New-York tribune., 1908-07-28
MR.. BRYAN INITIATED
Joins Omaha Secret Society
Pleased bY Small Contributions.

Pleased by Small Contributions.
Omaha, Neb. July 27.-william ]. Bryan arrived
In Omaha from Chicago at ITO O'Clock this a,ter-
noos At the station he met by comrlttee
representing the Knights of Ak-sar-Ben. secret
order OF Omaha and Nebraskan business men,
who gave him banquet tonight and later In the
evening initiated him as a member ne reiiaiiie
in Omaha tonight
Mr. Bryan spoke briefly at the dinner. he was
followed by Congressman g. NJ. HITCHCOCK pun
Usher of '"The Omaha World-Herald': Mayor DAM
man and Victor Rosewater. proprietor OF me
Omaha Bee
The name Of the organization OF which he was tne
guest is the word Nebraska spelled oacK"drD'
and Mr. BRYAN said Il appealed especially 10 MIN.
whose habftual backwGrdness has been a matter OF
comment He thanked his hosts especially for their
invitation to join their order, 1t would put MIN "
touch with the representatives Of the business IN
teress of the state declaring that he had hereto
fore found difficult to get within speaking ols-
tance of the business OF the country
Mr. Bryan did rise until s:1s o'clock TINS
morning The days journey carried MIN across
the State of Iowa and he delivered addresses 10
large crowds various points.
An incident of the trip which pleased MI. Bryah
very much was the presentation TO him aboard tho
train at Atlantic Of several campaign eon'Ti0u-
tions In sums of IS and $40 each.
Following q brief reception at the station Air'
Bryan and members of the party were driven 10
the Omaha Club. at 10th and Douglas streets
where they assigned quarters 1or the az
noon and evening. There were many cdileIs' A"0
entire programme was arranged with view TO give
Mr. Bryan purely non-partsan greeting ana WaS
under the auspices of the knights Of Ak-Sar-Beh-
Luncheon was served at the club at ociocK- put
there were no guests. After luncheoh MT bryan
met hundreds of Omaha citizens, but pohucs oelns
barred, this reception developed INTO so0i"1 a.
fair. -. .
At O'Clock Mr.. Bryan was the speaker az
Democratic fagpoe raising by the Jonn A Clelsh-
ton Marching Club. Count Creighton was tne
iarO a1yyt tn
first campaign and who is said to. have financed
Mr. Bryan personally at that time Crelshloh was
then heavily interested in Montana silver mines
While speaking at this fiagpole incident MT Bryan
posed before moving picture machine, the nIInS
of which to be used at the Nauonai Corh EA-
position, at Omaha, in December.
Des Moines. Iowa. July 27.-standing on a truck
in the railroad station and surrounded ny se'eraA
hundred persons william ]. Bryan. upon MS ar
rival here to-day, delivered speech In whtch ne
once again upheld the Denver platform. ana oe-
clared that the reforms for which Iowa was con-
tending were specifically set forth In that instru
nent. He said in part:
Iowa somewhat of pioneer in the matter OF
reIoTns ana mere @ Il hem @ confendIng that is not
specifically and emphatcally set forth in the Den
yer platform. Iowa has been welded to the doc.
the the people Your Governor has taken active
part in the PRONUNCIATION Of the idea, and those those
have been mortified when the proposition was
turned down in the Republican convention, oy "a q
majority of more than seven 10 one, ana anu sIu1 ~
must have been delighted when IL was turned up
IN tn@ @ Veil a Dsmocras in Iowa have
been reaching the conclusion that the tarlH Is 700
out Of the Republican platform. which spends more
time and employs more Words sis rsgor than han
It does in urging the party to act at all IN tnat
ago. and I heard a Republican make speech IN
favor OF Republican tariff That was b s6,sc e
and l can recall the impression made upon me-
not merely by the speech but by its reception s py
cared that the Republican party PTt the taTlr On on
order to raise the price of wool, and those Repub,
lican farmers raised their cornstalk canes and
and when a little later the speaker explained that
the Republican p party & had put r me o % Wn I goods
the Republican farmers raised the same corn
the tariff on the manufactured product TO lower
its price They thought that they & had T0gnd
and raise the price of the material and they could
Ffer R%f tff the sas pre Of f those on w6oien goods
I wish I had the time TO go over the platform
sfate sH5 Of IoWa Who are able to explain and de
fend that platform that it is not necessary for me
a man like Fred White to foreibly give ezgrss- -
sion to all the Democratic aspirations Of the Dem
ocratic heart.
Stewart Iowa. July 27-The Republican leaders
OF Congress were attacked. by ". J. Bryan here
to-day in the of address to several hun
dred persons assembled at the station to greet
rear platform of his car. He said that he had
never believed everything depended upon legisla-
tion for he said there is sphere in which the
Individual and he alone determine his own
property. But legislation can advance or retard
progress and can help harm conditions.
There WERE he argued. many reforms that need
ed to be applied. and Democrats had the advan-
taee of being able to use arguments that had been
made by reform Republicans in favor of nearly all
the principles which Democrats advocated
lac1 hS-a +Ia
speeches of the President to prove to you that
there are things that need to be DONE and we have
the action of Congress TO prove to you that Re
publican leaders will not allow these things TO be
done"
The President, he declared. had been doing edu-
cationaI work. but his convention would not go
as far as he went. In fact. IL would scarcely go
at all In order to accomplish anything the people
must have the cooperation OF the Senate and
House and as far the Chicago convention was
concerned. he said, 1t gave assurance that the
Republican leaders would assist In any material
reforms.
MIR. MACK GOES BACK TO BUFFALO.