The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-22
Teller for Bryan.
He Writes and Offers his Ser
vices to Speak.

two OF rest before the real business OF
the camaign begins. Both slept
late to-day, for the long journey ct
yesterday and the ordeal of last night
had been very sevre. After break
fast they sat down at the big desk in
their little library and began an at
tack on the 5000 letters and tele-
grams that had been received by the
Democratic candidate since his noml'
nation. These epistles were nearly
all congratulatory in character.
Among them was the following letter
from Senator Teller:
Denver, Col, July Is. 1896.
Hon. ". ). Bryan, Lincoln, Neb
Dear Sir II congratulate you on
your nomination at Chicago. | think
the country is to be congratulated
also. l need not assure you that
your nomination was more than salts
factory to me- think we shall be
able to consolidate all the frieEds OF
free coinage in your support, and #
we do this, l believe you will be
elected although l don't overlook
the tremendous power that will! be
arrayed against us in this campaign.
All the power of money and organ
lied wealth, corporations and monopo.
lies of all kinds will be against us.
Justice is on our side and this is the
cause of the people. 1t is contest
for industrial independence and for
freedom from the domination OF for
eign powers and foreign capital, and
it does not seem possible that in such
contest before the American people
that Justice should fall and wrong
prevail. / don't believe we shall
fail. think I can promise you the
cordial support of the western mass
es who have heretofore acted with
the Republican party, and if you get
that, all of the western coast and IN
ter-mountain States will be with you.
viii! not offer any suggestion to you
save to advise you that as you were
nominated without pledges of favor
to any one that you maintain that
position and make no pledges or
promises, so that you may go into
the great Office of President of the
United States without the embar-
rassment that follows pledges and
promises, even if they are such as
may be properly carried out.
It will afford me pleasure to place
myself at the disposition of the ma.
tional committee to make such
speeches in your behalf as my health
will permit. where and when they
may think it will do good.
I am, very respectfully;
II. nj Teller.
Down town headquarters have
been secured for Mr.. Bryan at the
Lincoln hotel, and here he will re-
ceive visiting delegations and con-
duct most of the business relating to
the campaign. The rooms are on the
second floor of the hosiery, and were
selected and leased by Lincoln sup
porters of Mr. Bryan without his
knowledge.
Much of the work of answering cor
respondence will be attended to,
however, at his home on D. street,
where he will have the assistance of
Mrs. Bryaa
Mr.. Bryan had number of callers
to-day, principally old Lincoln friends
who had not had the opportunity of
seeing him last night His most
important visitors were T NJ. Patter-
son, editor, of the Rocky Mountain
News. of Denver. and G NJ. Hitch
cock, editor of the World-Herald.
of Omaha. Mr. Bryan's own paper.
Mr.. Patterson will be one of the Bryan
workers atthe Populiss convention in
St Louis He is delegate at large
to that convention from Colorado and
stopped over in Lincoln en- route TO 81.
Louis Mi. Patterson assured Mr..
Bryan that he would get 80 per cent.
of all the votes cast in Colorado in the
Presidential contest. The DemochSts
he said, were unit for Bryan, and he
would receive majority Of the Popu.
list and a goodly number of Re-
publican votes.
Senator Allen of Nebraska, who
will direct the effort to secure the en-
dorsement of Mr. Bryan's candidacy
by the Populists at St. Louis,is expect
ed to call on the nominee tonight or
to morrow. One Of the callers to-day
was G F Washburn of Boston, mem.
Der OF the national committee of the
Populist. party from Massachusetts.
This afternoon Mr. Bryan received
the following telegram from Forsythe,
Mont.
"Four States bimetallist and Pop.
uliss delegations on board the train,
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