The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-06
Platform ls OompIeted !.

Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.. July 5.--Den- yer may feel assured tomorrow that convention week has actually begun, for at 9:30 o'clock Mayor F. w. Brown of Lincoln will arrive with a platform for presentation to the Resolutions Committee of which he is the Nebras- ka member. The platform was com pleted last night and expresses Mir. Bryan's views as formed after many conferences with party leaders and delegates who have stopped off here on their way West.
 The document In it's present form makes a bulky package.
 There 1t is," said the Mayor shortly before his departure and he indicated a lonk thick envelope on which ap- peared Committee on Resolutions"
 Mayor Brown is probably as close a political friend of Mir. Bryan as the latter has. Their views on political doctrines are similar and MT. Bryan trusts him as he trusts few other men.
 The Lincoln Mayor at Denver will speak with the voice of William J. Bryan. Questions arising in the com mittee about the platform, will be an- swered by him with Bryan arguments, with which he Is perfectly familiar. Indeed, 1t Is believed here that every plank In 1t has grown under his eye. for he has for weeks been a constant visitor to Fairview,
 Mayor Brown left for Denver at 7:S0 D. m. and MT. Bryan was at the train to witness the departure. Now, Doc see that they get a good platform" he said. addressing the Mayor by a nick name which is much used here.
 Today. as previously, Mr. Bryan. Mir. Brown and others who conferred with the former, maintained silence concern ing the platform.
 In fact the Mayors admission that he had 1t was the first authoritative ut terance which has been made on the subject.
 There is a recrudescence of Gray talk in vice-presidentiaI gossip today. The Gaynor movement also received atten- ton, and Daniel B. Stephens. Chair man of the Nebraska delegation, de- clared himself for Governor Folk of Missouri.
 MT. Bryan was quoted by one of his visitors as saying that the matter of a running mate was of far less im- portance than good platform.
 Mayor Brown and Governor Peck of Wisconsin. were the chief instigators of the renewal of the talk of the Della ware Judge. Mayor Brown is so ac- customed to being considered the mouthpiece of MT. Bryan that he de- livered an elaborate preface, declaring that he spoke for himself only. T am for Cray" he said. T have been right along"
 But be has absolutely refused the use of his name before the convention" !" was objected.
 Well, he might change his mind" replied the Mayor.
 Mayor Brown had his fnal talk with Mir Bryan in the forenoon, and there was considerable inclination to couple this fact with the additional fact that Governor Peck of Wisconsin. expressed an exactly similar sentiment after talk ing with the master of Fairview.
 T don't think Judge Gray would re- fuse the nomination if the convention insisted upon it." declared the former Governor.
 Those who believe that Mir. Gray is the best man for second place have by no means abandoned hope"
 Docs MT. Bryan want him?" an in- terviewer inquired. V
 MT. Peck hesitated. but said slowly:
 T believe he does. l expect that Judge Gray's name will be placed be- fore the convention"
 Fairview will be in closer touch with the convention than had been generally expected. A direct telegraph wire running from the meeting place at Denver to MT. Bryan's office in the basement of his nome has been strung and tomorrow an operator will be in- stalled so that the Nebraska candidate may enjoy the quickest possible oom-