The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-26

Lincoln, Neb. July 25.-Mr. BRYAN
said concerning the action at St. Louis:
w hen the Populists decided TO nomi-
nate Nice-President first Senator Jones.
chairman of the Democratic committee.
wired me as follows: 'Populists pomi
nate Nice-President first; if not Sewall.
what shall do! Answer quick. | favor
your declination in that case
II wired Immediately as follows: II
entirely agree with YOU. Withdraw my
name If Sewall is not nominated
These dispatches We're published in
tins mornings papers, and the convention
understood my position. In spite of this
they have seen fit to nominate me.
neither shall accept or not will depend
entirely upon what conditions are at
tached to 1T. My first desire is to aid in
securing the immediate Restoration bv
the United States of the free and unlimit.
eel coinage of gold and silver at the pres
ent ratio of l6 to without waiting for
the aud and consent of any other nation.
The Republican platform declares a BIZ
metallic system should be restored, but
asserts that we, as a people. are helpless
to secure bimetallism by ourselves until
foreign nations come to our assistance.
we cannot afford to surrender our right
TO ieSlslate for our people upon every
question, and so long as that right is dis
puted no other question can approach il
IN Importance. | appreciate the desire
manifested at st. Louis to consolidate all
Tree silver forces, and regret that they'did
not nominate Mr.. Sewall also. He stands
ssquareiy upon the Chicago platform, and
has defended our cause against greater
opposition than we have had to meet i'm
the West and South. The Populist plat
form is, on many questions, substantially
identical with the Chicago platform.
1t goes beyond the Chicago platform
however, and endorses some policies
winch do not approve of. All that /
can say now is that my action will depeud
entirely upon the conditions attached to
the nomination l shall do nothing
which will endanger the success of BIZ
metallsm, nor shall do anthing unfair
to Mr.. Sewallr
Assuming that the acceptance of the
nomination by you would be unfair to
Sewall, he was asked, chow could condi-
lions shape themselves so as to permit
you to accept;''
The question was adriotly evaded by
the Jocular remark that if all things now
perpleNlng were made plain it would be
an infringement upon the field of
journalistic conjecture. When the com
plcatlons that seem imminent because of
the seeming necessity of putting up two
49, va Ia ttti C!cCLtfS. IN case he rcmlln-
ed the candidate of the Populist party.
Mr. Bryan replied that this was one of
the difficulties which time must he trust
ed To remove
Mr. bryan was seemingly as cheerful
as he was when he received information
oil his first nomination at Chicago.
SEWALL Is SATISFIED.
New York, July GA dispatch to the
World from Bath, Maine, says In reply
TO II question as to his attitude and plans
in the new situation caused by the Popu
list nomination of Bryan and Watson,
Mr. Sewall said after a pause:
The only statement | have to make
is that the action of the ST. Louis con
vention does not change my attitude or
plans the least particle ,
You have not, then, the slightest
thought of resignation
Well, my answer To your first cues
ton covers that equally we'll, " said Mr..
Sewall.
And You have no further statements
OF any nature to make?n he was asked.
None, whatever" said Mr.. Sewall.
as he smiled Il good. humored good