The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-13
Tells MI. Bryan That He
Prefers Country Place to
the White House.
JOHNSON SENDS WORDS
OF FRIENDL Y GREETING
In Reply to Telegram, Commoner
Asserts That He Had Often
Voted d for Confederates,
and Names Speaker
Crisp as an Ex-
ample.
.INcoLN. NEB., July i1e.-rha

ASSoLN, NcB, July 1.-THE
honor Of being chairman Of
the Democratic national cam
patgn now lies between four
~ mer. These are Daniel j.
Campau, of Mlchgan: John Il. Lamb
OF Indiana; Congressman Ollie James,
OF Kentucky. and ]. H. Atwood, OF
Leavenworth, Kan.
Dr.,P L. Hall. the newly elected
committeeman from Nebraska, arrived
here this afternoon, and was IN con-
sultation with Mr. Bryan. Afterwards
he said that the committee had about
decided on the man who was to be
made chairman, but as there might be
a slip between now and Tuesday, when
the committee arrives, it was not
deemed wise to o.even hint at his
identity. s
Dozens OF congratulatory messages
have been showered upon Mr.. Bryan
but the one he has been looking for
with considerable longing did not arr
rive until to-day. This was from
Herman Ridder, the New York German
editor, who called here less than
week ago to tell Mr.. Bryan that he
had no show of election and ought to
step out Of the way. To-day he wired
through which he is journeying back
home, this message:
Riders Support.
"You may rely on the sincere. earnest
support of the Staats Zeitung.
(Signed) HERMAN RIDDER."
Two big delegations dropped in on
Mr.. Bryan to-day. About hundred
Ohioans, including portion of the
dol. I,v, OF q. .v,H 1t.a ~ cttf
on special cars.
There was no formality about the.
greeting, the party scontenting them
tselves with shaking hands, taking a
/ view around the place and house and
| enjoying g half hour Of Informal con-
versatlon on the rear lawn. ;3
johnson Is Friendly.
In the afternoon, delegation OF
NIinnesotans, including eight OF the
johnson delegates. dropped in on Mr.
Bryan. The delegation was headed
| by Congressman w. S. Hammond, who
placed Johnson in nomination.. In Den
yer. Hammond made brief speech, In
which he said that the delegation had
come to Lincoln partly upon Governor
Johnsons suggestion and partly on
their own Initiative. to show Mr.. Bryan
that they had no hard feeling
They had stood by johnson because
he was nearer to them than Mr.. Bryan
Hammond said they had made a good
| fight and had lost. and We're now all
| for Bryan. The Democracy of Min
nesota would stand by him.
Mr. Bryan replied that "arter all,
there Is just one court where all cons
troversies must be settled-the people,.
johnson and / both submitted our
cases. If the decision had gone against
| NJ J.,JE os sEfS1,a aor.
| fully as has Governor Johnson. do
rot blame you gentlemen for support
/ ing him. FIe is a good ma n, and a. good
Democrat
Governor Tyler a Visitor.
| "Fntryiew" was the Mecca to-day
for hundreds Of stragglers from the
convention and of local admirers.
"NIr. Bryan said former Governor
Tyler. OF Virginia, as the two walked
afternoon, .'f I owned this placessI
would not want to live in the White
House." 55
"a-s-s-h replied Mr.. Bryan. ''why
bring that subject up just now
A North Carolina editor telegraphedS
Mr.. Bryan as follows: 5s
"Thomas Z. Watson quotes You as:
federate. Does this misrepresent your
In reply. MI. Bryan telegraph ed that
he never made any such state ement:
that he had voted for a Confed deratet
veteran for Speaker of the House of
REPRESENTATIVES,, that he voted for
Speaker Crisp twice on roll call. first
] In the Fifty-Second Congress and again
lin the Fifty-Third. and voted + or him
| in caucus In the fty-Third Congress-
He recommended an eN-Confe crate
| (John D. Calhoun) for. postmas ter OF
| Lincoln In 1898, and that while in Cons
| rress he sustained the best OF rela-
tions with the ex- Confederate mem-s
Ibers.