Show WILLIAM J J. J BRYAN DRY AN REFUSES NOMINATION Commoner Declines to Lead PrOw Bemuse Because be is not Willing to Sever Serer Connection tion With Democrats William J. J Bryan last Thursday announced positively that he would not not accept the nomination for president president dent Cent dent tend tendered red him by the prohibition n national convention at Lincoln Neb The first intimation of his nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion was received by him at 1 o'clock that at Madison Lake upon his return to Bozeman Mont from froma a forenoon of fishing when he read an Press dispatch giving the text of ot the telegram sent to him by the convention at Lincoln He was forty miles from any telegraph office once at the time but as soon as he reached Norris he be telegraphed a reply declining the nomination The text of ot his telegram follows Please Plea e deliver the following message message message mes mes- sage to the chairman of the prohIbition prohibition prohibition national convention now in session cession at Lincoln Having been away from the rail raU railroads railroads roads and telegraph facilities for the past twenty-four twenty hours I have not received re your telegram notifying me of the nomination tendered tender me by bythe bythe bythe the prohibition party convention Brt reading a copy ropy of ot it in the Bozeman Bozeman Bozeman Boze Boze- man Chronicle I hasten to reply I profoundly appreciate clate the honor bOnor done me meIn in tendering this nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion and I fully share in the conventions convention's conventions convention's conventions convention's conven conven- tion's interest In n prohibition as the permanent policy of ot the country and andIn andin andin In the strict enforcement of ot the Vol Vol- stead act without ut any weakening of its provisions I also share the conventions convention's conventions convention's conventions convention's con con- disappointment at the failure fail fan failure ure of the tho Democratic and |