The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-11
DIsous1rp WITH BRYAN.
Chairman Jones, or tho DrrorrstIe CONF
mittcr, In tiIe nn,Mn,.

mittrr, In the Dump.
Il CHICAGO, Sept l0.-rhc nearer the
election approaches the moro complete
Is the decentralization OF the silver Dem.
ocrats. Chairman Jones has told his
friends that no Is both diigustri nnl
dishehrtencd with the manner In which
The campaign plans arc being pulled
10, pieces by those most Interested In
upholdlng them, and has practically
come TO tho conclusion that Bryan IN
already defeated, Bryan has, accord
Ing to the stories told, deliberately L.
porcd tho Nplana OF the advisory COM
mittce, has refused 10 listen to lty
requests and has taken the bit In his
teeth, doing Ms he himself thinks best
and Stumbling the political leaders and
friends who nrG trying to manage his
campaign. Chairman Jones, It Is sntd.
hereafter VIII have ms little to do with
5rynn as he can help. und the modern
Don ouixote may. 50 far an hcadauar-
ters Is concerned, pcrambulatc the
country Mt hts own free Will. One OF the
tfse silver lenders who Is close to the
national chairman, but whose position
makes him lnsistent on the Withholding
OF Ills name, confesses that Senator
Jones Is more than distressed ut Dry.
ans course, Said he:
We realize that the silver campalgn
has reached crucial stagc, and the
FAILURE OF Bryan TO appreciate the
gravity or the crisis Is extremely en-
barrasSing to US. The Vernon, result
demonstrates that we need not expect
any electoral votes In the east, and TO
win we must have either Indiana or
Michigan, as well rs all the southern
states aud all those west OF the Mis-
souri, river.
We no longer count on Iowa, Wlscon.
sin. Illinois and Ohio. Now the situa-
ton has been complicated, especially
In the south, by the nomination Of the
Indianapolis ticket, and confidential
ndviCes Indicate that In Tennessee, AL
abama and Kentucky, unless we can
bring about fusion with the Popu-
lists on electors. the sound money Dem
ocratic detection VIII be heavy enough
to give those states TO Mckinley.
But this fusion cannot be brought.
about except upon Bryan-WatSOn
ticket, and Chairman Jones Is rapidly
coming around TO that opinion.
But the trouble is that Bryan wants
the New York state convention 10 in
dorse the ticket. While In the east ls
was given TO understand very clearly
that this would not be done were Sew
all TO retire,
Notwithstanding his dcnIals, the real
motive for the senator giving out the
Sewlll letter to Bryan last week was
hts belief that Bryan would, OF his own
vol!tiGn, take some action In the Wat
son imbroglio: but he proved as stub
born on this as on other points.
Now, here we nre within less than a
month OF the date on which. under the
law In most OF the states. the electoral
tickets must be certified to the secre-
taries OF state.
II Bryan Is going to walt until after
the New York convention. and Sewall
Is then TO be replaced by Watson, only
a couple OF weeks will remain to US TO
arrange the details OF fusion In half
dozen states.
am satisfied myself that Watson
Is to be substituted for Scwall on the
national ticket. but the complications
l have outlined may put US into an
uncomfortable hole. II may be comfort
Ing 10 our enemies, but II isn't to US.
And II all comes OF Bryan bOSsing
his counselors, instead Of allowing
them. with their superior Knowledge
and numbers. to boss him. He might
learn thing or two from McKinley's
course In this campaign. But he isn't
being taught. He thinks he knows Il
al and am inclined 10 the belief that
Senator ones. hereafter, will let him do
the thinking.