Birmingham state herald., 1896-08-20
MT. Bryan's Partial Pro xramme.


 the west. His programme is not yet complete and may be changed some what, but so far as it has been arranged it was summed up in the following state ment, dictated this morning by MT. Bryan himself: We shall leave Barry town at 6:56 Tuesday afternoon, the 25th, reaching Albany at S:30 D. m. We shall leave there at 10 p. m. that night and ar- rive at Syracuse at 2:05 a. m. There we will stay until noon Wednesday, reaching Rochester about 2:25 D. m. and stopping there for che hour, leaving for Buffalo in time to reach there at 4:45 D. m. We take the first train to Erie, Pa, arriving there early in the evening. At Erie will at tend the meeting of the state democratic clubs on the 26th. will return the next morning to Buffalo and remain the rest of the week in western New York. I will spend sunday at Chautauqua and pro ceed west Wednesday morning."
 Populist Finance Committee Announced.
 Washington, Aug. 19.-Chairman But Ter this afternoon announced the ap- pointment of the following finance com mittee of the campaign: H. w. Reed of Georgia, chairman; Dr. c F. Taylor of Pennsylvania and M. c. Rankin of In- diana.
 George F. Washburn of Massachusetts has been appointed to take charge of the headquarters at Chicago. After going to his home and getting business affairs in shape MT. Washburn will go to Chicago.
 Chairman Butler says that headquar- ters will be opened up tomorrow or next day, probably in the Wormley building, under the same roof with the democratic committee. The latter committee holds an option upon the proposed rooms and Chairman Faulkner has offered them to Chairman Butler.
 Butler is favorab bly, impressed with the location and, in view of the fact that there will be more or less unity of action by the democrats and populists 1t Is be- lieved that he will accept the offer Butler denied that any pooling arrange fnent for the circulation of literature had been or would be arranged between the democrats and populists, but admitted that they would work together in the ut most harmony You cannot send out too much literat ture in campaign like this" said he flor the people are crying for light and knowledge upon the one question of finance The two committees will not interfere, for while we may send out largely the same class of material, it will reach different voters even in the same town"
 Later tonight Chairman Butler of the populist national committee and Vice Chairman Stevens of the silverites sign ed contract for the rental of that por- tion of the Wormley hotel not occupied by the democratic committee. and prepa-
 
 and take possession of their new quar- ters. The three headquarters will by this arrangement be under one roof, and in the dissemination of literature they will all work together.
 The populist committee held another meeting this evening. It was confined largely to the consideration of details connected with the opening of the new headquarters Later on, in discussing the question of fusion. Chairman Butler said: "The national committee will not approve and cannot recognize fusion where the populists and democrats have fused by the former taking the state ticket and the latter all the electoral ticket Bryan and Watson were nomi- mated by the overwhelming vote of the convention, and that ticket must be sup rorted by all populists Watson stands for what Bryan stands for. It is the only ticket that represents the principles in which populists believe. Sewall is no more our candidate than is Hobart, and populists cannot indorse any scheme for fusion that is intended to aid in his elec- tion."