The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-28
and would like to speak to Senator

ana would like to speak to Senator
Jones'
Senator Jones came to the key and
the following telegram was sent to
Bryan:
Hon. w. ]. Bryan: The convention
will surely nominate you Your friends
seem to be in the majority. They are
about ready to proceed to a ballot
To this Mr. Bryan sent substantially
the reply that was contained in the dis
patch sent out from Chicago by the
Associated Press Sunday night. At the
conclusion of the paragraph ending
with the words:
American people cannot afford to
surrender the right to legislate for
themselves on all questions. and so long
as the right is disputed it surpassed all
other questions in Importance" Sen
ator Jones
INTERRUPTED Mr.. BRYAN'S MES
SAGE,
with a query as to whether it would
be advisable to make such a statement
to the convention. Then the remainder
of the dispatch was sent by Bryan
practically the same as sent out by
the Associated Press, either in answer
to Senator Jones question or as con-
tfnuation of Mr.. Bryan's statement
To this Senator Jones replied:
ITO Hon. ". ]. Bryan think your
position has been clearly stated, and
that it is clearly and fully understood.
I wiz. urge our friends to read your
statement
At this juncture a message was sent
to the convention hall over another
wire to Governor Stone, asking him to
come and get Mr. Bryan's telegram, in
order that it might be read to the con-
vention before the ballot was taken.
Governor Stone got the telegram and
hurried to the convention hall, where
the scene between him and Senator
Allen, of Nebraska, who was chairman
of the convention, was enacted.
SUBSEQUENT 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 at the Auditorium Mr.. Bryan sent
this:
To General ]. K. Jones:-Both friends
and opponents are entitled to perfect
candor and frankness upon my part
and | think the statement should be
read, so that no criticism can arise
hereafter"
Before the consultation over the
wire was brought to close Senator
Jones sent a telegram asking Mr.
Bryan if he VS. employing all the
assistants necessary to carry on his
work.
If you are not, employ the neces-
sarv help. and l will foot the bills
was the way the dispatch closed.
Mr.. Bryan replied:
q am employing necessary help.
wish you Wolld come here as soon as
convenient again. There are several
questions which l must consult with
you about. You need only stay one
day"
Here is the answer Senator Jones
sent:
Hon. w. j. Bryan: 1 think the
convention will adjourn this after
noon. If so, 1 will leave for Lincoln
immedia tely. j. K. JON Els.
After the failure to have the tele-
grams read to the convention, Mr.
Bryan is said TO have wired Senator
Jones to give them to the St. Louis
papers and to the Associated Press
in order that they might be given as
wide publicity as possible. To this
both Senator Jones and Governor
Stone dissented Senator Jones was
going away on the o'clock train, so
the matter was turned over TO Gov
ernor Stone. VINO had
ANOTHER CONFAB WITH MR..
BRYAN.
The latter urged that his statement
be given to the press. but Governor
Stone said it would not be polite, and
that his case was in the hands of his
friends, who would do what they be-
lieved 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 1t is due to myself and the
members of the Populist party that 1
treat them with perfect candor," is the
tenor of one of Mr.. Bryan's dispatches
to the Missouri governor
But the information was withheld
from the press.