The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-09-17
BRY An N D w ATSON'
NOMINEES OF THE OPULlsT PARTY
ARE NOTIFIED.
Chairnan Allen. OF the Popu1lst Nh
tionai COMMITTEES, sends Letter
to ME-. Bryan, While Chairman
Butaer, of the National Executive
Committee. Inferms Mr.. Watson
by Letter Of His Nomination..

Madison. Neb., Sept 1e--Hon ii. v. Alien
chairman on the POpultst national commit
tee, mailed to William j. Bryan to-day the
following letter officially notifying him OF
his nomination by that body:
To Hon. William ]. Bryan Lincoln, Neb.
Dear Sir: At a convention Of the Peo-
pies party held at st. Louis from July q
to 70 tof the current year, you were unani-
mously nominated for president Of the
United States. to be voted for at the ap-
preaching general election. It was known
at the time that you had been nominated by
the Democratic party at its convention held
at Chicago "a few days before that time,
and that you would in all probability ac-
cept the same in formal manner. Your
nomination by the Peoples party was not,
therefore, made with any thought that you
were d ,Populist, or that you accepted all
the doctrines declared by the st. Louis
platform. It was largely due to the fact
that the money question is the oversbadow-
ing 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 on
terms OF equality at the minis of the Unit
ed States, at the ratio of 16 to 1. It was
thought, also, that the observance Of a
patriotic duty required union of all re-
form forces, and the convention took the
liberty, without soliciting or consulting
you, of placing your name before the peo-
i
was, In doing SO, guided by deep solicit
tude for the common welfare, and acting on
Its own motion and prompted alone by a
desire to bring about the best attainable
results. So much has been said respecting
the rehabilitation Of silver by again placing
1t In our coinage acts in the position it
occupied when stealthily demonetized 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 conven-
ton recognized the money question as the
great issue of the day, and because the
Popu1ists believe that you are in accord
with them this question, you will receive
their ballots in November. 1t has at no
time been expected. nor is it now that
you will abandon your adhesion to the
Chicago platform, however gratifying the
latter would be to all Populists. 1t must be
understood that the party does not abate
one jot or little of
| Loyalty to Principles.
We have declared ourselves in favor Of
many important reforms, IN cur Judgment
essential to the liberation of the people
from the present unjust and ubiquitous in
dustrial bondage In accordance with
precedent, of our party we take this method
Of notifying you of your nomination. We
shall not send committee according to
old party custom. In sending 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 confidence and esteem Of
all. Your splendid abilities, known integrity,
competency and eminent fitness for the
position justly entitle you to a 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
monetary reform, to the end that the PEG.
pie shall enjoy better Industrial conditions
1t is not 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 would be. done
gradually and in way to infuse confidence
and hope of better conditions for all. The
Peoples party will exact of you no prom
ises further than those made in your public
utterances and exempliied 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. In your nomination
our party has risen above mere partisan
surroundings and adopted high plan OF
patriotism, believing that division of
forces would result in the election of WILL
lam Mckinley, the foremost advocate of a
deeply burdensome and unnatural taxation
and the criminal policy of the single gold
standard, resulting ultimately, if not in
some manner checked, in the complete de-
struction and disintegration of our form of
government. Your elevation to the chief
maglSlFacy OF the nation would be regarded
as yindication 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 illustrate
the purity and loftiness of American states.
manship Your extensive and intimate
: knowledge Of public affairs and the duties
the office will impose, gained in a life that
has been devoted to upho.ding the cause OF
the people, as we'll as your keen insight into
the condition Of our country, in our judg-
ment highly qualified you to bring about
change in a way that will work INJURY to
none and Justice to all, thus making our
government in fact, as it is now in form
only, a government "of, by and for the
people, 81
The letter is signed by members of the
Populist national committee.