Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-30

the convention could vote under
standingly. A delegate who was sit
ting near by, and who was evidently a
Bryan man, at once jumped to where
Davis was sitting and begged him not
to have the kilograms read or to al
low anything to be said about them.
| For some reason Davis, who had taken
a rather more conservative stand than
at any time previous to yesterday did
not make any effort to have the in
formation given out to the conven-
| ton.
SENATOR ALLEN ANGRY.
Tom Patterson demanded of Gov
ernor Stone that he read them any
how, but the Governor said that he
was not a delegate, and being a Dem
ocrat it would be presumptuous on his
part to interfere in any way with the
conduct of a PopulIst convention. He
said he had asked that the informa-
ton be given to the convention
through the proper channel and that
the request had been denied him.
This remark seemed to infuriate
SenatorAilen and he retorted fiercely:
"We are not ours, and We cannot be
treated in that way.''
Governor Stone then left the hal
and a few moments later Bryan was
nominated.
When asked about the remark by q
reporter for the Republic last night
Senator Allen said:
"Oh, | don't know what l said. ]
was a little bit hot, and | said what
ever it was perhaps a little shorter
than / would otherwise have made it
/ wanted to give Governor Stone te
understand that he was not running
that convention; that it was a Pop
ulist convention and not a Democratic
convention, and that We were run
ming it as we say fit"
When Senator Jones was seen in his
room at the Planters he said he haC
conversed at some length over s
leased wire with Mr.. Bryan, and hat
received his answer that he would moi
accept a nomination on a ticket or
which Mr.. Sewall was not the candi'
date for Vice President. He had the
copy of the kilograms as they passed
back and forth in his hand, but de-
clined to give them out for publIca'
ton. He said there was a great dea
in them that was of a strictly private
character and which would not in any
way interest the public.
A portion of the dispatches from
Lincoln, he said, we're of public inter
est, and he was considering theI
whether he should give them to the
newspapers. He thought he might d.
SO a little later.
"In my conversation with Mr.. Bry'
an," said Senator Jones, che asked
me to come to Lincoln at once for
conference with him. I have not seeI
Mrs. Jones since the Chicago Conven'
ton and | asked him why we coul(
not have it out right then and there
over the wire. He seemed to think j
would be better to have me come OF
there SO we could talk over matters il
connection with the campaign, 30
told him 1 would come. I leave foI
Lincoln over the Wabash at 9 O'CLOCK
tonight. The train will putme there
about 3 O'Clock tomorrow afternoon
I don't expect to remain in Lincoln
more than a few hours at best.
merely want to see Mr.. Bryan SO as t.
know how to conduct the campaign
and then l am going back to Arkan
sas to prepare for the work that j
coming. I am not going to live lik'
this any more. l am going to taxi
Mrs. Jones with me everywhere I g
in the future"
1t was stated that Senator Allen
who is ex-officio charm an of tn,
Presidential Notification Committee
may not call the committee together
and, therefore, that Mr.. Bryan ma.
not be formally notified of his nomi
nation by the Populist Convention.