Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-22
BEFORE THE FRAY.
u,ttsrs Preliminary to The Twin Ma
tional Conventions Of To-Day
.,,r,rR TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
~. North Carolina senator ih"s
,.orea by the Popuiists-hn"eN-
urog-Out Fight-Brynn-
,.1orsemcnt Qacstion'

trudorscmcut 0"N
.. 1or1s NO, July n.-The siamese
...,ontions which viii meet mere
.,rov I'm different halls. but al 'ne
'',o,r ,o,r win have as the ligature that
..,. thom together in one purpose on'y
-. ,,,c-snyer plank Of the Chicago pia'-
,rb,ro is no attempt 10 disguise
...,p, that on an other issues the TWO
..iors will be hopele-sly apart.
.,. rational silver party's call s'a'eu
49,. Che paramount issue II had TO con
,.,.- WAS "the gold standard, gold pohuS,
,.,rp currency. on the one siae; anu
... ,,-,etouic standard. no bonds anu
,-,,,ent currency on the other
o +tts platform representation y.
,,e ..,,s. was proposed for the Na'ion"'
e-.cr convention. but not more una" 'V'
p, ,,.ss straight silver delegates are re-
.....i rs prcsent I'm the city. and scarcely
.t.n that number Is likely TO DC
....,t when pr. j. J. Mott OF No' ~
..,.., calls the convention OF silVer
,. 90 order tomorrow.
.-ro representation Of the feopIe
....." or asst is generally termed 'he
..p,..,,ist party" OF the United STATES,
..,,hlishcd on ratio which shouiu
,,.,5ed 1855 delegates and 600 al
.-.... o total Of 2.03i. Chairman Iau-
who IS not the least sanguihe
.......r ~ the Executive Committee ~
49,. ro.Ylist party. does not venture 10
.,....,. a larger attendance than lV'
.,.,..,.a. and alternates tomorrow.
,,. rational Silver party is to meet IN
-,.. 30 known as the Music Hall. us
,,,rso viii be plain sailing. 1t mas oniy
c,e rurpose in view-the endorsement OF
... free coinage Of silver It VIII hsle"
,o long. scholarly addresses from MI
,,..,,is q Ncwlands. OF Nevada, the
...,,.o,ite" CONGRESSMAN. its chosen tenn
.,,~,r,, chairman. and from Mr.. william
- g, robn of New York, the eN-banAer'
..,., ,,,l be the permanent president. Ihis
folv will I'm an probability ioho" i'S
,.ro,.-anmo. which is 20 endorse the Cni-
,, nominees Oh a silver platform issue
.., address 10 tNe people. and either ad-
s,,r, rromptly or prolong the convention
g., long speeches until its more turbulent
,.,.bbor has concluded its proceedings.
THE POPULIsTS
Tho Pennies party will assemble in the
...,e hall which recently echoed with the
name OF Mckinley as the Republican
,.r,Yee. AS 10 what the course of its
rrocelure viii be the claims Of the two
fcfiors are tonight quite as divergent
o. they have ever been. The presence OF
Senator Jones. Of Arkansas, chairman OF
tt. Democratic National Executive COM
rr.tae. and his frequent interviews win
monument Populist delegates have ma
mrsUy given rise to rumors that a deal
was ON which would secure the endorse
,,snt Of Bryln ana sewall by the con-
ventlon and such a recognition Of the
peorle's party as would induce it to sink
for the time being its own identity
AGAINST this Mr. Tauheneck. chairman oil
the Populist party. interposes the strong
e.tkInd of a disclaimer. asserting with've-
nemonce that the Populists intend 10
nominate candidates Of their own, upon
platform OF their own.
claiming TO have carried everything be-
fore them. They held a meeting tonight
and counted twenty States as with them
ir "a determination not to endorse the Chi
cago ticket But their opponents assert
that they counted an the recalciuant
Bryan men as representing their States,
whereas the fun delegation. If polled.
would have been adverse TO them.
Both sides seem 40 a loss 90 estimate
the significance OF tbc selection of Senator
Marion Butler OF North Carolina. by the
National Committee, as the temporary
chairman Of the convention. lie has been
claimed by each faction, and appears not
% have committed himself irrevocably TO
either This may. perhaps, explain his
unanimous selection as the temporary
presiding officer Of the convention.
That 30 win Doc = picturesque and Gu
uousy interesting gathering is already
assured. Amons those to be present are
General Weaver. Of Iowa. and Mr..
s'tea,or. Of Illinois. both former candi-
dates COR the presidency on the Populistic
Ticket and General Fields. Of Virginia.
candidate four years ago for the vice.
presidency. Eugene V. Debs and his lieu
tenant Burns who shared his imprison-
ment Mrs Helen NJ. Cougar, Mrs. Mary
EIeu Lease. General" Jacob S. CoXey,
ana Carl Browne. These and other possi-
hlucs vW lntermX with the grizzled
wheat farmers I'm the West, the cotton
planters of the South. and the enthusAas-
uc new converts from the East and the
Middle States who viii 80 to make up
THIS convention.
POPJLIST NATL COMMITTEE.