New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-30
WROUGHT Up BY BRYAN.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS. DISCUSS HIS
LETTER TO ABBOT.
FIERCE WAR IIKELY-POssIBLE coNsE
oUgNCEs IN THE NEXT NATIONAL coz
vENTfoN-MR. CROKER not
pr.pv tn REPLY
READY TO REPLY.


READY TO REPLY
The letter OF william Jennings Bryan to Wills ).
Abbot published In The Tribune yesterday was
eagerly discussed by Democrats OF This CITY ~
was looked upon challenge by the free-s'lVer
men to Richard Croker and his folowers--a email
lenge which may have interesting consequences III
the next National Democratic Convention.
In substance the letter showed TINT Mr. Bryan
had been asked to make speech mere Dut ,n''
Mr. Croker had required that the apostle Oh i''e
silver refrain from referring to the money question:
Mr. Bryan tsrtly said that he did not care to De
guest where hearing was to be denied 10 ,l'e
Chicago platform and free silver Recently MI
Croker has given out interviews N whlch ne W.
clared silver to be- a dead issue and favoring ex-
pansion, and placing himself on grouhu uheo''
opposed TO Mr.. Bryan.
It was learned yesterday that Mr. Bryan IN
tends through his friends here, 10 war on MT
Croker and his organization ana 90 "nhi "'
can for the silver cause In the East fonucia"S
said that he realizes that II Is war or exterH""
ton now and that Croker viii give no quarter TOT
the ex candidate II he can dominate the next Ma
tional Convention The friends OF Mr.. Bryan say
they expect him, therefore. TO adopt The snme
tactics Mr.. Bryan and his followers profess d"
eagerness TO battle with Croker and the men VINO
repudlate the Chicago platform and Bryan anu
boldly announce that they will perfect an organ
zation send IT 10 the next National Convention ana
thsre AJAX TO- admission upon the ground Of regu-
larty
In case things work out this way. those VINO
watch the trend Of affairs say, the final hgnt Tor
supremacy within party lines Will come In the Ma
tionsJ Convention before the Committee on con-
tested Seats The free-silver men. IL IL argued VIII
oppose the seating OF the Tammanyites on the
ground OF rreguarity. In the mean time the pat
tie must be begun in this State. and IT was said
Yesterday that Willis j. Abbot will undertake the
organization Of the free-sver forces and Johh
Brsben Walker will help TO finance the UNDER
taking.
Politicians generally were saying yesterday mat
only one Interpretation could be placed upon MI
Bryan's letter They believe that II free-sIVer
delegation can pc In this state FOR 1900 II
will have the support in the National convention
of BRYAN and his apostles rather than the resu'aI
delegation upon the ground thar the latter py i'S
failure to affirm the Chicago platform confessed 5
party apostacy Many politicians think that 'he
National Convention will not hesitate In the CIR
cumstances turn down the regulars New
York to Bryan men is still the "enemys country
and 10 bring about the humiliation OF the regulars
here would be grateful 10 many OF them
Richard Croker, who was in Washington attehu-
ing the Gridiron dinner. got back late Iast nlsn;
He was tired and dismissed Mr.. Bryans ietter ana
all the gossip II had occasiOned breny lie salu ne
might reply to I, in time. but just at present ne
had nothing 10 say further than that ne stoou
upon what he had already said