The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-07-25
UNABLE TO AGREE
NO COMPROMISE BETWEEN BRyAN
AND ANT[-BRYAN MEN.
1t Was Proposed to IndOrsc Bryan
and Then NOminnte n POpuli"t IN
Place of Seyvnll for Vice Pre*t-
dent. hut the Bryan Men Object
"A Fight VIII Occur in the Con-
ventiOn.

st. Louis, July 22.-The prospect for
a compromise. which some of the Pop
ulists affected for IL while to-day to
consider probable, has disappeared.
1t met it's fate in the Bryan camps,
where it was smothered. apparently
beyond resuscitation. The compro-
mise proposition looking to the reten-
ton of Mr.. Bryan at the head or the
ticket and substituting Il Popullst Tor
Mr.. SeWall for vice president, was
sprung in the small hours of the morn
ing in Il prOmiscuous meeting OF party
leaders. 1t vas afterward adopted by
the executive committee of the nation
al committee and was then exploited
as a panacea which would ease all the
ills of the situation by uniting all fac
tions. The Southern delegations ac-
copied the scheme with avidity on the
theory that it would aid them in main
tanning the entirety of the party for
which they have held out so vigorous
ly.
The Bryan people did not accept the
suggestion from the beginning. They
had no sooner heard of it than Il Bry-
an meeting was called which. ill the
forcible language of one who attended,
proceeded to Immediately jump on it
with both feet" This Bryan meeting,
and the II which followed between
representatives of the Bryan clement
and the executive committee conStl-
tuted the important events OF tine day.
The result Of these me ceilings is a prob
able split in the party. and the likell-
hood of indorsing Bryan of nominating
another candidate or the nomination
of Bryan and another candidate than
Sewall for vice president. will have to
be fought out in the convention.
Three COrncrcd Fight.
The situation Gees not crystaliZc
rapidly. The leaders are ut war over
the question of indorsing or nominat-
ing Bryan. Some. like eX-Gov. Llewell-
ing. Senator Allen Of Nebraska. Gen.
John Il. Weaver of Iowa, who W;ts the
Populist candidate for president i'll
1892; Capt. Reuben Kalb of Alabama,
who claims to be twice defrauded of
the governorship of his state; big
lunged Tom Patterson and Gov. Waite
of Colorado. are earnestly striving Tor
an endorsement of lie Chicago plat
form: Chairman Taubeneck. 1gnatius
Dunnelly of Minnesota. Senator But
Ter of North Carolina, eX-Gov. Buchal-
an of Tennessee, Gen. CoNcy OF Ohio
want to indorSe Bryan under terms
laid down by them. while Cyclone
Davis Of Texas. Paul Vandervort Of
Nebraska, Col. Frank Burkett of Mis-
sissippi and others want to keep in
the middle of the road and nominate
an Independent ticket on an independ-
ent platform. Each faction asserts
that it desires to preserve the autono-
my of the party org: ~rization. and that
it's way is the way. S~hipwreckcd
hopes and a bolt seem inevitable. no
matter what the ultimate outcome is.
The Bryan supporters claim to be tile
majority. They are well organized.
Their leaders are shrewd and sagac-
ious-many of them experienced poll
ticians. In addition to this. they have
the open and active support of the Sill
YER party leaders. whose convention is
likely to be simply a Bryan ratification
meeting. and Of Senator Jones, chair
man of the Democratic national COM
mittee. who is here with his lieuten~
ants. striving to this end.