The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-21
PROBLEM IS SOLVED.
Antl-lnjunction Plank Is Found To Be
 Based on Facts.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., July 20.-Infiu- ential eastern democrats have notified William J. Bryan that in their opinion the anti-injunction plank of the platform adopted at Denver was hardly worth the paper 1t was written on, the reason al- legged by them being that the David B. Hill bill passed by the Senate, which is specifically indorsed by the democracy simply carried out the common law pro- vision granting a jury trial in contempt cases Fin the jurisdiction of the presid- ing judge"
 The plank was drafted on the assump- ton that the Hill bill was passed after it had been amended by Senator Allen oi Nebraska, to make the trial by jury pro- vision mandatory at the demand of the de- fendant. MT. Bryan spent several anx- ious hours after he received this informa- ton. While reasonably sure of his ground, the allegation that he and the majority of the committee on resolutions had been tricked caused him to worry and he ad- n.ltted that he was about to have an ir- Quiry set on foot.
 The Associated Press correspondent this afternoon relieved his suspense bye ex- plaining to him that advices from Wash ington showed that the Hill bill as final iy adopted by the United States Senate in ment by the court in direct contempt cases, but making it mandatory for the court to grant trial by jury in all cases where such contempt was committed out side of the jurisdiction of the court, and where such jury trial was demanded by the accused.
 This vas the Allen amendment, as Bry- an remembered it, anl it cleared up what threatened to become an awkward situa- tion for the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The l art that the prohibition question will play in the campaign was talked over between MT. Bryan and Wylie E. Phillips. editor of the California Voice of Los Angeles, who is returning from Columbus, O., where ne was a delegate tc the national prohibition convention We agreed" said MT. Phillips, mot to discuss for publication what was said ut our conference"
 Mr. Phillips, however. volunteered the statement that number of prohibitionists would vote for Bryan as against their own candidate He thought the prohibition movement would affect the vote in the close states and was unwilling to concede to Taft many of these votes The appeal Of MT. Bryan to the farmers of the coun- try for campaign contributions is bearing fruit. Today a number of responses were received, the sums enclosed varying in amount. Two old retired farmers fror. Omaha, one aged S2 and the other 79, pre- ferred to deliver their contributions in person. They hobbled up the pathway to Fairview and each placed in the hands of Mr. Bryan $5 bill An appeal by MT. Kryan to the democratic newspapers of the country to begin the collection of funds for the campaign was one of the inn rortant features of the day.
 Late this evening George Fred Wll- Hams of Boston arrived and was driven from the station to Fairview by MT. Bry- an. The two were in lengthy conference rpon reaching the Bryan home, where MT Williams expected to spend the night.
 MT. Williams, on leaving the Bryan home at a late hour, said he had dis cussed with Mir Bryan many details of the campaign and particularly with refer fence to the campaign in New England. The subject of the chairmanship of the national committee was gone into, but MT Williams declared that nothing definite as yet had been determined upon and that there would not be until the sub-commit- tee on organization of the national con,- mittee meets at Chicago Saturday next. Nc said that in all probability number of