The Washington herald., 1908-08-07
NO CUT In RATES
FOR BRYAN'S DAY
Railroads Refuse to Make
Special Fare to Lincoln.
TWO VIEWS OF PURPOSE
Democrats Believe II Is EnOrt to
Minimize Their Candidate, but Re-
pubIieans Suspect that Railroads
seek, by ArOusinE Popular Indig-
nation, 20 Gain Votes for Bryan

Lincoln Nebr.. Aug 6-Lncoln is seeth-
ing tonight over the refusal Of the rail-
roads operating in the territory OF the
Western Passenger Association to make
reduced rates TO this city on Bryan noti-
hcation day. next Wednesday.
Commercial Club officials and Demo
cratic leaders are telegraphing protests
that this is rank favoriusm. because the
Central Passenger Association gave a
rate Of II-2 cents per mile for the Taft
notification at Cincinnati on July q.
c. W. Bryan has wired the refusal 10
Chairman Mack. Roger Sullivan. and other
members OF the national committee. ana
asked them 10 bring pressure TO bear 10
get the same concession for the Demo
Gratis as was given the Republicans
Republicans See Trick.
Mr.. Bryan viii make no comment upon
the matter, but Democrats and Republi-
cans are alike angry about it. The Dem
ocrats assert that II is a deliberate bit
Of preference. and intended 20 minimize
the importance and effect Of next weeks
affair, while the Republicans are won
dering Il 1t is not being purposeiy done
20 ir.fame sentiment. so that Bryan VIII
be the gamer in votes In support Of this
theory. they say. they have discovered
that the political agents and a large
number OF employees Of the Nebraska
railroads are openly for Bryan
The letter denying the request states
that none Of the roads in this territory
made, or was asked 10 make. rates for
the Cincinnati affair; that they believe
the policy OF the law Is that railroads
have no more right 10 give a lower fare
10 d man going 10 a political meeting
than a farmer going 10 the country seat
20 pay his taxes. and that as the evident
intent Of the law Is that everybody shah
pay cents mile on all occasions they
VIII not % that which makes them dis
0bedient TO the Law
Making Up Speaking Tour
Mr Bryan Is going right ahead arrang-
ing his speech-making dates. and II New
York and New England want 70 get IN or
the LIST they viii have 20 hurry While no
definite dates OF Itinerary have been de-
cided upon. the chances are that he viii
spend about ten DAYS OF two weeks in
. September on the Pacific Coast. between
the Sth end the 18th II he goes East It
viii have TO BE- after that date.
Another speech was added 70 the list
to-day when AR Bryan announced that
he would talk on the tariff al Des Moines.
Iowa. On August q Il was also given
out that his speech before The National
Farmers Congress. at Madison. Wis. will
be given about september .. The sub
ject VIII be The farmer and his interest
IL public questions
After speaking at Des Moines on August
q 0lr. Bryan will 90 TO Chicago and re-
main there over Saturday Sunday. and
Monday. On Tuesday, August >. he VIII
be at Indianapolis for the notification OF
John W. Kern
Glad Of Parker's Help.
Nj Bryan expressed himself as graft
fed to-day over the fact that Judge Alton
3. Parker has taken the stump for the
I Democratic ticket
Senator Bob" Taylor. Of Tennessee.
called on Mr. Bryan This afternoon
Treasurer Haskell is expected here
shortly 70 attend q conference OF leaders
and 10 adopt some plan for making the
dollars roll in more rapidly The cam
paIgn fund has not attained the proper
tious Of a swollen fortune as yet, and
there are no signs that It will
c. ". Bryan sent a third remittance
10 Gov. Haskell to-day as the proceeds
Of campaign fund subscriptions collected
through the COmmOner Il consisted OF
eighty-six items, totaling Sl.70.S5.
Three remittances in all have been
sent, amounting 20 more than S4.fe0 in the
aggregate Hereafter persons desiring 10
donate to the campaign fund will be Re
quested 20 make the contributions d.
rectly 70 Treasurer Haskell With The
Commoner quitting the newspaper fund
plan. Il Is taken for granted that an
otHer scheme IS to be tried
The list Of Acknowledgements indicates
that $ IS the favOrite amount OF contri-
Z buttons. the sums ranging from 81 TO 500.
and coming from all sections Of the coun-
Try
Most OF the ComuOner's editorials this
week not written by Mr. Bryan are de-
voted 10 controversial discussion Of Taft's
speech Of acceptance