Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-04
Silver Nominee Writes Formal Letter to
Chairman Allen.
BRYAN AGREES TO HEAD P0PULlST TICKET
Says He Can DO So Without Departing
from Chicago Platform.
HIS TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLES PARTY
Tells Them They Have Always Championed
the Free Silver Orazo.
S TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLES PARTY
HALF THE LETTER AN APPEAL FOR UNION
Candidate Urges His Diversified Fol.
lowers to stand nnd Fight To-
gethcr to Make Him Press
idcnt of the Country.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3.-On his arrival here
candidate Bryan gave out for publication
the following letter OF acceptance of the nom
ulist nomination for president:
Hon. William V. Allen, Chairman. and
Others, Members of the Notification Conn
mittee of the Peoples Party: Gentlemen
The nomination of the peoples party for
the presidency of the United States has been
rendered me in such Il generous spirit and
upon such honorable terms. that | am able
to accept the same without departing from
the platform adopted 10y the democratic ma
tional conventional at Chicago | fully ap-
preciate the breadth of patriotism which
has actuated the members of the peoples
party, who, in order to consolidate the sem
timent in favor Of bimetallsm have been
wiling to go outside OF party lines and
support as their candidate one already nomi-
mated by the democratic party and also
by the silver party
i also appreciate the fact that while. dur
ing all the years since 1873. large major
lty OF the democratic party, and considerable
minority OF the republican party, have been
consistent advocates of the free coinage
OF silver at the present ratio, yet ever since
the organization of the peoples party its
members have unanimously supported such
coinage as the only means of restoring BIZ
metalllsm. BY persistently pointing out the
disastrous effects of gold standard, and
protesting against each successive step to-
ward financial bondage, the populists have
eNerted an important influence in awaken-
ing the public to realization of the nation'a
peril.
TINE FOR ALL TO UNITE.
In time like this, when n great polit-
ical party is attempting to surrender tho
right to legis2te for ourselves upon the
financial question, and is seeking to bind
the American people to foreign monetary
system, it behooves us, as lovers of our
country and friends of American iustitu-
tions, to lay aside for the present such diff
terences as may exist among us on minor
questions in order that our strength may be
united in a supreme effort to wrest tho
government from the hands of those who
imagine that the nations finances are only
secure when controlled by few financiers,
and that national honor can only be main
tanned by servie acquiescence in any policy,
however destructive to the interests OF tho
people of the United States which foreign
creditors present or prospective, may desire
to force upon u.s. 1t Is a cause of con-
graduation that we have in this campaign
not only the support of democrats, populists
and republicans, who have all along believed
in independent bimetallism, but also the
active cooperation of those democrats and
republicans, who, having heretofore waited
for international bimetallsm, now join with
u.s. rather than trust the destinies OF the
nation in the hands of those who are hold
ing out the delusive hope of foreign aid,
while they labor secretly for the permanent
establishment of the single gold standard.
while difficulties always arise in the set
tlement of the details of any plan of co-op-
GRAFTON between distinct political organiza-
tions, / am sure that the advocates Of BIZ
metallism are SO intensely in earnest that
they will be able to devise some means by
which the free silver vote may be concen-
trated upon one electoral ticket in each
state To secure this result, charity toward
the opinions of others and liberality on the
sincere friends who are working toward a
common result always find it possible to
agree upon just and equitable terms. The
American people have proven equal to every
emergency which has risen in the past, and
/ am confident that in the present emer-
gency there will be antagonism between
the various regiments of the great
SION more dangerous to our welfare than
an army with banners,
Acknowledging with gratitude your eX-
pressions of confidence, ! am, very truly
yours, w. j. BRYAN"