Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-03-13
BRYAN ONlTOP I
! IN NEBRASKA
DOMINATES DEMOCRATIC CON.
vgNTioN AND FRAMES
PLATFORM.
DELEGATION IS 4 UNIT.
PLATFORM FoREsHADoWs THAT
! or NATIONAL CONVENTION
At DENVER.

Omaha.-Thursiay was bryan Day"
In Omaha. For that matter II was
bryan Day" throughout Nebraska.
With tho Democratic state convcn'
tion as a nucleus. party leaders from
every county and practically every pri'
mary district In the commonwealth
gathered here 10 pledge allegiance to
the presidential aspirations OF Mr..
Bryan to consider means for fur.
therins his interests before the Demo.
cratic national convention Mt Denver
next July.
The platform as whole was largely
Mr.. Bryan'a own work. That II re-
necicd tho leaders views as to what
should form the issues upon which tho
party snouid 70 before the country
next summer. was not denied.
Mr.. Bryan. however. said that the
declarations OF the pl1iform were nee.
essariiy Incomplete: that some sub
jscts which undoubtedly will be In
ciuded In the national platform were
omitted. while others were treated In
the Nebraska document In pnrposciy
brief manner 80 an to allow ampl'ncn'
tion nt Denver.
EnIhusiasm was prevalent through.
out tho day. II broke loose early In
the afternoon session of tho conven'
tion and gradually gathered volume.
broke oil, In tumui,uous vocifcrations
when at the beginning OF the evening
session the platform committee pre-
scented this rcsolution::
"Thc Democratic party Of Nebraska
sEnin declares confidence In and ad'
mIration for william J. Bryan. In him
We bcho:d tho ideal American citizen
the ideal Democrat. We rejoice that
tho principles which he Inns so ably nd
vocnicd have been gladly received and
are now generally accepted BY the
American people.
"Rcao,vcd. That the delegates by
this convention chosen. bc and nrc
hereby Instructed to vote as n unit for
tho nomination OF Mr.. Bryan for the
presidency"
Tho platform advanced little thai
was new. The Fowler and Ailrich cVl
rcncy bills were condemned. Emcr
xeucy currency. II was declared. should
bc "issuo,i, and controlled by the fed
ernl Rovsrumcnt. Immediate revision
of tho tariff was emphasized MS ne
ccssity," the ''siand.pat" policy bcint
ridiculcd In terms that made tho dele
Hufes sh out with laughter.
A straight declaration In opposition
to Asiatic immigration and claus,
fasoring the ciEht.hour working dn,
were decidedly popular. So. too. wcr'
tho paragraphs favoring extension o
irrigation and reclamation projects.
An Enforcement Of the DraEo doc
trine.- insofar "a that doctrine applied
to tho United Stxtcs navy. and n dec
laration that Jury trials should bt
grnntcJ defcndnnts in contempt casci
where tho alleged oiYcnse is committee
outside the presence OF the court
caused some notice. One of the wei
applaudel clauses was that dealing
with anarchy. -s
There was no reference TO govern
ment ownership In the platform: mel
ther was there personal libert,
clause" therein. The platform says:
I'VE rejoice at tho increasing sign,
of an awakening in the United States
The various Investigations have tracct
grnft and political corruption to the
representatives OF predatory wealth
and laid bare the interruptions meth
ods-by which they have debauchet
elections preyed upon defenseles,
public through the subservient oficiali
whom they have raised to place ant
power.