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Show ' BRYAN RECEIVING CROWDOFVISITORS Democratic Lender and Candidate Candi-date Kept Busy at His Home in Fairview. PROMINENT POLITICIAN OP , SOUTH CONSULTS COMMONER Stories That Republicans Can Carry Southern States Pronounced Pro-nounced Dog-Day Dream. FAIRVIEW, LINCOLN, Neb., July 23. A steady stream of visitors at Fairview kept William J. Bryan on tho qui vivo all day today and tonight. They bogan coming early in tho morning morn-ing nnd included returning delegates from tho Denver convention, politicians, representatives of a negro Bryan and Ivern club, members of tho local order of lVlaccabccs, and many others who came out merely to pay thoir respocts. It was perhaps one of the busiest dnys tho Democratic candidate has spent ro-cently. ro-cently. Probably tho most important visitor was Josophus Daniels, of Raleigh, N. C, proprietor of the Nows and Observer, national committeeman and member of the sub-committee of cloven to select a chairman and other officers of the committee. com-mittee. His friendship and political .judgment arc highly prizod by Mr, Brj'an and for that reason ho was summoned sum-moned here for a conferenco on the political po-litical situation with special reference to the conditions in the southern states. Assured of tho South. Tho Democratic nominee was assured that the south would be solidly for him and that the claims alleged to emanate from Republican sources that they would carry North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia wore but dog-day politics. Not tho least interesting happening of the day was the visit of a delegation of local negroes heretoforo staunch Republicans, Re-publicans, who called to pledge their active ac-tive support of tho Democratic tickot. They were accorded a hearty welcome and urged by Mr. Bryan to keep in touch with their colored brethren throughout tho country nnd work harmoniously har-moniously toward Democratic success. Beginning with today Mr. Bryan ro-tires ro-tires as oditor of the Commoner, a signed lettor in tho papor announcing that his candidacy for tho presidenev makes it necessary for him to take such nction. Coupled with it is tho interesting interest-ing statement that as a personal campaign cam-paign contribution tho profits of the Commoner, over and abovo actual running run-ning expenses, will be turned over to tho Democratic national committee. |