The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-07
Stories of Anti-Bryan Move
ment Attributed to John
son Press Agents.
JOHN w. TOMLINSON
ISSUES STATEMENT
Despite Flood of Johnson
Money and Literature the
Loyal Democrats Of Ala
barna Will Choose Dele
gates Favorable to Bryan.
BY Associated Press-

BY Associated Press-
Birmingham, Ala, May 6.-Hon.
John w. Tomlinson, president of the
Alabama Bryan Clubs. gives out the
following statement with reference
to the Bryant ohnsOn movement III
Alabama
MIR. Smith, chairman of the COM
mittee to promote the nomination for
president of the United States of John
A. Johnson of Minnesota. says that
the movement is in no sense an anti
Bryan movement. | am glad he makes
this statement. 1t repudiates the anti
Bryan literature and money with
VIII oh Alabama is being flooded from
the Johnson headquarters in Chicago.
1t also makes it plain that so far as
he is concerned there Will be no en-
rouragement given those who. fearing
MIR. Bryan's nomination, would Grip
pie him now to encompass his defeat
in NOyemDer-men who have in the
past, and WI in the future. applaud
the election of a republican president.
The Johnson chairman says by way
OF excuse for launching the campaign
only two weeks before the campaign
that ii has Just become evident that
almost the solid east and a large por
tion of the west are opposed TO the
nomination Of Mr.. Bryan. What por-
ton Of the west is aga INST Mr. Bryan
Have not Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, |
Oklahoma, both Dakotas, Nebraska, |
Iowa and Kansas instructed for him
Is not the opposition mostly in the |
dina gination of the Johnson press bu-
reau?
eAnd where is the almost solid !
east? Press dispatches say that the
New York delegation though uuin-l
stru-ted, is for Mr.. Bryan, and that
Judge Parker viii nominate him. The
Connecticut delegation is equally di-
vided. Delaware is for Gray. but not
anta-Bryan.
He further SAYS that Mr.. Bryan has
gradually lost in Nebraska since 1896. |
Though republican. Mr.. Bryan carried |
this state in 1896, and only lost it by |
a small margin in 1900. when the
country was at the high tide OF pros
perity and can unquestionably carry |
IL this year under existing favorable !
conditions. He further says that the |
same remark will Apply TO other !
northern states, reiteraGng the liter /
a-ure which the New York World ac- !
companied by maps, has been send |
ing out al over the country. But the |
Omaha Herald produces figures and |
maps showing that the democratic |
vote has grown under Mr. Bryan s |
leadership; that IN nearly every state
he received a greater vote than either |
Cleveland or Parker
is it fair to charge the small vote |
for Judge Parker against the leader |
ship of Mr.. Bryan? Furthermore. |
ask Mr.. Smith is il exactly fair to Mr. |
Bryan to quote him for and Mr. John
son against governmental ownership, |
and TO quote only Mr.. Johnson in IA
vor OF ra broad regulation?
NJ
ernmental ownership, but only made |
the prediction that if regulation failed |
1T would follow, and that regulation |
be tried first.
Alabama Democrats for Bryan.
As to Alabama, there can be no |
question but that the democrats are
Overwhelmingly for Mr.. Bryan. This |
was stated by the Mobile Register and |
the Montgomery Acknowledgements |
heretofore opposed TO Mr.. Bryan
when the movement was started |
against Mr.. Bryan in this state a few
months ago. Conditions since then
have not changed.
Il have been in nearly every coun- |
ty in the state recently and know
whereof | speak. Nearly every state !
and county officials are officers of the
Bryan cubs, and within the last few
weeks signed a petition 10 have Mr.. |
Bryan : name put on the state ticket !
Opposition is almost confined TO those
who stu cling TO the idea of making
the mistake when we nominated
Judge Parker, and TO those who affiI-
late with democrats in local affairs
men not qualified under the party law
TO vote in the democrats primary.
Furthermore, all the Candidates
for delegates TO the national convent
ton, and al the a,ternates are ont
spoken in the II advocacy of Mr.. BRYAN
with the exception OF one district cam
didate and three candidates for the
state-atdarge. | mention this TO show
the strength OF Mr.. Bryan in the state
and TO show that the delegates. even
without instructions, would vote for
Mr. Bryan. There are enough dele
gates whose places are contested to
give MI Bryan at least two-thirds OF
the tWentytwo delegates N the ma
ttonal convention The press of the
state is also practically solid for MIR. |
BRYAN.
we al want democratic suscess in 1
November. There ds no resentment on 1
the part Of the Bryan democrats that
Johnson friends are making !, visur
Gus campaign for their man i'm This
scsntInued on Second Paae3