Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-04
THE SPIRIT Or rs
Enu1ated BY the
Peoples F'arty.
LAND, TransB ,rtation and
Finance"
Their Battle Cry From Now Till
Next November.
A, National Standard to Be
Named Today.
Judge Gresham's Presidential Boom
Rejuvenated.
1t Is Claimeds He May Yet Accept the
Nomination. Il.
How Sunday Was Spent at Omaha
Memorial Services for Polk and
De1ameter.
A Committee Sent to Interview Him.
How Sunday Was Spent at Omaha
Memorial Services for Polk and
De1ameter.
By the Associated tress.l

OMAHA, July 3.-Amid the booming
of cannon, the waving of flags and under
the inspiration of patriotic oratory, the
national Peoples party will celebrate
the national day Of the republic tomor-
row by nominating an independent can
didate for president of the United States.
"The spirit of 1776" is the favorite
motto of the latter day ioformers, and
much of the inspiration OF the hour is
gathered from the frequent declarations
of the leaders, that the peoples wrongs
of today are parallel to the grievances of
1776, and 60 in revolution alone can the
wrongs be righted; but the revolution
of today is to be wrought by by the bal
lot, and in the campyig ign the voice Of the
people will be more powerful than the
clash OF arms or the roar of the cannon.
1t is true that the tocsin is to be
sounded, but only as the signal alarm
to the slumbering people for great
victory to be won, to be all the more
triump ant because it is the result OF
a campaign of education. A,s,
Land. transportation and finance.
are to be the battle cry from now to
next November. To correct the abuses
which have grown up under the owner
ship of the first, the monopoly of the
second and the tyranny of the third, is
the avowed mission Of the great political
party.
WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE?
Who is to be the candidate of the new
party no one can predict. Only one
man would be uncomplainingly accepted
by all, and he ia not member of the
party. The great jurist of Indiana re-
mains the popular favorite, and al
though he has stated that he would not
accept the nomination on any platform,
Gresham is tonight the candidate of an
aggressive faction, which insists that he
will accept the nomination if rendered
him and that the success of the party
demands that he be named.
There is every indication that Gresh-
ANS name will be presented to the con-
vention by his admirers, and an attempt
made to force his nomination in the
enthusiasm of the hour.
General Weaver of Iowa, Senator Kyle
| of South Dakota and ex-senator Van
Wyck of Nebraska loom up conspicu-
| ously as candidates for the presidential
nomination. With Gresham out of the
race, Weaver and Kyle will lead on the
! first ballot, and the strength of Van
| Wyck lies in his peculiar popularity as
compromise candidate for governor of
| Nebraska.
Governor Pennoyer of Oregon is much
discussed by the free silver men, and the
Pacific coast delegates are caucusing on
the advisability of supporting him
solidly.
Senator Stewart, OF Nevada, and Gen.
| A. j. Warner, of Ohio, are also prom
inently mentioned by the silver men,
and John F. Willis, of Kansas, nation-
al lecturer of the Alliance, and Paul
Vandervort, of Nebraska, are also sug-
gested by their friends.
There is every probability that at
least a dozen candidates will be balloted
| for in tomarrow's convention.
Very little attention will be paid to
the presidency until the head of
the ticket is selected, but half dozen
or more prominent southern leaders are
mentioned.
A PROBABLE CONTEST.
The complications over the presidency
may result in contest over the report
of the committee on rules tomorrow
morning. The report embodies scheme
of voting by which the nomination is
almost certain on or before the third
ballot. In brief, the plan is that if no
nominee has received majority on the
first ballot, second ballot shall at once
be taken, wherein each delegate must
write on his ballot the name of his first
choice and secono choice; the first
choice to be given one vote and the
second choice half vote, thetwo candi-
dates receiving the largest number of
votes, to be the only candidates for
! whom votes shall be counted on the
third ballot.