The herald., 1896-09-15
expressed,


cerned. from thesupport of the Chicago
ticket. every Democrat who believes
that the success of that ticket would
imperil our country. (Applause.)
A REPORT DENIED.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Sept. 14.-Mr.
Bryan today denied that he would
speak from the steps of the national cap
itol. He said he had heard such rumer
and telegraphed the committee in charge
Of the meeting at Washington that to
do so would not be in accordance with
his wishes. "It would be bad prece-
dent" said Mr.. Bryan, land one 1
wfiould not wish established. So far as
I know no candidate>for the presidency
has ever spoken at the capitol. and do
not care to be the first
THIS IS THE LAST.
MADISON, Neb.. Sept. 1.-THE Hon.
w. v. Allen, chairman of the Populist
national committee, mailed to William
Jennings Bryan To-Day the following
letter, officially notifying him of. his
nomination by that body:
Hon. William J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir: AT convention Of the
Peoples party held at st. Louis from
July ED to 25th of the current year, you
We're unanimously nominated for the
presidency of the United States to be
voted for at the approaching general
election. 1t was known al that time that
you had been nominated by the Demo-
cratic party at it's convention held at
Chicago few days before that time,
and that you would in all probability
accept the same in aformal manner.
Your nomination by the Peoples party
was not therefore made with any
thought that you were Populist, or
that you accepted all the doctrines de-
clared by the st. Louis platform. 1t was
due largely to the fact that the money
question is the overshadowing political
issue Of the age. and because you have
at all times been an answering, able
| and fearless advocate of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold
in terms Of equality at thte mintst of the
United States at the ratio of 16 to 1.
1t was thought also that the observance
of patriotic duty required union of
all reform forces, and the convention
took the liberty, without soliciting or
before the people as its standard bearer.
|. The convention was, in so doing, guild
ed by deep solicitude for the common
welfare. and acting on its own motion.
prompted alone by a desire to bring
about the best attainable results. So
much has been said respecting the re-
habilitation of silver by again placing
it In our acts in the position it occupied
when stealthily demoneuzed by the act
Of 1873, that it would be idle for us to
discuss the question. You will observe
by the closing language of the st. Louis
platform that the convention recognized
the money question as the great issue
of the day, and because Populists be-
| lieve that you are In accord with them.
| you will receive their ballots in Novem-
| ber 1t has at no time been expected,
nor is 1t now. that ycu will abandon
your adhesion to the Chicago. platform,
nor that you will accept all that is de-
clared in the Peoples party platform,
! however gratifying the latter would be
to all Populists. 1t must be understood
| that the party does not abate one jot
Of loyalty to its principles. We have
| declared ourselves for many reforms, In
of the people from present unjust In
dustrial bondage. In accordance with
the precedent of our party, we take
| this method of notifying you Of your
nomination.
We shall not send a committee, ac-
cording to old party customs In send
| ing this letter of notification of the great
honor that has so justly been conferred
| upon you by our party it, is needless for
| us to assure you that you have the conf
| dence and esteem of all. Your splendid
abilities, known integrity, competency
I! and eminent fitness for the position
| justly entitle you to high rank among
| the great statesmen of the nation. We
| feel that in the event of your election,
which now seems certain, that you will
| carry into the executive the principles
| of money reform to the end that the
| people shall enjoy the better Noi indus
| trial conditions. 1t is anticipated that
| this can be done with undue haste or
| so suddenly as to wrench or disjoint the
| business interests of the country, but
| that it will be done gradually and in
way to fuse confidence and hope of bet
ter conditions for all. The Peoples
party will exact of you no promise fur
ther than those made in your public
utterances and explified in life devoted
to the welfare of the race, nor will it
| ask you to abandon the party of which
| you are an honored member.
| By your nomination our party has
! risen above mere partisan surroundings
adopting a high plane of patriotism,
believing that division of forces would
result in the election of William Nc
| Kinley, the foremost advocate of deep
| ly burdensome and unnatural taxation
and the criminal policy of the single
| gold standard, resulting ultimately If
| not in some manner checked, in the COM
plete destruction and disintegration Of
our form of government.
Your elevation to the chief magistra-
cy of thenation will be regarded as a
vindication of the right Of the people to
govern and we entertain no doubt that
you will prove a worthy successor of
the immortal Jefferson and Lincoln and
that your public life, like theirs, will il
! lustrate the purity and loftiness of
| American craftsmanship. In your ex-
| tensive and intimate knowledge of pub
| lie affairs and the duties of the Office
will impose, gained in a life that has
| been devoted to upholding the cause of
the people as well as your keen insight