Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-25
LOOKS GOOD 10 HIM, BRYAN
TELLS PEOPLE AT OMAHA

Omaha, Neb., July 24.--W. ]. Bryan
was greeted by a large crowd of ad-
mirers when ne arrived at Omaha to-
day en- route TO Chicago Although
protesting tha &his Is not a speech-
making trip. Mr.. Bryan was induced
to mount baggage truck at the de-
pot and address the crowd during the
fifteen minutes the train remained
here. He was introduced by Congress-
man John Sharp Williams, who is here
to address a meeting of the Dahlman
Democratic club tonight Mr.. Bryan
said he would wait until after his for
NAL notification before taking up the
discussion of party politics. Mr.. Bryan
spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: l want to
say to you that II is twelve years now
since Williams began introducing me,
and he has been at II off and on ever
since. If all the states would do as
well as Mississippi has done. | would
long ago have been retired to private
life after being president for four
years, for Mississippi was the one in
which | carried every precinct In the
may reasonably expect the electoral
vote from there this year have not
been notified of my nomination as yet
and II would not be proper for me to
enter upon the discussion of politics
until the platform is formally present.
ed TO me- and / have been officially
notified that | have been nominated.
II would not be proper for me to make
any speech, and yet | can say to you
confidentially that from some intima-
tions have had, / know enough to say
that our platform is a good platform
and the surprise in the announcement
will not be as sudden as Il might be.
| might go even further and say that
have hastily looked over the plat
form and IL there is anything bad in
that platfom | have not diseoveed II
yet, and If there is anything good that
has been left out II has not been
brought to my attention. SO am
quite prepared to accept the nomina-
tlon without any great deliberation. In
the course of the campaign | shall
have opportunity to discuss various
questions that are at issue, but | shall
not now enter upon that discussion.
will from time to time receive reports
from various sections. In fact, they
are coming in now. and the reports in
dicate this--that the democratic party
this year Is more united than II has
been since 1892. and that in itself is
good omen. for when the democratic
party is united II has very close to a
majority of the votes. II not an abso-
lutte majority. (Applause)
when we commence with united
party we are long way on. the road
to victory. Then, too, the republican
party Is more divided than 1t has been
in the last sixteen years. and that also
Is encouraging to the democratic par
ty. There are more elements working
in our favor than we have ever known
before. The republican party has a
larger load to carry than 1t has had
10 carry before. II has for instance,
enormous appropriations to carry; II
has deficit to carry, and 1t has a
panic that IL can not lay on anybody
else The republican party has to
shoulder the responsibility and II Is
going to have harder time than us
ual II Is going TO suffer from the arr
guments that II has been in habit OF
making. II has very unfairly attribute
ed all untoward events to the demo-
Gratis when they we're In power. and Il
will take 1t more than four months to
undo the arguments II has been max
ing against democrats"
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