Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-10
Boss Of the Party Places Himself
Squsrely on Record.
his PLATFORM Oh NONE AT ALL
Threat Takes Starch Ont of the Old
Time Fighters.
ONE NAN IN OPPOSITION
}. IT. Harley crftieises Recors Of ,h.
Ruler of the Convention. hut
Does Not Garry Much
weight.

Ercfn a STAFF CorrespondeptD
LINCOLN July s.--tSpeciAl TELEGRAM, D.
foiloWing an appeal from william 7
/ hrg an the democratic county convention
lihs AFTERNOON endorsed county option ana
instructed Lancaster county's fifty-sevent
delegates TO the state convention 10 ,.o,a a
unit FOR plank fsyorlnE county opfiop
IN the state platform Two delegates e.
ehneo 10 accept places on the dslsrn+to,
thus Instructed. Bryan threatened rhas up-
less county option were endorsed he woul5
not serve on the delegation. but wouls
asa some other county to name him.
/ MT Bryan spoke for more than an hour
eno as ne burned his bridges Dr. p L.
fAaH ! J. Doyle. Bob Malone A Y John
son and other war-horse denocra4s prha
have grown gray In the service AZ ~.
party, occupying front seats sat in EuIlen
silence and IN thar way only expressed
their d'sapprovaL while A. G wolfen-
harger and J. l. Claflin. prohibitton.uts
and W. r Patrick and others assisted the
galleries and the democratic county option-
lists in boosting the speaker
Oae Voice OF Protest.
j n. Harley Of The old timers was sha
only. man 10 raise his voice in protest
against this outrage about TO be perpe.-
rated on the patry. he talked long ara
ear inestiY against making county option n
poiticai issue and he gave 8 history Of
ule issues and paramount issues which M
bfNAn had advocated and IN which he
haa carried the party 10 defeat but ba
succeeded only in bringing down the wrath
OF the democrat boss on his head ana tp
giving him the opportunity 10 20 over the
numerous para mount issues. many Of
which he enumerated as having hesu
adopted by the republican party ano written
into laws
Mr.. Bryan denied that he was responsible
Tor county option being an issue IN sA.
campaign, for a portion OF the blame ~
pisced upon the Omaha world-Herzld. ~
which he said.
want TO find democrats who hsve
been deceived by the world.Herala On
thls issue ] speak Of the World-Eeysld
because democrats have a right 20 expsc.
fair treatment from their organ. It's owner
Is candidate for United States senator
and he should speay the ti15th IN his uspe-.
IL should AT least be neutral in this fight
why He FiEhtn the Brewers.
M Bryan did not mince matters when
be told why he is now SO violently opposes
to the brewers. lie said the brewerr n
Ohio were able to elect a democratic leg
isiature and governor though they lost the
national ticket. The same thing occurred
In Indiana he said. and had It not been
for some republicans who voted for him oua
Of state pride, the same result would have
been attained in Nebraska. He did ae.
know OF these things. he said. until hts re-
turn from South America, because he had
been too busy looking after national isuu~s
10 study the liquor question ana for thls
he desired TO apologize 10 the people Of the
state
If you vote down this resolution" easd
Mr- Bryan, Il viii NOT be a delegate from
this county, but ] viii ask some other
county 10 give me seat on the state con-
Vention and l VIII carry the fight on Just
the same"
Then Mr. Bryan recited a little history
10 show what happened when others on.
posed his will he told OF the organisation
o fthe Success league IN Omaha which con-
eiuoed 10 permit him TO attend the national
convention, though surrounded with tboss
who could keep him from doing any dam.
age The Success league got it's candidate
and that candidate received many less voie.
than be did the four years before and four
years later.
BrFan's Recent Record.
In his discussion Of the isuls of Asr
Bryan, Mr.. Harley san II Mr.. Br,a, 80
not advocated government ownsruhip AZ
railroads on his return from Europe ~
would have been elected president. Retor.
thai came the Philippine islands. bsnsvolept
election OF senator BY thu peo-
pie publication OF campaign contributions
regulation OF trusts, and now the para
mount issue is county option. None az
these Harley Insisted. were of the inapor-
lance OF the tariff and II Was time fhs
party went back 10 safe and sane rrou,s
The resolution adopted endorsed The 4
'clock closing law and the shsiienberrar
az vel as county optisn
md The platforms Of the national ana stat.
OF 1905 and 1868. when 49,
we're chosen delegates Mr. Harley and L. 8
Selstardt refused 10 accept the places ON
ne Delegation. Dr. Hail. y. W Brown. r
y Doyle ana others accepted after Bryan
'ald he did not care what they talked 40
he voted their Instructions.
Patrick Rosxts Omnha
Congressman Mcguire. " n pro. -
" r. Patrick Of sArpy county open.s
ne speechnsking Mcguire ana Pvto.
a4keo national Issues. while Patrick Fav.
IN Autobiography of himself and his frht
OF The people aga 'st the nrewers Win
e said, had spent Al600 in his seus.ort.T
istTiot 10 defeat him Omaha he referred
as the rotteneEt place In the STATE ans
e sad that 265 brothels sen liquor idls-
any there without paying state or national
licenses, an Of which Is due 70 the poor
'ay the police enforce the Law wThtls
ne mar. be said gets ths rsksoff on The
eef soio IN the brothels. his own demo-
ratio COMMITTEES had taken this rnonsv
20 useo ~ 10 help defeat him and he.
he eFi interests IN his part of he state
Richard i. Metoalf paved the way Tor IN.
ryan speech when he came out fiat-footea
'f county option IN the platform. ana TIA
Endorsement u ths work Of M BRYAN.
lsioalfs denied thEa be Was a moliyooodla.
eoauhs be was now for county optiop ia
be platform which he oppossd In hi. -