Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-02

JUDGE oEEsHAM DEFINES HIS
POSITION.
Ito Ssys His name win Not Ilc Pre-.
scuied 10 the Omaha
Convention.
Gresham Says Iiis Nam" wiii be Pre-
.entrd tor Nomination.

veuo under the inspiring oifcum.
stanctH that lend TUscate nope 20 thc
future. The passage n the Free 81.
yer bill by tho Senate was accepted 10y
Tho delvgutpa As "a viudluatiOu " thu
Vital principle oi their OTgani2tiion-a
demand for greater circulating
medium among the common people.
The ltaaofi allHgTcc that nothing more
proptious tor the Peoples party hopes
could have been done at this timC. lu-
numufabie tulcgfame OF cOngrntula.
tiOu8 were sent tU Washington tguight
cnugrhtulaung Senator Kyle and
polcr AMI other Peoples par,y lcsis.
lAturs Tor the iirt rny VI hOpo that
comes In the ps- age Of the Free Coin
age hill.
The Presidential question is natur.
ally becoming she eugrossing topic aud
the feeling oil uncutainty as 70 the out
come IL becoming one OF positive
anxiety.
Judge Gresham las at last been
heard FROM ana hns defined hi- posi-.
ton regarding the nomination.
Chairman sc 70 Il the Iowa State
Genital committee Of the Peoples
llriy sDat Gresham message asking
him " hc would stand for TIE Pfrti-
dcncy ON the -. Louis platform au the
candidate " the Omaha convention.
Gro rar. rrplie III this cveuiug;
"l stand ny M iujcryicw u' q Few
days ngo on THIS luhlgcL My name
viii nor be- pfeFcnild 20 the Omaha
convention"
The Interview 90 which gfeslam re.
furJci was one Va which be- stated that
Dc agreed win the rpople's party on
many thiugs, but nlt iu all IT, drcllfa-
tons. llr telegram b. interpreted ~
meaning that hc oiHnnt stA 4 on the
81. L1ulH platform, airth4m'u trA'
gram Il generally accepted Ns being
the oppression Of hi, SINGER" desire IA
regard 20 the mgt.tT, Tut Il Few mora
enthusiastic Grrshsm uou are Htlli
dsrlsed 10 believe thAt the Judge Will
ACCEPT thu nomination " 10 &c rendered
him, bus those people appear TO be in
hopeless minority, anu the indications
tlnlgst are that General Weaver VIII
be thu choice.
Whi.u h, -2prusse- his frst choice o.
Gfoshnu, Weaver doc. rot deny that
he stands prepared 70 make campaign
In case re- sh1ll be selected. Ben Ter.
roil OF Texas to prominently mentioned
IN connection with the yicc-prusi-
dDnCy.
II. NJ. Slater, n Tree coinage apostle,
with :. q. Nixon VI Nevauu, has
opened silver league headquarters. 10
Il stated that he claims that 10000
members OF tho Colorado leagup are
pledged 10 support no man except he
be unuQuiNoeAlly for lttu coinage, and
that the party can carry Colorado.
slater thought Senator M9lsSn OF a In.
4 ~. aasIa.UINns. f.N
the convention.
The declaration o. a. !. Stfceter OF
Illino.s, that he IL iu favor Of Senator
Stewart Of Nevada, has given the
! Stewart boom an impcius. 10 Il be.
coming evident that the delegates from
| the silver S,ntvs will give Stewart
their earnest support and probably he
aud Weaver will be the leading caudi.
dates although the dTift Of sentiment
"a decidedly IN favor Of Weaver,
but careful preparations arc be
| ing made 10 spring n fofmld.
able Stewart boom, Hon. Leo Gran
dell OF Washington ~ apparently IN
| charge OF Stewart canvass. IL 10 an.
nounced that there Ia NJ doubt Of
Stew ,rps willingness 10 accept the
nomination md MAXI n car Jaign on
tho Peoples party platform II . con.
| ventlon shall decide 10 select la
General a. l.. Warner Of Ohio, n
veteran Ia the free coinage movement
| "a ca route here 10 nominate Stewart.
When the fact became public 1t Great
ed "a discussion ana was accepted NJ
evidence that the Silver League had
decided 10 support Stewart. There n,
however, a dispositlonlon tho part Of
Southern delegates rs well IN repre-.
scntatives Of tho knights Of Labor
and various industrial organizations %.
the East TO resent tho attempt Of the
Silver League 10 assume charge OF the
deslinies OF the Peoples party.
| Dissenting delegates contend that
there IL more ia the Peoples party
THAI merely the financial question
aud that tho destlny Of the party can.
not bee made entirely subservient TO the
Silver League.
Aud 30 II is likely that whllon Eirenu.
QUE effort may be attempted IN bphal, Of
| Stewart there II little doubt that It will
be met by vigorous resistance.
Tho national central committee Of
the peOple'a party vt u meeting this
afternoon selected q. II. Ellington Of
Georgia rs temporary chairman, and
John W. Hayes, general secretary Of
the Knightr OF Labor ~ secretary. IL
was decided that % memorial address
la memory OF President Polk Of the
Farmers Alliance, be delivered, and
| there was considerable dispute M to the
tune. Weaver wanted 1t on Sunday;
Terrell OF Toxas opposed this, anu
thought the party owed It to the Nom.
DRY u Polk to hold tho cxeJa es when
the convention was In reglNr session
and all the delegates present. Anor
n long discussion, however, Q O'Clock
Sunday afternoon was fixed uponS1
tho time for the memorial addresses.
Some one suggested that other pr0mi.
Hent dlscaased rci0rmers should be In
cuded, aud It was particularly SUCCESS
ed that Mr. Stackhouso was one whose
memory should be appropriately re-,
vered. Robert Sohilling u Milwaukee
oblocsej, saying that sRckhuuse was 4
good Alliance man but invariably
voted with the Democrats, This was
sufficient, and Mr. S,gckhouHe VIII not
! le eulogiZed on Sunday.
10 looks tonight gs though Grand
Master Workman Powderly Of the
Knights OF Labor wuuld be- permanent
| chairman of the convention.