Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-07
DEMOCRATS TO
TEST STRENGTH
BEFORE FIGHT
GIGANTIC ORGANIZATION TO
GATHER DATA
SYSTEM OF CLUBS TO COMPILE
VOTERS SENTIMENTS
Senator Taylor Assures Great Victory
for Nebraskan-Latter to Speak
on Tariff at Des Moines
October Fl
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
FAIRVIEW, Lincoln, Neb., Aug. O.
AS a result of visit to William J.
Bryan today of Senator Bob" Taylor
of Tennessee, who is here to deliver a
Chautauqua lecture, the national COM
mittee of the Democratic party will
soon enter upon a most elaborate plan
for ascertaining the sentiment of the
country toward their standard bearers
This plan contemplates the formation
of a national Democratic club, with
state and county clubs as subsidiaries,
whose duty 1t will be to report to the
central organization data favorable OF
unfavorable to the national ticket.
1t is proposed also that these clubs
shall poll the voters of the United
States and every section where the
feeling is adverse to the Democratic
candidates literature and speakers are
to be sent.
The proposition regarding the ma
tional club promptly appealed to Mr.,
Bryan, who said that he would not
wait for his visit to Chicago in a
couple of weeks, where he is to confer
with prominent men of the party, but
would at once take steps to get the
national club under way.
Senator Sees Victory
Senator Taylor was accompanied to
Fairview by Mayor F. w. Brown of
Lincoln, one of Mr.. Bryan's stanchest
friends and advisers.
II have been in Kansas, Missouri and
Indiana" said Senator Taylor. "To my
mind Bryan has q better chance for
election than Cleveland had in 1892. /
found many Republicans in Kansas
who told me they would vote for
Bryan, and as for Indiana the pros
poets for Democratic success are good. .
He predicted that Tennessee would
go Democratic by 100000
Aside from this the most important
announcement from F'airview today
was the decision of Mr.. Bryan to make
an extended speech on the tariff ques-
tion at Des Moines, Iowa, October 21
and to spend the three following days
in Chicago in consultation with Chair
man Mack and other party leaders
over the plan of campaign.
When asked whether he had noticed
that many of the Republican candidates
in Nebraska were coming out in favor
of the proposition for the guaranty of
bank deposits, Mr.. Bryan replied that
he had been told so.
How the "Wind" Blows
''It is one of the straws that show
which way the wind blows" said he.
Mr.. Bryan will discuss the subject
quite fully in his forthcoming Topeka
speech.
Among the other visitors to Fairview
today was Alexander Corkey of Ireland,
who called to pay his respects. He left
the Bryan home with a souvenir from
the Democratic nominee in the shape
of a small stone from the Sea of Gal
lilee, picked up by Mr.. Bryan on his
trip around the world.
Another caller was Dr. A. R. Stuart
of Cedar Bluffs, Neb., who was mem
ber of the convention which nominated
Mr.. Bryan for his first term in con-
gress. The two men had not met i'll
several years. DIR. Stuart brought en-
couraging reports regarding the present
situation in his section.
Tonight Mr. Bryan gave out for pub
lication his reply to a circular letter
sent to the business men Of the country
by James w. Van Cleave, president of
the Manufacturers association, urging
them to- go to the polls in November
and Dtiry Bryan and Bryanism for
ever"
Mr. Bryan accused Mr.. Van Cleave
of having a narrow idea of what con-
stituted business man and enters into
an elaborate defense of his policies.