Show BRYAM WONT ACCEPT I 1 the populist nomination may co if it Is necessary to ce bewail lincoln july 24 sir bryak ebent the day in hia library reading hie mail and dici atine answers to correspondents lie received ahe from st louis by telephone from down town when asked if he had anything tu eay in regard to the nomination of himself and mr sewall hy the silver convention at st louis mr bryan said 1 I appreciate boh the nomination unanimity with which it waa eiveri I 1 do not ton elder it personal compliment to mr bewall and but as an evidence that the delegates assembled are to make the restoration ol 01 bimetallism the paramount issue of this campaign and are willing to support the chicago ticket regardless of differences apon minor questions A delegation from pittsburg ka headed by maurice liggett an old faass mate of the nominees at law school called on mr bryan today and baked him to make an address in their town mr bryan said bo could give no deTi nite answer but would keep the invitation in mind bt louia july 2 william bryan will not accept the nomination at the hands of the Pop ulista if athey turn down his running of maine this announcement is nude on the authority of mr bryan himself hia self senator jones of arkansas chairman chai raan cf tho national democratic commit tui who has been in the city for the past week laboring to escure the endorsement of the lull chicago ticket and has been charged with having positively told the elders that obey must nominate bryan and sewall or do nothing at all it has been evident to senator jones for the past forty eight hours that be could not wean over the men who have been bitter in their antagonism to mr sewall As eoon as the convention decided to nominate the vice president first senator jones wired mr arvan at bis home in lincoln keb aa follow bt louie the liste have decided to nominate the vice president first it it is not sewall what ahall we do I 1 favor your declination in that event JAMES K mr bryan certainly did not hesitate long in determining the character of hi reply senator jones within sixteen minutes alter bo sent hia message bad the following reply handed to him in hh room at the planters hotel lincoln july 24 I 1 agree with you fully if sewall is not nominated have my name withdrawn W J senator jones made no secret of the receipt of this telegram which probably means much for the populists now assembled in convention the length of which has already become irksome to some of the delegates the telegram was shown to a number of the senators personal friends and then sent to the convention hall to be read at the light time to a reporter of the united press senator jonee said it was manifestly impossible tor mr bryan to accept a nomination from the populists lists a ticket which repudiated hia associate there was nothing left him to do but withdraw and as soon as the convention bad carried out the fixed purposes lie said the populists would be enlightened as to mr bryans course further than this senator jonee did not care to talk |