The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-15
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED.
PREPARATIONS MAKING For TIE
COMING CONVENTIONS.
Every Evidence That Bryan VIII
Receive the United Support of
the PopuIists, Although There May
Be n Struggle.

politicians to attend the Populist and
Silver national conventions has not yet
set in, although a few leaders have
arrived. Chairman Taubeneck and
Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell of the
Popuist national committee predict
one of the largest crowds that ever at
tended a convention.
Many of the best men in the party
will be here said Chairman Taube-
neck. There will be 1850 delegates,
representing over two million voters.
We have every reason to believe that
in point of numbers attending it will
far outrank the Republican conven-
ton. We shall meet in the same build
ing, which will afford an opportunity
to observe the strong points of differ
ence."
nounced today that the trunk commits
sion, with headquarters in New York,
had telegraphed him, granting one
fare for the round trip, to start on the
goth only, and to start on the return
trip on the 18th and reach the final
destination not later than the 18th.
rs the Populists begin to gather it
is evident that there
WILL BE TWO PROPOSITIONS
made which will form the chief con-
tention of the convention. One is that
the Populists shall abandon any idea
of a separate and distinct national
ticket and endorse outright the candi-
date and platform of the Chicago con-
vention
This proposition will be supported by
the friends of Henry M. Teller, nearly
all the Fopulist members of the United
States senate, and the Peoples party
leaders in many of the western states.
The west and southwest and the
northwest
ARE NEARLY SOLID
for the proposition TO indorse Mr..
Bryan and put up no other ticket.
From the south come delegates and
Peoples party leaders who are not del
egates to the convention, urging an
other proposition-to put up presi-
d.antial ticket, to adopt a platform, to
run presidential electors in all the
states where the Peoples party has
an organization, and then when the
time comes to cast the votes in the
electoral college, let the Populists and
Democrats combine on the strongest
man whether that be Bryan or the
Populist nominee.
Vigorous objection is Urged against
this, on the ground that it would be
dangerous to the common cause of
free silver. 1t would divide the
strength of it's adherents and in some
of the close states where one or the
other holds the balance of power, a
division of their strength might give
the state to Mckinley. The conven-
ton of
THE NATIONAL SILVER PARTY,
which convenes in this city on July
% at the Exposition building, will vie in
numbers with that of the Populists,
which meets the same day.
The National Silver convention will
have 1,200 delegates and as many alter
mates, coming from every state in the
Union, the representation being based
on the estimated strength of the advo-
Gates Of silver at the ratio of is to l,
irrespective of former party affiliations.
The call for this convention ema-
mated from a conference of the friends
of silver, held at Washington, D. c.,
January % and % last and was signed
by A. J. Warner, president of the
American Bimetallic league; H. G..
Miller, chairman National Silver COM
mittee; r. c. Chambers, president Ma
tional Bimetallic union; J. M. Devine,
secretary American Bimetallic league
DR.. ]. j. Mott of North Carolina,
who was elected chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, has been in the
city several weeks making prepara-
tons Tor the convention. He says the
convention is going to be a representa-
tive one, both in numbers and per-
sonnet
ST. JOHN FOR CHAIRMAN.
It is understood that William P. st.
John of New York, who few days
ago was forced to retire from the
presidency of the Mercantile bank of
New York, on account of his advo-
cacy of silver, will be the chairman Of
the convention, and that either Sena-
tor Stewart of Nevada or Congressman
Newlands- of Nevada will be the chair
man of the committee on resolutions.
DR.. Mott stated he thought the con-
vention would be in session at least
two days. He said today that while
there was a MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween his party and the Populists in
behalf of the interests OF silver, there
was as yet no agreement or definite
movement in the direction of unity of
action as regards the presidential
ticket to be voted for next November.
He declined to discuss this question
further or the probability of either the
Silver party or the Populists indorsing
the Democratic nominees, saying that
rested entirely with the two conven-
tons. He himself was here to look
after measures, and not men. $50