The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-15
Prominence Given to the Great Is
sue in His Recent Public
ttteranccS.
is BUSY ANSWERING LETTERS.
Gives Odd Moments to Prepara-
ton of His Speech of Accept
ance, to BE Delivered at
Indianapolis.

REP!-T:!.Ic SPECIAL
Lincoln. Nch., July lL-Nr. Bryan is at
work on the speech he will make at the
notification in Indianapolis. All day to-day
he WAS busy with the stenographer sent
him by the National Committee, debating
replies to the hundreds of letters and tele-
grams of congratu!ation and encourage
ment that have come TO him. and was
nervously inslstent upon getting rid of the
entire task. He Is anxious to get these out
Of tine way before the first OF next week.
when he has limited that he proposes slip
ping away 30 some out-of-ihe-way resort
for the purpose Of resting up and. Incl
deEtally, to prepare his response to the nuui-
iicati0n.
Mr. Bryan has been up pretty late every
night for the past two weeks. and is a little
of edge. physically. as n result. He has
no information OF the coming of any par
ucularly close friends or distinguished DEM
ocrats in thu near future. and he will take
advantage OF the opportunity to get "A rest
dnd get ready. Mrs. Bryan will accompany
MN. ana she does a considerable portion of
ms amanuensis work. with the aid Of
typewriter.
Al ODD moments Mr.. Bryan has been do
ils some work GA his speech but the fire.
qGcnt Interruptions OF callers who demand
gu ms attention have prevented han from
.ylhS the Systematic work that lie likes
-dr- bi!an VIII not discuss his work or his
speeches. 1t is worth noting, however that
III all OF the speeches Et. mas mad. since
the National convention he rds given i'm
pcflaiism prominence. In fact there Is
very reason to believe that Mr.. Bryan. if
ne mas nOt been asked II d. So mas at
iS"st Ia4leh ia with the idea of the Kansas
tity platform Is 20 what constitutes the
r ~ aIlolnt issue OF the campaign. lie told
tne democratic State Convention tnrr The
platform declared one issue more in.p0r-
tdnt than any ether I'm this camnhign. and
IlsS'. upon the Delegates when they went
rdch nome 10 present that issue furCibiy to
their people. In every Other speech ne mas
made ne emphasized The necessity Of kelp-
ing save the Republic first ami s-ttiin,-
DOMESTIC Questions Afterwards
II can DO safely said that there will be no
dispute between MIR. Bryan and his man
ayers this year. tie has PLACED himself in
the hands III the National Conn,irfIc -
whom he refers all Inquiries. The members
das Hitlc chary Of giving any directions,
s,,,, -! iislVt found Mr. Bryan much more
Iy,tPloEdb!e tnaa ne was four years since.
Nneihcr ne will continue for the remainder
~ -. C.e 'anpalgn the policy he has begun in
ana refuse 10 disc Iss other issues is same
thlns he alone can answer, but he will nn,
~ VIII not be until he opens his !ips at In
settled. wa ~ NV''''4'e'S
The stirring events OF the past two weeks
nave prevented Mr.. Bryan from paying that
close attention 10 his farming operatfons
that marked MS previous daily rou,Ins end
save Tor several hurried drives to II with
uSch sulsheG visitors. whose curiosity would
no' be satisfied other than by a close View
OF II. he has been absent As a resnlt his
farmer has been Compelled to cut the five
acres OF oats himself ]. was n spIendii
ieid. OF heavy. well-headed-out grain and
VIII make good yield
The administration is already raktnp NJ,
active part in the State campaign. Assist
ant secretary Of War Meikleiohn recently
announced himself as a candidate. Tor INIT
go states Senator to succeed Thurston
Een the Spanfsh-AmeriCan War upened
MI. Meikeljohn secured the nppointrlent of
MS old fellow~tOwnsman Major Rradner ID
slaughter. as paymaster in tn. regular
army slaughter was known as one OF the
pest political organizers I'm the State "A
head Of the Legislative bureau he carried
the Legislature for the Republicans two
years ago. when the State ticket was lost
MAJOR Slaughter was first located at Oma-
ma. but succeeded In getting transferred TO
Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis. i; Is now
announced that jor Slaughter has been
transferred back 10 omaha.
The real reason for this transfer Is that
inc hepuDhcan state headquarters are To-
cated IN Omaha this year. and Mr. Meikla-
1ohn wants Major Slaughter to take charge
or the campaign to capture the Iegislat tire
y" announcement that Major Slaughter
80, 80 be- siyeA a leave without pay has
which Mr.. Meikeljohn presiies.
SvN.inor Pointer. IN AN interview TO-
night, gave as his opinion that the Popu-
lists of Kansas South Dakota and Ne
united In support Of Bryan while the re-
fusal to nominate Towne 81 n sore ,;isap-
puinTnent TO them, the Governor saws they
want Mr.. Bryan President. and will
take the only way open to get him. All
of the Populst leaders say the middle-of-
the-road movement viii amount to little
II is being backed by the Republicans who
are furnishing all essentials. and hope 10