Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-03-31
BRYAN TO Be TOLD AT home
Peerless Leader Decides on Receiving
Notification at Fairview.
JAUNT AWAY NEEDLESS EXPENSE
{. NJ. Gruenther of Columbus Has at
Last Discovered Cause of Demo-
cratic Failure 10 He Lack
of Organization.

William J. Bryan, who viii have him
self nominated for president at Denver
July Z, will be notified that his wishes have
been carried out at his home in Lincoln.
This much has been decided on.
Mr. Bryan's friends have discovered that
a journey to the enemy's country does not
pay and therefore there will be no more
jaunts Of this character as there have been
in the past. The fact that the quadrenniai
notification meeting is to be held at Fair
view this year is known to some of the
business men of Lincoln and there is cor
respondingly a good feeling at the capital.
Great preparations are going to be made
to take care Of the crowds and incidentally
the home interests, because many of the
business men OF Lincoln believe this may
be tine last time the Great Commoner'
can be used as q candidate.
Mayor Brown is now trying to get the
business men, both republicans and demo-
Gratis. to contribute to a fund of about
$500 to pay for a standing band to be used
on all occasions. The mayor puts IL up
that it will be a good thing for the city TO
have this band on hand when delegates go
through the city, to give them concert at
the stations. Not only democratic delega-
tions, but any kind of delegations he said
should be given a send off. II the republi-
cans hold meetings In Lincoln during the
summer the band can play at these meet
ings for the band will be nonpartisan.
Mr.. Bryan has not himself announced Of
fially that he will force his convention to
report to him at Fairview, but those who
know what Mr.. Bryan's intentions are have
said 1t is so. Mr.. Bryan has not yet set the
date when the committee shall break the
news to him.
Weak organization has been wholly re-
sponsible for democratic defeats in the past
and weak organization can only defeat us
this year. says C. M. Gruenther of Colum-
bus, editor of the Platte Center Pilot and
president of the Bryan Volunteer movement
in Nebraska. Mr. Gruenther passed through
Omaha Monday morning on his way to
Lincoln to attend the banquet to be ten
dered democratic editors by Mr.. Bryan in
that city Tuesday evening
Discovered Rt Last.
Just as the Jewish traft to be successful
in financial affairs is born and bred in
them, just as the military spirit among the
Germans is taught the German youth from
the cradle days, so is the spirit of political
organization instilled into every republican
and 1t is organization, machine. II you
please, which wins. But democrats are al
ways WEAK On OTBanl1&llOn.
Mr. Gruenther confessed that his party's
organization was weak; that there is much
vacciation, and that 1t is doubtful IL Bryan
will run ahead OF his ticket in his home
state, but made the assertion that he be-
lleved he could 80 into Ohio with as much
help as he has in Nebraska and capture
that state from Taft. He says the favored
son theory does not hold good at the polls.
Ag arla he
Nebraskan. Mr.. Gruenther thinks former
Governor Douglas, the shoe man of Massa-
chusetts, is the strongest possibility. show
ing no friendship for the "presumptuous'
Governor johnson of Minnesota.
While in Omaha, Mr.. Gruenther pre-
sented the mayor with a gold and red
chrome certifying that he is of good moral
character and a member in good standing
of the Bryan Volunteers of America.
LObeck Chases His Bee.
Comptroller Lobeck of the city of Omaha
has begun his chase after the will o. the
wisp of all politicians who once receive the
sting-the gubernatorial bee His first chase
took him out to Harlan and Phelps coun-
ties where he Happened" to attend a
farmers institute, strange coincidence that
the people of the countryside should be
gathered in convention the same day the
gubernatorial candidate should chance to
go to Alma on "a little business matter -
but nevertheless so. OF course Mr.. Lobeck
said nothing regarding his candidacy. but
talked hogs and corn and farms and ad-
vised the youths of the rural districts not
to come to the wicked city" for a career.
on his way to the institute and his "busi-
ness affairs" which needed attention there,
Mr.. Lobeck stopped at Lincoln and had a
look at the governors shoes, which, he as
serts. are just his size. While Mr.. Lobeck
was on this little junketing tour after the
gubernatOrial bee, his opponent. Mayor
Jim, was in illinois, where he cannot pos
sibly hope for any votes.
1t is understood that the comptroller is
planning to make a jaunt to another part
Of the state to look after other business
matters the middle of next month whom
Mayor Jim goes to Wyoming on his bear
hunt, Politicians at this time of the year
seem to have matters of business scattered
widely over the state, all OF which need
their personal attention.