Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-29
WE ARE the PEOPLE.
What the Papers are Saying in Advance of
the Convention.

the Convention.
Philadelphia Record (dem): The toy
pistol is a reminder that the Fourth of July
and the alliance convention are coming
along.
Kansas City Journal (rep); Judge Gres-
ham will not accept the third party nonina-
tion for president, il 1t Is offered him Judge
Gresham is still in full possession of his in
tellectual faculties and his customary mental
vigor
Denver News (anti-Ceveland dem.): If
Gresham will accept The nomination, the
labor organizations will easily raise the
necessary funds to carry on the campaign
Labor unions of New York city would con-
tribute half the fund If necessary.
Denver Republican: No matter who may
be selected by the Omaha convention as the
third party candidate for president, he will
not carry a single northern state, and even if
he should carry every state in the south it
will have no effect on the presidential cleo
tion. Mr.. Harrison will have majority in
the electoral college, and his second term
will be more beneficial to the country than
his first.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.): Judge Gresh-
ANS very decided denial of any disposition
TO monkey with the peoples party buzz saw,
on his part, was what was expected. The
peoples party demagogues would be i'm
mensely pleased to take the judge in their
net, but Judge Gresham isn't built that way.
He has sound judicial mind in a sound
body, and he has no sympathy for the crank
ism in any of Its manifold forms
Chicago Herald (dem): Should the
| peoples or farmers, alliance party now
about to assemble in convention at Omaha
| nominate such man as Walter O. Gresham
| as a candidate for tho presidency and adopt
| a rational platform, some interesting results
| might be looked for Gresham would be an
exceptionally strong candidate, who in spite
| of platform vagaries would certainly win
some electoral votes, enough dou otless to
| defeat both Cleveland ana Harrison in the
| electoral colleges. Neither of these prota-
| gonlsts has any electoral votes to spare, and a
| few gained from each would throw the
| election into the house of representatives.
| Once there, Harrison, of course would stand
| no show, but Gresham might. OF the forty
four states represented by congressional
| delegations the democrats have thirty, the
| rcpu ublicans ten. and the farmers alliance
| four. But the farmers alliance is very
strong in large number of the democratic
| states, as 1t is also in certain of the repub-
| lican states.
Chicago Tribune (rep) The peoples party
hold their national convention IL Omaha in u
few days and he leaders are boasting loudly
Of what they are going to do and how they
will cut and slash the Two old parties to
pieces. The southern alliance mon say that
nearly all the negroes are with them and if
protected ut the polls by the alliance white
men tho blacks will poll l,00O,OOO votes for
the peoples ticket and carry eight or ten
southern states for lis presidential candidate
There is no sort Of doubt that if the alliance
whites proffcred protection TO the colored
brethren and saw to it that their votes were
counted they could poll for the ticket vast
colored vo'o in the south, enough TO break
up its solidity. They could easily win half
the electoral votes OF the south for their
presidential candidate IL would make
things lively down IN Dixie ii the alliance
whites concluded TO. play that game. They
would knock out the supporters of the Wall
street candidate as easily as the anti-lottery
democrats in louisiana, by the aid Of the
colored vote, laid out cold the lottery dem
ocrats.
Salt Lake Tribune (rep); There is a
strong disposition on the part OF lot oil
| labor organizations and dissatisfied men gen.
orally TO nominate Walter q. Gresham foI
president of the United States. Whether he
will accept or not is the question. He has
had presidential bee In his bonnet a good
while. lie does not like President HARRISON
over much. He is an eminent Judge aud an
honest man. The probability is If he Were
to run he would draw many repu Dlican votes
away from President Harrison and would
, succeed In electing Mr. Cleveland. Tle can
not possibly Imagine that he as a third
party candidate, could obtain q majority oil
the electoral votes. IL he runs. II will be fol
the purpose of defeating the republican
I party. The question is: Win he do iti II
| he does, II VIII DO with the idea that by de
featlng the republicans this year his third
party movement VIII galn strength enough
} 10 do what the republicans did in lS6O-tri
umphanty elect 4 candidate. But he /.
shrewd enough TO know that with the repub
, | lican party torn 70 pieces by his candidacy
, and with the election OF Mr.. Cleveland. III,
probabilities would be strong that the demo
Gratis would hold power Tor great man,
years TO come.