The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
CHAIRMAN BRADLEY DRESSES
BUCK WALTON DOWN WITH A
VENGEANCE.
ALL SORTS OF TREASON CHARGED
Against Him-Bradlcy Is Inclined to
Believe That Walton Had Many Sc
cret Conferences With the "Aus-
tin Junta"-Scvere Searching

Dallas, Tex, Oct 7.-(Special. Pop
ulist headquarters issued the following
today:
"Hon. w. NJ. Walton, Austin, Tex
Dear Sir-Your favor of October 3 re-
ceivcd. Absence from the city and the
press of official Office work has prevented
an early reply. AS chairman of the peo-
pies party state executive committee,
| cheerfully accept your withdrawal
from our state ticket as a candidate for
attorney general.
SIN accepting your resignation permit
me to call your attention. to the circum-
stances attending your nomination at
Galveston and your attitude towards
our party for the past six or seven weeks.
AT the Galveston convention it was
whispered among the delegates that you
had Il speech prepared that would ere
ate sensation; that you were going to
come out for Bryan and Sewall. Had
this speech been made by you, a nomina-
ton for any office at the hands of our
party would have been impossible.
Strong opposition began to spring up
against you, until |, myself, began to
doubt your sincerity as a populist. The
question was asked you in my presence
if you were going to vote for Bryan and
Sewall, and you replied that you would
not; that you had never made such u
statement. was satisfied, believed
you to be an honest man and went to
work to prevent any opposition to your
nomination. Your friends assured us
and the other delegates to said conven-
ton that you We're too high minded and
honorable to allow your name to go be-
fore the convention if it was your in
tenton to realgn yourself with demo-
cratic party.
Shortly after your nomination you
were invited to and did address the
populists of Van Xandt county. In that
speech it was said you openly advocated
Bryan and Scwall and was called down
and not allowed to speak further.
could not credit the report and wrote
You concerning it, and received from
YOU substantial denial Of the charge.
At meeting of our state committee,
September 10. it was only by my earn
est entreaty that the committee was
kept from calling for your resignation
from the ticket. 1t was then and there
understood that you would resign and
that you had decided positively to join
the democratic party before you were
nominated ut Galveston. ! did not be-
lievc it. and finally succeeded in having
the following resolution, a copy of which
| at once sent to you, passed, and which
could be understood as applying to any
of the other candidates as well as your
self:
Resolved. That the chairman, j. 5.
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rious candidates on the state ticket to |
20 at once into the field and make Wig |
Drous and thorough canvass or resign. |
81 now see that the committee was
right and | was wrong. l also desire |
TO call your attention to the further |
fact that the Austin correspondent of !
he News stated some two weeks since |
hat you were preparing letter of with
travail and that you, of your own mo-
ion. wired me that the report was alb
;olutely false. | gave this telegram TO
he press and defended you. and tried
o place you in the proper light before
,ur people. After receiving letter from
'ou urging that appointments be made
md telegram stating that you were
eady for active party work, | billed you
our weeks of consecutive party work.
You filed one appointment and then
wired that you were on your way to
Dallas and would see me, and then, in
he morning, wired me that you sent a
etter of Withdrawal.
cit was freely charged at our commit.
ee meeting that you would resign and
hat you had agreed to do so in advance
f your nomination; that you had spent
Iours in secret conference with the head
f the Austin junta,' and that the whole
hing was prearranged. ! defended you
rom the charge at the time, but now
IN inclined to believe the statement w2sI