Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-24
Peerless Leader to Make His First
Appearance Tuesday.
PLANS FOR CONVENTION MANY
Some Want to Avoid Open Row Over
Platform.
NIKE HARRINGTON AS SPOKESMAN
War Horse from Holt County to BE
Assigned the Job of wrecking
the Bryan water
Cart.
lFrom a staff correspondentl


LINCOLN. July 3.-(SpeciaL)-The move
ment of democratic troops 70 Grand Island
for the big battle next Tuesday will begin
tomorrow, when a scout or two for the gov
ernor will start out to be followed Monday
ofby some of the big guns, the undefeated
champion, Mr. Bryan. bringing in the re-
serves Tuesday morning. The big cham
plon will stop over in Kansas to take in
a few shekels at an exhibition or chau-
tauqua the night before the battle.
Richard L. Metcalfe will leave Lincoln
Monday and open headquarters at the
Koehler hotel, at which, place Governor
shaIlenberger will have headquarters.
though he will not arrive until Tuesday
Mr. Bryan will have his headquarters at
the Palmer where 1t is reported Mayor
DAhlman has arranged for quarters. Mr
Hitchcock and Mr.. Reed, candidates for
the United States senate. have not notified
the secretary of the state committee just
where they will hold forth, but it is likely
they will attend the convention Leo Mat
thews, secretary of the democratic state
committee will HE himself forth tomor-
row. The populist state committee will have
headquarters at the Palmer.
The Lancaster delegation will leave either
Monday or early Tuesday morning. and 1t
will be the "wettest" dry. delegation that
ever went forth to uphold the banner Of
prohibition.
PremonitOry symptom of Failure.
The big temperance rallies planned at
Lincoln and Grand Island by bunch OF
IAncolnites who have been carrying the
Bryan banner, in an effort to force the
political parties to carry on the campaign
on the issue they have raised of county op-
ton, will not be the bowling success or
rather the success that had been anuci-
pated Mr. Bryan and Richard L. Metcalfe
have both declined to speak at the Grand
Island meeting and Senator Burkett has an
engagement over In Iowa for that night, so
he will not be present at the Lincoln meet
ing However the prohibitionists--the. Is
the prohibition party leaders-not the So
called republican and democratic prohibir
tionlsts--will have banquet at the Lindeli
hotel Monday night early, and 1t Is probable
they will adjourn to the meeting planned
by the Bryanites and thus there will be
no lack of crowd.
Bryan's Supreme Effort.
Regardless of the fact that nearly all OF
the delegates 10 the democratic convention
who are Instructed at all are opposed to
county option, there is stll speculation as
TO the outcome of the battle. 1t is the talk
now that MIR. Bryan Is going ON the mat
with supreme confidence In his ability 10
whip his opponents This example OF con-
fidence is taken to mean that he has some-
thing UP his sleeve that will at least make
the convention keep awake as long as he
talks and perhaps his facts will be suffi-
cient to snuf out few political lives
1t is told that NJ. f. Harrington is to de-
liver the speech against Bryan and those
who have talked with the o'Nelll lawyer
say that he will make the effort OF his
~. a. Hah Ia n a
something of a sensation.
Ii is not improbable that three different
platforms will be reported having TO do
with the liquor question. Mr Bryan is ex-
pected to bring in plank committing the
marty to county option. The Douglas dele
cation, Il Is supposed will demand that
county option be condemned, while friends
of Shallenberger In all likelihood. will pro-
nose the Metcalfe suggestion that the con-
ventlon pledge the governor to sign a
county option bill. II one is passed.
In the meantime. there are lot Of demo-
Gratis who are trying TO get the delegates
TO sit and listen to Bryan's speech, turn
down county option, endorse the present
LIQUOR laws and adjourn without any one
trying to answer the argument of the
Peerless Leader.
Many blanks ballot.
from the printers copies OF the ballot
prepared under the injunction issued
against him BY the district court of Lam
caster county The ballots were certified
To the various county clerks this after
noon.
The peoples indepndent party ballot con-
tains only one name, that of H. +. Was
mund, candidate for senator in the Four
teenth district Mr.. wasmund Is the only
simon pure populist who has filed his name,
the others having come under the wire as
democrats or democrats and peoples In
dependent
The democratic ballot contains no candi-
date for lieutenant governor and only two
candidates for governor. James {.
Dahlman and William II. Patrick. while
e. IA. Whitney comes under the wire as
the only democratic candidate for attorney
general. The remainder of the state ticket
Is blank, no zeal democrat having filed for
United States senator, or other state office.
No candidate for congress has filed In the
} First Third. Fourth and Fifth districts.
The names OF candidates for state senator
are listed in only twelve districts out OF
twenty-three districts in which the candl-
dates file with the secretary of state. Out
of nineteen representative districts In which
candidates are compelled to file with the
secretary OF state only ten districts are
represented
Under the restrained" ballot the pro-
hieitionists have no candidate for United
states senator. The Rev MIR. Birminghal>
having tried 10 get on four ballots. finds
himself on none. The socialist ballot :,
iateet. none OF It's candidates having tried
TO slip up on the blind side OF the voters
The republican ballot loses no candidate
as republicans have stuck to their party
and not endeavored 10 secure a nomina
ton at the experse Of other parties
IL is very evident that the Hitchcock
Scsn.iaasd on second PaSSl