The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-26
ROSEATE HUE
IS THE COL OR or REPORTS AT DEsf-
 OCRArIC HEADQUARTERS.

Soverner Johnson wfH Make . vigof-
 GUS Campaign In nIfnnesots--
 Maine Democrats Working
 to Reduce Republican
 Majority.
 Chicago, ILL, Aug. 24.--(Special Cor respondence )--The biggest gathering of Democrats of prominence during the campaign greeted Mir. Bryan when ne stopped over en route to Indiana to attend the notification celebration. in honor of Vice-Presidential Candidate
 Reports were received by Mir. Bryan and Chairman Mack from all the Stares 2 this campaign IS being fought: More encouraging reports could hardly have been received had they been made to order.
 part in the conference that the adyant- age at the present time is dScideoiy with the Democracy. Especially was this true with reference to the debat- able. States of the West ana ,s M,91ie to hold this advantage. and no part of the enemies territory will be over. looked. The fact is recognized that the fight will be hard one. ana It VIII Democrats at the helm from now until
 Mr. Bryan Is confident of the just ness of his- cause and firmly believes that this Is going to be a Democratic
 The unexpected arrival of Governor Johnson of Minnesota at headquaftefs was an agreeable surprise to Chairman n Mack and those on duty there. me ne newspaper men following his confer. er,ce with Chairman Mack. He let the fact be Known that he. Is not only go- ing to accept the nomination Tor GOV. erfior, which was rendered him in such an enthuSfastic manner, but that he will make an aggressive campaign m his State, which information was the subject of congratulations all around.
 Governor Johnson will nos .,, ss aoa9 campaign as he had hoped, but ne will get out in the thick of the hght and make speeches for Bryan ana kern not only in the Middle West, but prom ised Chairman Mack to go to New York and probably Connecticut and deliver several speeches there.
 Goyeruor Johnson said: '1 am of on a chautauqua lecture tour ana stopped man Mack and also to assure him of my hearty support of the National tick ct. want to say that am very much encouraged with the result of the re- ports have received from number
 The Democrats of Minnesota are in better shape this year than they nave ever been within my knowledge. me party is stronger and there IS more complete harmony inside the ranks than at any time since 1882, when we made a really great fight against great odds. Six @gears of Democratic aonlih- istration in the executive ofice has done much to wipe out the existing prs1u. dice against our party. Prior to that time many Republicans in the State looked upon a Democrat as something akin to a horse thief. The Democratic administration has been honest. clean fact has wrought a political change among a large voting element.
 E. L. Jones, National Committeeman from Maine. talked with Chairman CTS to the Maine campaign. which IS already on in earnest. The election in Maine takes place September fl, and will be the first one to be held during
 "The present campaign is being waged largely op State issues. said MT. Jones yesterday. but do not mis- take the fact that 1t is a red-hot con- gressive fight. There Is not a dissent ing Democrat in the State of Maine and every one of them will vote TOT Bryan and Kern at the election in No- vember, just as they VIII for our state ticket at the election next month.
 T am not predicting that the Demo crats will carry the, State, but we are making a light to win and will eer- tainly cut down the Republican major publicans carried the state by a ma jority of 2T,500. and two. years ago we reduced this majority to less than 5000 At the same election in 1906, we in' creased our membership in the Legis- iature from twenty to sixty-four.
 'The Democrats of Maine are nc longer regarded lightly by the Repub' licans as they were years ago. We ara an active fighting force, This o, year W. in the person of Obadiah Gardinerm who was Master of the State Grange for two years He is stufnping tht State and Is making splendid can. ! is that of graft We have caught foul Republican State officers grating or the State Treasury and this Is one oi | the most talked of features of the cam cratic members of the Legislature, whs | will elect the next Attorney General to vote for a nominee who will forc' the grating Republican State officiali have unlawfullv taken from the Stat Treasury for their personal use. Th' l people are aroused on this issue. ant you may expect good reports iron
 The he motto of the Republican cam paign managers this year seems to D. wen catch 'em a-Fwine and a-comin'. Out In the Middle West the literatur, being handed out to the farmers speak of Taft's sympathy with the Roosevel policies and his determination. in thu event of election, to carry them int effect in so far as sie is able. That the western plan of campaign. Tn th' East the appeal for votes Is pitched ol | somewhat different grounds. Taft Il | represented as a conservative of con | servatives, and as being entirely in | dependent of Mfr. Roosevelt. Tn othe | words, Mfr. Taft Is being held up ti | the voters of Eastern States as a sub scriber to the Hanna doctrine of "Le well enough alone.
 The latest piece of literature the Re nubiican campaign managers have pu | In Circulation in Eastern States Is al l interview with former Q. S: Senate l George L. Wellington of Maryland who is quoted as saying:
 'It was impossible for Taft to ge the nomination without the endorse ment of the Roosevelt administration | Na..- N1 n sE