Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-07-05
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LINCOLN Neb., July 4.-Reports OF
bursting fire crackers. music Of brass
bands and the shrieks OF Numerous loco
motives arriving or passing through with
special trains for Denver, rolled family
out to William J Bryan's home four miles
away today and indicated that this city.
with a pre- ,idential candidate to lend In
terest to the day, had no Idea of celebrat-
ing a sane" Fourth of July. With dele
cations from Alabama, North Carolina
Georgia, Mississippi, oklahoma Massa-
chusetts. Chicago and Omaha expected
during the day. a reception committee,
headed by Mayor Brown and greatly aug
mented for the occasion, was early astir.
It's members, wearing immense badges
topped with rosettes bearing Bryan's pic
ture. distributed themselves among the
hotels and railroad stations. Scarcely
window In the business district, whether
owned by democrat or republican, but
displayed a lithograph of the Nebraskan
and the words, welcome to Bryans
town"
william Ford, the colored boy who
guards the portals at Fairview, was Kept
very busy admitting delegates and other
visitors to the commodious porch where
the master of the house receives the ma
1Oflty OF MS Cdll0IS dhlllS dhN aithSS
of the holiday, people from the rural dis
tricts and neighboring towns flocked to
Lincoln, and many of them took The troll
ley ride to Bryan Station" the con-
ductors invariably announce the spot
where passengers alight near the Bryan
home Some were content with a view
of the premises, but many embraced the
opportunity TO shake hands with the man
whom they believe will be the democratic
nominee for president.
Tom L. johnson, mayor of Cleveland,
O., who arrived at 1:45 o'clock this morn
ing, anticipated the arrival Of delegations
| in order to have quiet half nour with
the candidate Mr.. Johnson who Is cred
tied with being more radical than even
Mr. Bryan, discussed with the latter GER
tain prorcaed planks of the platform and
! gave Mr. Bryan first-hand information of
the factional fight in Ohio. 1t Is this
! fight which makes II apparently certain
| that NJ. f. ingalls,, recently mentioned as
| a vice presidential candidate, cannot get
| the undivided support of his own state.
| Mr.. Johnson is opposed to him as mem-
| Der of the opposition wing of the party
| in Ohio. This faction numbering thirty
| one of Ohios forty-six delegates accord
! ing to admissions by Johnsons friends,
wants to transfer Johnsons position as
| Ohio member of the national committee
to Harvey CARRIER. Mr. Bryan would oe
greatly pleased If the strife in ehis state
could be brought to a close, and will use
his influence to effect compromise.
Mr. Johnson's so-called radical tendencies
evidenced themselves when in conversing
with Mr.. Bryan he resurrected the govern
ment ownership question by suggesting
that such plank ought to go in on moral
grounds He considered IL a moral duty
for the government to take over railroads,
street car lines and public utilities gem
orally against corporate greed and dis
| honesty" Mr.. Bryan, however, considers
the government ownership plank as not be-
| ing an Issue this CO .lpaign, even on Mr.,
Johnson's s INC ~ grounds. Mr.. Johnson
does not want ehe craftsmanship OF the ma
| tional committee. He told Mr.. Bryan he
was too busy, for one thing. and he knew
4 of no corporations from which he might
raise campaign contributions without their
requiring legislation or immunity of some
sort in return. Mr.. Johnson also frowns
on any mention of himself for second place
on the ticket.
The surprise that Alton B. Parker stated
that Mr. Bryan favors a national anti-in-
junction plank similar to the Nebraska
plank occasioned great surprise here After
reading the Parker interview from Colorado
yesterday local democrats who see Mr..
Bryan almost daily professed astonishment
that the New York delegate had information
Of the Nebraskan's present views that they
themselves had been unable to gain from
him. 1t is by no means certain that Mr..
Bryan's ideas on the matter of an anti
injunction plank have not undergone O
change since the state plank was ai!0pted
| Ia has iV,ta
party on the point since them but he has
confided in scarcely anyone. Mayor Brown
of this city. and possibly Mayor Is.hluar
of Omaha, are among the very few whc
know exactly what Mr.. Bryan wants. OF
all the delegates who have stopped over
here on the way to Denver and talked
with the candidate, none has admitted thai
, Mr.. Bryan went into details as TO this
mooted plank, and most of them have come
away saying he merely demanded a yigor,
Gus and honest expression by the delegate!
, on the subject.
The first section of the Pennsylvania del
) egation, fifty-one strong. was among tn,
/ first to make the pilgrimage to Fairview
They were an enthusiastic lot, and boasteC
( two candidates for vice president, Johr
Murphy of Sheridan and former Stat,
Treasurer William H. Berry, both of whom
e were members of the delegation. Many o
the delegates were accompanied by mem
e bers of their families, and all boarded spe
e cial cars soon after their arrival for Fair
. view. Mr.. Murphy says that fifty-one o
D the sixty-eight Pennsylvania delegates arr
for Bryan,
Competition is admittedly keen betweeI
y the Murphy and Guffey sections of the del
5 egation, and members OF the Murphy sec
! tion, which formed the nucleus of thi
( mornings Pennsylvania arrivals, are max
ing the most of their early visit TO the dem
ocratc leader, with view TO securing con
0 troll Of their delegation. Contesting dele
! gates representing seven Philadelphia dis
a tricts were members of the Murphy part,
d which went to Falrview and hope to in
J. terest Mr. Bryan in their case.
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