Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-07-30
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HE WILL NOT SuPPHT THE PoPU-
LIST PLATFORM.
The Democratic Nominee Declares
Thaf He VIII Discuss Only the
1ssues Outlined An the Chicago
Platform - The populisf Conven
ton Leayes the situation q LitteI
Uncertain.

the P0puliSts of the Democratic nomi-
nee for vice president. the nomination
of Mr.. Watson for that position and
the nomination OF MIR. Bryan after
the Democratic nominee had stated
TINT he did not want the nomination
without Sewal, have made a peculiar
situation.
None of the wiseacres pretend 10
predict what the result will be. Wheth-
er q fusion "a he arranged or upon
what basis, is. OF course. speculated
upon. The shrewdest of the political
observers, and those who are most
anxious for a union of the silver
forces, can see this result only in the
withdrH wal of n of the vice presi-
DENTAL candidates. There is. as there
has been for Some days. talk OF Sew
AIS voluntary Withdrawal but after
the stand Mr.. BRYAN and Senator
Jones have taken this is not colsid-
cred probable. II is strongly init
mated that Watson may be induced 10
withdraw in the interest OF such n
union. IL should be said. however,
that this lis Unlimited by those who
wish Ii most. by comforting upon the
national Populist committee p~lenary
powers, those Who are SO earnestly
striving fs an actual consolidation of
the strength OF the silver forces Gre
ated the machinery by Which any SORT
of terms ear he arranged. Rut what
viii happen the future alone can tell.
A man who read the Telegram from
Mr.. BRYAN TO senator Jones gives the
following MS the substance Of the docu-
ment about which there was 40 much
-, a. ,~1 u,-s-aw4 av.Ew A. 49,
day of the Populisi convention. What
is suhioined InaE he relied upon rs
being substantially correct:
CONSIDERING aIl the circumstances
and conditions" wired Mr.. BRYAN, 81
have concluded that the Fopulist con-
ventian should moi consider my name
for the presidency. hut If 1t determines
TO nominate ne Notwithstanding this
declaration, taat thcre nay he no mis-
understanding. 2 9esire in advance TO
say that j shall not during the cam-
paign discuss any otler issues than
those outlined in the Chicago plaff0raa.
! desire. above everything else. to he
instrumental in having enacted into
the laws OF thc Omitted States the free
and unlimited coinage Of gold and sill
Yer at the present ratio of JIG TO i
without awaiting the consent of any
other country"
MIR. Bryan Talks.
lincoln. Neb., July 2a-Mr. Bryan
said to-day:
Il appreciate the desire manifested
al ST. Louis TO consolidate all the free
silver forces and regret that they did
not nominate Mr.. SewaIl also. He
stands squarely up0n the Chicago plat
form, and has defended our cause
against greater orpasltiOn than we
have had to meet In the West and
South. The Topulist platform is on
many questions substantially identical
with the Chicago platform. however.
and indorses SONS policies which / do
not approve of. An I can say now is
that my actiun win derend entirely
upon the con6rtiaas attached Ia tile
nomination. ! slail 40 nothing which
shall enaancer tho success OF blmetal
sp 9 shan ] do anything unfair TO
Mr.. SewaIL."
Assuming That the acceptance of
the nor inaficn ~ vou would be I'M
fair to Mr.. ScwaH." was asked him,
'h0w could conditions shape them
selves 50 rs TO permit yen to acceptg"
The eresticn was adroitly evaded
by the locular remark that If all
things now peIllexinc were made
PLAIN ii would he au infringement
upon tie field CT journalistic conject-
urc. Wien tie complications that
seem imminent because OF the seeming
necessity OF putting up two sets of
BRYAN clcotcrS IN the case he remained
the candidate or tive Popnlist party
were r. erred TO Mr.. Bryan replied
that this was one of the difficulties
which Sire rus he trusted 10 remove.
Mr.. E,fyan was seemingly as cheerful
over The stttati0L as be was when he
rece we'd Information of his first nom
ination N Chicago.
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