The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-04
German Editor Visitor
 to Fairview.
TELLS NEBRASKAN PARTY
 CANNOT WIN WITH HIM
Interview Pleasant, But AThe
 Peerless" Is Firm.
New York Man Say. He win Oppose Lincoln Candidate ia Csnven- tien But wn Support LsyaI-
 ly the Nominee os

Lincoln, Neb., July 3.--The stream of callers and of letters all expressive ot the best wishes for the political future of William J. Bryan was interrupted today when Herman Ridder. editor cf l The New York Staats zeitung. called at Fairview and asked Mir. Bryan to withdrawn from the contest in favor of some Democrat who could win The interview between Mir. Ridder l and Mfr. Bryan was pleasant and of | the franksst nature throughout. Mir. l Ridder told Mir. Bryan in so many words that he would oppose him open l Iy in the Denver convention but in the event of his being nominated to head | the ticket, that The Staats zeitung and
 Mr. Ridder personally would suppors l the ticket.
 Mir. Ridder told Mfr. Bryan that it | was a matter for the serious consider ation of the latter whether or not he i should accept a third nomination and wreck the chances of the Democratic party to elect It's ticket at the coming 1 election.
 T do not believe you can carry>nsw York state if you are nominated said Mir. Ridder.
 T cannot agree with you; replied
 Mr. Bryan. but even though l am
 unable to carry the state. I believe can be elected without the electoral vote of New York"
 1 Later Mr. Riddar gave out the sab- stances of his talk with the pemocrat- | ic leader which lasted haif an hours l During the conference he presented to Mr. Bryan tyepwrittsn copy of I proposed plank advocating the rensva1 1 of tho tarfn on wood pulp. to whicl 1 Mr. Bryan yrote across the bottom l ''I am In favor of the above plank 1nat 1 the way tt is.@
 Paper Trast Pimnk.
 Mr. Ridder will carry this bit of pa- ] per to the convention and there ts hf- I flo doubt of it's being incorporated in
 the platform adopted by the eonvsn~ 1 ton.
 The .piank reads ax follows. I ''Every consideration cf public pcli- l cy suggests the conservation of our | woodlands and the removal e those | import duties which put a premium up-
 on destructlon of our forests. Existing duties have given paper manufacturers a shadow behind which | they have organized combinations to | raise the price of pulp and of paper and | to impose tax upon knowledge. The 1 revenues derived from the important | duties on pulp and printing paper are ! SO small and the benefits to ha obtain~ | ed from the abolition of these duties are so cinsidarable that We enGorse tna | attitude of the Democratic representa- I lives in Congress who unanimously xa- 1 vored the placing of pulp and print I ing paper on the free list"
 Mr. Ridder talked very plainly Of the l proposed resolution on the death Of 1 former President Cleveland, saying: T think the resolutions in tnis re- | gard should be entirely devoid of any | thing ambiguous or of anything that l would cause internal strife and that | the memory of Grover Cleveland should | not be the subject Of any quarrel. I | think undue publicity has been given | the matter and do not anticipate fhae it will be the cause of dissention in l the convention.
 Asked how Mr. Bryan took the prop 1 osition to withdraw from the Presf- | SentiaI race. MT. Ridder said he smiled and gave no direct reply. "our talk, was 8 most pleasant one." | said Mir. Ridder. T told Mir. Bryan | very plainly that should have Co go | his nomination and prepared to do all | could to oppose it. also told htua | that in the event of the convention | nominating him. would support hira | on a conservative platform My ideas of conservative plaf- form are that the tariR shall be re- ! vised entirely on trust controlled arr ticles. and that a tarif for revsnua 1 only shall be retained on other cona- | modities. These latter would not subject to immediate removal of tha | duty, but rather revise the tariff and l reduce 1t by degrees.
 As to finance. believe that securs | ities on which our currency should be
 based should be subject to the appgov- | al of the Secretary of the Treasury | and that collateral should be of such | nature as ths different States permit | savings banks to accept as an inves&- | ment for their funds.
 The injunction plank, believe. | should favor a statute which wi1l make it necessary for at least two judges ta | act on the final issue. One judge | should issue the injunction and another | decide the merits of the case I did not have an opportunity to talk of this | matter with MF. Bryan, but under stood that he is In favor of a systana | of this nature rather than have ths
 cases submitted to a jury" Mir. Ridder, when asked what he | would oppose, said that he would not
 accept a declaration for free silver oF | for government ownership. He added
 that Mir. Bryan considered the silver | issue dead and that the Democratic l leader did not wish a Government ownership of railroads plank inserted The Vice Presidential race had aec- ond place in the political gossip. chieS interest centering in the visits of MT
 Ridder and ollie James, who came to | talk of his speech seconding the nom. | inatioH of Mir. Bryan and the Com. 1 moner's editorial on Mr. Hearst Mir. Bryan was the guest of honor | at banquet given by the Nebraska Travelling Mems Bryan Club tonight | ----------------------------