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The Great Issue Now Agitating the
Populist-s at St. Louis.
FOR AND AGAINST FUSION."
One Faction Wishes to Have Bryan In-
dorsed, While Another Opposes That
Course—Weaver For Temporary
Chairman—Other Gossip.
ST. LOUIS," July 22.—Nothing better ll-
iustrates the chaotic condition of the Pop-
ulist convention than the fact that with
the convention only a day distant there is
not an approach to crystallization of
thou ht in favor of any candidate for the
gooey on the part of the element un-
favorable to the indorsement of Mr. Bry-
m. The matter receives occasional atten-
tion, but a majority of the middle of the
toad Populists when interrogated upon the
point reply that the question is one of com-
parative insignificance. Names are, how-
)ver, occasionally mentioned. So far the
name of Paul Vandever of Omaha, ex-com-
mander of the Grand Army, is more fre-
huently heard than that of. any other, but
his friends admit that he is handicapped
by not having the indorsement of his own
Itatc, which is for Bryan. Eugene V.
Debs and Congressman Towns of Minne-
sota are also spoken of, but neither ap-
parently with serious purposes. It is sug-
gested that the discussion of Mr. Towne
as a probability is for the purpose of lead-
lng up to the nomination of Senator Pet-
t-igrew, who has openly joined the Popu-
listparty. It is very apparent, however,
that if the anti-Bryan faction should
prove to be in the majority in the conven-
tion but little dififlculty will be experi-
enced in reaching a conclusion on this im-
portant point.
Bryan Men Confident.
Today was dark and rainy, like yester-
day, but the rank and file of the Pcpulists,
who are early to bed and early to rise,
were astir before 6 o’clock and about the
hotels discussing silver. initiative, referen-
Dum and income tax. The corridors of the
Lindell hotel were crowded before 7
o’clock, and the orations at headquarters
of the middle of the road men at the
Laclede had begun before that hour. The
leaders were later putting in appearance.
The Bryan managers were in a jubilant
frame of mind. They confidently claimed
that they had passed the critical point
GENERAL JAMES B. WEAVER.
[Candidate of the indorsment faction for
temporary chairman]
and that their control of the convention
was practically assured. The conditions
and details are yet to be worked out, but
they believe they have won the main vic-
tory—the nomination or indorsement of
the Chicago ticket. They claim that the
attempt of some of the Populists to force
the withdrawal of Sewall and nominate a
Populist for vice president had been do
feated by the stand taken by Bryan’s
friends and the positive answer of Chair-
man Jones of the Democratic national
committee that such a thing could not be
considered and would not be tolerated.
Notwithstanding the confidence of the
Bryan managers, however, they will not
relax their efforts. They will meet and
canvass every incoming delegation and
keep up the work of proselyting among
those already here. Although they new
claim the victory, they believe there will
be a bolt of the radicals. and a bolt of the
extremists is really what some say they
desire. The Democratic managers certain-
ly are not averse to a split which will carry
out of the convention the extreme men.
They claim the allegiance of some of these
men Would do the ticket infinitely more
harm than good. The battle will come on
the floor of the convention, and no one
now doubts that there will be a display of
bitterness and bad blood. ~ .
The national committee is wrestling
with the quest-ion of organization. The
Bryan men have put forward General
Weaver for temporary chairman. This is
a shrewd move. They do not believe that
the opposition will care to make a fight
against their late standard bearer.
Congressman Towns on Hand.
Congressman Towns of Minnesota, one
of the silver Republicans who walked out
of the St. Louis convention, and who an-
nounced the severance of his allegiance to
the Republican party, arrived here today.
He has been in Minnesota since the Chi-
cago convention and has addressed large
silver meetings there.
“The silver movement in Minnesota,”
said he, “is growing by mates and bounds.
Among the Republicans _I was amazed at
the widespread defection in favor of silver.
The Republicans and Pcpulists whom I
saw were all enthusiastically for Bryan,
in the belief that it was only by a union
of the silver forces that the battle for the
restoration of silver could he won in this
campaign. The Populists, of course, nat-
urally want to. maintain their organiza-
tion, but they believe that is entirely pos-
sible in all local contests and in a national
Sense. When the nomination of Teller
was talked of at Chicago, a nomination
we earnestly hoped for, the Populists ev-
erywhere took up the idea and indorsed it.
They did not think their organization
would be endangered. Of course there is
some difference between the nomination
of an err-Republican and a Democrat, but
,a fusion of the silver forces on Teller, it
seems to me, would present practically the
same situation which today confronts the
Populists. Their organization would have
been as much endangered by Teller’s nom-
ination at Chicago and subsequent in-
dorsement here as by Bryan’s nomination
and indorsement. I am of the opinion
that his indorsement will not jeopardize
the Populist organization, and it is the
only logical thing for this convention to
do.”
“ Your name has been canvassed ex-
tensively in connection with the presiden-
tial nomination by the .Populists who
Advertise in the Guns”.
field,” was suggested by a reporter.
I “I appreciate very highly the compli-
ment involved in the suggestion of my
name,” replied Mr. Towne, “but an in-
iependent nomination, in my opinion, is
lmpracticable. Bryan should be indorsed.
[ am for Bryan.”
Middle of the Road Men.
The middle of the road Populists recog-
nized today that the organization of the
Bryan men was telling and made an effort
to effect one themselves. Up to this morn-
ing they had maintained open headquar-
ters at the Laclede hotel, where the arriv-
ing delegates were requested to come in
and register, procure a badge, report as to
what his state delegation would do and
then saunter forth into the hotel lobbies
and join in the talk. ' But no chairman,
secretary, sergeanhatarms or other officer
had been selected. Such acampaign could
make little headway against the organized
forces of the Bryan men, who wore acting
with system. A meeting of the middle of.
the road men was called and an attempt
made to organize, but the nonarrival of
delegates led to deferring action. Many
of them are claimed to be on the way here
3nd will arrive within a few hours to join
their ranks.
The anti-Bryan men on the national
committee and those who have been prom-
inent in the movement to secure an in-
dorsement of Bryan and the nomination
of a Populist vice president, with fusion
on electors, have not placed themselves at
the head of the middle of the road men,
although there have been some conferences
between them and the anti-Bryan, or
rather anti-Sewall, men.
The attempt of the middle of the road
men to organize resulted in a high time.
A. H. Livingston of Missouri was elected
temporary chairman and A. L. Reed,
temporary secretary.
A Muddled Oklahomans.
A row began as soon as the meeting was
organized. A delegate from Oklahoma
named Swift Bright pointed out a man
seated in front of the chairman and de-
clared that he had been around the various
hotels distributing Mark Hanna’s money
for the purpose of preventing the indorse-
ment of Bryan and defeating the Silver
party. The man proved to be Silas Ross
of Buffalo, and he denied in the most em-
phatic manner that he had been engaged
in any such business or had ever seen the
Oklahoma man before. Bright claimed
that Ross had represented himself as from
Baltimore and other portions of the coun-
try, but upon close questioning he admit-
ted that he might be mistaken, saying
that the man looked very much like Ross.
Later in the meeting Hackstaff of Colo-
rado entered and made a speech. The Ok-
lahoma man said Hackstafi was the man.
Hackstafi immediately denied that he had
ever seen the Oklahoma man before or
that he was engaged in anything but an
effort to select a straight out Populist can-
didate for president. The Oklahoma man
seemed to be undecided and went out after
a motion had been adopted requesting the
Bryan men to leave the hall. Before the
last part of this interesting incident occur-
red and shortly after the meeting was call-
ed to order a motion was carried with a
whoop that none but a straight out Popu-
list should be nominated for president.
Then occurred a row over the fact that
men with Bryan badges were in the room.
It was claimed by the middle of the road
Populists that these Bryan men should
either get out or declare themselves fora
middle of the road ticket. There were sev-
eral quarrels over ri hts of recognition,
and the secretary fimfily got a semblance
of order by moving a call of the roll of
states to secure responses and see what
strength the middle of the road men would
have in the convention. Arizona did not
respond, nor did Alabama, although a
Florida man stated that he understood
Alabama was divided. Arkansas was for
the Omaha platform. California was di-
vided, but it was said the middle of the
road men in the delegation 'would accep
Bryan on a straight Populist platform.
There was no response from Connecticut.
Colorado announced two delegations—one
for Bryan and the other for a straight out.
The secretary moved that the middle of
the road men use every effort to seat their
delegation and reject the “Democratic
delegation,” headed by Tom Patterson.
This was carried with a shout. There
were no responses from Delaware or the
District of Columbia. Colorado and Flor-
ida announced two votes for the middle of
the road cause. Georgia did not respond.
When Indiana was called, 'it waslannounced
that the greater portion of the delegation
was middle of the road. The delegate
making the announcement said that the
Pcpulists that he representeddid not pro-
pose to do anything that would assist in
the election of Daniel W. Voorhees to suc-
ceed himself.
Views of Other State Delegations.
After some wrangling Mr. Gunn was
granted a few minutes to make a state-
ment. He detailed the hardships the Pop-
ulists had encountered and said no mat-
ter what was done he always intended to
remain a Populist.
When Iowa Was called, Secretary Reed
entered into a discussion of the prefer—
ences of different delegates, and after fig-
uring out five or six middle of the road
men, he entered an emphatic denial of
Weaver’s statement that Iowa would cast
30 solid votes for Bryan.
A delegate from Texas named Wood
chipped in at nearly every announcement,
saying: .
“Texas greets you and promises 95 votes
to help out.” He had promised the 95
votes to seat the anti-Bryan delegation
from Colorado. He and Webster of Mis-
souri got into a discussion of the matter,
and each warned the middle of the road
men to keep out of caucuses of state dele-
gations which would turn their votes over
to Bryan. Both said the unit rule should
be avoided and each vote as he saw fit.
When Illinois was called, the announce-
ment was made that there was an Altgeld
delegation for Bryan and a Taylor delega-
tion for the middle of the road. It was
promptly asserted, however, that Altgeld
was not a delegate. The reply was made
that Altgeld controlled the Bryan delega-
tion.
When Maine was called, a man mounted
a chair and stated with great vehemence
that there was only one delegate from
Maine present, but the delegation was
solid for the middle of the road. Another
man with equal vehemence denied the as-
sort-ion.
Missouri, as announced by Webster, was
with one exception solid for the middle
of the road. A man from Mississippi an-
nounced that that state was opposed to
any fusion, but he could not speak defl-
nitely. Hackstafi of Colorado, in speaking
for that state, said that there were two
delegations, the straight middle of the
road intending to go out of the convention
and form another if Bryan was nominated.
Bryan and Texas.
There was a lively skirmish in the Texas
delegation today over a proposition to ask
Mr. Bryan to define his attitude toward
the Omaha Populist platform. The ques-
tion was brought up by Harry Tracy, who
Advertise in like Gamma.
‘rnsisvsrisc oAz
want to place anindependent ticket in the 91.01.3058,} that a telegram should be sent to .
Mr. Bryan asking him if he indorsed the.
platform. Mr. Tracy made a spirited
speech in support of the proposition, say-
ing that in view of the talk cf indorsing
Bryan for president by the Populist con-
vention the delegates were entitled to
know‘ how he stood with reference to Pop-
ulist principles. The proposition was voted
down by a narrow margin, but not until
after several members had made speeches
for and against it. Those who opposed the
sending of the telegram took the position
that it would be‘ an indelicate matter to i
put such an inquiry to Mr. Bryan at this
time. The friem) of Mr. Bryan accept
the result with much satisfaction in view
of the supposition that Texas was irrecon-
cilably antagonistic to the Democratic
nominee.
“Cyclone” Davis’ Resolution.
Mr. Davis has prepared and will ask the
Populist convention to adopt the following .
resolution :
“ Whereas, McKinley and the Republican .
party represent the existing gold standard
and its perpetuation, which means that
the national banking system is to be re
chartered for 50 years and that our na-
tional debt is to be refunded and made a
gold instead of-a coin debt and the bonds
to run 50 years, and
”Whereas, This system is to be fastened,
upon the country by a treaty with foreign
nations under the false pretense of an in-
ternational conference, which means the
ultimate enslavery of the masses and the
complete establishment of the classes;
“Resolved, That to defeat this measure
and insure Mr. McKinley’s defeat, so far
as our vote goes, we pledge ourselves to
unite with the Democrats on one set of
electors in each state.”
This reflects the sentiment of most of
the middle of the road Populists.
. Georgia Opposed to Bryan.
The Georgia delegation arrived today.
Mr. H. P. Blunt, a leading member of the
delegation, said that it would be impos-
sible to bring the delegation to the support
of Bryan and Sewall. The Populists of
his state would, .he said, construe the in-
dorsement of the national Democratic
nominees as an encouragement of Demo-
cratic methods in Georgia state politics,
and it would be impossible to reconcile
them to that course.
TEE SILVER CONVENTION.
It “Till Probably Xndorse the Democratic
Ticket.
ST. LOUIS, July :22.——The Hon. I. N.
Stevens, member of the executive commit-
tee of the National Silver party, arrived to-
day. Speaking of what the Silver party
will do, he—said: “Our party was organized
to unite all silver voters for the campaign
of 1896 without regard to past party affilia-
tions. We started by asking them to lay
aside temporarily their views upon other
public questions and to unite in one su-
preme efiort to settle t‘ 3 money question
this year. Our convent-ion will be largely
composed of men who have belonged to the
Republican party and who have been easily
persuaded to join our ranks for the reason
that they do not have to sacrifice their
convictions upon other political questions,
but simply subordinate them to the money
question. Our convention will nominate
Bryan and Sewall upon substantially the
financial plank of the Chicago platform,
which vfi-Il probably be the sole plank of
our plo form, and then an address will
- probably be issued appealing to the Amer-
ican per: is to hold in abeyance their be-
liefs up«. :1 other questions and join with us
in restoring the money of the constitution.
We will be a powerful factor in the middle
and western states in uniting the silver
voters. The members of our party under-
took this work from motives of patriotism
alone. They want no ofiices; therefore
they have no t‘les or conditions to delay
them,.and the suver convention will prob-
ably oomplete its work in one day. The
party has a school district organization in
i all the middle and western states. It will
bring to the‘support of Mr. Bryan hun-
dreds of thousands who do not wish to
vote a Democratic ticket or join that party,
but who agree with it on the money
westiOn."
Hoke Smith’sl‘aper For Bryan.
ATLANTA, July 22.——The Atlanta Jour-
nal, which led the fight in Georgia against
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
and which had not heretofore declared
what course it would pursue in the present
campaign, says in its leading editorial to-
day that while it cannot approve all of the
Chicago platform it will support Bryan
and Sewall.
The Journal’s editorial concludes as fol-
lows:
“During the campaign within the party
The Journal called upon all Democrats to
pledge themselves in advance to vote for
the nominee of the national convention,
and in that connection The Journal
pledged itself to do so,
"‘We find nothing to commend in the
platform except its declaration in favor of
the maintenance of a sound currency, and
this declaration is qualified by an ill tem-
pered criticism of the course pursued by
the present administration, which was ab-
solutely necessary to sustain a sound cur-
rency. The Republican party favors a high
protective tarifi; it opposes an income tax;
it is identified with the trusts and rhonopo-
lies of the country, and it can be relied
upon to give them support at the expense
of theImasses.
“In this condition of affairs The Jour-
nal believes it is the part of patriotism and
wisdom to remain inside the Democratic
party. Especially is this true in the south.
The Democratic party has been the con-
stant friend of our section, while the Re-
publican party has been its bitter and re-
lentless enemy.
“After careful deliberation, while we
cannot indorse all of the platform adopted
at Chicago, we have determined to give an
earnest support to the Democratic nomi-
noes.”
[CONTINUED ON THIRD men]
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