The Washington herald., 1908-07-17
JAMES Is CALLED
TO SEE Mr.. BRYAN
Kentuckian Still Favored for
ChairmanShip.
CONFERS WITH NEBRASKAN
Herman J. SchuIteis, of washing
ton, Assures COmmOner that Labor
VIII stand Together for Demo-
Ocratic Tfcket-Think Taft and
sherman Are Opposed to Uniontsm

LincoIn< Nebr-. July ls.-ome James
may Yet be chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee.
/ Protests that have come in various
ways against the selection Of Atwood, OF
/ Kansas. have caused Mr.. Bryan to bark
/ back To his first choice. the Kentucky
Congressman As a result Of that Mr.
James was wired by Mr. Bryan 10 come
and see him Mr.. James has been IN Den
yer ever since the convention adjourned
resting up. and vas not intending to re-
turn home tn week later. But the tele-
gram brought him. and this afternoon he
was escorted by Charles W. Bryan in
an automobile 10 Fairview. where AIr.
/ Bryan entertained him at dinner
Accompanied by Lamb.
Lamb. OF Indiana, another member Of
the quartet from whom It has been in
/ dicated the chairman would be selected.
Both gentlemen insisted that they had
merely come to pay their respects to Mr
Bryan while on their way back from the
convention The fact that Mr. James
came from Denver this morning and is
going back TO Colorado Springs tonight
10 meet his wife does not corroborate
his theory OF his visit When the chair
manship was mentioned TO him he SHE'D
away and said that possibly after he had
talked with Mr.. Bryan he might have
something 10 say to the newspapers at
mis- hotel Then he gently shooed the
correspondents away.
Mr.. Lamb was equally vOluble
With Mr.. Bryan most OF the afternoon
was J. l. Callahan. chairman OF the
credentials committee at the Denver con
veution- Mr. Bryan wanted his opinion
as TO the best man for chairman In
/ fact, AIr. Bryan IS quite anxious to secure
advice on this subject and he has wired
a number Of eminent Democrats in
various parts Of the country for counsel
VIII Have Little Money.
It is recognized that the committee IS
money 10 dtsburse this fall. and one sug-
gestion that has seemingly found favor
with Mr.. Bryan has been that he ought
TO put some man in charge who has had
/ experience in handling big business en-
/ terprises. and can. therefore. give him
/ the best service at the least cost.
Another visitor who brought cheer TO
the Bryan heart was Herman J Schult-
I els. Of Washington. one Of the labor
lawyers employed by the trade organi-
cations to represent them at Congression-
/ al sessions AIr- SchuIteis came to tell
/ Mr Bryan that he would be elected and
I that the labor vote would do il Mr.
/ Bryan told him that he felt that the stand
Of the Democratic party upon the anti
| injunction matter entitled the ticket to
the support Of labor generally.
Bryan viii get 20 per cent Of the or
ganized labor vote Of the country" said
Mr. Schulteis after his interview. He
viii get at least 50 per cent Of the unor-
ganized labor vote We VIII elect a Dem
1 ocratic Congress We propose to show
these men who pcoh-pooh the idea that
there is a labor vote that candidates and
conditions have given the opportunity and
the cause for labor to get together and
keep together
Score Taft and sherman.
Taft and Sherman represent in their
personalities and records the antitheSIs
OF organized labor. Sherman was Joe
Cannon's right-hand man for twelve
years, and carried out the orders Of Can
non against labor interests. The Repub-
leans could not have selected two men
who would force labor together at the
polls more surely than these two men.
I was told at Pueblo yesterday that many
Of the Socialists would vote for BRYAN in
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