The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-04
BRAGG NOT BITTER.
He Thinks Geography, Not
Politics, Prevented His
Nomination.
WILL FIGHT FOR PALMER
The Illinois Nestor Did Nothing
Dishonorable in Accepting
First Place on the
Ticket.
DELEGATES GOING HOME
The Gold Candidates Begin the
Journey Together-OommeDts
on the Ticket.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. T. 1885,
Both of the nominees of the Sound Money
Democratic Convention left town, and
nearly all of the delegates and Others who
were in attendance departed during the
day. All outgoing trains during the night
were crowded and the early morning
trains today carried full compliments.
Senator Palmer and General Buckner
went to the depot together, but took DIFF
ferent trains. The Alabama delegations
band accompanied them. In Senator
Palmer's party were Mrs. Palmer and a
number of friends. They go to Springfield,
THE home of the nominee. General Buck
ner was accompanied by dozen Ken
tuclzians who will help him stir up the
people of his own State. General Bragg
left with the Wisconsin delegation late
last night. He takes his defeat phflo-
sopflically and declares himself heart and
soul for the ticket nominated yesterday.
Comptroller Eckels, John P. Irish, Col
onel Fellows and other leaders of prom
inence who remained over last night. left
today. They were all enthusiastic for the
ticket and predicted big vote for it in
November.
General Edward S. Bragg, of Wiscon-
sin, goes away from the convention with
out any feeling of resentment or sore
ness, although the defeated candidate for
nomination for the highest office in the
gift of the people of the United States
General Bragg regards his defeat as due
In a large measure to the misfortunes
of geographical location, for, had the
Presidential situations in Illinois and Wis
consin been reversed, he thinks he would
have been the choice of the convention
General Bragg has no charges of
treachery to make. Some people have
been inclined to believe that Senator Villas
was not as enthusiastic as he might
have been in support of the General, and
that he was at heart opposed to his
nomination. 1t is certain, however, that
Mr.. Villas did nothing to interfere with
the success of the movement in General
Braggs behalf.
General Palmer came to Indianapolis as
Bragg man, and General Bragg mad the
public assurance of the former that he
would not permit the use of his name
He did not permit it, but he was non1i-
mated in spite of that, and General Bragg
does not feel that he violated any ethi-
cal principle in accepting the nomination
under the circumstances.
Chairman w. D. Bynum of the National
Committee of the Sound Money Demo-
cratic Party, announced this morning that
the headquarters will be located in Chi
eago, with branch in New York. This
decision was reached at conference of
leaders in the movement held in the quar-
ters of the National Committee at the
Grand Hotel this forenoon. There had
been strong talk of locating the head
quarters here and the Indianapolis papers
this morning announced it as a settled
fact that the selection of Mr.. Bynum
meant that the headquarters of the
Sound Money Democrats viii remain
where it has been from the first No
reason for the change has been announc-
ed, but it is probably due to the fact that
an Illinois man is at the head of the
ticket 1t is conceded by the active men
in the movement that the main fight is
TO be made in the States of Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and
Wisconsin, and Chicago was decided to
be the best location from which to di-
rect the campaign.
Mr.. Bynum will name the Executive
Committee of the National Committee in
a few days and active work will be be-
gun.