People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1896-09-18
POPULIST CANDIDATES ARE
INFORMED OF THEIR
NOMINATION.
PEOPLES PARTY MISSION.
Both Old Parties Have Been
Against the Masses = Bryan
and Watson the Real
Silver Ticket.

@At 0nS CualIInsn OF tnS T0pUuy com
mittee to notify Wi liam J. Bryan of
his nomination for the presidency,
tonight gave out his letter to the
nominee. The full text follows:
MADISON, NEB, Sept, 15--Hon.
William j. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.,
Dear Sir:-At a convention of the
Peoples party held at St. Louis from
July % to Is Of the current year,
you were unanimously nominated
for President of the United State,
to be voted for at the approaching
general election.
1t was known at the time that you
had been nominated by the Demo
cratic party at its convention held at
Chicago few days before that time
and that you would in all probable
ity accept the same in a formal man
ner.
Your nomination by the Peoples
party was not, therefore, made with
any thought that you were Popu
list or that you accepted all the doc
triues declared by the St. Louis plat
form. It was due, largely, to the
fact that the money question is the
overshadowing political issue of the
age AID because you have at all
times been an answering, able
and fearless advocate of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold on terms of equality al the
minis of the United States~'at the
ratio of 16 to 1. 1t w. as thought
also that the. observance Of a pa
triotio duty required uaion of al
reform forces and the convention
took the liberty without soliciting Oh
{ consulting you Of placing your name
before the people as it's standard
! bearer.
The convention was, in doing so
guided by deep solioitude for the
!, common welfare aud acting on it.
own motion, prompted alone by E
desire to bring about the best attain
able results. So much has been saiG
} res Jecting the rehabilitation OF silver
by again placing it in our coinage
&C in the position it occupied wher
. stealthily demonetizsd by the act o
1873, thatit would be idle use for u,
,, to discuss the question. You vii
observe BY the closing language o.
{ the St. Louis platform that the con
| yention recognized the money ques
ton as the great issue of the day
and because Populsts believe taa
you are in accord with them on this
question you will receive Their ballots
in Novem Der.
, 1t has at no time been expected, Of
is it now, that you will abard IN your
adhesion to the Chicago platform
nor that you will accept all that ii
declared by the Peoples party plat
form, however more gratifying thu
latter would b. to the Popuists. L
must be understood that the party
does not abaie one jot or little o.
loyalty to its prin oiples We have
declared ourselves in favor of man
important reforms and go farther
than you or your party have gone
These reform are, in our ju jgment
essential to the liberation of the peo
pie If m present unjust and imqui
tous industrial bondage. In accord
ancs with precedent of our party
we take this method of notifying YOU
of your nomination.
We shall not send a committee
according TO old party custom. II
sending this letter o; notification Of
the great honor thai has ja.tly been
conferred on you by our party it is
needless for US to assure you that
you have the confdepos and esteem
Of all. Your spleHdid abilities
known integrity, competency an
eminent fitness for the position Justly
entities you to high rank among
thu grea statesmen OF the nation.
We feel that in the event of your
election, which now seems certain.
you will carry into execution the
principles of monetary reform to
the end that the people shall enjoy
better industrial conditions. 1t is