Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-24
BRYAN W0U[D[|KE GRAY
Johnson Would Also Suit Rim Is
Running na|e.
Feels Like Girl Whose Wedding Day
Is Approaehin9-linco Expects ia
Reap Harvest and Citizens are Max.
ing Preparations Accordingly.

LINCOLN. NEB.. June 23.-''I am
In the position of the Young girl whose
engagement has Leen announced and
who feels that il is becoming in her
to remain quietly at home until her
wedding day" said William Jennings
Bryan at Fairview this afternoon.
By this Mr.. Bryan plainly meant TO
| outlook for the Denver Convention. TO
| visitors who called after he had re-
turned to his country home from at
tenling services at the Second Presby-
terrain Church in the city. Mr. Bryan
| talked In quite as confident q vein
| about the result of the election In No
vember as about the results OF the ma
tiOnal convention three weeks from
| now
Chief among Mr. Bryan's visitors to-
day was W. b. BrintOn. a district dele
gate to Denver from Illinois and one
OF the largest manufacturers of farm
ing machinery in the country. Mr.
| BrintOn was dinner guest. He came
all the way from his home at Dixon.
! Ill.,. to discuss with Mr.. Bryan four Or
| five of the prominent planks of the
plat form to be adopted. and also the
] questions as to the vice Presidential
| nominee and the management of the
! campaign. He strongly urged upon the
candidate the selection OF David r.
Francis. CT Missouri, as campaign
manager.
Mr.. Brinton left Fairview this ev-
| ening for Illinois. He was under the
impression that Mr.. Bryan. though. full
ly approaching everything that had
been said about Mr.. Francis. would
prefer to leave the national committee
free to choose the campaign manager.
| Mr. BrintOn said Mr.. Bryan manifest
| ed great interest in the suggestion OF
| Judge George Gray. Of Delaware, as
his running mate.
Would Like Gray or johnson.
II told Mr.. Brvan," said Mr.. Brin-
ton. that with Judge Gray in the sec
ond place on the ticket. We would
sweep the country in November. To
this Mr.. Bryan assented with marked
| evidences Of confidence. I told him,
too. that ! thought | had reason to be-
lieve that Judge Gray would accept
| the vice Presidential nomination If it
should be rendered to him by the
Denver convention without an un-
Seemly struggle. NV next suggestion
| to him for vice President was Cover
| nor Johnson. OF Minnesota Mr.. Bry
an intimated that next to Judge Gray
Governor johnson would suit him
best. I also asked him if his last run
| ming mate. Adial E. Stevenson. ILL
| nois' grand old man, would suit and
Mr. Bryan said he would should neith-
| er GRAY nor johnson be available"
Mr.. Brinton says Mr.. Bryan display
ed keen qualification when Informed
| that the Democrats of Illinois would
probably nominate John Mitchell. the
labor leader. as their candidate for
J Governor.
But as a manufacturer" said Mr..
Brinton. Il pointed out to Mr.. Brian
| that upon the subject of tariff revi-
| sion We ought to put into our plat
form a declaration that II intrusted
with the power Of passing a Demo
l cratic tariff Law We would postpone
the operation Of the law a. to certain
| schedules. notably steel and iron. I'M
| I'll the stocks of those commodities in
| hand at the time the Law was passed
| should be exhausted by their owners.
Mr.. Bryan agreed tina. this was an ad-
| mirable suggestion and he thought the
scheme could be made practicable"
Mr. Bryan has not vet definitely de-
| cided whether. in the coming cam
paign. ne will tour the country rs ex-
tensively as he did in his other two
| campaigns. He has let It he known
that In the matter he will be governed
largely bv the wishes Of his campaign
managers. The citizens OF Lincoln
are insis;ent upon his remaining nj
home through the gre alter part of the
campaign. They now recognize In him
a business asset Of great value. In
anticipation Of Mr. Bryan's remaining
at home and thereby making this city
the Mecca Of the faithful with money
enough to travel. the prominent hotel
~ the town Is erecting large add
ton al great cost The street railroad
companies. too. are preparing for eS-
tensions TO accommodate the possible
rush of visiting Alterations