Show I BRYAN RY AN SIDESTEPS QUESTIN Declares He Will Wi Not Discuss Discus Brownsville Shooting in Campaign SA SAYS YS IT IS NOT AN ISSUE Refuses to Say Whether H He Would Recognize Appointments Appointments Appointments Appoint Appoint- ments of Colored Men Lincoln Neb eb July Jub I 16 I tb do no not regard tho the Brownsville le shooting affray af fray flay as an Issue Isue In this campaign nn and shall I ignore hor It Nor 01 will trill wi J I discuss whether or 01 not I 1 shall recognize negroes ne no groes gloe In appointments to J I 1 Ishall shall confine m myself merel merely to in questions ques ques- ques tons Included In the Den Denver platform Ond have ha no ito 10 Intention of departing from th them 1 unless some now problem arl arises l tr In this language did William J. J Bryan Br an toda today declare that neither r on the stump tump nor elsewhere would h he ho espouse th the cause of the negro soldiers dismissed from the tho army array b by Roosevelt and Taft raft Tar for tor allo alleged et re responsibility re- re In shooting up tip vf ville Tens I rs nor would h he say pay a he In Intended intended In- In tended o attack the and his I secretary of oC war n-ar now the Republican c candidate tot for Pre President n for th he punIshment punishment pun pun- administered to in the ebony ebony- hued wearer warel of or th the blue lue Intimates of or the Democratic aspiran an i Tor titi I presidency asserted that through rl J fi-J that hul he r l might antagonize onize enough nol h Southern Democrats to risk the tue le loss ls of electoral votes from among them he had made up his mind to forget the tragedy mid and devote himself exclusively x to Issues laid haiti down downIn In te the l national platform Mr Ir Di nr nn All v was as Induced to declare himself upon n this proposition by hr jt a juery frow a ci Baltimore newspaper which thought though usual usually Democratic has bolted holed hl his nomination Wanted and to Know 10 1 The Tho editor of be he paper wired ired If It J there thero Is If basis IR for the tho tie statement mont montII ratio II b by Bishop Walters of or the A.M. A. A M. M t. t I i li chU that your our assured a 0 ne negro noro no- no gro ro delegation that thai you ou regarded d Mr MI noo Roosevell's action in the Brownsville ca cn asP e p a a un t and that you 0 would rec- rec fice Uce negroes In appointments to lo office of ot- Mr Mi r. r Bryan wired not tr l' true I have refused to 0 diSCuSS Brownsville case an and haVe o of or ito ne- appointments not tot roes The Fhe Now News lawR von von- ll lUti iho iii fIU query nn from rota tl Mr Ur n rUl IB tJ rn 1 r e l M rM h aLlf- aLlf the action of or the Id h. h in in n the tho tl Brownsville case casl t i hr hf have vo not discussed td the til matter mater for at publication recently ent antI and I dont don't recall ever l' l having lnA stated nn any positive attitude upon cither of oC tho the queston questions propounded Nor NOI shall shallI 1 dl discuss cUK them during the campaign Then you OU do not regard them a at an an ansue anI I Isue sue Ul I 1 do 10 not I purpose to confine my- my if ir strictly 10 to the Is Issues promulgated 1 IL I Ido In Ii thU Ihl platform adopted at al Denver Donvel intend to beyond them unless unc un un- d. d do L' L not 1111 go the campaign n progresses ress somo some less c a as aM low ne and vital lal questions present them where Bishop Wallers I 1 am Li rot ret aware Indicated Information as t his bin il In Ii message from front the Baltimore neither report is Sun un I repeat i that shall steadily l refuse to toI toI I true trul rh and fl I u th Ihl Iii i n 1 I I l I Incident r 01 OR Ill tit oln til 11 t.-g t. c tl |