The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-07-23
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS
URGED TO FIGHT HARD
Letters From Country Over
Expressing Approval Of
Platform
lny Assoclnted Press

the Denver platform, particularly
with respect TO publicity bef. re cleo
ton Of campaign contributions, form
ca the themes II two addresses made
by William j Bryan. In his remarks
'G the Grocers and Butchers Associa-
;ioR, Mr.. Bryan dwelt upon monopo-
lies 10 certain products, but declared
that merchandising was the last
branch Of business In which there
Woeld be a monopoly, because, he
said, the nnmeut such monopoly was
Established competitor woald pre-,
sent himself and the people would
thereby be protected against extor,
ton
40 Che state committee Mr. Bryan
gave assurances that reports OF dem
lcratic success from different parts OF
The country we're encouraging.
1 40 not kn W that have anything
10 say, except that / am always glad
40 meet with the democrats of Ne.
bfaska During the last u years the
democrats OF Nebraska have been at
tending political conventions and ap
rarently enjoying them was very
riad to have many oil our democrat
attend TIC convention at DenYcr anG
was AiAA 10 nfnl IL 0ll Altt UNAlAr
tins that they were taking a more OF
less active part IA what went on tnere
The campnA0n Is not opened yet, ana
have Vsa1ly not been notified Of
,he nomination but IN formal notices
have been given me of 2f the sur
Prise that Is in store for me, that II
won't be as sudden as il might
when II comes The reports that we
get from the foGntry are very en
cUuraging, and One Of them, | think
especially deserves notice: The
promptness with which our demo
cratic papers are taking up the sub
Iect OF descriptions to the cam
paign is very encouraging Several
have opened subscriptions and | be-
lieve that II is going 10 be quietly
and gCneraly followed This is prob
ably a response to the party's posi-
tion IN regard to publicity concern.
Ing campaign contributions and II yer
flies that hope OF those who believed
that If The party threw itself upon
The people, If the party announced
lis determinat,un to rely iE It's
xpense on the members that they
would come forth from the body
o fthe population and receive no con.
tfibuti1n that cannot be made public
that the confidence would be eeclp
iocated and the people would re-
spond. I believe there Is evidence
that We are going to have that re
spOnse, ans when the voters take
upon themselves the burden OF furn
ishing campaign contributions the
( voters VIII have an interest In the
lGOyernment that taey have not had
! heretofore. / think it is an earnest
0I what Is TO come. l think Il Is an au
spicious beginning OF this new era
/ q politics. gad 1 nope tnab this G -as
niltee win urge the papers OF Ne
bfaska that aIe suAQor.ng a.s ......
] 70 join In this movement. / believe
that every denccrarls papes s..o,...
make itself collecting agency ant
wien yol remember that We have
/ several thousand of those papers il
ine countiy, you VIII understand
y what a c hsideraDle su.-. can se reai
/ yea whsa they all begin work ans
when the readers of tb1se papen
tneyc TINS subject prcsented TO men
/ iNfcn6n earliest emtQi1als. lhat d
an care 10 say al tnis time. gentle
/ men. rae issues nave been Dresente,
e enc p4atiOrA ana . hdft leen 60,
y ting lettors i.oii' all parts of th'
( county expressing approval Oi tina
F. idati rm. ] believe that II Is the
I 1est platform tnat thia o-unt Aa
known ior generations, that II es
peclaliy sets forth the pastys posi-
ion. lilere is no tTimmhg; there
40 hC gDg. there Is no dodgl1g; /
~ IlanA. candid platform aud lh
mpl cJsi-n that il has made IS a mos
Iry1rable One. And the repeblican
-re al-eady IN retreat on the sui
ject They aurped down the plan
"a regard to publicity Of canpaig
\ contributions: they turned II dow
nihcT convention by al ovelNnein
ING majority ana as soon as the den
iccrat-c party acted. they lelt It's necel
say % act They uad about thse
aeeka after that convention in wnic
lu lel. but thes diI not 10 anythin
aaui nc qemcCrsae convection acie
and then we heasd il annaunced thi
trey were Ing y publish the rat
n.ent-a after election aud the nrst d
i1n IoA Was that they would get ~
triputions r-eSeyor they could. an
tt1 ~ faem eiltr elcctni al4 ai>,
ne de9ec4atic latlonal coinmiftl
artea fhd put no platform pledge ini
eupct the republican candidates al
pneid tfal 'pey nld receive i