Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-30
SULzER G0Ee!:{
TO ", Join
AFFECTS TO Sta I'M WITH
BRYAN ON THE SILVER
PROPOSITION.
He WILL NOT BELIEVE
THAT SILVER is DEAD.
Kansas City Is Decked for the Con-
vention-Prominent Democrats
Arrive at Missouri City,

OV.-W
gressman Sulzer leaves for Kansas Citv
This AFTERNOON the popular supposition
among the remocratic politicians now in
, Lincoln IS that he will take with him
nne expressed wishes Of Mr.. Bryan as to
Wa. snouid be contained in the financial
plank of the platform to be presented I'd
Ihe democratic national convention,
Mt. Sulzer Is regarded here as the
mouthpiece for the time being, at least
of the New York delegation Mr.. sulzer
hlinself is Tor positive, specific declar-
, alton for free silver coinage at a ratio
of l6 to !. He will not be satisfied with
reaffirmation Of the Chicago platform.
To attempt to hedge or shelve this
question would be cowardiy and a be-
trayaL. said Mr. sulzer to the Associat-
an admission to the republicans that we
nave accepted their contention that free
silver is dead issue and that we were
wrong and that they We're right in the
hight OF four years ago. 1t is folly and
false to assert that free silver is dead,
either east or west In my last canvass
for seat in congress, in district al
most in the shadow Of Wall street. l
made silver the whole issue and my ma
Jorty was 'th elargest ever given in the
district. made the fight on this issue
against the advices of party leaders,
too"
Whether Mr.. Bryan takes the same
stand as Congressman Sulzer neither
gentleman will say, but it is the gen
eral opinion that they are not far apart.
IT IS noteworthy that j. Hamilton Lewis
entertains for Mr.. Bryan the same atti-
tude as that Of Mr.. Sulzer. Following an
extended conference at the Bryan home,
Mr.. Lewis said:
II am satisfied that Mr.. Bryan, II 1t
We're left to him., would not consent to
the omission from the platform of an
explicit declaration for free silver at 16
to IT,
BY the time Mr.. Sulzer reaches KAN
sas City most OF tn emembers Of the
New York delegation will be there. Rich
ard Croker and ex-senator Murphy will
have arrived by Sunday morning at the
latest, and on the tenor of Mr.. Sulzer's
report, 1t Is predicted, will depen-- their
subsequent action. It is not improbable
that Messrs. Croker and Murphy may
find time to go to Lincoln and see Mr..
Bryan before the convention, although
no one in Lincoln can speak with au-
thority on this subject.
Mr.. Sulzer's vice presidential boom
did not suffer as a result of his Lincoln
visit. He made the acquaintance of a
few of the Nebraska delegates and the
coupling of his name with that of Mr..
Bryan found apparent favor.
II am not a candidate for second place
on the ticket In the sense of seeking it,"
said Mr.. Sulzer. Naturally, I am graft
fled at the support which has been prom
ised me- and I certainly would not de-
cline the nomination. Furthermore,
believe I am safe in saying il the sent-
ment at Kansas City develops in my ia
vor, I can command the support of the
New York delegation.
Mr.. Bryan and myself have been per-
sonal political friends. He Is the idol
of the democratic party and no other
name will be mentioned in the conven-
tion for first place on the ticket"
Mr.. Sulzer had another conference