The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-08-11
DEMOCRATS EDIT
CAMPAIGN BOOK
Propose TO Show How ROOse-
velt Has Failed.
HAVE A MASS OF MATERIAL
John E Lamb and JOsephuS Daniels
Two Members of Committee in
Charge of WOrk-Think Congress
Has Failed the Administration.
Mack TO Consult Bryan To-day

/ Lincoln. Nebr.. Aug. 10-The Demo
cratic campaign textbook viii not deal as
/ generously with Roosevelt as has the
Z Democratic candidate so far
/ The committee named 20 eCit that pub
/ lication-John T. Lamb Of Indiana. Jo-
( sephus Daniels. Of North Carolina, and
J Richard L NetcaIfe editor Of the Com
I moner-meets here tomorrow and Mr.
0Ietcal1e. with some suggestions from
Bryan. has a mass Of matter ready for
the committee 20 pass upon
One OF the things most emphasized VIII
be the failure OF the Roosevelt admins
{ tration 20 get what IL went after and
made the most noise about 4 compla-
tiOn OF extracts from R0osevelt-s mes
sages viii be made 10 show precisely
what reforms he has urged. sr5 ir PARA
I lel columns viii be shown what Congress
did 70 them. It IS also proposed. in addi-
ton 70 the usual matter relating t,7t
platform speeches Of acceptance ana E-
Ike. 20 devote separate chapters 10 81 70
Ing how prices have mounted lnder
trUst-conTo1ed markets. the selling Of
goods cheaper abroad than az home. BE-
cause Of tariff protected monopoly: on
@
on labor injuZctions. and the various
other topics OF vital interest
Chief Task TO Boil Down.
Members OF the committee say that
their chief task viii be 20 boil down into
the so pages they propose limiting the
book 10 all Of the material the Repub-
leans have given them 10 work upon
This viii be the committees first meeting.
and it viii probably last all day
Another important meeting slated for
tomorrow is The consultation between
Bryan and Chairman Mack and the mem
bers OF the national executive committee.
who are coming 10 the notification and
desire TO have talk with Bryan Upon The
general aspect and the conduct Of the
campaign
/ Chairman Clayton. Of the notification
committee. held Two conferences to-day
with Bryan. he was a guest over night
at Fairview. Clayton says his notifcz-
ton speech viii be a model for brevity
being only about 30 words in length. He
VIII accompany il by presenting AIr
Bryan with a formal letter Of notification
about 80 words Ions.
Mr- Bryan SAID that his ta-i1 speech. tC
be delivered al Des AIoines on August q
aleAe AEtAA -AlAAa cAaQ -EALE u -llE
er- He has started the preparation OF his
speech on the trust question. which vii
be given at Indianapolis on the occasion
; OF Kern's Vice Presidential notification
August .
Discusses Primaries.
Asked for his views on the results Of
the primary elections held recently L
some OF the Western States. 8Ir- BryaT
said: No matter what the results Of
the primary are. if the people secur,
what they want, thar is the best we car
hope for
NIr. Bryan also paid this compliment u
Adlai E Stevenson: While / take NJ
{ part in the contests between Democrat.
! before conventions or primaries I an
: sure 7 viii be pardoned in this case II
say that while we had a number c
c worthy Democrats aspiring 10 the gov
ernorship IN Illinois. no one among then
was superior in his qualifications 20 lIr
Stevenson believe he will make a YER
strong candidate, and VIII greatly aid Jh-
! national ticket
Many travelling men are writing 70 Mr
Bryan OF calling on him II person 10 Tel
MIN that some Of their fraternity vii
support him for President He receive
a small delegation Of them this forenoon
and one of. the party declared that full
. per cent Of The people who voted 70
/ Roosevelt in 1904 viii this year cast thel
ballots for the Democratic ticket
/ Talks Over Telephone.
e The usual morning talk by long distanc
= telephone with Chairman Mack. who :
D al Chicago. was held by Mr. Bryan Mac
l. VIII be in Lincoln Tuesday afternoon. an
Ar Bryan Is anxious that he bring wit
5 him 10 the executive committee full de
I tails Of the plan agreed upon by n
= finance committee for raising funds
The advance guard Of visitors for Motif
cation day are arriving. and the citizen
= have begun decorating blocks and houses
. One noticeable effort is made on the Bur
block owned by a lawyer and q life
Ions Republican. He is for Bryan tni
year. and the Democratic candidates pic
tures I'll every nook and Granny OF III
. side and front OF the block
:, Henry George. IT., was closeted Wit
q Bryan for an hour this afternoon Il
s has been filling ChautaUqua dates in Ne
J. braska and Kansas for the last six week.
q and says there is a strong trend towar
/ Bryan. many Republicans openly stain
their intention TO vote for him.
! 100000 Feet Edge Grain Georgia
Flooring now on hand 4abosy & Sos