The herald., 1896-07-28

sent telegram asking Mr.. Bryan If he
was employing all the assistants neces-
sary to carry on his work. IF you are
not employ the necessary help and will
foot the bills" was the way the dispatch
closed. Mr.. Bryan replied: II am en-
ploying necessary help. I wish you
would come here as soon as convenient
again. There are several questions
which I must consult with you about.
You need only stay one day."
Here is the answer Senator Jones sent:
"Hon. w. J. Bryan: Think convention
will adjourn this afternoon. If so will
leave for Lincoln Immediately.
~. X. JONES'"
After the failure to have the kilograms
read to the convention, Mr.. Bryan is
said to have wired Senator Jones to give
them to the st. Louis papers and to the
Associated Press, in order that they
might be given as wide publicity as pos
sible. To this Senator Jones and Gov
ernor Stone dissented. Senator Jones
was going away on the o'clock train.
so the matter was turned over to Gov
ernor Stone, who had another confab
with Mr. Bryan.
The latter urged that his statement be
given to the press, but Governor 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.
IT will bow to the wishes of my friends,
but 1t Is due to myself and the members
of the Populist party that I treat them
with perfect candor." is the tenor of one
of Mr.. Bryans dispatches to the Mis-
souri, governor. But the information was
withheld from the press.
THE SILVER MEMS PLANS.
NEW YORK, July 27.-William P. St.
John, treasurer Of the national Silver
party, returned today from the st. Louis
convention. He said:
1.-The national Silver party has ac-
cepted an invitation from Baltimore
merchants to notify Messrs. Bryan and
Sewall in the city of Baltimore. The no
tification will be made about fourteen
days after the Democratic notification
in New York.
1.-THE place Of headquarters will be de-
termined by Senator Jones Of Arkansas,
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee. 1t looks at present as
though we would select Washington for
headquarters. Whatever he does Will
be followed by the Silver party.
| 'In state and municipal affairs the
| national Silver party will not move.
This will leave the Republicans to vote
their own state ticket, but the national
| rt1 1x,iI1 a
candidate in every district where the
Democratic nominee favors the gold
| standard"
MICHIGAN SILVERITES.
DETROIT. Mich, July 27.-The Dem
ocratic state central committee will meet
here tomorrow, and there are indica-
tions that the meeting will have about II
some features like those which distin-
guished the gatherings of Michigan
Democrats at Chicago during the ma
tional convention. The silver wing
seem determined to carry their verdict
to the limit of securing the chairman
ship of the committee, which is to be re-
linquished by Elliott Stevenson. but the
sound money men seem confident of pre-
venting this. Mr.. Stevenson says pos
| itively that Daniel j. Campau shall not
| succeed him, although he does not know
who the new chairman will be. Mr..
Campau was reelected Michigan men,
ber of the national committee after
Stevenson had been selected by the first
caucus Of Michigan members. 1t is not
at all certain that the silver men will be
| able to control the action of the commit
tee tomorrow, as it's members were chos-
en- by the same Democratic state con-
vention which selected the sound money
delegation to Chicago, enough of whom
were unseated by the silverites to give
the white metal men a majority of the
delegation. Leading silver men say that
if the committee is not controlled by the
| silver men, the next state convention
will be asked to appoint new commit
tee.
EXPECT ENDORSEMENT
BATH, Me, July 27.-Mr. Arthur Sew