Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-07-04
BRYAN ASKED TO WITHDRAW
Herman Ridder of New York Tells
Nebraskan He Cannot Win.
LINCOLN MAN CANNOT SEE IT
Two Talk over the Platform and
Agree on Practically Every
thing Except Candidacy
of Bryan.
tFrom a staff correepondent)

(From a staff Correcpondent)
| LINCOLN. July 3.-(Special Telegram)
Herman Ridder, editor Of the Stats
Zeitung Of New York. the man heraldCd
as coming to Lincoln to make W. J.
! Bryan get off the ticket he is about to
name. made his demand on Bryan, was
! turned down and left at o'clock for Dem
| yer to work for the defeat of the Ne
| braskan in the convention. He made the
promise. however, that If Bryan is NOM
| mated on a conservative platform ne VIII
| support him.
Il said to Mr.. Bryan" said Mr. Ridder,
| "you cannot carry New York and you
cannot be elected. Why don't you step
aside and permit the nomination of some
| man who can be electedT'
Mr. Bryan replied: 81 can carry New
York and 1 can be elected even If l do
not carry New York"
I'VE then discussed the platform and
| Mr. Bryan and l agreed upon the tariff
| and the trusts. These we both agreed
are the two great issues before the people.
| We favor the immediate revision of the
| tariff on the necessities of life and for
| putting on the free list all commodities
whose sale is controlled by the trusts.
We want stringent laws against the or
ganization of trusts. On these two planks
1 am free to say Mr.. Bryan heartily agreed
with me-"
Bryan o, K.'s One Plank.
Mr. Ridder presented to Mr.. Bryan a
plank for placing wood pulp on the free
| list This plank Mr.. Bryan signed after
writing on 1t;
| Dear Mr. Ridder, l am in favor of the
| above plank just as it is"
| The Dlank is as follows:
Every consideration of public policy sug-
gests the conservation of our woodlands
! ties which put a premium upon the de-
| struction Of our forests. Existing duties
have given paper manufacturers a shell
! ter behind which they have organized COM
| binations to raise the price of pulp and
| of paper and to impose tax upon knowl-
! edge The revenues derived from Import
! duties on pulp and printing paper are so
! small and the benfits to be obtained from
the abolition of these duties are so con
| siderable that endorse the attitude or
| the democratic representatives In con
| gress, who unanimously favored the
placing Of pulp and printing paper on the
! free list
"Mr. Bryan is opposed to anything in the
! platform about the government ownership
of railways" continued Mr.. Ridder, land
we are not going to have any free silver
in the platform. The silver issue is dead and
Mr. Bryan has repudiated the statements
published about his sayings on the govern
ment ownership Of railroads.
| "I told MT Bryan l favored a labor plank
which would provide that the trial in in
! dustrial disputes should be before a Judge
| other than the one issuing the injunction
II favor the enactment Of law providing
in times of financial stringency, with the
approval Of the secretary of the treasury,
money can be loaned to banks on the same
collateral which the states compel savings
banks to invest In.
Bryan Takes IT Seriously.
"Mr Bryan did not laugh when l re-
quested him to get off of the ticket. 1t is
a serious matter with him and he treated
it as such. OF course. l was in his home
and treated him cour eously though talked
to him as l told you did"
1t was reported here this afternoon that
Mr Ridder was the author of the Parker
| Cleveland resolutions. Mr.. Ridder when
asked If he had written the resolutions
said:
Indeed did not 1 would not do such
thing and 1 do not approve of bringing a
dead man into a convention to fight over.
Resolutions of respect will be adopted for
Grover Cleveland, but not such as have
been reported in the newspapers"
Senator Gore of Oklahoma is another ex-
ample Of what the Bryan steam roller
can do.
Senator Gore came in last night ond at
his breakfast table this morning said when
asked several pointed questions about the
vice president and platform; There are
lot Of things l think which l cannot say"
Senator Gore had not seen Bryan then.
on one proposition the Oklahoma senator
was positive, and that was the Cleveland
resolutions. He said:
THE resolutions proposed by Judge
Parker do not grow out of friendship for
Grover Cleveland. The proposition Is in
delicate and political 1t is fortunate that
the full text of the resolutions was made
public at this early date, that the real
friends of Grover Cleveland will be in
position to prepare suitable resolutions"
Gore on InJunctiOns.
Senator Gore said the democratic party
is a friend both to the laboring man and
to capital. The Injunction plank would be
satisfactory. He believed in industrial dis
putes the Injunction should not issue until
after a hearingF
Moses P. Metner, the Missouri trust
buster" and Ollie James Of Kentucky
called at Fairview this morning and neither
had anything Of importance to say. To-
night the Bryan dinner will be held and
none Of the speakers has prepared any
| suited before the speeches made
A friendly conference between Mr.. Bryan
and II. d. O'Brien Of Minnesota, manager
for John A. Johnson, also attracted atten-
tion.
why should l not wish to see my old
| friend" was the remark OF Mr.. Bryan
when asked what was the significance of
| Mr.. O'Brien's call. That was all he would
| say. but the inference was lett that prac-
teal politics were in no way to be tabooed,
and would form the nucleus Of the confer
| ence.
Ollie James, the Kentucky delegate who
is to second the nomination of Mr.. Bryan.
discussed with the democratic leader the
subject matter to be incorporated in his
speech
Advance Guard from New York.
The advance guard OF the New York
delegation arrived shortly after the noon
hour. headed by Judge John D. Lynn Of
Rochester. Mr.. Lynn and other members
visited Fairview this afternoon. He does
not believe Judge Parker will offer any
resolution not in perfect taste and har-
mony with the working OF practical poll