Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-19
TELLER WRITES ID BRYAN He CongratuIateS the Nominee
 and the Country. OFFERS TO TAKE THE STUMP MT. and Mrs. Bryan Have Quiet Day-There Were Several Prominent Callers All
 the Same.

Lincoln, Neb., July 1S.-Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have settled down into the quiet of their home life again after the excite ment of the past ten days, and expect to get week or two of rest before the real business of the campaign begins. Both slept late today, for the long journey of yesterday and the ordeal of last night had been very severe. After breakfast they sat down at the big desk in their little library and began an attack on the 5000 letters and telegrafns that had been received by the democratic candidate since his nomination. These 'epistles were nearly all congratulatory in character Among them was the following letter from Senator Teller:
 Denver, Col, July 15.
 Hon. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.- Dear Sir: l congratulate you on your nomination at Chicago. I think the country is to be congratulated also. I need not assure you that your nomina- tion was more than satisfactory to me. I think we shall be able to consolidate all the friends of free coinage in your support, and if we do this l believe you will be elected, although 1 do not over look the tremendous power that will be arrayed against us in this campaign. All the power of money and organized wealth, corporations and monopolies of
 
 on our side, and this is the cause of the people. It is contest for industrial in dependence and for freedom from the domination of foreign powers and for eign capital and it does not seem poss- ble that in such a contest before the American people that justice should fail and wrong prevail. l do not believe we shall fail. I think I can promise you the cordial support of the western masses who have heretofore acted with the re- publican party, and if you get that I think that all of the western, coast and inter-mountain states will be with you
 q will not offer any suggestions to you save to advise you that you were nom mated without pledges of favor or priv iiege to any one, that you maintain that position and make no pledges or prom ises, so that you may go into the great office of president of the United States without the embarrassment that follows pledges and promises, even if they are, as may be, properly carried out.
 SIt will afford me pleasure to place my self at the disposition of the national committee, to make such speeches in your behalf as my health will permit, where and when they may think it will do good. I am, very respectfully,
 "H. M. TELLER" Down town. .quarters have been secured for MT. Bryah at the Lincoln, and here he will receive visiting delegations and conduct most of the business relating to the campaign. The rooms are on the second floor of the hostelry, and were selected and leased by Lincoln supporters of MT. Bryan without his knowledge. Much of the work of answering core spondence will be attended to, however at his home on D street, where he will have the assistance of Mrs. Bryan. MT Bryan had a number of callers to- day, principally old Lincoln friends, who had not had the opportunity of seeing him last night. His most important visit | ors were T. M. Patterson, editor of the | Rocky Mountain News of Denver, and | G. M. Hitchcock, editor of the World | Herald of Omaha, MT. Bryan's own | paper. MT. Patterson will be one of the | Bryan workers at the populist conven- | ton in St. Louis. He is a delegate-at- | large to that convention from Colorado and stopped over in Lincoln en route to St. Louis MT. Patterson assured MT Bryan that he would get 80 per cent of all the votes cast in Colorado in the presi- dential contest. The democrats, he said were a unit for Bryan, and he would re- ceive a majority of the populist and a goodly number of republican votes.
 Senator Allen of Nebraska, who will direct the effort to secure the indorSe- ment of MT. Bryan's candidacy. by the populists at St. Louis, is expected to call on the nominee tonight or tomorrow. One of the callers today was G. F. Washburn of Boston, member of the national com mittee of the populist party from Massa- chusetts. This afternoon MT. Bryan re- ceived the following telegram from For sythe, Mon.:
 -Four state bimetallist and populist delegations on board the train, all favor able to you E. HOAGE,
 "Delegate from Oregon"