Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1908 — BRYANHASABIGSTICK [ARTICLE]

BRYANHASABIGSTICK

Says, However, That the Weapon Will Be Relegated to “Innocuous Desuetude.” Hl PREFERS TO RULE BY LOVE Talka of Making Speeches to Some Applicants for Spell-Binding. I- - - Taft Has no Comment Now to Make on the Nebraskan’s Acceptance Orat ion—Denies a Discord Story. I Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14.—invitations to visit various sections of the country and deliver speeches come thick and fast upon William Jennings Bryan. California's request for a visit pgaln was pressed upon him by Charles Edelman, of San Francisco, (with the result that the Democratic candidate Is giving the matter serious cons'deration. Readville, Mass., wants him there August 25 to witness the trotting Derby, the first event of the kind, it Is said, ever to occur in the United States. But as Bryan on that day will be in Indianapolis he, of course, was compelled to decline. Hopes to Make Speeches South. Through Henry C. Clayton and R. H. Walker, Montgomery, Ala., expressed its desire 'for his presence August 19. Bryan expressed a desire to again go south. He said that he always had been cordially received there, and was greatly Indebted to the southern people for their uniform support and kindness, but that the campaign was too young at this time for him to make any definite announcement as to what his engagements shall be on that date. He hoped that after a conference with the national commit-, tee he might be able to go to Montgomery, and possibly some other points in the southern jstates, in response to numerous invitations. “Big Stick” for Ornament Only. A notable incident of the day was the presentation to Bryan by several hundred farmers from Otoe county, Nebraska, of a “big stick” gourct, grown in this state. It is about five feet in length and easily might be taken for the original, if there ever was one, which has been so generally caricatured It bore the inscription, “Billy’s Big Stick," painted in large, black letters. Bryan, although expressing his thanks for the gift, declared that if elected to the presidency the I “big stick” would not be wielded, rather relying on his ability to lead people through their love than to control them through their fears. r Clayton Enjoyed That Dinner. Before leaving here Representative "Clayton gave out a statement complimenting Lincoln and its people for the hospitality shown by them, entirely non-partisan as it was. in the notification affair, and thanking the state and city officers for their part in that hospitality. Speaking of the dinner on the lawn at Fairview given to the notification committee • Clayton said: "We had a real good American homecooked dinner. There was no pretense of a menu, but 1 am glad to say we had plenty of good home victuals and mighty good water.”