Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1908-08-04
Of POLITICAL INTEREST.

sunday morning in company with Viii
liam Bryan in the Auditorium An
neg Hotel. Chicago. Politics was not
mentioned. and both seemed to have
enjoyed the incident.
The Taft banner which hangs over
q street in Lincoln, Neb., VIII POSI-
bly, be removed on the day that Mr.
Bryan is formally notified OF his nom
nation. ;
william Randolph Hearst has re-
turned from abroad and upon his ar
rival gave out a statement 20 tne eL-
feet that he would not be the candI'
date Of the Independence League 1or
the presidency. }
The executive committee of the re-
publican party, as named by Chair
man Hitchcock, follows Charles F.
BROKER, Connecticut; T. Coleman du
Pent. Delaware; William E. Borah,
Idaho: Frank O. Dowden, Illinois;
Charles Negle, Missouri; Victor Rose
water, Nebraska; William L. Ward,
New York: Edward Duncan, North
Carolina, and Boise Penrose. Pennsyl-
Yania.
Governor Hughes of New York has
announced as a candidate to succeed
himself. 1T is stated that the party
organization of his state does not
want him, but to ignore Dim Woulu
mean the withdrawal of independent
Y6srrs from the support OF the state
ticket. .z-es1 -...e,s =.
fereace held in Chicago, which was
called By Frank II: Hltcneock, Gna ad
man of the national commlttes, Aea s:
quarters will be established 1mmen'
st.si,, IN eight states and active cam
nstsnfna f6r Taft and Sherman pc
pfH, The states taking part IN tne
eonfA+anes we're Illinois, Rdiana'
iowa Kentucky. Missouri. Mlc2ukAn'
Minnesota and Wisconsin. 70
Hon Henry WattersGn o. Louis
vita Nv was selected chairman OF
,,svS committee of the democratic par
~ u,hich viii be charged largely WIN
tIes snnhlicffy of problems OF the cam
noion The body which Colonel Wat-
terson will head will be known as the
nawsparer committee, its menpei snl 20
hoi,a drawn from the publishers OF
oil the metropolitan newspapers III
the. country which support Mr.. tTyan
cond,dacv. Mr., WatteFsSp Will GSAA7
nersonnel of the committee later
1ohn 4. Johnson of Minnesota re-
casvad personal letter from W.. >;
nrvan democratic candidate for RnS
1rsseide ncv -rennesting his early piss
enca At Fairview and asking MINI
whan he would be available for speak
ino. nnrnnses. The latter question Is
oeRed Mr. Bryan says in his letter,
| in view of the numerous requests lntI'
have been received for Governor IoLiI Ll
son for speaking dates In the val t3ois'
states. He says the denanu IN ~ ~,
respect is general, ana ne nop ~ ~,
Minnesota governor Will DC 'Oio
| give it his attention.
After a seven-hour conference III
Chicago with William j.. Bryan anu
John w. Kern, respectively ue1oN t. a.
ic nominees for president anu ~
/ nragident the subcommittee OF inc
| ppet1a-sa1 committee made its selec-
+iors IF the officers. of the COMMIT
teo # was the first time In many
yaars that a national chairman liza
heen selected by the democratic par
tv only after a bitter contest Ha1 1 peel =.
Waped. The oficers are as tolloWS :
Chairman. Norman E. Mack, B91a1o'
i = a uic4a chairman. i. p HaH, "
hras,,a treasurer, Governor Co.
Haskell Oklahoma: serseant-at-aSnihE,'
Tohn / Martin, Missouri; secret-NS'
trey Woodson, Kentucky.
The course of the price OF stocks
IN Now York on Saturday was ascrlo-
cd to the Interpretation placen ola
Tudqe Taft's speech of acceptance oL
/ the nomination for president, OF WnlIu
/ advance copies had been dlstrlDuleo"
| claims of a knowledge OF the cotl'
tents were made the basis lot pun
| lisbed comments which were circulat'
| cd in the financial district previous "
| the opening of the stock maThel.
There was some selling at the outsGt
on the allegation that the Roose1Gi
nolicies were reiterated by the candl7
| date. A substantial demand ueVGiop
| al of the decline and material re-
ooyeru followed. Protested ground
/ 81, +So b,1ving was the claim that the
e1oach of acceptance would be Il nhN
| satisfactory to the financial Worlo
Chairman Hitchcock now declares
the fght for Taft electors Will pc ac-
lively Waged in every state, ana 'Ia o
not one will be abandoned 10 u0
other party.
Japanese boy whom Mr.. and MIS-
+ Rrvan raised and educated in nov Al
Japan filing a position OF trust
fudge Taft has advised the Tepuo"
ucen national committee to make
a fiqht to carry Georgia for the repuD-
licans.
Mr., Bryan is kept busy receiving
| pilgrims to his Lincoln home. :,
Delivering an address of 5000
! words Immediately after learning OF
| the death of his mother, T. l.. Cleary
! of PlatteYille, Wis, had a trying eA-
| perience before the state democr9uc
convention at Milwaukee, Wis. The
convention did not appreciate the Sit
uation until Mr.. Cleary's address was
concluded Three days ago Mrs. Clea-
| nv. a pioneer of Wisconsin, became
iii. following the death of her nus
band q month before. Her illness
| was not supposed to be serious.
One of Mr.. Bryan's important cali
i ers last week was Josephus Daniels
Of Raleigh. N. c., proprietor OF The
| News and Observer, member of the
national committee and member OF
i the subcommittee to select chair
/ man and other officers of the national
committee.
Mr.. Bryan spent ten hours in de-
Hyering short speeches on the issues
OF the campaign into a monograph.
Previously he had made similar
speeches on the records cf Compel
ing concern. The intention is to
/ give the speeches wide distribution
/ throughout the country, OF his own
i volitiOn, Mr.. BRYAN announced that he
/ received $500 from each of the two
concerns as compensation for his
i work, which he would contribute to
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