The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-26

ST LOUIS, Mo-, July 25.-Hon.
Thomas NJ. Patterson of Colorado to-
night gave the following statement for
publication:
TO the Associated Press:
THE outcome of the convention is
not satisfactory. The grave mistake
was committed in taking but one-half
of the Chicago ticket. Why the Popu-
lists should have fought so desper-
ately for the vice-president is hard to
understand. The Office bears about
the same relation to the country rs
q ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS does to the state.
The latter Office is not above that of a
notary public, so far as responsibility
is concerned. 1t is ali nonsense to
claim the Chicago convention dis
played no patriotism itself, but asked
the Populists to supply it all. When
the nominee of that convention faced
The entire New England delegation,
with New York in their front and
declared to them, We plead no more,
we beg no more, we defy you,' TO Sc
lect him as a candidate for president,
he exhibited far more patriotism than
was required TO surrender to some
other party the
PUERILE OFFICE OF vICE-PRESI-
DENT.
The middle of the road Populists
seemed to lose sight of the great cause
for which the Chicago nominees I'M
question: bly, stand They seemed to
think more of office in the south, for
which many are candidates, than they
did to remove the onerous burdens
which the elections Of the Chicago
nominee viii raise from the shoulders
of the people. How 1T will result it is
difficult as yet 10 tell l don't believe
Mr.. Sewan will withdraw, and GER
tainly he Will not be removed. This
must result in two sets Of Bryan cleo
tors in each state, one for Bryan and
Sewall and one for Bryan and Watson.
Ii is not at all impossible that with
POO 600 Bryan votes in a state, 105, 600
Mckinley votes would lose the state
TO Bryan. To illustrate what 1 mean:
Say that Bryan and Sswan electors
received 100000 votes, and Bryan and
Watson electors 100000 votes, and lO5,-
600 votes for the Mckinley electors
would give him that state, with
good many 20 spare. This
SHOWS HOW DISASTROUS
two tickets for the same president
and different presidents may be.
going TO be practical, rather han po1iti-
cal They know they want free coin
age, and though they may admire
Watson greatly they will not waste
their votes on a ticket that they may
elect him TO an office without respon-
sibtlity, influence. or patronage. l be-
lieve Bryan and SewaH will carry
every state west Of the Missouri riSer
and several of the middle western
civ will .
that they lose no votes in their sec
ton. T. NJ. PATTERSON"
From Ignatius Donnelly, the Mime
sofa leader, the following was OBJ
tanned:
ITO the Associated Press: I think
the situation is in good shape and nine
tenths Of the delegates will go home
satisfied There are some who believe
Mr.. Bryan should be at once called
upon to say whether he will accept the
platform and Mr.. Watson as his run
ming mate, and if he does not accept,
then they will demand of the national
committee that his name be taken off
the ticket and the name of Colonel
Norton, who had the next highest num-
Der of votes, be substituted. This
would
PRODUCE THE MOST Discomfort
all over the United States, and Colonel
Norton would not receive one-quarter
OF the Populist vote, the remaining
three-Quarters going to Bryan. I think
the better course is that which 1 adj
Vocated in the convention, to-wit: Hav-
ing nominated Mr.. Bryan, we should
not call upon him to accept or reject
our platform or to repudiate or defend
Mr.. Sewall. If this were an intent TO
merge the Populist party into the
Democratic party, perfect identity
Of opinions and principles would be
necessary, but it is not true. We re-
main in our own camp and our own
territory and simply agree to transfer
for this campaign our two or three
million votes to Mr.. Bryan. Not on
the basis of the Democratic Platform,
but on the basis of Mr.. Bryan's worth.
Every Populist in the United States
will, 1 believe, vote for Mr.. Watson.
If the Democrats don't withdraw Mr..
Sewan, there Will be no election Of
vice-p president at the ballot-box, and
the matter VIII 20 into the senate,
where the Populists hold the balance
of power and will compel the election
Of Mr.. Watson.
"IGNATIUS DONNELLY"