Evening star., 1924-07-12

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only be nominated-they will be
elected"
Gov. bryan smiled broadly I'VE
hope" he beamed, that the minor
prophet will become major
prophet"
The mystery of Gov. Bryan's skull
cap was revealed by the good
natured governor for the first time
since he became the Democratic vice
presidential nominee.
AT home, at his Office and every
where he can, the governor ex-
planned, he wears his hat. This morn
ing it was a broad brimmed black
fedora, western" type hat in which
he first appeared. But when it be-
comes necessary for him to remove
his hat he dons his black, light, i'm
rervious skull cap.
Skull Cap n Necessity.
It's not a fad, nor a fancy, nor
style either pleasantly commented
the nominee, but a necessit Years
ago in my office, the sunshine affected
the nerves in the top of my head,
bringing on severe pain in the eyes,
and nervous headaches. Since that
time, any kind of light, either natural
or artificial, proves troublesome to
me, so that when it becomes neces-
sary to remove my hat'-here the
governor obligingly demonstrated by
pulling out of his left coat pocket
little black article neatly folded
Il put this on, and wear it."
Gov. Bryan calls his famous brother
wv. j. The two came to Washing
ton together late yesterday, and Will
liam Jennings has already left for
st. Louis. The nominee will leave
this evening at $50 o'clock for
Chicago, and then for Nebraska.
1t was so late yesterday in fact
when the famous Bryan brothers ar
rived in Washington that they
thought it would be beyond the
regular hour for dining. which
brought up gustatory memories of
Madison Square Garden.
Strong for "Hot Dogs"
the mind of Gov. Bryan as he realized
they were late in Washington. 1--WE
had lived on hot dogs so long in the
convention" smiled the governor.
that we felt they had become almost
a habit with US. w. j. used to come
along now and then at the conven-
tion past my seat near the speakers
stand and say, Come on, let's get
hot dog You see we're not too fas-
tidious. We're Democrats, you know"
One difficulty about Gov. Bryan is
that he has been nominated too much.
He now stands on three tickets, and
he will have to get off two of them,
he says.
Out in Nebraska he has been nomi-
mated by both the Democratic party
and the Farmer-Labor party to sue
ceed himself as governor in the term
expiring January l. He will for
mally withdraw as nominee for gov
ernor in Nebraska when he returns.
But it is not without some pride that
the governor relates that in a contest
for the nomination he won over op-
ponents in both the Democratic and
Farmer-Labor races, receiving 81 per
cent of the Democratic and IS per
cent of the Farmer-Labor vote.
His Political Hobbies.
Reduction in the price Of COAL
gasoline and road building costs were
accomplished in Nebraska by the
governor he explained, on the theory
that legitimate business should not
be penalized for proper methods, but
should be forced to lower it's prices,
when it acts in conspiracy and re-
straint of trade or monopoly in de-
fance of law and the rights of the
people" Such reduction in the price
of staples, in the opinion of Gov.
Bryan, will prevent unrest and pre-
vent creation of /. w. W.'s and an
archiStS."
Coal was reduced from SO to SIS a
ton last winter and gasoline has
already started tumbling in price
throughout the state, the governor
explained, since the new tanks in
Lincoln and other places began SELL
ing gasoline at Is cents. At 10 cents
q gallon, the governor said, the sta
tions were making a profit of from
| $50 to SIS day. The regular price
Of gasoline in Nebraska, he said, had
been 20 cents.
Although the nominee was definite
in his declination to discuss the is
sues of the campaign, he did go so
| far as to remark regarding the plat
form that 1t sis the best ever writ
ten by any party at national con-