Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-15

The Farmers Alliance and peoples party are
figuring on electing the Vice President this fall.
They talk in n very sanguine manner about
what they are going to do in the matter Of con-
trolling the next House and carrying certain
states on the national ticket but they do not
pretend to have any idea that they will elect
Weaver and Field. But they figure out that they
are bound to elect Field to the vice presidency.
81 feel. " said Mr. McCune to Q STAR reporter
today, That Fields election is practically as
slred. He is bound to be elected if the
election of the President is thrown
into the House. which is very likely to
happen: The House would, Of course,
elect Mr.. Cleveland to the presidency.
President from the three candidates who had
received the highest number Of votes at the
polls. Tho Constitution prohibits the Presi-
dent and Vice President both coming from the
fame state. and the Hohse having chosen Mr..
Cleveland first Mr. Reid would be rendered
ineligible. The Senate would, therefore, be
compelled to choose between Mr.. Stevenson
and Mr.. Field and there is little room for doubt
that they would select the latter.
EXPERT FIGURING ON THE HOUSE.
The peoples party managers are doing some
expert figuring on the next House. They
claim that at the very lowest calculation
they will have 100 members in the next
House in addition to number Of
republicans and democrats who will be
pledged to alliance or peoples party principles.
They calculate that they are going TO dictate
the policy Of the House.
The democrats recognize that they are to
have hard fight with the third party people In
tho south and that they may lose a number Of
members and possibly the states Of North Car
olina and Alabama in the national election.
NJ th.. ovfr
fore, greatly opposed to any combination
with the third party people in the
west, as giving countenancs to them there
might take the sting out of the fight to be made
against them in the south, where the situation
more concerns them.
JERRY SIMPSON EXPECTS DsMocRATIc AID.
Jerry Simpson 10 counting on democratic aid
to secure his reelection to the House and the
question whether or not there ID to be . union
Of the democrats with his supporters in that
dish1S district rs regarded Is of consid-
shrewdest of the democratic managers think
that it would be much wiser to permit the re-
publicans to elect the Oongressman in that
district than to have simpson returned
by the aid of democratic votes. They
see some inconsistency In urging west
party and condemning the same sction by
democrats in the south, and they fear that
sanction given to union in the west would en-
courage the third party sentiment IN the south.
THE BAND OF GIDEON.
The peoples party and alliance managers in
Washington deny the story published in New
York paper to the effect that they have q secret
oath-bound order known as the "Band Of
Gideon. They say that there may be an un-
authorized order Of that sort, but that there
Is no such order known to them.
NJ rh~ HhA - -. N~xs- -
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union, told
STAR reporter that he knew nothing Of II what
ever. Nor would Mr.. McCuns acknowledge the
existence Of such an order.