Evening star., 1908-02-04
Starts Today on His Final
Tour of Eastern States.
MANY SPEECHES PLANNED
Wants the Seventy Eight Delegates
From New York State.
MURPHY AWAY FROM CITY
Peerless Press Agents Working Hard
for Tammany Sympathy-Speech
at carnegie Hall Tonight.


NEW YORK. February 4.-William J.
Bryan came to the city today on his hnai
tour of the eastern states before the DEM
ocratic national convention convenes IN
Denver July l. He is canvassing for
delegates and is to make NUMBER OF
speeches in this state and in New jersey
with lectures in Montreal and Toronto.
Canada, as a side issue.
Mr.. Bryan and his extensive corps o.
press agents in this city have been lot
six months or more working oyertlme
to capture the delegation from New YORK.
He wants the seventy-eight delegates
from this state to be Instructed to vote
at Denver for his nomination for the
third time as the democratic candidate
for President. During the day he. VIII
confer with his press agents ana SUCH
other democrats as may call to see nm
at the Hoffman House. where he VIII De
a guest while In the city.
The peerless one rs billed to address the
Civic Forum tonight at a mass meeting
to be held in Carnegie Hall. He Is 10
speak on the text Thou Shalt not Steal
and his press agents say that ne ls W
make sweeping attack on wall street.
Later in the evening he is to attend the
annual reception and entertainment or
the William Dalton Association. the Tam
many organization of the ninth assembly
district, which will be held In the. New
Amsterdam Opera House on West 44tn
street. -.
Mr.. Bryan's press agents in TINS city c,.y
have been working hard to bring about
some meeting or demonstration that
might indicate to the country that TAM
many is favorable to the nomination OF
the Nebraskan for President The facts
are that Tammany Leader Murphy IS op'
tad da1a01finn the
national convention.
Leader Murphy in Florida.
Leader Murphy and Mr.. Bryan have not
met in many months. The former is now
| in Florida and will not see Mr. Bryan
while the"latter is in the east on his hnal
delegate-hunting tour. State Chairman
Corners, who also favors an uflinstfucceo
| delegation. is in the south, and Will moi
see Mr.. Bryan while the latter Is In the
east.
Conners and Murphy are in control OF
the democratic state committee. ana VIII
control the state convention which Will
elect the four delegates-at-large 10 the
national convention. 1t Is now Well under-
stood that Corners and Murphy Will IN
sist upon an uninStructed deiegatlon ~ -
the national convention. and as a result
none of the Tammany district leaders IL
expected to call on Mr.. Bryan wnlle ne Is
In the city :,
The Tammany executive committee will
meet some time this month to issue the
formal call for the March primary. which
will elect delegates to the state and con-
gressional district conventions which Will
elect the national convention delegates.
In spite of all the missionary work MT.
Bryan and his press agents present indl-
cations are that the delegates from this
state to the democratic national conven-
ton will go to Denver uninStructed, and
therefore free to vote for the nomination
of the man who at the time may seem to
be most available.
To Speak in Newark.
Arrangements have been completed for
the mass meeting to be held at the Coli
scum, Newark y. j., Thursday night.
when Mr.. Bryan will be the guest OF
honor at reception by the Progressive
Democratic League and will make an ad-
dress.
The speakers, in addition to Mr.. Bryan.
will be Augustus Thomas, president OF
| the New York Democratic League: Rep
resentative William Hughes. James F..
MARITIME the Farmer Orator" and State
| Senator William c. Gebhardt.
The morning and evening editions OF
| the Newark Star. hitherto independent.
| appeared Yesterday with the name of ex-
| United States Senator James Smith, jr..
| on the editorial RACES as proprietor, a
generally known fact never before pub
| licly acknowledged. This is taken by
many persons as an indication that Mr..
| Smith, will take hand In New Jersey
democratic affairs during the next cam
paign and that he will not support Bryan
as a presidential candidate.