St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-29
WORKING The WIRES.
Prohibition Presidential Pos
sibilities Put the Party in
a PiQlant Stew.
Bidwell and Bascom BackerS
Bucking a Bully Boy With
a Bar'l.
Frances Willard FavorS Fu-
sion for a Flyer and For
mulates for Why.
Swift and Saucy Sam Small
Swift and Saucy Sam Small
Smites Sam Dickie for
Silly Spending.

nominated. The convention. unless an
effort, now not very promising, to patch
up differences and agree on new man
shall be successful, will meet with a
fight on hand for the honor OF. being the
presidential nominee of the party, a
state of things which is novelty to the
cold water advocates.
The fight is throwing an air of a real
political convention over the proceed
ingS, and what with Autographs and
badges of the two rival candidates,
campaign headquarters, charges and
cOuntercharges and night conferences,
an outsider may catch something OF the
spirit which pervades more important
political conventions. Gen. Bidwell, OF
California, and W. Jennings Demorest.
of New York. are the leading competi-
tors for the nomination, and their sup
porterS are becoming so excited over
the matter that talk of the advisabilty
of bringing out dark horse as q means
of healing the two factions begins to be
heard.
FaVOrite Sable Equine.
Clay Bascom, a well known business
man of Troy, n. Y, is the ebony equine
most mentioned as the best nominee IN
the event that both Bidwell and Demor-
est are ruled off the track, and OCCASION
ally G. Il. Stewart, of Ohio, and Prof.
Dickie, of Michigan, are suggested.
While talk of q compromise is heard,
neither Gen. Bi6well's nor Mr.. Demor-
est's friends look Oh it with favor, and
many delegates think the matter has
gone so far that it must be fought out.
Gen. Bidwell'S friends claim his elec-
ton on the first ballot, and ridicule the
DemOreSt claims as baSelesS. Gen. Bid
well has strong Eastern supporters i'll
New York and Pennsylvania. the two
largest states. He has in the former two
thirds and in the latter three-Quarters
or more of the delegates. Most of the
leaders are for him, and eX-GOv. st.
John, who could probably get the NOM
ination if he would take it, is working
hard for Bidwell, and will place him in
nomination. Chairman Dickie, of the
national committee: Miss Willard, Mrs.
Cougar, 4. A. Stevenson Pennsylvania; !;
DR.. Funk and others are also support
ing Bidwell.
DenOrest's Strength.
The Demorest supporters arrived in
larger numbers 10 day, and it is evident
that he has a consider able following,
though handicapped by lack of support
in his OWN state. He is expected to
stand well in the South, and perhapsin
some of tile Western states. Col. K. s.
Chevis, Rev. Sam Small, Prof. Grandl-
son, of North Carolina; John Lloyd
Thomas, secretary Of the national COM
mittee, and Ienay Z. Hudson of the
Blue and the Gray" are his principal
advocates. The first three named will ,
it is understood, make the nomination
and secOnding speeches for Demorest.
Gideon L. Stewart, of Ohio, will
probably be put in nomination, anc the
Prohibition presidential nomination
being itself largely of a complimentary
nature, there is no telling how many
persons will receive informal ballots.
Tonight caucuSes of the two leaders
were held to arrange for the proper
conduct of the two booms. The Demor-
est men are making much of the strong
sentiment against fusion with the PeO-
ple'S par ty, and one charge they make
against Bidwell is that he is inclined to
withdraw if Weaver is nominated.
Opposed to Fusion.
They have out Autographs of Demo-
rest Inscribed, mo compromises. no
fusion, no deals" The Bidwell men
retort that the DemYreSt campaign
largely rests on contributions. The
Prohibition newspaper organs are COM
ing in for their share of denunciatiOn,
and the DemOreSt followers and some
others assail it vehemently and charge
that Demorest's lack or sLppOrt in New
York state is due to machine methods
to which the Voice is party. The OD-
position to fusion with the Peoples
party is very marked, and Miss Willard
was tonight apparently almost alone in
open advocacy of it.
The leaders of both the Bidwell and
DemOEeSt factions, at least on the SUE
face, seem united OH antagOnism to this
proposition. The Peoples party is noI
condemned, but the disposition is strong
in favor of the Prohibitionists keeping
their own organization and presidential
candidates in this campaign at least,
and this feeling will find an expression
in the platform if the more radical have
their way.
st. John Will Open.
Ex-Gov. John P. st. John, of Kansas,
lot so long ago a presidential nominee
on the Prohibition ticket. will be in the
chair tomorrow at the first session of
the convention that is to choose the
party's national candidate for 1892.
That was settled this evening before
the adjournment of an important meet
ing of Prohibition national committee.
A. +. WOlfenbarger. of Nebraska,
will be the secretary of the convention.
The choice of a Nebraskan for the
honor was regarded as an olive
branch to the Peoples party, emphasiZ-
ilIg the intention Of theProhibitioniSts to
at least help III wrestling Nebraska this
year if possible from the grasp of the
two older parties-this, too. whether a
fusion of the Peoples party and the
PrOhlbiOnists be attempted or not.
A. A. Stevens of Pennsylvania, or
Prof. Dickie will probably be psrma-
nent chairman. A. E. Wilson of Hin.
OiS, j. A. Tate of Tennessee, and E. f.
Stevens, the base ball editor of the BoS-
ton Herald. were chosen for assistant
secretaries, and E. L. Chafin of Wiscon-
sin, for sergeant-at-arms at the national
committee meeting.
Sam Small in His Element.
There was lively. exchange of per-
sonalitieS at the committee meeting
over the adoption of the treasurer's re.
port. Sam Small said certain names
Occurred.t6O often as having been elm
ployed by Chairman Dickie for prohibi
ton work. He characterized them as
"hangers-on" without other means OF
support, and asserted that their employ.
ment was in violation Of the spirit of q
resolution offered by him and adopted
in Pittsburg.
E. T. Chain, of Wisconsin, scored
Rev. Mr.. Small. and mincing no words
said that gentlelnan's resolution was
''an idiotic performance
After the resolution had been adopted
without division, Chairman DicKie spoke
declaring the resolution had not beer
violated, as it was understood wher
passed, and spoke of the resolution as &
"tom-fool one"
Mr.. Small. as personal explanation
got all opportunity to reply, and sailed
into Mr.. Dickie for few minutes.
Walter Hill, of Georgia; Joshua Lev
ering, of Maryland; Col. Balm. of Ken
lucky; John w. Russell, of Detroit, anC
A. A. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, have
been suggested as good Yice-preSidentia