The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-07-23
THE POPULISTS.
Not More Than Ons-F Fourth Of the DEL
sgates Have Arrived in St. Louis.
There b Strong Talk Of . IBolt n Bryan 10
Nominated for President By the Con.
vsntion-A Bolt would Lose 70 Sil.
verites Four Southern States.

Bryan. More strictly speaking it is
Bryan as against some members of the
populist party yet to be named.
Al the present writing not more than
800 of the 1900 delegates to the popu-
list convention have arrived. and
these are individual members who
constitute the advance guard of
q number of delegations from the
south and west. 1t is yet too early to
predict with reasonable certainty what
decision the convention may reach, but
from the surface indications it would
appear that the sentiment for Bryan
will be very strong, If indeed, his
friends do not have q majority when
the roll Is called.
The leaders SO far as they have ar
rived, are divided in their preferences.
Some are enthusiastic in his support.
Among these are Gen. j. B. Weaver, Of
Iowa, who made the race for the presi-
dency on the populist ticket four years
ago. Others-and among these are
national committee-impatiently repu-
diate the suggestion of Rryan's name
and assert that his nomination would
fall like wet blanket upon the party.
There was talk Sunday of bolt IL
Bryan be nominated. Bolting or what
is tantamount to boiling, seems to have
become the fashion in this campaign.
Whom they would select in these cir
cumstances they do not say. They do
not hesitate to say, however, that a
bolt would lose to the silverites the
ELECTORAL votes of Kentucky, Tennes-
see, Alabama and Florida, and cer-
tainly result in the election of McKin-
ley.
This is the threat that may be held
over the heads of the party brethren,
but with what success can only be con-
jectured. There is but one thing the
anti-Bryan men fear-that is a possi-
b,lity that some one may make ring
ing speech, full of apt illusions
to the boy orator of the Platte
and his long devotion to silver,
that may sweep the convention of
its feet and bring about his nomination
in a whirlwind of enthusiasm, even as
Bryan himself succeeded in doing at
Chicago less than fortnight ago. In
such an event the list of malcontents
might be so reduced as to make q bolt
impossible, but this is not ex.
pected. 1t is thought that IL
Bryan is nominated or indorsed
1t will be by sheer force Of
members and not through any adventi-
tious aids. The opposition to Bryan
springs from two causes. The first is
the complete obliteration of the party
which would follow his nomination,
and the second is distrust in some
quarters that the democrats would not
act fairly with them in division Of
the electoral vote. Those who en-.
tertain this latter view are
southern populists who claim to have
been counted out" by their democratic
opponents when they have carried state
and congressional elections. and who
fear that repetition Of such methods
would be practiced again this year II
Mckinley fails to secure a majority OF
the electoral college votes.
A strong impetus was given to the
Bryan boom Sunday night at a meet.
ing held at the Lindell hotel Up
wards of 60 delegates were present.
Great enthusiasm prevailed. The pur.
pose of the meeting was to consolidate
the Bryan men in the different delega.
tions The various speakers showed
that the sentiment for Bryan among
their colleagues was generally favor.
able while the delegates from Kansas,
Oklahoma, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Nevada and the District of Columbia
asserted that their delegates would
vote as a unit for the democratic candi
date. Another meeting will be held al
o'clock Monday morning, at which q
definite program will be agreed upon.
Sunday nights meeti ng was presided
over by Gen. Weaver, of Iowa.
Senator PETER and ex-Gov Llewell
ing, of Kansas, were among those pres
ent. Mr.. Bailey, who is an ardent
Bryan man, informed United Press
reporter subsequently that the reports
made Sunday evening indicated Bry-,
ans nomination by the convention be-
yond peradventure.
The national silver convention will
be held in the Grand Music hall at the
exposition building next Wednesday.
The opening session will begin about
10 a. IN.
Sergeant-at-arms Dowd has com.
pleted arrangements for decorating
and adjusting the hall for convention
purposes. A number of employees are
engaged in fitting it up. for the occas
sion. The telegraph companies strung
their wires into the building Friday.
Mr.. Dowd said Saturday: "We will
have big convention here, and place
in nomination q stale and national
ticket. There will be fully 1,5OO dele
gates and alternates in attendance. j
am unable to say whether the conyen.
tion will indorss Bryan. There 4 4
strong sentiment in his favor among
the members of the silver party"
brakeman Hurled 90 Feet.
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