The herald., 1896-07-28
Candidate Bryan Acted With
Perfect CandOr
JONES WAS RESPONSIBLE
For the Failure to Present a Positive
Decinati0n
Campaign Notes From Various OuarteAs
Show the Silver Men to Be Active
ana AGGRESSIVE,
Associated Press Special Wire,

Associated Press Special Wire.
ST, LOUIS, July 27.-The Republic to-
morrow will say:
Mr.. Bryan's telegram declining to al
low his name to go before the Populist
convention and the CONVERSATION that
was carried on between hirh and Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee on Saturday were not
made public, it Is said, because Senator
Jones and Governor Stone saw fit to sup
press them. Early Saturday afternoon
Senator Jones wired Mr.. Bryan that his
friends in the convention intended to
nominate him, in spite of his telegram of
the previous evening, declining to ac-
cept the nomination if Mr.. Sewall was
not nominated for the vice presidency
Senator Jones had previously notified
Mr.. Bryan that Watson had been nomi-
mated for vice president. About 3
o'clock an operator in the Western Union
office at Lincoln, the home of the Demo-
cratic candidate for president, called up
the st. Louis office and said that Mr.
Bryan was there and would like to speak
to Senator Jones.
Senator Jones came to the key and the
following telegram was sent to Bryan:
Hon. William j. Bryan: The conven-
tion will surely nominate you. Your
friends seem to be in the majority. They
are about 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 AS
sociated Press Sunday night. At the
conclusion of the paragraph ending with
the words: American people cannot af-
ford to surrender the right to legislate
for themselves on all questions, and 50
long as the right is disputed it surpasses
all other questions in Importance" Sem
ator Jones interrupted Mr.. Bryan's mes
sage with 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 (prac-
tically the same as sent out by the AS
sociated Press)either in answer to Sena-
tor Jones question or as continuation
of Mr.. Bryan's statement. To this Sem
ator Jones replied:
"Tp Hon. w. J. Bryan: 1 think your
proposition has been clearly stated and
that it is clearly and fully understood
L will urge our friends to read your
statement"
AT this juncture 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 convention
before the ballot was taken. Governor
Stone got the telegram and hurried to
the convention hall where the scene be-
tween him and Mr.. 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 audito-
RUM, Mr.. Bryan sent this:
'"To Gen. J. K. Jones: Both friends and
opponents are entitled to perfect candor
and frankness upon my part, and 1
think the statement should be read. 10
that no criticism can arise hereafter"