Show BRYAN 3 nomination this U likely story told in a very likely mariner manner comes come from washington D C daj nils ens nomination was no so BO far ar as a he and hl friends are were con berned when he stood up to make hia eventful lie he A ni throwing boadt d dice which itch had been prepared pearl two fears ears before the boy orator had assisted his friends in ili putting pulling the m irs for mm min months and ever very nio move e in tit the e bame had jacen biren cut atit I 1 his hie I 1 information was wa cut outlined lined lit in no nc braka during the week weck pi exceeding ece eding dec clec ton an I 1 the authority for or the alor t aorl Is A no less a person than james C dal I 1 man chairman ot the wile flie c central committee of Nt brAski mr mir bryans bry ins confidential political ado er cr and frient lie gae agne l m to print the stori blon after election and mein while aery statement lie he madl mn na ve rifled from 0 tier her so the aloi oil proving conclusively that ll lam ji aings bryan knew he mas as pining for high stakes when lie he made lili ilk ct ci ie berated cross of gold patch at tile the clit cago convention lie ile was not only fully aware ot of the plans ot of his nebraska friends but was c consulted at every stage and ton on ht hi alone depended the anal Maneu vre which set secured tired tor hanl the opportunity to speak juat at the right time lime to capture the convent convention lon the story as told by chairman dahlman supplemented by the statements of others bears bearg the impression of truth on its it face and can easily be verified bany one who cares to do so the bryan committees scheme was to get the closing speech jones and the other managers fell into the trap they linew knew bryan was a clever speaker and were perfectly willing to wind up their case with some fl fireworks reworks the tit division islon of time was made and or br an was as given the last speech and the plotters went to work convinced that the scheme was certain ot of success su cess they knew that hill and the others would talk long and earnestly and tire out the galleries and the delegates the convention was for silver by an overwhelming majority and all that thai was was to light the spark and have the fuse handy dahlman hd come to chicago two or three days before the convention to set up the pins ping its soon goon as the delegation was seated he and others began quietly to talk up bryan dahlmann Dah linan himself went to dan of north carolina hoke smiths secretary and urged him film to keep keel out of the bland boles and mclean camps louisiana and one lie or two other states were similarly visited and given a tip to be ready then the schemers began to ninke make overtures to illinois they did their best beat to capture altgeld but could as a COMP nothing the had enough scattering delegates delegat cB however hoa ever to make sure that neither bland boles matthews nor mclean could secure the nomination all went well and j just t t as it ft had been arranged tit the e jiing 0 t ing orator front from nebraska Ne briska had ila been pre paring tor for the event tor for months lie ile had his speech well in hand and lie he knew that he was wa not expected to make a logical argument for silver liver but a brilliant explosion of oratorical fireworks for or the express purpose of capturing the crowd and when william jennings bran it an sat eat dom down n he knew that the die had been thron thrown n that the nomination was within his fits grasp and m with ith it the possibility 0 of the presidency enc itself |