The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-28
BRYAN TO JONES.
Substance of the TeIegrams Which
They Exchanged.

substance of the kilograms Which
They Exchanged.
ST. LOUIS, July 27.-The Republic
tomorrow will say: Mr.. Bryan's tele-
gram declining to allow his name to
go before the Peoples party conven-
ton and the conversation that was
carried on between him and Senator
Jones, chairman of the national COM
mittee, on Saturday were not made
public, it is said, because Senator
Jones and Gov. Stone, of Missouri. saw
ut to suppress them. Early Saturday
afternoon Senator Jones wired Mr.
Bryan that his friends in the conven-
ton intended to nominate him, if pos
sible, in spite of his telegram Of the
previous evening declining to accept
the nomination if Mr.. SewalI was not
nominated for vice president, Senator
Jones had previously notified Mr.. Bry-
an that Watson had been nominated
for vice president.
About 3 o'clock an operator in the
Western Union Telegraph office at
Lincoln, Nebraska, the home of the
Democratic 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 follow
ing telegram was sent to 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
dispatch sent out from Chicago Sun
day night. At the conclusion of the
paragraph ending with the words
American people cannot afford to sur
render the right to legislate for them
selves on all questions, and so long as
the right is disputed it surpasses all
other questions in Importance" Sena-
tor 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
ouO, either in answer to Senator Jones'
question or as a continuation of Mr.
Bryan's statement. To this Senator
Jones replied:
I think your position has been clearly
stated, and that 1t is clearly and fully under
stood. will urge our friends to read your
statement.
AT this juncture a message was sent
to the convention hall over. another
wire to Gov. Stone, asking him to come
at once and get Mr.. Bryan's telegram
in order that it might be read to the
convention before the ballot was taken
Gov Stone got the telegram and hur-
ried to the convention hall where the
scene between he and Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, who was chairman of the
convention, was enacted.
Subsequent developments indicate
that neither Gov. Stone nor Senator
Jones thought 1t would be good policy
to read the telegram to the convention.
While this was going on at the Audi
torium, Mr.. Bryan sent this:
Both friends and opponents are entitled to
perfect candor and frankness upon my part
and I think the statement should be read
so that no criticism can arise hereafter.
Before the consultation over the wire
was brought to a close Senator Jones
sent telegram asking Mr.. Bryan If
he was employing all the assistance
necessary to carry on his work eff
you are not, employ the necessary help
and l will foot the bills,'' was the wav
the dispatch closed. Mr. Bryan replied:
Am employing necessary help. wish YOU
would come here soon as convenient again
There are several questions about which I
day. W + BRYAN
Here is the answer sent by Senator Jones.
l think convention will adjourn this after
noon If so, l will leave for Lincoln imme-
diately. j. K Jones'
After the failure to have the tele-
grams read to the convention, Mr. Bry-
an is said to have wired Senator Jones
to give them to the ST Louis papers in
order that they might be given as wide
publicity as possible. To this both
Senator Jones and Gov. Stone dissent
ed. Senator Jones was going away on
the o'clock train, so the matter was
turned over to Gov. Stone, who had
another confab with Mr.. Bryan. The
latter urged that his statement be
given to the press, but Gov. Stone said
1t would not be polite and that 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 dis
patches to the Missouri governor The
information was held from the press.