The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
Nebraska De emocr a ts
Will Execute" w.
j. Bryan To-Day.
ARE DONE WITH
HIM FO REV d r
General Rejoicing That Dictator,
Who for Twenty Years Has
Ruled Democracy With Iron
Hand, Is at Last to Be De-
throned by His
Party.
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Grand Island. Neb.. July 25.-Wtllian
Jennings Bryan is not to be assassi-
mated at the Democratic State Con.
vention here tomorrow. He Is to be
He will be given every chance to have
his say, and then he will be turned
down good and hard.
According to the "lne-up' tonight,
20 sure or defeating Bryan are his
opponents that he win be given place
on the committee on resolutions. and
in that committee will be given an op-
portunity OF saying everything he
wants. The turn-down will come when
he tries to control the action OF the
committee. and failing in this. appeals
TO the door of the convention.
c. j. stnythe. OF Omaha. a former
supporter OF Bryan, will be the TEN.
porary chairman of the convention.
and he Will place Bryan on the COM
nittee on resolutions
Have Their Knives Out
Grand Island is filled with delegates
to to-morrow's convention, all the
leaders of the party except Bryan. be-
Ing present. Bryan will reach here
tomorrow morning
Practically the entire crowd OF dele
gates have their knives out for Bryan,
and are anxious to get cut at him.
There is general rejoicing among
them that Bryan, the DICTATOR. the man
who has ruled Nebraska Democrats
with an iron hand for the past twenty
years. is at last to be de,hroned.
Anti Bryan men are claiming $50
out of the .s3 delegates ready to vote
against Bryan. although but AS are
instructed against him. That Bryan
Intends lighting 10 the last is the con-
firnied opinion OF every delegate to
tue convention. He got In the first
blow tonight by calling big county
option rally at which most OF the
delegates will be present. Bryan will
not be here to speak at the meeting.
but FIVE Of his followers will make
speeches.
c. w. Bryan tonight said: MY
brother Will insist on the convention
adopting a county option plank. He
has prepared no set speech. but viii
MI his arguments to the conditions
which he finds when he faces the con-
vention.
The thoroughness OF Bryan's turn
down is shown when the efforts which
he made are known. He VIII first ask
for an out and out county option
plank When this Is TUNED down he
and finally will ask that all candidates
for Governor be pledged to sign a
county option bill If one is passed by
the Legislature.
This. too. will be turned down by
the convention. and then Mr.. Bryan
can be expected to break loose in a
bitter personal attack upon men who
have defeated him.
Populists Doubtful
Tho p0pu1iSY 81,
meets here Tomorrow, may possibly
indorse Bryan and his county option.
but even that is doubtful. Anti-Bryan-
ties. having defeated Mr. Bryan in hls
owl. party, are working to secure his
downfall among Populsts. Not enough
Populist delegates have arrived to
make the result definite, however. Ex-
Senator w. v. Allen. leanding Pop
ulist. is working upon platform,
which. he thinks. the Populists or
Democrats can agree upon
Ea-Congressman Howard, of Colum-
bus, says: "Oh. we will have harmony
all right. but we will have to fight
like hi to get it,
The general sentiment of the dele
gates is expressed by Judge Shoemak-
er. of Omaha, member of the state
Legislature, former Bryan supporter,
and delegate to the convention He
says:
This is the time for us to get rid
of Bryan, and we intend to do 1t. He
has ridden the Democratic party sim
ply for his own ends has never done
anything for the party but brought
defeat and he had US on the verge of
ruin. Now we have him down and we
intend to give him such a licking
that the entire country will know thar
Nebraska Democrats are through with.
him