Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-03
Comn9ner Today viii Claim a
Total Of 807 Delegates In
structed to Vote for William
Jennings Bryan
Pill LGRIMS TOT DENVER
VISITORS AT FAlRVIEW
Announced That Candidate viii
Keep Hands off the Platform
Unless Something Goes in
That Does Not Please Him,

IBy Morning Journal spaaid i.saa@a wirei
Lincoln, Neb., fuiy Fourteen
delegates and q scora or mere of aight-
seers bound for the Gnl9fasio city arr
rived in Lincoln late during a
heavy rainstorm whi 5etApiea the
! forenoon in making INa on theI
road to Fairview and atlae down che
/ hay fields of Mr., Bryan al neigh
bors.
! Mr. Bryan met the visitor noon
at the Lincoln hotel, holds brief
reception in one OF tine parlerH after
ward he entertained them 81 d hastliy
arranged luncheon in private dninB
room Later the visitors made pll I
grimage to Fairview and were shown I
about the Bryan hcme. SlftRe state /
ments made by delegates after alkipg
With Air. Bryan It may sa eiF hbf
salted that the democratic ptasiden- |
tlal candidate viii leave the platform
makers and the vice presidential cam
vass alone.
only urgent necessity such as tnaf
which threatened the passage a.
plank repugnant To what the Nehsas-
kan considers progressive doctrine or
a. AVll'iAti fAbl' HlpNf III ihNOi VI HAiiiN
vice presidential candidate whose
views and personal practice are antag-
onistic to the platform, viii constrain
Mr.. Bryan to interfere So far, how
ever, it is believed Mr. Bryan has
nothing against any of the running
mates reported as having been mem
toned" to date. The great majority
of them. of course are not taken Sc !
riously. The very great number OF
possibilities Is taken here as proof
positive that no man so far mention
ed has received assurance of active
support from Mr.. Bryan
However should occasion arise for
Mr.. Bryan has provided
ample means for prompt action. Lin
coin will be in close Geographic touch
with the convention hall, and Fairview :
will be in direct and continuous touch
by telephone with the telegraph office
here. Friends IN thorough accord
with his wishes will keep him prompt
ly Informed Of every move in the
committees and on the convention
floor, and by the same means Mr..
Bryan IL compelled to by some move :
radically antagonlstlc 10 his judgment, :
will make his voice heard at Denver
with great celerity -
The delegates who talked with Mr..
Bryan here were 5. ]. Campau and
Emory Krkaby of Michigan; Bird s.
Coler and William Sulzer of New
York j. w. Kern. J. r.. Lamb. Claude
Bowers. S. w. Kahn and Abram Sim
mons, Of Indiana; H. d. Clayton, OF =
Alabama: Clyde b. Johnson, Of West
Virginia: John Garman and ID. Clinton
De witt. of Pennsylvania. and I. Il. y
Dun. of Omaha, who will make the y
speech nominating Mr.. Bryan. Others !,
Who paid their respects to the Ne .
lraskan were Don Farnsworth. Of "
'hicago; T. f. Ryan national COM
nitteeman from Wisconsin; j. c. n,
Johnson, OF Kansas, who was chair !,
nan Of the executive committee of the y
rational committee In 1896: Stokes =
Jackson. chairman Of the Indiana state
central committee, and w r. Chiffon, :.
.ho is credited with influential work .,
n securing instructions for Bryan In =,
he West Virginia convention. Mr. !,
'hilton's private interest in affairs at =
Denver is found in his desire to sue =,
eed John T. McGraw as national "
All was not harmoni- =
'us i'm state politics between Messrs
dcGraw and Chiffon. and ChiltOn's :,
riends. notably Arthur English. who -
s. accompanying him to Denver. de-
lare that of West Virginia's fourteen :,
elegates, seven are for Chiffon, five :.
or McGraw and two non-committal. "
Mr.. Clayton tried throughout the ~
ay to start work on his speech as
ornament chairman Of the conven- =
ion but was interrupted so constantly "
hat he made no hcadway Even al
where he and Mr.. Bryan dis
ussed outlines OF the address. the y
Alabama man was able 10 make only a
ew notes. II Is his intention To be-
i'm work on the speech soon as pos -
ible after his arrival M Denver al 4.
o'clock tomorrow morning. The Lin >
DIN hotel lobby in "a small way today "
gas reminiscent Of Chicago hotels
urine the republican convention.
'olitics formed the one topic OF con-
ersation. The general sentiment was