Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
MANY CALL At FAIRVIEW
Constant Stream Of People in and Out
of the Bryan Home.
TOM JOHNSON MUCH IN EVIDENCE
sits ON the step ana smokes His Black
Pip while Bryan Talks 60 the
Visiting Delegations
in Front.
crrom a SAD correspondent.)

LINCOLN, July 4-(Special Telegram.)
The glorious Fourth, which still lives
Notwithstanding the republican party IS
in control Of the government at Washing
ton. was a red letter day for the demo-
cratic candidate at Fairview. Delegation
after delegation passed in review before
him and shook his hands and paid their re-
spects TO Mrs. Bryan as the two stood
at the entrance to their home. Cheer
after cheer greeted his short talks and his
Remuneration Of Guffey Of Pennsylvania
was greeted will loud applause from the
delegates from that state.
The Pennsylvania delegation was the first
TO arrive and after unloading on his old
time enemy from the Keystone state the
candidate never appeared In better humor.
He sent each delegation away feeling Just
a little better than the one preceding.
He had O good word for each, and every
delegation was assured of the deep and
lasting appreciation of the candidate.
Following Pennsylvania came the dele
gates from Arkansas, then Alabama and
Florida, then Oklahoma and North Caro-
lima, Illinois and Massachusetts and
Mississippi and then the Jacksonian spe-
ciaL
In the Alabama delegation was DR.. r. NJ.
Cunningham of Ensley. II am the only
Johnson delegate elected in my state he
said, but am instructed for Bryan. Our
heads may differ; our hearts are together
and my Instructions complete the job"
Mr.. Bryan looked pleased at the informa-
ton. DR.. r. d. williams OF oxford was
another Alabama delegate who shook hands
with the candidate. He carried a button
proclaiming the candidacy of w. G. Con-
rad OF Butte, Mont, for vice president.
Conrad formerly lived In Virginia." he
said, land will get some votes from the
southern states. He moved to Montana
and made a fortune"
Rroward Has some Friends.
Ex-Governor Broward OF Florida also has
some friends in both the Florida and Ala
bama delegations who want him for vice
president. 'His name will be presented to
the convention" said DR.. Williams, but I
guess he will only get a few complimentary
votes.'
Some Of the Pennsylvania delegates
brought along a boom for John Murphy
Of that state for second place on the ticket,
principal among whom was Mr.. Murphy
himself.
IF nominated I can carry the state he
said.
In the North Carolina delegation were
Senators Overman and m
w lllt l4lt htlt1dANo wv hPSehAAS
and Mrs. Bryan. a newsboy went among
them crying:
Buy a copy of the Commoner.'
In one Of his happy speeches. Bryan said:
"As the Mexican would say, the house Is
yours." This evidently was taken as
gospel truth by the visitors, for they GER
tainly took Il. Every nook and corner OF
the place was investigated; flowers wers
picked from the vines on the house and
carried away. as souvenirs; leaves and
switches were taken from the trees. One
North Carolina girl tried to make friends
with Miss Rryan's dog, and her friendly
ovcrtures were rewarded by a charge from
three dogs. The barking attracted the at
tention Of Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleve-
land, who bravcly rescued her by pointing
his black pipe at the bunch of dogs anc
kicking at them(at the same time.
Mayor Johnson was quite a conspicuous
feature of the morning entertainment He
sat on the porch steps part Of the tim
and during one of Bryan's speeches
pulled out an old black pipe, loaded 1
and went to work.
At the conslusion of a Bryan speech
Mrs. Bryan touched him on the shoulder
and handed him a telegram for some on,
in the crowd. A voice said. three cheeri
for Mrs. Bryan
While the cheers were being given som,
one yelled: Make her vice president.
This set the crowd wild for a minute o.
two.
In his talk TO the Alabama delegation
Mr.. Bryan made all the delegates happ!
by saying;
~ am going to assume that 1 am goinI
TO be nominated at Denver. We hav
100 more than two thirds of the delegate
and when l assume democrats will not VIC
late their instructions l am building Of
a firm foundation
One OF the Alabama bunch pointed on
for the people to look at was Congress
man Thomas ]. Heflin. who took a sho
at a negro On a street car in Washington
Another prominent Alabama man In tn
crowd was John Tomlinson, picked 70
national committeeman from his state t
succeed Congressman Clayton. He ha