Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24
Nebraska
WILSON BOOSTING BRYAN
Polk County Representative Sends Out
Senatorial Petitions.
HITCHCOCK MAN USES HAMMER
Columbus Telegram Publishes State
ment He IL Giving Bryan same
Hard RaDs-Minister
Meets Trouble.


LINCOLN, May 23.-(Special) ~ have
sent Bryan petitions to every precinct in
Polk county and they are being generously
signed" said Victor Wilson of Stromsburg,
member of the late democratic legisa-
ture THE petitions ask that Mr.. Bryan's
name be placed upon the ballot as a candi-
date for the United States senate These
petitions will be circulated pretty thor
oughly over the state and we will be able
to get many thousands of slgners In fact
firmly believe that we can get 5000
names on these petitions.
THE petition was first sent me by Repre-.
sentative Evans OF Hamilton. l understand
he Is having them circulated all over that
county. 1 have sent copies of the petition
to Omaha and they will be circulated
there.'' 'as
do you believe Mr.. Bryan will be a
candidate for the senator" was asked Mr..
Wilson
81 feel positive that when we file these
petitions he will consent to make the race.
think there is no doubt about It," was the
answer.
c. w. Bryan was asked II he knew that
petitions we're being circulated in the in
terest of Mr.. Bryan and he replied that he
had heard there were such petitions in
existence, but that he had received no
direct information regarding the matter.
Harpoon for Bryan.
On the heels of the statement from Victor
Wilson that he is circulating petitions,
Edgar Towards Columbus Telegram
reached the state house and 1t contained
this item:
Congressman Hitchcock sent Charley
Mcclure to Columbus yesterday to boost
the senatorial candidacy of Mr.. Hitchcock.
1t Is a peculiar fact that nine-tenths of
McCune's political talk to some Columbus
gentlemen consisted of nasty reference to
Mr.. Bryan some of the talk being meaner
than any ever spoken by the notorious
Guffey. 1t is natural to suppose that
when McCune was throwing clubs at Bryan
he did so by direction of his master. 1t is
also natural 70 suppose that Bryan's
friends land there are many Will keep
these sayings of the Hitchcock agents in
their hearts.
c. w. Bryan had not seen the Edgar
Howard statement, he said, but he was
loathe to believe that Mr.. Hitchcock would
countenance any such talk on the part of
any of his employees. In the meantime Mr..
Bryan, who is on his way to Europe, be-
fore leaving the state, expressed his great
satisfaction over the Omaha meeting, say
ing that 1t succeeded far beyond his ex-
pectation, while Victor Wilson said he ex-
pected the Bryan petitions in Omaha to be
generously signed SO Mr.. Hitchcock is
going to be fought at home by his own
party. s&.S - ......
Ruling on Empty Cream Can.
Creameries which send out milk cans
empty, for the first time-that is, before
they have been used-must pay the freight
or express them. Such is the order of
the State Railway commission issued today
The question was raised by the Farmers
Cooperative company of Omaha, which
olNIa 20 ruin rhar
which it was sending out the first time
Some months ago the commission held that
emptles should be hauled free by the rail-
road and express companies, but the ques-
ton settled today was not raised at that
time.
w L. Giersdorf, who has been doing
preaching on the street in Grand Island
and other towns, his children furnishing
the music, has appealed to Governor
Shallenberger for protection and for some
statement from him which will protect
him fHom molestation in his work. Ac-
oording TO the letter the preacher was ar
rested and placed in Jail on charge of
blockading the street. Labor Commissioner
MaupIn was then notified that the man
had violated the child labor law in that
his children were not old enough to work
Maupin went to Grand Island Saturday
the day set Tor the trial, but concluded the
child labor law did not cover the case and
suggested that proceedings be brought I'M
der the juvenile court law.
Newspaper clippings sent along with the
letter from the minister said when he was
lodged in Jail a large crowd followed the
officer and rigged up figure and egged
II and then burned it to show their disre-
spect for the mayor. The Ministerial
union has endorsed the preacher and reso-
D luted against the city officials. The gov
'ernor being out of the city it could not
be learned what steps Se will take.