The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-17
NO PROMISE
 TO NEGROES Bryan Makes Clear His
 Position. DIRECT ANSWER TO QUERY Toy at Fairyiew Over News of
 Republican Defeat. Democrats stop At Lincoln to See Leader = He VIII Go to Indian
 apolis to soslaeation of

Fairview, Lincoln. Neb.. July lss- William J. Bryan does not intend to he drawn into the Brownsville ease # he can help 1t.
 In all his conversations with visit ing delegations and others he has care fully resrained from talking on that
 subject and today he put the brand or
 untruthfulness upon an alleged state
 ment made by Bishop Walters of the
 Afro- Methodist Episcopal Church, to
 the effect that he had assured a negro
 delegation that he regarded President
 Roosevelt's action in that matter as
 unjust.
 At the same tlme he also denied an-
 other alleged interview of the Bishop
 that he had discussed the appointment
 of negroes to offices.
 These declarations were called forth
 by a telegram from The Baltimore Sun
 inquiring as to the truth of the stats-
 ments said to have eminated from
 Bishop Walters.
 To the newspaper men at Fairview
 Mir. Bryan said that he had not and
 would not take up any issue not con-
 tained in the platform. Mir. Bryan
 spent a fairly busy day today.
 Delegates returning from the Den~
 yer convention again made pilgrim
 ages to Fairview, where they conferred
 with their leader about the coming
 campaign. Mir. Bryan impressed them
 all with the necessity of organizing
 political clubs and sxerting every ef-
 fort to poll the full Democratic vote in November. He believes that clubs of that character will contribute very largely to Dem ocratic success. The
 visitors all left with pledges of hearty support and promises to get the Dem- ocrattc voters to the polls They came from Illinois. Alabama. Nevada and Coed News Received. 4 telegram from W. H. puaphy of Walia Waila. Wash. conveyed the tn- eofnnatlon that Eugene Tausick, Demo- orMt. had tFiumrilad by q gaod major. tty over w. P. McKean. President Of ths local Taft club, in the fnayoralty contest in that city, was about the best news of the day to Mir. Bryan who re- garded 1t as sn auguFy of what will happen all over the country. The visit of Representative Oilie James of Kentucky and John B. Lamb of Indianapolis, late in the afternoon, gave rise to further gossip regarding the chairmanship of the National Com- mittee
 Nothing was given out bearing on tn0 2uEtACb1 W4A4Gu DAV0&tAN daa NtEt tAG4 v but itsis said Mir. James cause at the special invitation of Mir. Bryan and that the question of the National Com mittee Chairmanship was discussed. A prominent Western Democrat who ace companied Mir. James from Denver to Lincoln, is authority for the statement that Mir. Bryan strongly favors Mr. James for National Chairman. He added that the appointment had in fact been rendered Mir. James. who in aii probability will accept, although he prefers to take the stump in MT. Bry- ans behalf.
 Among the other callers were. Her man Shuiteis of Washington. D Y c. a labor leader: J T. Callahan of Hol. yoke, Mass. who was Chairman of the Committee on Credentials of the Con- vention: George J. sternsdorf of Day. enport, la, but formerly of Omaha, and
 who conducted Mir. Bryan's campaign for q seat in Congress. and P. E. Thomas of Seward. Neb.. a warm suD- porter of Mir. Bryan.