The evening times., 1900-07-28
IMPERIALISM THE ISSUE.
MIR. Bryan VIII Not Discuss Money
Indianapolis.

LINCOLN, Neb-, July 2S.-Ever since
the meeting Of the Democratic National
Convention Mr.. Bryan has avoided any ref
erenee 10 the silver issue in his speeches
and interviews, and he has now made the
statement that he will not discuss the
money question in his address at Indiana
polls.
The newspaper men have been asking
him so many questions recently about
what ne proposed TO treat or in his speech
at the notification ceremonies that this
morning ne dictated the following state
ment. prefaeing 1t with an aside that he
proposed to follow the plan which he pur-
sued at the notification meeting in 1896:
The platform OF four years ago declared
the money question to be a paramount Is
sue. and in my notification speech / de-
voted almost all OF the time TO the dis
eussion Of that question, leaving the other
questions to be considered in my letter OF
acceptance and in subsequent speeches.
This year the platform declares the Ques-
tion of Imperialism 10 be the paramount
question, and it will be the only one dealt
with at length in my notification speech.
The remaining questions covered by the
platform will be taken up in my letter Of
acceptance and subsequent speeches
To show that he was quoting history cor
rectly, Mr. Bryan picked up copy Of his
notification speech OF August II, 1890, and
pointed out that three-fourths OF il was
devoted 20 a discussion Of the money Ques-
tion and that practically the only other is
sue touched upon was the income tax and
the platforms attack upon the Supreme
Court decision thereon. From what he
has hitherto said it may be put down as
a shrewd guess that he Will touch very
lightly if at all upon the money question.
dispose Of trusts in a few paragraphs. and
then launch into a discussion of imperial
ism. The interruptions to which he is
subject while at home from persons who
desire 10 talk with him over the telephone
again caused Mr.. Bryan to seek refuge and
quiet at his farm yesterday. Soon after din
ner he tied up bundle of formidable look
ing documents, called TO his stenOgrapher
and drove away He spent all the afternoon
at the farm Last evening for the first
time since his nomination he attended a
social function. 1t was a farewell recep-
tion given TO State Labor Commissioner
Kent, who leaves today 10 attend. as
one of the two delegates from America,
the International Labor Congress at Lon
don.
Senator John w Daniel, OF Virginia, ac-
COHpdnlCN Og HIS SOAs NaSANCu
Mr.. Bryan yesterday. Their coming
Y-as quite unexpected, and Mr.. Bryan had
to race his priZed family horse to the de-
pot 10 arrive in time to welcome his guest.
The Senator said he had gone to Cali
fornia Immediately after the Kansas City
Convention, and had stopped OF simply to
renew his very pleasant friendship with
Mr. Bryan. and to pay his respects 10 the
Democratic candidate He expressed him
self as having been absent from any source
OF supply Of political news so long 3s 20
be unable to discuss the campaign. but he
was thoroughly convinced that the added
strength Of Mr.. Bryan over 1886, the fact
that the reunited Democracy was behind
him and the strength and virility OF the
issues before the people made him very
formidable candidate, and his election
much more than probable He would take
up his political work promptly on his
arrival home Mr.. Bryan accompanied
Senator Daniel TO his train for the South
after they mad dined together. Mr.. Bryan
said he had not been advised Of any trou
BILE over railroad rates at Indianapolis
as announced in the morning dispatches,
or of anything else that was likely to in
terfere with the notification on August S.
Secretary Edgerton, of the Populist Ma
tionaI Committee, left yesterday for
Chicago, where it is proposed to open
branch headquarters. This move has been
taken at the suggestion Of the Democratic
Committee, which insists that better and