I
L which Mr. Branch referred make
! decidedly easy for Bryans friend
to go before the people and mos
embarrassing TO any republican can
paigner who would attempt to dis
cuss platform rather than indiyiC
uals. It will be recalled that the y,
braska delegation in Chicago cas-
solid vote for each of the radici
propositions submitted from the Wi
consin delegation, Nebraska repu
licans are on record in their stat