Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-15
HUSKER DENIS ROW
DURING ENTIREDAY
Bryan and Anti.Bryan Statements
Fly Thick and No One Chosen
for Platform Committee.
C0MMONER CALLS SOME NAMES
Bv EDGAR c, SNYDER.

St. Louis, Mo-, June l4.-(Speclal
Telegram Three hundred or more
democrats and near-democrats ar
rived yesterday on the Missouri
Pacific special from Omaha. When
they reached the union station a dele
CATION from the committee on enter
tainment of thirty of St. Louis and
Henry c. Richmond directed them to
street cars and cab stands. The great
majority decided to walk, the air be-
ing crisp and cool for this time OF
year in Saint Loo.
The boys from Omaha and those
from out in the state presented
natty appearance as they detrained,
wearing white felt hats and carrying
red white and blue umbrellas. i here
were no free automobiles, as in Chi
cago, at the disposal Of the delega-
ton and consequently those who had
made reservations at hotels went to
them at once, while those who had
failed to book rooms had to hold up
counters, radiators, pillars and other
visible means of support waiting upon
imperious room clerks to decide
whether those seekers after sleep
ing accommodations could be placed
Eventually the whole Nebraska con-
tingent, as good looking body as
YOU would want TO find anywhere and
under any circumstances. were To-
Gated and then they started out to
boost for Governor Morehead tor
vice president.
Bryan Replies at Once.
Hardly had the Nebraska contin-
gent got comfortably settled when
statement was issued by Col. w. J..
Bryan having direct bearing on the
differences which are splitting the
Nebraska delegation asunder and out
of which promises to grow much
rancor and recrimination.
William B. Price of Lincoln, law
yer and Nebraska leader, who de-
feated the Commoner for delega:e-at
large, told the newspaper men that
he was there for the purpose of head.
ing off any peace proposition and
pacihcist planks that Bryan might
foist upon the resolutions committee.
Mr.. Price said: we are anxious
to prevent the injection of Bryan
prohibition and pacihcist stuff into
the convention. While we believe they
could be defeated, they might pro
woke acrimonious discussion.
THE Bryan faction will support
William II. Thompson of Grand
Island as member of the resolutions
committee. He is strong man and
an orator of great .eloquence. we
hear he now has the prohibition and
peace planks in his possession. and
that il placed on the committee and
the planks are defeated that he will
bring in minority report and stir
up trouble in the convention.
I'VE propose another man. but 1t
Thompson is elected | will intro
ducc resolution at the meeting to
bind the Nebraska msmber to abide
by the majority vote in the platform
committee. This would prevent the
bringing of prohibition and the pa
cifcist planks to the floor of the
convention. OF course, this might be
defeated. The meeting is certain to
be interesting and OF national im-
portance."
Bryan Answers Back.
This statement from Price nettled
Bryan very considerably and after a
consultation with his friends on the
delegation. which today evenly di-
vided in their conference. he issued
the following in reply to the Price
statement:
The brewery delegates from Ne
braska do not speak for me and moth
ing they say concerning me ought
to have the least weight with the
delegates OF this convention. was
defeated by the liquor interests OF
Nebraska because I favored prohi-
bition in the state, in spite OF the fact
that | announced on many occasions
and published in my paper that l did
not think it was for the democratic
national convention to put a prohi-
bition plank in the platform.
Likes to Be a Private.
81 am not delegate simply because
/ would not join with the brewers,
distiliers and saloonkeepers of Ne
brasak. much prefer being here as
a private citizen than the representa-
tive Of the most conscienceless group
OF sordid men that have ever tried to
corrupt American politics. | am proud
4 to be against them and proud to have
their opposition.
"Half the delegation are political
| friends OF mine. A number of them are
not prohibitionists, but they refused
to take orders from the liquor inter,
ests and are here as representatives
OF Nebraska They would be able to
hold their own as against those dele.
gates who put the liquor question
above every other issue.
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