Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-07-19
MARTIN wouLD CoNCEDE THEM TmE
KANSAS STATE TICKET.
PROVIDED BRYAN is iNDORSED.
United STATES SENATORsIiir NOT
MADE MENTION OF.
No Doubt That Kansas ropuiists and
sil,critcs WIN lie II tnit for the
ind"rs-mrnt of Hryan nnd
scwniI nt the ST. Louis
Conventions.

Topeka. Kas July is.- Especially Tx SEN
ntor John Martin. the Democratic leader of
Kansas. authorizes the statement to-
night that ho is in favor Of u fu.
sion ON tho state ticket, "Aluch de-
ucnds," says the senator IN the course of
an Interview "on what the ropnlisls do at
ST. Louis II they 20 therc next week and
rut Bryan at the head Of their ticket, I,
FOR ono. ain willing that they should come
homo AMI name the entire state ticket
except as a matter OF good politics. think
thoy ought to put up as Il candidate for
chief Justice OF the supreme court some
good Democrat like Samuel Riggs, of Law
renee or some other good man, and then
FOR attorney general think they ought to
put In nomination some good lawyer who
is q silver Republican Such ticket would
ha good politics. and would make a CONF
hination that 1t would be impossible TO beat
in this state this fail"
John Breidcnthai. who is at the head of
tho Kansas delegation to the populist ma
tionul convention, has received information
enough from his follow delegates to war
rant him IN tho statement that Kansas Will
bo u unit IN the convention for the indorse-
mcnt of W. j. Bryan for president. II
there is n populist in Kansas who Is not in
favor OF this Endorsement he does not make
himself known, Immediately after the Chi
the journal correspondent to say that while
he was willing that fusion should be made
upon the presidential electors In Kansas.
he was opposed to the ratification OF Bry-
ans nomination by the Populst national
convention. His reason was that II would
destroy the national character of the Pop
ust party and make 1t hard to preserve
Its identity In future campaigns But even
Senator PETER has abandoned opposition to
the Endorsement plan, He loft this morn
ing for St Louis, and announced before
starting that he would work for straight
out Endorsement OF Bryan by both the Pop
ulst ANA free silver conventions
Kansas has nIncty-two ielegatcs In the
populist convention and sixty in the free
silver convention, which means that she
Will send 1872 shouting Bryan men to st.
Louis. She has the largest delegation in
the Populist convention of any Of the
states, and VIII assume an influential po,
stion from the start The convention VIII
number 1903 delegates and Kansas fur
nishcs about ono-fourth of them.
To the correspondent John Breidenthal
said this afternoon: II believe that Bryan
will be indorsed by both of the. ST. Louis
tion 20 him from tho ranks of the South
crn populists, the Northern and Western
delegates will be for him with practical
ununmity. But whether he Is indorsei at
St Louis or not, am of the opinion. judg-
ing from the present temper Of our peo-
him ANYHOW, That may seem a strong
statement in the face of the fact that some
well known populist may he put on the
track, .nut 1t is warranted by the present
feeling In our party
The Kansas delegation will meet at Kan
to s.. Louis Bredenthal goes on Sunday
uiylt,