The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-17
SHOW|NGSTRENGTH
THROUGHOUT NATION
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
BRYAN GETS WORDS OF
GOOD CHEER.

PooeS nave DToheu loose with lillian
j. Bryan as their victim. Almost every
mail received at Fairview for the pas
10 days has contained one or more
| composition in eulogy of Bryan ant
| the democratic party. Some Of those
are set to music and are sent to the
presidential candidate for approval OF
both words. and melody. Mr. Bryan
has not yet decided to give any of them
to publisher, but admits that he has
found time to read them and with q
great deal of interest.
The candidate was in rare good hui
NOR today. He had just been advised
of the predictions of Boss Murphy OF
Tamany and Chairman Corners of the
New York state committee that the
democrats would carry New York The
announcement that the New York
state convention had been advanced
several weeks, the original plan having
provided for a convention late in Sep
TENDER, also was satisfactory to Bryan
The candidate wanted to spend several
days on a speechmaking tour of New
York state the latter part of Septem-
Der, this being the suggestion Of Ma
tional Chairman Mack. but Bryan
deemed it inadvisable to visit the state
until after the convention. Chairman
Mack is now arranging for Mr.. Rryans
dates.
Other encouraging information
reached Mr.. Bryan today. 1t came
from Kansas and it was to the effec,
that prominent negroes are organizing
to throw the colored vote of the middle
west against Taft. The Kansas
Waterman, a newspaper published by
and for the negroes is taking the lead
in the movement and strongly advo-
Gates the defeat of Taft. The inform
alton that came to Bryan today was
to the effect that the work Of organ
izing negro clubs is being prosecuted
vigorously.
When asked if he had anything to
say concerning the Springfield, Qlli-
nois) race riot Mr.. Bryan said he had
not yet read the accounts of the dis
turbance and that any long distance
opinions from FairvieW or Hot Springs
scarcely would aid the authorities OF
people of Illinois to handle a situa-
ton in the latter state.
Fred P. Morris of Illinois, an ole
friend of Bryan and a prominent law
yer called at Fairview today and told
the candidate that there was much in
the situation in that state to cheer the
democracy. He expressed the belief
that both Bryan and Stevenson. stood
2 spIendid chance to carry the state
Mr. Bryan will depart Thursday fol
Des Moines and from that place VII!
60 to Chicago for another conference
with Chairman Mack and members OF
the various committees in charge OF
the campaign.
The threshing of the wheat and oats
crops harvested in the Bryan fields was
finished today, which induced Mr. Bry-
an to remark facetiOusly:
I'VE farmers feel especially renewed
to know that the pastures are to De
goo5 and that the corn has been saved
last nights rain. and this too. With
c. any interference to threshing."
The Bryan acres have yielded abund-
eatly this season. but the crop OF votes
in November is his chief concern.
l. M. Hull. of Shelby. N. C., KNIT
ting mill man. called to assure Bryan
that h had been in % states since the
first of June and he had noted that the
! democratic outlook was bright. Bryan
thanked him for the good news.