Show A SILVER LINING eight districts doubtful in pennsylvania A story of the convention as told of bryan by an intimate friend and democratic leader washington aug 6 mr chauncey F blac and mr kerr ex clerk of the house both bisti DRuis bed democrats of pennsylvania were today claiming that the democrats would hivo at least eight of the districts in that state after the next election instead of two as represented by in abe fifty fourth congress the districts thus claimed are the thirteenth eighth twenty sixth third seventeenth nineteenth and the Sc district both these gentlemen assert that the growth of the freo silver sentiment ie something unprecedented and that all the mining sections of the state will give support to abe democratic ticket hitherto unheard of in abe history of abe politics of pennsylvania representative mercer secretary of abe republican congressional campaign committee who returned from cape may found sufficient in his mail to justify the jubilant expression he wore during tho greater part of the afternoon you would probably not believe it unless you understood the populists of nebraska aa I 1 do he said but the fact is that a very vigorous fight is being waged against mr bryan by the lists on the protection question alone great many letters have reached here during my absence appealing for protective tariff many 0 these letters came from populists whom I 1 know and they are all opposing bryan on account of his free trade proclivities the people of nebraska believe in pro lection and I 1 believe that that issue will become dominant before long it certainly will as the people get over the spell which has been thrown over them by the free silver campaign that has been inaugurated with eo much gusto in some Bec tiona of the west the fact that mr bryan represents a free trade sentiment ie not helping hie cause even among those who favor him on account of hie monetary views it a long time before election day and many changes will come before then every day tees the silver craze crowing less and lets brilliant in the west A prominent democratic leader who attended the convention at chicago told interesting story this evening at Demo fralic headquarters of abe character of bryan those who attended the convention will remember that on abe night when the speeches were concluded there was a hurried consultation of the friends of mr bland and the determination was reached that a motion to adjourn be put and carried it was apparent to senator jones gov and sever other distinguished gentlemen favoring the nomination of the missouri candidate that abe nomination mr bryan almost ertain and this adjourn ment was deemed essential in order to gather the somewhat scattered forces together and reestablish the broken caused bythe rapidly growing sentiment for abe brilliant young ne bra A personal friend rf mr bryan learning of tho intention of mr jones to move an adjournment quietly sought out mr caryan and urged him to ue hia influence to prevent this action assuring him that it he did his nomination would be secured that night then which is made public or ahe first time in these dispatches no eaid mr apyan if what we may be abafo to do tonight will not wait until to were better for the country that it should not be done at all let us sleep over it and let the contention act tomorrow in the calmness that after a night of rest this taid abe gentleman who related the incident ahola the character ot the man he had at that moment the nomination for presidency the within hia graep groep and anything thai would look as if ho was attempting to seize tho prize after which groat men have with laudable ambition in vain when hie action became known bland men they saw in the maa whom they then believed would be their candidate such etring character that it lessened the abing of their and mr Br yinto the topmost notch in abe estimation of every dolegala de legala to that great |