Show I lUST BE NO HEDGING Congressman Sulzcr Says Silver Cannot Can-not be Shelved Lincoln Neb June OWhen Congressman Con-gressman Sulsrer left here for Kansas City this I afternoon the popular supposition I suppo-sition among the Democratic politicians now in Tjlncoln Is I that he took with him i the expressed wishes o Mr ISryan as to what should he contained In the financial plank of the platform to be presented to the Democratic national convention Mr Suler Is regarded here as the t mouthpiece for the time being nt least of the New York delegation Mr Sulxer himself IH l for a porHJv specific spe-cific declaration for free silver coinage at a inlio of f I to I He will not be 1 satisfied with a rcalhirmn t ion of time I Chicago platform I To attempt to hedge or shelve this I question uonlrl he cowardly and a be trnynl said Mr Sulscor to the Associated Asso-ciated Press respondent It would I be an admission to the Republicans that I ve had accepted their contention that I I free silver is a dead issue and that we I were wrong and that they were right In the fifht of four years ago I Is I folly and false to assert that free silver Is dead either East or Vest In my last canvass for a heat In Congress In a district almost in the shadow of Wrll street 1 made silver the whole Issue and my majority wai the largest ever given In the district Imade the fight on this issue against the advice of party par-ty leaders too Whether Mr Bryan takes the same stand as Congressman Sulzcr neither gentleman will say but It Is the general gen-eral opinion that they are not far apart It is noteworthy that r Hamilton LewIs Lew-Is entertains for Mr Bryan the same altitude as that of Mr Sulzer Following Follow-ing nn extended conference at the Bryan Bry-an home Mr Lewis paid 1 am satisfied satis-fied Mr Bryan If It were left to him would not oonsent to the omission from the platform of an explicit declaration f de-claration for free silver at 16 to 1 |