The Elk Mountain pilot., 1908-03-12
BRYAN ON TOP
IN NEBRASKA
DOMINATES DEMOCRATIC CON.
vENTlON AND FRAMES
PLATFORM.
DELEGATION IS A UNIT
PLATFORM FoREsHADoWs THAT
OF NATIONAL CONVENTION
At DENVER.

Omaha.-Thursday was Bryan Day"
in Omaha For that matter 1t was
Bryan Day" throughout Nebraska.
With the Democratic state conven-
ton as a nucleus. party leaders from
every county and practically every pri-
mary district in the commonwealth
gathered here TO pledge allegiance to
the presidential aspirations of Mr..
Bryan to consider means for fur
thering his interests before the Demo-
cratic national convention at Denver
next July.
The platform as whole was largely
Mr.. Bryan's own work. That 1t re-
fiected the leaders views as to what
should form the issues upon which the
party should go before the country
next summer, was not denied.
Mr. Bryan, however. said that the
declarations OF the platform were nee
essarily incomplete, that some sub
jects which undoubtedly will be in
cluded in the national platform were
omitted, while others were treated in
the Nebraska document in purposely
brief manner so as to allow amplifca-
ton at Denver.
Enthusiasm was prevalent through
out the day. II broke loose early in
the afternoon session of the consen-
ton and gradually gathered volume.
broke out in tumultuous vociferations
when at the beginning OF the evening
session the platform committee pre-
sented this resolution:
. The Democratic party Of Nebraska
again declares confidence in ami ad-
miration for William J. Bryan. In him
we behold the ideal American citizen
the ideal Democrat. We rejoice that
the principles which he has so ably ad-
vocated have been gladly received and
are now generally accepted by the
American people.
Resolved. That the delegates by
this convention chosen. be and are
hereby instructed TO vote as unit for
the nomination OF Mr.. Bryan for the
presidency"
The platform advanced little that
was new. The Fowler and Aldrich cur
rcncy bills were condemned. Emer-
gency currency. II was declared. should
be ISSUED and controlled by the fed
eral government. Immediate revision
OF the tariff was emphasized as ne
ccssity." the "stand-pat' policy being
ridiculcd In terms that made the dele
gates shout with laughter.
A straight declaration In opposition
TO Asiatic immigration and clause
favorinG the eight-hour working day
were decidedly popular. So. too. were
the paragraphs favoring extension OF
irrigation and reclamation projects.
An Endorsement OF the Drago doc
trine. insofar as that doctrine applied
TO the United States navy. and n dec
laration that jury trials should be
granted defendants in contempt cases
where the alleged offcnsc Is committed
outside The presence OF the court
caused some notice. One of the well
applauded clauses was that dealing
with anarchy.
There was no reference to govern
ment ownership in the platform. nei-
ther was there a personal liberty
clause" therein. The platform says;
we rejoice at the increasing signs
OF an awakening in the United States.
The various Investigations have traced
graft and political corruption to the
representatives OF predatory wealth
and laid bare the INSCRIPTIONS meth
DDS by which they have debauched
elections preyed upon a defenseless
public through the subservient officials
whom they have raised to place and
power.