Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-07
BRYAN PICKING CANDIDATES
Option Being Made Basis of Support
of Lincoln Leader.
NEW WEEKLY PAPER IN VIEW
q. w. Bryan VIII BE Editor and
Will Use it to Club Demo-
Gratis Into option
Road.
NEW WEEKLY PAPER IN VIEW
(From a staff Correspondent. }

LINCOLN, March 6.-(Specal, )-While a
number Of democrats here object to the
Bryan county option program, not single
one would permit the use of his name
in an interview either for or against It.
Those opposing the program expressed
the opinion that Mr.. Bryan would not
stump the state for county option and
neither would he urge candidates to an
nounce themselves in opposition to those
who refuse to climb on his platform They
expressed the opinion that the Bryan edl-
torial and the Bryan program were pub
lished without the sanction Of the presl-
Dental candidate In fact, they were GER
tain of it, And yet not one would be
quoted.
AS a matter of fact Mr. Bryan is not
only going to stump the state for county
option and support democratic candidates
who endorse his program, but there is to
be started a weekly paper in which to
keep his ideas and desires constantly be-
fore the people during the campaign. From
reliable source it is learned that c. w.
Bryan himself is to be editor of this
proposed publication and it will be separate
and distinct from the Commoner.
In Lincoln steps have already been
taken looking toward Bryan candidate
for congress in the First district to run in
opposition to John A. Mcguire Should
Mcguire get on the Bryan platform, OF
course, 1t will not be necessary for Mr..
Bryan to get out a man in opposition t.
him, but a prospective aspirant for the
senate was told that he should get into
the congressional race.
Thompson Carries Message
A story has just leaked QUO that w. II.
Thompson acted as a messager for c. w.
Bryan to Governor Shallenberger and the
message was a suggestion for the governor
to get in the county option band wagon.
The governor was asked about this and
replied;
mo, Mr.. Thompson brought me no such
message from Mr. Bryan. He called and
we did go over the situation pretty thor
oughly, but he had no message from Mr..
Bryan that l know Of"
While these democrats here profess TO
believe that Mr. Byan will desert the flag
Of county option and they are critic!sing
C. w. Bryan for the publication Of the
editorial, they have created the impression
that they are simply talking TO keep up
their courage.
c. w Bryan is closer to w. j. Bryan
than any one in politics and there is every
reason to believe that every step that is
taken by the presidential candidate is
endorsed and passed on by c. W. before
it is promulgated.
BY those who know him intimately c. w.
Brayn is considered a shrewd political man
ager and Charles Murphy, the head OF
Tammany, said Of him at the close OF the
Denver convention:
Il have been attending national con-
ventions for twenty-eight years. but he
is the first man l ever saw who laid his
cards on the table face up, told US what
we would draw, and then Raat US at our
own game"
So those who know c. w. Bryan know
that when he turned lose that editorial he
intended to stand by it and he knew at
the time that W. j. Bryan would take the
stump In Nebraska In favor OF democrats
who would stand for his program. Those
democrats who refuse TO take the pledge
he viii fight