The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-11
OUTLOOK IS
 GRATIFYING Bryan Receives Many
 Assurances. MANY CALLERS AT FAIRvIEW Southerners in New York Form a
 Bryan Club. Knowledge of This Fact Greatly PIsas- ed the Nebraskan-Henry D. Clayton Has Arrived at
 Bryan's Home.
MANY CALLERS AT FAIRvIEW

Fairview. Lincoln. Neb.. Aug. 1o.-- From the lips of numerous callers from various parts of thu country and letters received. William J. Bryan to- day received gratifying reports of the political outlook ss affecting his can- didacy for the presidency.
 Altogether he had one of the busiest days since his nomination. In addl- tion to some travelling men, the visit ors included Representative Henry Clayton. of Alabama. chairman of the committee on notification; pr. J. W. Mcclure of Sedalia. Mo. a member of the committee; Rev. s. F. Mcclure Of osceola, Kas.; Henry George, IT., of New York Harvey W. Hardy of Lin- coin, an octogenarian, who intends to stump Erie and Wyoming counties. New York, for Bryan; a delegation of Christian Scientists from various parts of the country and 300 members of the Epworth Guild. to whom Mr.. Bryan made brief address.
 Knowledge of the fact that General Henry Douglas, of New York City, had organized q Bryan-Kern Club, composed of Southerners residing in the Empire State. brought unbounded pleasure to Mir. Bryan.
 The information was contained in q letter received at Fairview today. Gen- eral Douglas. who is a native of Nary land, commanded brigade in General Fitzhugh Lees corps. to which Colonel Bryan's 2rd Nebraska Regiment was attached. Mir. Bryan gave expression to his feelings on the subject bY maik- ing the following statement, believing that General Douglass action would be followed by scutherners in other Northern States:
 T am very much gratiaed to hear of 1t. We have Q large number ok Southern Democrats in the city of New York and they have won prominence In all the departments of the city'H ac- tivity. They have retained their love for fundamental Democratic principles and are in position 10 contribute largo- ly to the party's success in that State I am more than pleased to hear oe the organization Of thss club.
 stevehson's Success.
 The success Of AdlRi E. Stevenson. Mir. Bryan's running mate in 1900 in norship attracted particular notice.
 while I take no part in the contests between Democrats either in conven- ton or primaries" he said, T am sure I will be pardoned in this case if ! say that while we had a number oe worthy Democrats aspiring to the Gov- ernorship in Illinois. no one among them were superior in his qualifications to Mir. stevenson. I believe he VIII make a very strong candidate and Will greatly aid the national ticket. Tho dissatisfied Republicans, and there are many of them in Illinois, win feel that no harm could come to the state from Afa public service and his sterling qualities combine to make him the ideal candi- date and he will make an ideal Gcv~
 The visit of Henry George. IT.: lasted an hour. His opposition to the ioe& or the guarantee of bank deposits Was well known to Mir Bryan but that VIII not prevent his supporting the Demo cratic ticket. MT. George is nearing tha end of an extensive lecture tour and when that Is concluded it is his iia- tention to take the stump for Bryan and Kern
 eve talked about something that was particularly Interesting to uss re- Mir. George. but beyond that he would say nothing of what was under discussion. To the newspaper men, Mir. George declared that he could trust the signs, he noted a trade union in New York similar to that In 1886 when his father conducted his campaign for mayor.
 "rhis is the first time in many years. except in the case of Representative Iittlefield of Maine" said Mir. George that President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor has been in a political fight. It is very signifi- cant"
 The members of the notification com nittee are rapidly coming in. Tomor- row important conferences by tho Democrtic managers will be held in Lincoln. One of these will be between Chairman Mack and the members of the executive committee and the other between Mir. Mack and the committee appointed to compile che campaign text book Tn the afternoon Mir. Mack will 20 to Fairview. where he and tho nominee will discuss the general conduct of the campaign.
 It has been decided by the arrange ment committee for the notification ex- ercises. that national chairman Nor- man E. Mack will preside at the noti- fcation exercises. Rev. Father Nugent will deliver the invocation. MT. Bry- an has asked Mir. Kern to make R speech, and 1t is probable that he win accept. Ten special trains, mainly from Nebraska towns will arrive In Lincoln on notification day.
 Mack Om To Lincoln.
 Chicago, Aug. 1o-chairman Mack left for Lincoln tonight to attend the Bryan notification and while there will discuss with Mir. Bryan the personnel of the subcommittee which will man
 fne campaign in the East The makeup of the campaign text book and the general outline of the cam paign will also be considered.
 Chairman Mack expects formally to open the New York headquarters of the committee early next week. It is said tonight that no definite plan has yet been reached to raise a campaign fund. With the expected arrival of John H. Atwood of Kansas. to organize the speakers bureau, business at the Chicago headquarters will be in full swing.
 Iohn L. Tomlinson. chaIrrnan of thn