Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-29
HAVE NUMEROUS CANDIDATES
Prohibit,onists Are Not Looking for Pres
idential Timber.
MANY ANXIOUS FOR THE NOMINATION
All is Not Pieasant Among the Delegates
Assembled at Observation-Disclosures Ne-
pubiicans Meet in state Convention
Various Political Pointers.

sary preparations have been made ana AZ lu
O'Clock tomorrow morning the sixth annual
convention of the prohibition party will be-
gin its session in the big Music hall in which
Hancock was nominated. The convention,
unless an effort, not now very promising, to
patch differences and agree on new man
shall be successful, will have fight on hand
for the honor Of being the presi-
dental nominee OF the party, a state Of things
which is a novelty to the cold water advo-
Gates The fight is throwing an air Of real
political convention over the proceedings
and what, with Autographs and badges Of
the two rival candidates, campaign head
quarters, charges and counter charges and
night conferences, an outsider may snatch
something of the spirit which pervades more
important political conventions.
Leading Candidates.
General Bidwell OF California and Mr.. w.
| jennings Demorest of New York are the
| leading competitors for the nomination and
| their supporters are becoming excited over
| the matter. Mr.. Bascom, we'll known
! business man of Troy, N y, is the ebony
| equine most mentioned as the best nominee
| in the event of both Bidwell aud Demorest
| being ruled off.
While talk Of compromise is heard,
|
| friends look on it with favor, and many dele
gates think the matter has gone so far
that it must be fought ont. General Bid
wells friends claim his election on the first
ballot and ridlcule the Demorest claims US
| baseless. General Bidwel has strong east
ern supporters in New York and Pennsyl-
| vania, most of the leaders are for him. and
| Ex-Governor st. John, who could probably
get the nomination If he would take 1t, Is
| working hard for Bidwell and will place him
| In nomination. Chairman Dlckie OF the ma
| tlonal committee Miss Willard, Mrs. Cougar,
a. A. Stevens of Pennsylvania, DIR. Funk
and others, are supporting Bidwell also.
| Demorest's Strength.
| The Demorest supporters arrived in larger
nun bers today and it is evident that he has
a considerable following, though handi-
| capped by lack OF support In his own state.
He is expected to stand well in the sou tn,
| and perhaps in some of the western states.
Colonel r. S. Chevis Rev Sam Small, Prof.
| Grandson of North Carolina. John Lloyd
! Thomas, secretary OF the national ommittee,
and Henry B. 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 T. Stewart of Ohio, will probably
be put in nomination and the prohibition
| presidential nomination being itself largely
| OF a complimentary nature, there is no tell
ing 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 Demorest men are making
| much of the strong sentiment against
fusion with the peoples party, and one
charge they make against Bidwell is that he is
inclined to withdraw if Weaver is NOM
mated. They have out Autographs of Dem
Fusion. No Deals" The Bidwel men
retort that the Demorest camralgn largely
rests on financial contributions. The prohi-
bition newspaper organs are coming IN Tor
share OF denuncatlon and the Demorest fol
lowers and some others assail II vehemently
and charge that Demorests lack of supper,
in New York state is due to machine meth
DDS to which the Voice is party.
Opposed to Fusion.
The opposition to fusion with the peoples
party is very marked, and Miss Willard was
| tonight apparently almost alone in advocacy
| OF it. The leaders of both the Bidwell anc
} | Demorest factions, at least on the surface
seem united in antagonism to this propos
| ition. The peoples party is not condemned
! but the disposition is strong in favor OF the
. | prohibitionists keeping up their own organ
| iZation and presidential candidates in this
| campaign, at least, and their feeling will finc
. an expression in the platform if the more
| radical have their way.
Ex-Governor John =. st. John Of Kansas
not so long ago presidential nominee him
self on the prohibition ticket, will be in tn,
! chair tomorrow at the first session OF tn,
convention that is to chose the party's ma
!; | tional candidates for 1892. That was settled
1 | before the adjournment of an importan
: meeting of tho prohibition national com
= | mittee
A. +. Wolfenbarger of Nebraska will b.
: the secretary of the convention. The choc
| of Nebraskan for the honor was REGARDED
as au olive branch to the peoples party, EN-
: phasizing the intention of the prohibtionist
to ut least help in wrestling Nebraska. thi
ilala fK.AFr Of
n older parties-.this, too, whether fusion o
Y the peoples party and the prohibltionists b.
y | attempted or not.
o A. A. Stevens of PENNSYLVANIA or Prof
y Dickie will probably be permanent char
Il man.
G A. E. Wilson of Illinois, J. A. Tate of Ten
y nessee and E, +. Stevens the base bal! ed
tor OF the Boston Herald, were chosen 70
}. assistant secretaries, and Is. II, Chain G
9 | Wisconsin for sergeant alarms at the Mt
u | tional committee meeting.
=, Exchange OF Personalities.
k There was a lively exchange of person
II alities at the committee meeting over th
r adoption of The treasurer's report. Sar
20 Small said certain names occurred too ofte
% | as having been employed by Chairma
" Dickie for prohibition work. He charat
II | terized them as hungers ON without othe
y means OF support, and asserted that thei
10 employment was In violation OF the spirit
D. u resolution offered by him ana adopted |
PITTS burg.
a b. r. Chafin of Wisconsin scored Rev. MI
If | Small ana minclng no words sand that ger
l- tleman's resolution was ian Idiotic perform
,r ance"
le After the resolution had been adopte
as without division Chairman Dickie spoke, d.
I'd clarug the resolution had not been violated
IN as 1t was understood when passed, and spok
m of the resolution as ''tomfool onen
-e Mr. Small, in a personal explanation, gC
IS an opportunity TO reply aud sailed into MI
d pickie for few. minutes.
A. Waiter Hill of Georgia, Joshua Leveriup
"a Mary land, Colonel Balm of Kentucky, Jon
IF w. Russell OF Detroit ana A. A. Stevens
,r Pennsylvania have been suggested as goo
m vice presidential timber.
III Miss Wizards Idea.
q Miss Frances Wizards idea is that II
- prohibition party organization should, hoy
a. ever In any event, remain intact, and II
a. campaign be fought on prohibition lines, wh
10 the peoples party organization should Co
y duct the battle from their siue on Il
y. industrial issues, the common end in vie
~ making both organizations harmonious. Mi
10 Willard admitted good humoredly that Il
. plan had already met vfolent opposition an
was likely TO encounter more, with scant e
couragemept as TO ultimate success
Ia She said, with tinge Of sarcasm, that 81
10 mad already been assailed as "prohibitic
40 mugwump" Miss Willard intimated IN