The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Nebraskan Denies Report Thai He Had Said Anything
 on the Subject
GOOD NEWS COMES FROM
 STATE OF WASHINGTON
Democratic Victory for Mayoralty of a Town Is Construed as a Sign of Success for the Democrats
 In National Campaign.

Fairview, Loncoln. Neb., July 16.-Wil- liam J. Bryan does not intend to be drawn into the Brownsville case if he can help 1t. In all his conversations with visiting delegations and others he has carefully refrained from talking on that subject, and today he put the brand of untruth- fitness upon alleged statement made by Bishop Walters of the Afro-Methodist Episcopal church, to the effect that ne had assured a negro delegation that he regarded President Roosevelt's action In that matter as unjust. At the same time he also denied another alleged interview of the bishop that he had discussed the appointment of negroes to offices These declarations were called forth by teie- gram from the Baltimore Sun, inquiring as to the truth of the statements said to have emanated from Bishop Walters. To the newspaper men at Fairview, MT. Bryan said that he had not and would not take up any issue not contained in the platform. MT. Bryan spent a fairly busy day today.
 Delegates returning from the Denver convention again made pilgrimages to
 
 leader about the coming campaign. MT. Bryan impressed them all with the neces- sity of organizing political clubs and ex- ertng every effort to poll the full dem- ocratic vote in November. He believes that clubs of that character will contrib ute very largely to democratic success. The visitors all left with pledges of hearty support and promises to get the democratic voters to the polls. They came from Illinois, Alabama, Nevada and Texas. AHe A telegram from w. H. Dunphy of Walla Walla, Wash, conveying the in- formation that Eugene Tausick, dem- ocrat, had triumphed by good majority over w. P. McKean, president of the local Taft club, in the mayoralty contest in that city, was about the best news of the day to MT. Bryan, who regarded it as an augury of what will happen all over the country.
 The visit of Ollie James of Kentucky and John E. Lamb of Indiana late in the afternoon gave rise to further gossip ! regarding the chairmanship of the na- tonal committee.
 Nothing was given out bearing on the business which brought them here, but 1t is said MT. James came at the special invitation of MT. Bryan, and that the question of the national committee char manship was discussed. A prominent western democrat who accompanied MT. James from Denver to Lincoln Is author ity for the statement that Mr. Bryan strongly favors MT. James for national chairman. He added that the appon.- ment had in fact been rendered MT. James, who in all probability will accept, although he prefers to take the stump in MT Bryan's behalf.
 Among the other callers were Herman Shulte of Washington, D. C., leader of labor; J. T. Callahan of Holyoke, Mass, who was chairman of the committee on credentials of the convention; George ]. sternsdorf of Davenport, Iowa, but for merly of Omaha, and who conducted MT. Bryan s campaign for seat in Congress, and F. D. Thomas of Seward, Neb., warm supporter of MT Bryan.