The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-04
BRYAN TO THE PoPULIsTs.
HE FORMALLY ACCEPTS HIS NOMI-
NATION BY THE PARTY.

He States That He Accepts without
Departing From the Platform
Adopted by the National COnven-
ton at ChicagO-The influence of
the Peoples Party in Behalf of
Silver Acknowledged LfberaIity
and Charity Toward the Opinion
of Others Urged.
st. Louis, Mo-. Oct. S.-Wiliam ]. Bryan
to-day gave out his letter accepting the
populist nomination. 1t reads as follows;
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3, 1S96.-Hon. William
Allen, Chairman, and Others. Members
of the Notification Committee of the Peo-
pies Party: Conference.-The nomination
of the peoples party for the presidency of
the United States has been rendered me
in such a generous spirit and upon such
honorable terms that 1 am able to accept
the same without departing from the plat
form adopted by the national convention
at Chicago.
I fully appreciate the breadth of the
patriotism which has actuated the MEM
bers of the peoples party who, in order
to consolidate the sentiment in favor of
bimetallism, have been willing to go out
side of party lines and support as their
candidate one already named by the DEM
ocratic party and also by the silver party.
1 also appreciate the fact that while,
during all the years since 1873, large ma
jority of the democratic party and a con-
siderable minority of the republican, party
have been consistent advocates of the free
coinage of silver at the present ratio, yet
since the organization of the people
party its members have usually supported
such coinage as the only means for the
restoration of bimetallism. BY persistent
ly pointing out the disastrous effects of
gold standard and protesting against each
successive step toward financial bondage,
the peoples party have eXerted an inn
portant influence in awakening the public
to a Fealiza ton of the nations political
peril. In a time like this, when a great
political party is attempting to surrender
the right to legislate for ourselves upon
the financial question, and is seeking to
bind the American people to a foreign
monetary system, it behooves us as low
ers of our country and friends Of Amerl-
can institutions to lay aside for the pres
ent such differences as may exist among us
on minor questions, in order that our
strength may be united in a supreme eff
fort to wreSt the government from the
hands Of those who imagine that the ma
tion's finances are only secure when con-
troled by a few financiers, and that ma
tional honor can only be maintained by
serv1le acquiescence in any policy, however
destructive to the interests of the people
of the United States which foreign credit
ors political or prospective, may desire
to force upon us. 1t is a cause of congrat-
ulation that we have in this campaign
not only the support of democrats, popu-
Il IL Ill ,Tx
believed in independent bimetallism, but
also the active co-opera ton of those dem
ocrats and republicans who have hereto
fore waited for International bimetallism
now JOIN with us rather than trust the
destinies of the nation in the hands OF
those who are holding out the delusive
hope of foreign aid while they labor Sc
cretly for the permanent establishment
of the single gold standard.
While difficulties have always arisen IN
the settlement of the details of any plan
of cooperation between distinct political
! organizations 1 am sure that the advo-
| Gates of bimetallism are intensely in
| earnest that they will be able to devise
! some means by which the free silver vote
may be concentrated upon one electoral
| ticket in each state. To secure this re-
suit charity toward the opinion of others
and liberality on the part of all is neces-
sary but honest and sincere friends who
are working toward a common result al
ways find it impossible to agree upon just
and equitable terms. The American peo-
pie have proven equal to every emergency
which has arisen in the past and am con-
fdent that in the present emergency there
will be no antagonism between the various
! regiments of the one great army, which
is marching to repel an invasion moro
dangerous to our welfare than an army
with banners.
Acknowledging with gratitude your ex-
preston of confidence and good will, am,
very truly yours, William ]. Bryan.