Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-16
Two Bryans and Metoalfe Among
Those Who Are Chosen.
VETS AND DRYs GET TOGETHER
All of the influences of the Com
moner" in Interest of Harmony.
BECOMES A PINK TEA AFFAIR
stamp OF Approval Placed Upon the
Acts Of the Last state LcRIsInture,
while standard Bearer In Three
CampaiRns is Lnuded.
lErom a 500 CorrosnondcntN

LINCOLN. July b.-(Special) Militant
and unterrifed democrats of Lancaster
county to the number of no gathered at
! the Auditorium today TO select fifty seven
delegates to the state convention which
meets at Fremont. July %. In the absence
of the county chairman, Secretary Harry
| Holman of the county central committee
called the convention together. Announce
ment was made shortly afterward that the
executive committee had selected DR. p. l..
| Han to preside and he with were made
! the permanent officials of the convention
The following delegates were selected
william ]. Bryan, r. l.. Metcalfe, c. w.
Bryan George W. Berge, John A. MCGUIRE,
a. V. johnson. Frank w Brown, DIR. p. L.
Hail.
Coming forward TO take his place DR..
Hall startled the assembled hosts by stating
the purpose Of the meeting was to select
delegates TO "the Grand Island" convention.
While the result OF the remark was to bring
up unkind remembranccs II served tho
double purpose OF shaking off the lethargic
state into which the democrats had fallen.
and morever acted as a mild incentive to-
ward putting them on guard for the after
noon.
Delegates to select Delegates.
| Upon motion OF Tom 8. Allen, ten dele
gates we're appointed to select the delegates
to attend the state convention and only
an instant later T. j. Doyle surprised no
convention by moving that the chair APP
point committee OF five 20 draft set Of
| resolutions The first named committee
composed Of five city and five county mem-
bers. about equally divided as TO wet and
dry sentiment. The latter committee was
composed OF T. j. Doyle, r l.. Metcalfe.
NJ. L. Blackburn, Lincoln; A. f. Sutherland
of waverly, and J. B. Paisley of Buda.
The sentiment of the convention from
| start to finish was for Bryan and every
| thing for which he stands. Not only did
| the dry Bryan democrats manifest Chem-
| selves, but they were led to some extent
| by certain wet Bryan influences the two
| OF which coupled together, made too
| formidable an aggregation for the wet
anti Bryanites. IL there were any there
to cope with. There was no organization;
| It was just a quiet Saturday afternoon
pink tea affair with everything breaking
| Bryan's way without any seeming effort
on the part Of his supporters for such a
thing to happen.
Here Are the ResOlations.
In addition to putting their stamp OF
approval upon the works OF the last ses-
| sion of the state legislature including the
| pibpOSeu lnlNldNlNt anu
! laudng the deeds Of the special session Of
congress, the following resolution was
adopted with applause. long, loud and
continued from the assembled cohorts:
I'VE take just pride in the fact that
this country has furnished to the nation
the standard bearer OF the party in three
national campaigns, that nearly every ma
| tional reform since 1896, has been inspired
| by w. ]. Bryan. We esteem him the
greatest living exponent OF the great
| truths which form the foundation OF the
| republic, and congratulate him that his
tireless efforts in the advocacy of great
| truths which he has espoused, have be-
come effective and that his opponents have
| first ridicule9, then maliclously opposed
and finally adopted and enacted into law
and sworn they were the orginators
For this unparalleled public service he
should forever rank with the immortals In
the heart OF the American people"