Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-05
BRYAN DOMINATES
NEBRASKA DEMOS.
Convention All For Peerless
One" and is Entirely in His
Control
MAY ENDORSE HIM
Chairman Hanks Tells Delegates DEM
ocrats Will Win-Bryan Permitted
to Dictate Platform, Which Indicate
Paramount Issues in the Campaign
Bryan's Speech Center Of Interest.

Omaha, March 5.-Twelve of the six
teen delegates from Nebraska to the
democratic national convention were
selected by the congressional district
conventions of the party here this
morning. Four delegates at large Will
which met at this afternoon. All six
teen will go to Denver instructed to
vote for Bryan as "a presidential can
didate.
Interest in the convention was CEN
tered on the speech which Bryan was
expected to make to the delegates and
on the platform. which will probably
reflect his views on national politics.
The entire occasion had been planned
so as to give him full opportunity to
indicate the issues which he believes
should be made permanent in the COM
ing campaign. The gathering this at
ternoon will be one Of the largest ever
held by party in this state.
The state convention of the populist
party will also take place here today
and the endorsement of Bryan as a
presidential candidate is planned by
it's leaders.
Bryan and the members of the reso-
luton committee spent the forenoon in
seclusion, revising IL draft of the plat
form to be presented this afternoon. No
inkling of the result of their delibera-
tions is vouchsafed.
When the state democratic conven-
ton was called to order more than L.
500 delegates We're in the hail. The
chairman of the state democratic CEN
tral committee, Allen, called the gath
erin2 to order and stated the purposes
for which it had been summoned.
Chairman Hanks Lauds Bryan.
When the convention met at o'clock
Temporary Chairman H. H. Hanks de-
livered an address, in part as follows:
"The campaign of 1908 began in
1885," said Mr. Hanks, against the
Chicago platform and the nominee
has been hurled -denunciation, vitup-
Grafton and accusations Of anarchy.
Vain are the battles against the right.
Where are the defenders of National
Honor% Where are the organizers of
the safe and sane democracy? Their
mask has been torn asunder and they
stand condemned before the bar Of
public opinion. This band of men told
us to preserve the national honor
when they were devoid of personal
honor.
"There is a feeling of unrest every
where that BODIES i'll for the republican
party. The time is ripe for a change.
1t is vain for the republicans to claim
credit for widespread prosperity and
try to avoid the blame for wide
spread panic.
aristocracy and grants its special
privileges of monopolizing the neces-
many for the benefit of a few, the priv
ilege of controlling our finances, the
privilege of monopalizing the neces-
sites, and the privilege of disobeying
law.
"The democratic party challenges
this right of privilege by aristocracy.
They demand that they obey the law:
they demand that they shall not rob
the public; they demand that private
monopoly must be destroyed; they de-
mand equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
"rhe united democratic party well
comes the conflict. 1t will be a con-
test between the few that dominate
the commercial world and control the
republican party and the many that
carry the living masses toward equal
ity and justice.
.Thousands of republicans are tell
ing us that if a reform candidate is
not nominated they will vote for Bryan.
LaFollette is their only reform can
only man bold enough to
take his stand with the people Roose-
welt, laundering democratic doctrine IN
his message to congress, has opened
the minds of millions of republicans
to the philosophy of democracy. His
call to arms to the masses against the
classes has opened the hearts of thou
sands to the evange of democracy.
1--WE do not know which one of the
special representatives of the special
interests their candidate will be-Fair-
banks. Cannon or Foraker. Or will it
be Taft, who has not committed him
self on any public question. There is
no reform with a candidate like Taft,
"You search in vain for his convic-
tions on vital questions that has been
the policy of candidates in the past
whose administrations We're owned
completely by the financiers.
1.-The democratic party will name a
man for president who would rather
live on farm at ITairview than to be
president. owned and controlled ny
special interests; man who would
rather go down to defeat in the third
battle than to mortgage his party be-
fore election; man who for twelve
wears has been oak and rock to the
democratic party. He is democracy's
hope. They tell us
he has been defeated twice. Twice de-
feated, he has convinced the world