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Show . tone w OUT Fi y,Ii v Siops in Lincoln for Purpose of f Discussing the Situation f 1 QUESTION WHETHER LEADED IS FAVORABLE OR NOT r h On Eve of Convention Commoner . Is Saving Little as to Na-L Na-L If1 LINCOLN, Neb., July 1. Charles A. . Towno, who is an avowed candidate for ," J tV v, tho Domocratie nomination for Vice- f; i yi President, as woll as nn old-time pcr- 1 ! Bonal frioud of William J. Bryan, hf' I I stopped off here for the express pur- 'H I Dose of discussing vice-presidential noli- If' n tics with tho latter. Air. Bryan was la oxpcctini; him, "and for half an hour V I they remained closeted. U, f Mr. Towne admitted to newspaper T ' men that Iris candidacy, as woll as tho i I platform, had formed the main topics kl uf conversation. 1 New York Logical State. tif? "New York is the lojical State to jy furnish the vice-presidential nominee," i paid Mr. Towno. "Tho public does j not seem to realizo the number of . Democrats there are in northern New 1 York. I am not surprised at tho 'fc declination of Judgo Gra3' to bo men-, men-, lioned for Vice-President. 1 have ex-A ex-A J, pected it vieht alone:. Judge Gray is a f 'Etronc: man, a popular man with all 1 X classes, he has ability, a magnetic per-?K per-?K oonality and marked attainments. IIow- , ft.s over, I havo been assured by friends fj from all parts of tho country of sup-i sup-i port for mvsclf. Assurances of nn un- ' mistakablo character were erivon me by Iu leading New York Domocrate before I j would permit the use of my name." K L "What will bo done with tho anti- a . m " injunction planks at Denver?" Mr. Towns was asked. RI 'J ftj , Should Bo No Hedging, j iff - 'It should be a strouc ono one that I i doos not hedge. Tho laboring man will jit bo protected." . r ''will provision for the interlocutory it I decree bo made for uses in extreme , I, cases? What is Mr. Bryan's position on this phaso of the question?" ijt, j f" "That I cannot discuss; I cannot jf oven express my own opinion, for it m would borrow color from tho fact that J i I havo been talking with Mr. Bryan." I v Previous to Mr. Towne's visit, Mr. I Bryan had practically set at rest, tempi tem-pi I ' porarily at least, reports that he fav-w fav-w t , ored Mr. Towne. R ,i "Mr. Towno is quoted as stating C i ihnt 3'ou eomo timo ago assured Mr. W : 1 Towne that ho would be acceptable to J5 you; is that true?" Mr. Bryan was K' y nskc.. KU "lie meant that I was favorable to wyf 'them," said Mr. Bryan, with stress on --f the last word, and with a wave of the ji arm indicated tho galaxy of favorite , jf sons whoso names have been men-r men-r . tioned in connection with tho nomina-y nomina-y f tion for a running mate. y Mr. Bryau is silent on all matters t pertaining to probable action by tho J . convention, in order to disarm probable I; J criticism on the score that ho is at- ' tempting to dictate. Jik , Not Hungry for News. lL So far as cau bo learned, Mr. Bryan PC,'s will not have a telegraph wire in his In ,1 house during the convention. Ho will ml -If depend on tho wires being strung into A rC a cottage three hundred yards away for I'M tho convenienco of newspaper corre-I corre-I i spondents. L j John M. Garman, a delegate from L M. the Eleventh Pennsylvania district, Jj paid his respects to Mr. Bryan today. ul.' Mr. Garman was chairman of the Stato fc 'k Central committee in 1806. News that L mLs Judge Gray would not accept tho vice-V vice-V lp presidential nomination did not dis-T, dis-T, please the Pennsylvanian. ml "I don't believe Grai was the strong-fl strong-fl est man we could got. He bolted tho ml Bryan ticket in 1S9G. and has been . holding an appointive job under a Ee-I Ee-I ' ' publican administration. There are I lots of us who haven't forgiven him l ,mi for bolting. If he'd get back into the t jlS ranks of tho party again and work for t jfc. the common good, wo might forgot." Mr. Towne left Lincoln over tho Chi- cago. Burlington & Quincy at G p. in., h 5 and is duo at Denver at 7 a. m. tomor-'r tomor-'r tow. |