The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-30
WATSON ISBETRAYED
TURNED DOWN BY THE INFLUENCE
OF THE SILVER LEAGUE.
"Tom" Patterson, Millionaire Agent
of Colorado silver Barons, Turns
the Trick Neatly.
POPULIST HERO'S TELEGRAM
HIS PLEADING OF NO AVAIL WITH
POPULIsT LEADERS.
Committee of Thirteen Changes It's
Mind in Short Order After See
ing MIR. Patterson.
FUSION ALL ON ONE SIDE
POPoCRATs GAVE UP NOTHING on
THE SURFACE.
All the |.Concessions" Were Apparent
ly Made Beneath the Surface,
and Very Quietly.
Committee of Thirteen Changes It's
Mind in Short Order After See
ing Mr.. Patterson.
FUSION ALL ON ONE SIDE
POPOCRATS GAVE UP NOTHING o.
THE SURFACE.
All the concessions" Were Apparent
Iy Made Beneath the Surface,
and Very Quietly.

Yesterday there was a very pretty
test between the anxious ambition of pow
erty-stricken Tom Watson and the
Establishments of Tom" Patterson the
millionaire owner of the Rocky Mountain
News, acting as agent of the Silver
League, composed of the silver barons of
Colorado and other mining States. The
Popocrats have been complaining up to
date that the Silver League has not let go
of any of it's millions in furtherance of
the campaign that is being made in it's ben
eft, further than TO pay for Bryan's
special trains After yesterdays develop
ments there can be no further complaint
of lack of liberality the part of the
mine owners. The bone of contention was
the Populist vote of the State. 1t was the
last club that Watson had in his effort to
drive Sewall off the ticket, and he and his
friends pleaded hard to retain it, Watson
with his poverty his ability, his fidelity to
the Popuist cause in one side of the
balance Patterson and the millions he rep
resented were in the other side. and in
such a contest Watson went to the ceiling
and bumped it hard.
Indiana was the only State in which
fusion deal had not been completed and the
silver barons felt that they must have the
Populist vote here at all hazards. Hence
the visit of Mr.. Patterson. After making
his speech Monday night Mr. Patterson re-
mained over yesterday. A message to Chi
cago brought down George F. Washburn
chairman of the Populist campaign COM
mittee.
These gentlemen got together in short
oroer. 1t was necessary for them to get
the Pcpulist committee of thirteen. and
The
ables-Julius Rosenheimer and l.. w. Hub
bell-had been secured last week The 9TH
er members of the committee. who came
yesterday, with the exception of P. Fl. Car
roll. were seen and talked to, one by one.
When they held their last meeting, on Sept.
16 the members of this committee stood
twelve TO one against fusion upon any 9TH
er terms than equal division of the
electors without any other trimmings.
When this same committee finished it's ses-
SION last midnight it had put out no fusion
ticket but a Popuist ticket containing ten
of the Bryan and Sewall electors and in
volving the withdrawal of two of the Pop
ulist congressional candidates. The deal
does not contemplate that the Popocrats
shall change their ticket in the least. On
the surface the Populists get nothing what
ever for the ten places they give to the
Popocrats upon their electoral ticket. What
reasons lie beneath the surface could prob
ably be better told by Mr.. Patterson and
the members of the committee. Patterson
visited the committee members and talked
with them at the Grand Hotel yesterday
morning and paid final visit to the COM
mttee while it was in secret session at
the Hotel English last night Within
hour after his last visit this remarkable
action was taken by the committee. and it
adjourned sine die.
While the committee of the two organi-
zations was in session at the Grand flo
tel the following telegram was receiFcd by
Charles X. Matthews from MIR. Watson. in
Thomson. Ga, in reply to a telegram
sent Watson earlier in the day.
Il telegraphed Rankin two days ago
correcting report. On principle l am dead
against fusion with sewau electors. and
] DO so under protest.
Mr.. Matthews held this telegram until
the Popuist committee returned to the
English Hotel from its session with the
Popocratc campaign committee.
FUSION ELECTORS NAMED.
In the face OF Watson's telegram the
Populist committee of thirteen last night
met and after session lasting until mid
night placed d fusion ticket in the field
containing ten of the silver Democratic
electors and five straight Populsts. OF
the five Populsts two have been up to date
congressional candidates, and this plan con-
templates their withdrawal The list is as
follows:
At Large-John B. Stoll, South Bend
Democrat; Parda d. Drain, Evansville, |
First District-James w. Hansen. Evans
vile, Democrat.
Second-Eiisha A. Higgins, RagglesVllle, |
1nird-George b. Mcintyre. New Albany,
Faurth-Thomas Cope, Butlerville. Popu-
list.
Fifth-D. Z. Williamson. Greencastle. |
sixth-George w. Pigman Liberty, Dem
ocrat.
Democrat.
fighth-B. H. Campbell, Anderson, Dem
Ninth-W G. Smith Delphi. Democrat
Tenth-James w. Pierce, Rensselaer,, Pop |
ulist.
Eleventh Meredith H. Kidd Wabash.
Democrat.
Twelfth-Frank B. Van Auken, Pleasant
Thirteenth-John s. Bender, Plymouth, /
Populist.
This telegram from Watson put George !
F. Washburn. of the national executive I
committee and NJ c. Rankin. treasurer |
o. the national committee in rather bad |
light When Mr. Matthews returned from I
the st. Louis conference last week. he re-
ported that Watson was opposed TO any
further fusion while Sewal remained on /
the ticket. but along came Rankin. who
had left ST. Louis after Matthews. and de-
clared that Watson was in favor of fusion
in Indiana. Washburn came down from
Chicago probably on reduced rates pro-
cured by Shepard to tell the committee
of thirteen the same thing. This was the
only ground fit for publication upon which
they could base their effort TO overturn the /
action of the committee at its last meet
ing and they made much of it. So effec-
tive was the work of these gentlemen in