The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-03
An APPEAL 70 Mr.. BRYAN
CESSIONS ON THE SILVER
PLANK
CLAIMED HE WILL NOT YIELD
Those Closest to the Nebraslxan As
sert That He Is Determined Upon
an Explicit 10 to 1 Plank In the
Platform and VIII Not Yield.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 2.-An inter-
esting story got afloat today concerning
letter said to have been sent to Mr..
Bryan by Democratic leaders here. This
letter, according to general report, out
lined the situation and suggested that
Mr. Bryan ought to make concessions re-
garding the platform, so that those VINO
wanted a modification would be concil-
lated. 1t was stated that the concession
asked made victory possible, while with
out 1t the campaign would be hard one.
Many leaders were mentioned as having
acquiesced in or signed the letter to Bry
an. Hon. James Kerr, one of the dele
gates from Pennsylvania, who set out for
Lincoln last night, accompanied by ex-
CONGRESSMAN Mutchler ana another
Pennsylvania delegate, is said to have
carried the letter to Lincoln. 1t is re-
ported that this letter was signed by, or
approved by Senator Jones, ex-GoV.
Stone ]. G. Johnson, James Guffey and
D. G. Campau, all members Of the ma
tional committee, and members of the
executive committee. Most of these gen.
tlemen said they had not signed such
letter, but there was an inttmation from
a reliable quarter that some such move
ment was on foot, and that the views OF
some Of these gentlemen were laid before
Mr.. Bryan In q way to Indicate that they
believed It would be better policy to
reaffirm the Chicago platform, and not
insist upon the specific declaration for
16 to /. The impression prevails that the
leaders are not likely to meet with much
encouragement In such a movement, es-
pecially in view Of the action Of the
Nebraska delegation, which declared ex-
plicitly today for the old ratio.
MR.. BRYAN DETERMINED.
Cato Sells, chairman of the Iowa dele
fIrnn PlOGRfP0
with Mr.. Bryan yesterday, said tonight
when told of the movement to have Mr..
BRYAN agree to the elimination of a spe-
cific plank in the platform calling for
the free coinage Of silver at the ratio
Of 16 to 1:
81 talked over the whole situation
with Mr. Bryan, and I have not the
slightest hesitancy in saying that the
gentlemen who have gone to Lincoln
with the idea Of getting Mr.. Bryan to
hedge on the proposition Of 16 to will
do nothing but go up the hill and come
down again. know exactly what l am
saving when l tell you that there is not
the slightest chance in the world to get
Mr. Bryan to accept any evasion or
abridgement Of the 16 to l proposition.
He will run on a platform containing
that plank or he will not run at all.
am positive that there will be no fight
against the 16 to plank which will COM
pei Mr. Bryan to change his attitude.
There is nothing in the world that will
have the power to do that. This is alb
solutely certain, and all those gentle
men that try anything to the contrary
are simply wasting their time and ef-
FORT
Quite different view Of the matter was
taken by Thomas Gahan, national com.
mitteeman from Illinois. He said when
told of the attitude of Mr. Bryan:
I'VE do not want 16 to l plank In the
platform, and we will not have it there
If we can help It. A reaffirmauon of
the silver plank in the platform adopted
four years ago covers the ground fully"
HE WILL NOT YIELD.
George S. Tibbitts. of Lincoln, chair
man of the Nebraska delegation, said
that 1t could be accepted as positive that
| Mr.. Bryan would not be a candidate I'M
| less the platform contained a specific dec
| laration In favor of silver at 16 to l.
HE cannot do it, and he will not do II"
| said Judge Tibbitts He has always
/ held the position in favor of 16 to ],