The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-21
MIR. BRYAN IS EMBARRASSED Anti Injunction Plank is
 Attacked. EASTERN DEMOCRATS OPINION Hardly Worth the Paper It Was
 Written On. The David B. Hm Bm Passed by the Senate Is Cited--Amendment
 of Allen of Nebraska
 May Fix It.
EASTERN DEMOCRATS OPINION

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.. July 2o.--In- fiuential Eastern Democrats have no- tihed William J. Bryan that in their opinion the anti-inJunction plank of the platform adopted at Denver was hardly worth the paper 1t was writ ten on. the reason alleged by them being that the David B. Hill bill pass ed by the Senate, which is specifically endorsed by the Democracy. simply carried out the common law provision granting a jury trial in contempt cases fin the jurisdiction of the presiding judge"
 The plank was drafted on the as- sumption that the HiII bill was passed only after 1t had been amended by Sem ator Allen. of Nebraska. 10 make the trial by jury provision mandatory at the demand of the defendant. Mir. Bryan spent several anxious hours after he received this information. While reas- onabIy sure of his ground. the ailega- ton that he and the majority of the Committee on Resolutions had been tricked, caused him to worry and he admitted that he was to have an in- quiry set on foot.
 The Associated Press correspondent this afternoon relieved his suspense by explaining to him that advices from Washington showed that the Hill bill as finally adopted by the United States Senate in 1898. provided for the sum mary punishment by the court In di- rect contempt cases, but making it mandatory for the court to grant trial by jury in all cases where such contempt was committed outside Of the furisdiction of the court. and where such jury trial was demanded by the accused.
 This was the Allen amendment as Bryan remembered it. and 1t cleared up what threatened to become an aWk- ward situation for the Democratic can didate for the Presidency.
 The part that the prohibition eues- ton viii play in the combination was talked over between MT. Bryan and wvlie B. Phillips, editor of the Cal ifnrnia Voice of Los Angeles. who is returning from Columbus. O.. where ne was a delegate to the National Pro- hibition Convention.
 aye agreed" said Mir. Phillips, not to diacuss for publication what was said at our conference
 Mr phfIlipa however. volunteered tha statement that q number Of pro- hfbitfonists would vote Tor Bryan aA against. their own candidate. lie thought the prohibition movement vvn,,I6 affect the vote in the close States and was unwilling to conceoe 10 Aais many of these votes.
 The appeal of Mir. Bryan to the far- r,ers of the country for campaign con- tributions Is bearing fruit. Today . number of responses were receivea' ths aums enclosed varying in amount Two old retired farmers from Omaha: one aged s2 and the other 7s, preferred to deliver their contributions In per sop They hobbied up the pathway to Fairview and each placed in the hands of Mir Bryan s6 bill. An appeal Dy Mr Bryan to the Democrauc news narars of the country to begin the col- lection of funds for the campaign was one of the important happenings or the
 Tate this evening. George Fred VII. tisms of Boston. arrived, and Was driven from the station 10 @ ,. Sa Wr Bryan. The two were m Snsthv conference upon reaching the Rrvsn home where MT. Williams ex- nected to spend the night.