The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-30
THOSE BRYAN TELEGRAMS.
Just What Passed Between Him and
Senator Jones ut st. Louis.

st. Louis, July 27.-The Republic vii
| say tomorrow.
Mr.. Bryan's telegram declining to L.
his name 90 before the peoples party
and the correspondence that was carrie,
on between him and Chairman .IOnc
were not made public, it is said because
Senator Jones and Governor Stone o
Missouri, saw fit to suppress them
Early Saturday, after the convention
Senator Jones wired Mr.. Bryan that hi
friends in the convention intended t.
nominate him if possible in spite of hi
/ telegram of the previous evening dcclin
| ing to accept the nomination if Mr.
Sewall was not nominated for vice pres
| dent Senator Jones had previously mott
fed Mr.. Bryan that Watson had been
| nominated for vice president.
About ) o'clock an operator in the
Western Union Lincoln office called W
the ST. Louis Office and said Mr.. Bryan
was there and would like to speak to
Mr.. Jones.
The following telegram was then sent
to Mr.. Bryan:
"The convention will surely nominate
you. Your friends are in majority.
They are about ready to ballot"
TO this Mr.. Bryan telegraphed Il reply
substantially the same as that sent out
Sunday night from Chicago. AT the
conclusion of the paragraph ending with
the words: 1.-THE American people can
not afford to surrender the right to egis-
late for themselves on all questions, and
as long as the right is disputed the ques-
ton SURPRISES all others in Importance
Senator Jones interrupted Mr.. Bryan's
message with a query as to whether it
would be advisable to make such state
ment to the convention.
Then the remainder of the dispatch
was sent by Mr.. Bryan.
TO this Senator Jones replied; Il
think your position has been clearly
stated and that it is clearly and fully
understood. | will urge our friends to
read your statement
AT this juncture Il message was sent
to Governor Stone ut convention hall
asking him to come at once and get Mr..
Bryan's telegram in order that it might
be read to the convention before the bal
lot was taken. Governor Stone got the
telegram and hurried to the convention
hall, where the scene between him and
Senator Allen was enacted. Suisse
quent developments indicate that neither
Governor Stone nor Senator Jones
thought it would be good policy to read
the telegram to the convention. While
this was going on Mr. Bryan sent this:
ITO Senator Jones-Both friends and
opponents are entitled to perfect candor
and frankness on my part, and ! think
the statement should be read so that no
criticism can be made hereafter.
wv. J. BRYAN"
After the failure to have the telegram
read, Mr.. Bryan is said to have wired
Mr.. Jones to give them to the st. Louis
papers and the Associated Press in order
that they might be given as wide pub
licity as possible. To this both Senator
Jones and Governor Stone disSentcd.
Senator Jones was going to Lincoln on
the O'Clock train. So the matter was
turned over to Governor Stone, who had
another consultation with Mr.. Bryan.
The latter urged that his statement be
given to the press, but Governor Stone
said it would not be polite and his case
was in the hands of his friends, who
would do what they believed to be the
most polite thing to do as they viewed
the situation from the field of battle.
Il will bow to the wishes of my
friends, but it is due to myself and the
members of the populist party that |
treat them with perfect candor." is the
tenor of one of Mr.. Bryan's messages
to Governor Stone. But the information
WAS withheld from the press