The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-08
BILLY BRYAN'S LAST
DESPERATE PLAY
The Boy Orator Will Accept the Popu
list Nomination.
mr.. sEwALL OFFERS TO WITHDRAW
The South Will Not Support the
Observation-Disclosures Ticket as
Expected..S Estates That Are Doubt.
ful..The Array of Free Silver and
Republican Campaigncrs.
Bureau of The Tribune,
sol 14th St, n. W.,

NepuDilc0n Compa1gncrss
Bureau of The Tribune,
sol 14th St, n. W.,
Washington, Sept Z.
AS a last desperate play Bryan is go
Ing to accept the Populistic nomination.
His managers. including Marion Butler.
Of North Carolina. have done all in their
power to quiet Watson, but this wirery
Georgian will not be quieted, not even
with the bait of cabinet promise. He
has caused more trouble than Jones
and Richardson will admit. Butler
does not dare to betray him openly. In
fact, Butler could not II he tried, for in
Populistic ranks Watsonis strongerthan
Butler. The withdrawal of Sewall has
been seriously considered. and Sewall
has offered to withdraw IL the Demo-
Gratis SO advise. At heart Sewall is not
over enthusiastic for himself. But this
plan has been rejected for the reason
that should Sewall be withdrawn, while
It might strengthen the ticket In the
south. 1t would weaken it to destruction
in the north. There are thousands of
Democrats in the north who will vote
for Bryan and Sewall who would not
swallow Bryan and Watson. So 1t has
practically been decided that Bryan
shall accept the Populist nomination.
The continued refusal Of the Populists
to fuse with the Democrats Is causing
CONSERVATION and separate electoral
tickets for the Democrats and Populists
mean the success Of the Republican
ticket In several southern states. The
Populists and Democrats in Tennessee,
Georgia. Alabama and Florida have
separate tickets. and the POpulists in
pulling farther apart.
There may be no fusion In Missouri.
None has been fixed up In North Caro-
lima, and there will be no fusion in Texas
unless the Populists, Republicans and
gold Democrats get together, which now
seems likely. And the Democratic re-
ports from Virginia and West Virginia
are to the effect that there will be no
fusion In those states. The fusion in
California. Colorado. Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas. Michigan, Minnesota. Nebras-
ka. North Dakota. Ohio, Oregon, South
Dakota, Utah. Washington and Wis
consin will not Offset the lack of fusion
in the southern states.
THE SOUTH Is DOUBTFUL.
The Republicans at first gave to
Bryan the solid south. They now claim,
and these claims seem to be we'll found
ed. that Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisi-
ana, Florida and West Virginia will
give their electoral votes to Mckinley.
In Tennessee they expect to see Bob
Taylor elected. but confidently expect
the electoral ticket. The nomination Of
Palmer and Buckner almost insures I'LL
nois to Mckinley. While Altgeld is still
strong there, Palmer on the presiden-
tial ticket and Black heading the state
ticket will more than overbalance the
anarchistic influence Of Altgeld. The
probable fusing of the gold Democrats
in Louisiana. Alabama and Florida,
with the division between the Populists
and Democrats in those states, will sub
stantiate the claims Of the Republicans
that they will elect Mckinley electors
there. With the south thus broken up
in sentiment II is impossible for the
Democratic managers to unite 1t be-
tween now and November with a re-
vival Of a sectional campaign cry which
they are going to make one more at.
tempt to do.
Looking back, even at this short dis
tance, there never seemed to be any
real ground for fear of Bryan's election.
Here in the east this certainly is true,
and there is every reason to think that
II Is equally true of the west. Bryan's
campaign has slumped to a terrible ex-
tent, even to such point that the street
corner free silver orator Is forced to
acknowledge 1t.
The free silver managers have been
dismayed from the first. They are new
hands at the business to begin with,
and Bryan's Independent campaigning
has further demoralized them. Since
the Indianapolis convention these self
same managers have become completely
disorgenized. At the Democratic head
quarters here the men in charge move
about In an aimless sort Of way, making
extravagant claims for their candidate,
and there their work seems to end. They
are sending out very little literature
and are utterly unable to cope with the
organized efforts which the Republicans
are making. They remind one very
much Of a fledgling at a race track who
knows nothing of racing and merely
puts his money on the horse that bears
the name of some female favorite.
POP" LITERATURE NOT NEEDED.
asked Representative Richardson
the day he started for Chicago in answer
to hysterical kilograms from Senator
Jones. how the silver people hoped to
meet the literature circulated by the
Republicans.
I'VE don't expect to meet It," he
said. I'VE don't have to educate our
people. They are already educated.
There Is no necessity to send literature
to the Populists. There is not one of
them who cannot talk all day on the
money question"
This sounds we'll enough, but the fact
remains that the voters are reading,
and the fact that they are studying
proves them to be open to conviction.
At any rate those possessed of the free
silver mania are much given to abuse
Of their opponents these days. They
have prayed TO the limit the class ar
raignment. They seem to think that
luck will carrying Bryan through. They
are having him make his own cam
pAign.
The old leaders. those who have not
endorsed the third ticket. are remain
ing mighty quiet. 1t looks as II they
doubted their own cause, and intended
to keep in the background until the
storm Is over. A few new leaders have
sprung into prominence. but one might
we'll ask: Where are the old ones
Crisp, Cockrell, Vest. Walthall, Mills,
Hill. the sprightly Springer. the an
cient Harris. and all that set. Where
are they They may be doing some lit
tie local work, but one does not hear
their voices raised in any national way
for Bryan. But II the men who helped
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