Clason was organizer and first president of the Neosho Young Men 's Democratic Club . He was chairman of the Dodge County Democratic committee until the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . Although Clason had been elected as a delegate to the state 's Democratic convention , he was an outspoken advocate of the gold standard . When the Chicago convention nominated William Jennings Bryan and adopted a free silver platform , he repudiated it . According to his biography in the 1897 '' Wisconsin Blue Book '' , he endorsed the Republican presidential ticket of McKinley and Hobart , and Edward Sauerhering the Republican candidate for re-election in Wisconsin 's 2nd congressional district ; but the '' Milwaukee Journal '' had reported before the election that he was denying reports of his support for McKinley and advocating the National Democratic Party ( Gold Democrat ) ticket of Palmer and Buckner
1896 Democratic National Convention
1896 Democratic National Convention
Jesse Clason