Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-01-20
HIS VIEWS ON THE DATE OF THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pRI-
MARES OVER THE EN-
TIRE STATE.
He Believes the Party's Position on
Fusion Is Already Taken and the
Discussion is Untimely-
Predicts Victory
For Bryan
in 1900.

SENATOR u. "A. DALI, VI LOuAoibu6,
Mo-, a candidate for Governor, being
interviewed as to the political out
look, says:
81 have given no special thought as
to the time of holding the State Con-
vention, but as I see it, there Is no
necessity for an early convention. A
campaign of three months after the
convention seems to me to be long
enough. The party Is in good fight
ing condition; no trouble in the ranks
of the party that need to be doctored.
An active, vigorous, pushing cam
paign for ninety days would, in my
judgment, be long enough. But while
on the subject of conventions, I tell
you what I would like to Q done in
this State by the Democratic party, and
that is, give us a primary for the
nomination of State, Congressional,
Senatorial, Judicial, Representatives
and County officers all over the State
on the same day IN every county in
the State. This would give every
man, whether rich or poor, an equal
opportunity in the selection of the
nominees of his party and would be
fair to all and less expensive than by
delegated conventions. 1t works well
in County and Congressional districts.
Why not State as well?"
What position should the party take
as to fusion with Populists and Silver
Republicans?
"The position has already been
taken. What is the necessity to dis
cuss that matter? No good can come
from the discussion of such q ques-
ton. Besides this, as / understand
the policy of the party in the past, all
who voted for Bryan, the Democratic
nominee for President in 1895, have
an unquestioned right to participate
with the party this year in the con-
vention and primaries in the nomina-
ton of candidates, and any n who
voted for Bryan and the party in 1896
could, If he wished, become q candi-
date for a Democratic nomination.
No reason why he should not, wit az
much assurance of ucces as any one
out. This being true, we have already
fused. All we need do nov 10 to stop
clubbing over minor differences of in.
dividual opinions and make the great
fight upon the principles enunciated
in the Chicago platform of 1895. Let's
stand by the party that has always
been the party Of the people. Let's
| stop this talk of fusion and nominate
men for places and positions who rep
resent and have the courage to carry
out the principles of pure Democracy,
and then there will be no talk Of fus-
ion. The only way to bring about
fusion is to declare in our platform
in clear, everyday English correct
Democratic principles such as were
declared in the Chicago platform of
1896, and nominate men who m clear
ly known to the people to represent
these principles and all will be well.
Yes, 1 believe Bryan will be nomi-
mated in 1900 for the Presidency and
upon the same platform that he was
nominated upon in 1895, and I believe
that he will be elected for the reason
that the people in the Democratic
party, Populist and Silver Republican
parties all endorse Bryan and the
Chicago platform Of 1895. We have
gained much and lost nothing for the
cause OF free silver since 1896. I have
never met a single person who voted
for Bryan in 1895 that regrets 1t, but
many who voted against him that
would not do SO now. Bryan has
grown stronger every day with the
masses of the people. The people
believe that the Democratic patty is
| right, and especially SO on the money
| question, and they believe that Bryan
is both honest and capable, and rs
fearless to do right as he is honest and
| capable.u