The sun., 1908-07-09
ERYAN WON'T GO TO DENVER.
;'oesn't Expect Any Contingency That
Would Make His Presence Desirable.

LINCOLN, July s.-No dramatic dash
Denverward for W Bryan. No engine
ready fired with the Pullman attached wait
ing in the Lincoln railroad yards for the
Commohar. He says he expects to remain
at Fairview and will continue to receive
convention bulletins there each day. He
will be in constant touch with his friends at
Denver by telegraph and telephone. but is
giving no thought to any contingency
which might call him to the scene of action.
Mr.. Bryan said to-day that while he had
never said he would not go to Denver under
any circumstances. he has no expectation Of
going and has made no preparations for it.
He said also that he is not anticipating any
development which would cause him to
make the journey.
Although Mr.. Bryan is usually an early
riser. be did not leave his bed this morning
until nearly o O'Clock. This was supposed
TO indicate that the long distance telephone
wires between Denver and Fairview had
been kept fairly busy late last night, at the
rate OF $4.25 for each three minutes of con-
versation.
number Of visitors called on the candi-
date at tairview to-day. Among them
were half dozen men from Platte, S. H.,
who stopped over in Lincoln on a business
trip. and one individual haiilng from North
Dakota.
"Gov. Johpson's candidacy for President
hes put him in the position of joining in a
movement for the defeat Of ono man whom
democratic Democrats regard as the typical
representative. of their cause declared
Frederic A. Pike Of st. Paul after an inter-
view with Mr. Bryan lasting for twenty
minutes. Pike is the secretary of the
Minnesota Bryan Volunteers and was one
Of those who fought the Endorsement of
Johnson by the State convention.
"The Governors course will certainly
weaken his influence and usefulness among
Democrats. There never was any chance
for him to be nominated. This has been
generally recognized, even in Minnesota,
struoted for johnson does not furnish any
index TO the real feelings Of the Democrats
in my State.
-1he instructions were secured through
the efforts OF Gov. Johnson's personal
friends many OF them State officeholders
Of large number of Republican votes cast
by men Of bis own nationality at the pri-
mary caucuses In some OF the larger and
controlling counties.
"The irregularities were 80 fragrant that
the sending OF a contesting delegation to
Denver was seriously proposed.
However. Bryans friends in Minnesota
felt assuSed of his nomination, and to pre-
vent local bitterness they decided not to
make contest.
be hailed With the greatest qualification
by 90 per cent. OF the Democrats in Min
nesota.
"A more enthusiastic fight will be put
up to carry the State for him than in any
former campaign M Many scandinavians
Gov. johnson and his friends win buckle
down and work for the ticket, am sure.
There will be good feeling in all branches
of the party, unless 1t is some Of the un-
reoonciled remnants among the boilers
of 1896"
The assertion was made by Pike that
three-fourths Of the La Toilette Republi-
cans in Minnesota. comprising large part
OF the party, would vote for Bryan. He
said that Ia Toilette Republican was
only that he had got it harder and that
Taft was not the kind Of candidate to
suit that type.
Otto Doederlein. head of German press
bureau at Chicago in the Bryan campaign
of 1890 and 1900, told the Fairview statesman
American vote Of Illinois. Indiana. Ohio
and other middle Western States would
go to the Democratic ticket this year. He
expressed some doubt a. to whether the
attitude. Doederlein urged the location
OF national headquarters at Chicago.
Telegraphic reports from Denver are
taken by an operator on the enclosed front
porch at Fairview, where Mr.. Bryan with
members OF the household, Private Secre-
tary Ross and the newspaper representa-
lives get ,tit5 news of the convention.
MIR. Bryan reads each bulletin attentively,
but has not commented upon, The proceed
ings for publication. ~
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