The evening times., 1896-07-17
ARE OPPOSED TO BRYAN
Middle-of- -the-Read Populists
Working Against Him.
GATHERING AT ST. LOUIS
Anti-Bryan Headquarters Opened at
HoteI-The Young Nebraskan's
Boomers, However, Are on he Spot.
Silver Party Convention Also to Be
Held Next Week.


st. Louis, July 1.-THE executive COM
mittee of the Peoples party national COM
mittee will meet here tomorrow and will de-
eide upon recon mendations to be ma dc to
the national com nittee to the best
course 10 pursue for that party next week.
The committee is in favor of nominating
u ticket and making il platform not un-
like the one drawn up at Omaha. AT the
same time the temporary officers of the
convention will be practically decided
upon.
Cyclone. Davis. of Texas, will very
likely capture first honors. Senator Marion
Butler, oil North Carolina. and Thomas s.
Pettitt. of owensboro, KY, are aspirants
for the place. and may give Davis close
race. Senator Butler is said to be OPP
posed 10 indOrsns Bryan or any candidate
of any other party. Mr. Pettitt is in favor
of indorsing Bryan.
ANTI BRYAN SENTIMENT. :.
The middle of the road" men propose to
crystalline the anti Bryan sentiment by n
public meeting Sunda yafternOon at O'Clock
at the Laclede Hotel. All delegations and
Populsts who want separate ticket and
an independent Populist organization are
expected to he present. Then the campaign
against Bryan will be formally opened.
The Populsts are highly plea ased over the
withdrawal OF C.. A Windle OF Fairbury,
ILL.,, nominee OF the Prohibition party for
lieutenant governor OF that State. MIR.
Windle withdraws his name in order that
he might come out for Bryan and the Chi
cago platform.
Among the arrivals are X. A. Southworth
and George C. Hackstaff, two middle of
the road Populists from Colorado. Mr..
Southworth is national secretary OF the
Farm9rs' Alliance. The gentlemen have
opened an anti Bryan headquarters atHstel
Barnum.
On the other hand, Col. Bailey of Okla
homa opened his Bryan boom yesterday by
swinging IN Oklahoma Bryan banner TO the
breeze in front of the Lindeli Hotel Col.
Bailey says he will have several hundred
Bryan boomers here next Monday from
Oklahoma and Kansas. The colonel is a
veteran campagner. He managed Jerry
Simpsons candidates. for Congress until
the Republican landslide of 1894 buried
the Kansas statesman ont OF light.
Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell has made
arrangements with the st. Louis police
to furnish men to Ia ke cure OF the crowds
at the convention hail.
SILVER PARTY CONVENTION.
Mr.. ". F. Dowd, of st. Louis, is to
| serve as sergeant-atarms OF the silver
party convention, to lie held ut Music Hall
next week. fc received MS appointment
yesterday from DR.. j. J. Mott, chairman OF
| the national Committee.
Mr.. Dowd will proceed at once to organ
| iZc corps OF assistants. He is going to
| have fifty doorkeepers, TIE same number of
| assistant sergeantat- arms, twenty-five
| usherS and about as many pages and mes
| seDgeS.
| The silver party convention is going to
| be i big affair said Mr.. Dowd tins morn
| ing. Senator Teller Will be here, and SO
| will several hundred other Colorado silver
| men. Missouri. Arkansas, Nebraska, Min
| pesota, Idaho, Montana and number Of
| other Western States will send full dele
| cations
Mr.. Dowd says that the two conventions
| next week will uotb be united. A conference
| committee on nominations may be ap-
| pointed. and If the silver party s convention
decided to support the Chicago ticket
every effort will be made by the Music Hall
| crowd to secure similar action FROM the
| Popuiists, said the gentleman. but we
| shall not march To- their hall or they to ours
Nor will there be any joint ag reement as to
| platform. We shall confiDe our platform 10
| the one question of free silver coinage. The
/ Populists may attempt something more