The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-23
BRYAN HEARS.
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ern states. particularly the New Eng
land group, is invincible, so their atten-
ton IS turned to the west and soutn-
Mr.. Bryans own state is the sup1ecl
of vigorous onslaughts from the RepuD-
1ican national committee and the can
didate and his friends are sparlng no
efforts to cause the neighbors, Kansas
and Nebraska, to stand by the western
candidate and, as they did four years
ago, return a majority for the principle
Of anti-imperialism and kindred SUD
Jects.
Mr. Bryan made four speeches in Ne
braska yesterday. He made three IN
Kansas today; spending three minutes
on the rear platform of the Santa Re
train at Meriden- Tonight the third
effort will be at Manhattan
The speeches which are made at these
notifications are anticipated as cam
paign thunder. But, when the Populist
iEees do not take anything for granted
and wait until this ceremony has taken
place the non-partisan smiles
President Mckinley professed abso-
lutte ignorance of the action of the con-
vention at Philadelphia until the notifi-
cation committee and its attendant fol-
lowers tramped the grass out of his
front yard delivering the message from
the national convention. Mr.. Roosevelt
maintained the same attitude. Yet, Nc
kinley had telegraph wires in his house
giving every movement of the conven-
ton which nominated him, while Roose-
Welt was a member of the convention
which stampeded to him, despite per-
sonal protests.
communication with the convention at
Sioux Falls and he knew as soon as
the world knew that the PopuliStS had
selected him for their standard bearer
However he like Mckinley and Roose-
Welt. declined to discuss the platforms
of the conventions which honored them
until the formality of a notification had
been completed.
IA connection
wire, with the Kansas City convention,
and he knew, the instant the work was
over, that he had been chosen as the
representative of that party In the race
for national honors. Yet, he refused
to make speeches until notified officially
of the action of that convention.
Mr.. Bryan has been discussing the
platform and mission Of the Democracy
and has apparently not been embar-
raised by being compelled to overlook
the convention at Sioux Falls. However,
after today, he has liberty to refer to
the Sioux Falls convention and leaving
Topeka he can begin the campaign for
all of the parties which have hOnored
him
1t is particularly appropriate that
Kansas should have the honor of Bryan's
notification, because Kansas more than
any other one state was responsible for
the action of the Sioux Falls convention
in favor Of Bryan.
Kansas had 81 delegates; Texas had
ia, but the Texas forces were divided
so the Kansans, who worked in harmony
exercised the most potent influence at
Sioux Falls.
Texas might have had the notification
were the state not so surely over
Whelmingly Democratic, but taking the
notification to Texas to make votes
would be like carrying Goals to Newcas-
tie, SO Kansas, the most important state,
from a political standpoint in the Popu-
list national convention. has the honor
of browning the presidential nominee
with the laurels brought from South
Dakota.