The morning call., 1892-07-04
4 DEMlND FOR GRESHAM.
Third Party Leaders Refuse to Accept
His DeclinatiOR.
ILLINOIS WILL VOTE SOLID FOR HIN.
Story Is in Circulation That He VIII Net Refuse
a Nomination. and Ii Finds
Many Be ieVcrs
ILLINOIS WILL VOTE SOLID FOR HIH.
Special TO THE MORNING GAIL

OMAHA, July 3.-Amid booming cannon
and waving flags ana under the inspiration
Of patriotic oTatory the National Peoples
party will celebrate the natal day of the
republic tomorrow by nominating an in
dependent candidate for President of the
United States Tie spirit OF 1776'' is the
fayorite motto of these latter-day refOrmers,
and much of the aspiration of the hour is
gathered from the frequent declaration of
the leaders, that in the peoples wrongs of
to-day is a parallel TO the grievances Of 17T6,
and so in revolution alone can these wrongs
be Tighted. But the revolution Of to-day is
10 be wrought by the ballot. and in this
campaign the voice of the people will be
more powerful than the clash Of arms or
the roar of cannon. II is that the true
tocsin is 10 be sounded, but it is as signal
of alarm to the slumbering people. for tn
great victory to be won is to be all the more
triumphant because 1t is the result OF
campaign of-education.
Land, Transportation and Finance" will
he the battle-cry from now to next Novem-
ber. To correct the abuses which have
grown up under the ownership of the frst,
the monopoly of the second and the tyranny
of the third is the aVowed mission or the
great political party.
Who Is to be the candidate of the new
party no enc can predict. Only one man
will be uncomplaningy accented by all,
and he is not a member of the party. The
great JuTist Of Indiana remains the popular
favorIte, and although he has stated that he
would not accept tie nomination On any
platform, Gresham is tonight the caDdi-
date Of an aggressive faction, which insists
he Will accept the nomination if it be ten
dered him, and that the success of the party
demands that he be named. There is every
indication. too, that GTeSham's name will
be presented to the convention ty his ad-
mireTS and an attempt made to force his
nom nation in the enthusiasm of the hour.
General Weaver If Iowa, Senator KYLE of
South Dakota and ex-senator V an Week of
Nebraska also. O.l6OmupcOnspicu0 s,andi-
dates for the Tres identIal nomination. With
Gresham out of the race Weaver and Kyle
viii lead on the nTSt ballot, and the stTengf
of Van Wyck lies in his peculiar popularity
as compromise candidate for Governor of
Nebraska. Governor PennOyeT of Oregon
Is much discussed by the free silver men,
and the Pacific coast delegates are caucus
ing on the adVlsabIlity of supporting him
sOlldiy. Senator Stewart of Nevada and
General 4. j. Warner Of Ohio are also
prominently mentioned by the silver men,
and JOHN +. Wlllets OF Kansas the National
lecturer OF the alliance, and Paul Wander
wort OF Nebraska are also suggested by their
friends Tn: r. is every probability that 4
dozen candidates will be ballotad Tor in to-
mOrrON's convention. Very little attention
will be paid to the Vice Presidency until
the head of tie ticket is selected, but half
dozen or more prominent Southern leaders
are mentioned.
The complications over the Presidency
may result IN a contest over the report of
the committee on rules Tomorrow morn
ing. The report embOdes a scheme of
voting by which a nomination 8 almost
certain on or before the tisiTd ballot In
brief the plan is ilIat if NJ nominee receives
a majority on the first ballot "a second ballot
shall at once be taken. wherein each dele
gate must writo on the ballot the name Of
his first choice and of his second choice, the
first choice 10 be given one vote and the
second choice half vote. The two candi-
dates receiving the largest number of votes
are then to b. taken As the only candidates
for whom votes shall be counted on the