The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-07


 emphaticaIly, that any man should ask support Johnson. but if knew that the predatory interests were back of him would not support him
 ''Son1ewhAre in this country" said 2. Austin. of Minneapolis, "some cum hing mind conceived the idea of put ting Bryan and Johnson against each other and killing them both. There is not man here but knows that if The New York World believed John son was a man of the Bryan type, 1t would die before 1t would support
 Tn answertng statements that the adoption of the resolution would injure Governor Johnson, State Senator Works of Mankato. said that Mir. Johnson was too big a man to be injured by such resolution. spontaneous demand of the people. The country has been waiting for some in- dieation of the Governors attitude. The action taken here today will largely determine his attitude. In his adn1ln- istration Governor Johnson has been with the people and against the eo- called predatory interests. Never has he betrayed the trust reposed in him"
 Alfred Jacques of Duluth, the law partner Of National Committeeman Hudson, sald:
 'SThose of us who are for Bryan will leave this committee without regarding your actions--we will leave to work for an instructed Minnesota delegation for W. J. Bryan.
 Weakening Tn Bryan ArmOr.
 All over the United States in the back ofiices of the trusts. railroads and banks they are listening to hear from  of th.s resolution will open up the pos sibility of defeating the nomination of Mir. Bryan. They dno't care for John son. We don't say that the Governor is a party to anything. but the inter- ests would like to find a weakening In the Bryan arrnor."
 After several other speeches had been made. some of the supporters of the resolution saying that though they doubted the wisdom of its introduction, :t would not be just to the Governor to vote 1t down, and after John Dewan of Two Harbors. had said that if Bryan lacked a few votes of the two-thirds necessary to nominate, Johnson would gladly throw the Minnesota delegation to him, the committee voted on the motion to lay the Johnson resolution on the table. The motion to lay on the table was defeated by the vote given above.
 MT. Casady then introduced as a sub stttute a Bryan resolution, which was also defeated. ss already indicated. The Bryan resolution, after enthusiastically eulogizins MT. Bryan and hailing him as the most worthy successor to Presi- to Congress was commended and enthu- sically endorsing the record of Gov ernor Joh nson, said;
 We view with suspicion many of the Eastern sources of acclaims (for Johnson); we discern in the Eastern movement the mailed hand Of "har- mony" that cost the party a million votes in 1904.
 Resolved. that in this hour of po- litical intrigue. while the most subtle enemies of good government are seek ing by every possible means to frus- trate the will of the ajority by the controlling or dividing the national convention. we condemn all temporiz- ing fin the matter of complimentary votes to 'favorite sons.'
 A Bryan Resolution.
 Resolved that we are in favor of our delegates to the Denver conven- tion being instructed to vote unquali- fedly for William Jennings Bryan for President, first last and all the time"
 After this resolution had been de- feated. the original Johnson resolution was put on It's passage and carried The State committee adjourned short ly after 4 o'clock and soon thereafter two hundred Bryan men assembled at the Ryan Hotel and organized The Bryan Volunteers of Minnesota"
 The meeting was called to order by T. T. Hudson. of Duluth Democratic National Committeeman from Minne- sota, who thus lined up the Bryan men for the fight for the control of the State Herbert Sester. of Duluth. was elected president of the Bryan organi- zations 8. c. Pike of St. Paul. secre- tary. and J. M. Bowler. of Minneap- oils. treasurer.
 An executive committee composed Of one member from each congressional 6.etrict fin the State was also appointed.
 The men present at the meeting con !. tributed about S1s0 to start the work Of organization. which 1t Is planned to carry Into every precinct in the a&RtA.