The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-24
ST. LoUIs. No. guly 2s.-The Bryan

D 81. LOUIS, No. July 23.--The Bryan
&suDpcrters are jubilaat tonight.
They demonstrated after a division
in the Populise convention that they
haa o majority Of asa
They perfected their permanent or
ganization. installed their candidate,
Senator Allen, OF Nebraska, IS perma-
nent chairman. and took charge Of the
machinery Of the convention and COM
mittees while The silver convention at
Music Hall was simply dawdling along
listening 70 speeches and transacting
trivial business. in pursuance of the
preananged programme OF remaining
in session in the hope of influencing
the action OF the other convention in
Che direction of indorsing silver and the
Democratic ticket
Tlfgre We're two sessions Of the Popu-
list convention. a morning session OF
tNcs hours and an afternoon session OF
six The latter carried the convention
snto the night Both We're turbulent
and noisy, but the tumult was confined
TO the delegates on the door the gal
Aleries as on yesterday being practically
&empty.
"A BITTER FEELING NfANIFESTED
ITSELF
among the middle of the road faction.
which found vent in several Wild dem
onstIations and counter demonstra-
tions. The morning session Was a viz
tuai blank 50 far as business was con-
cerned The report of the committee
On Credentials was not ready and the
convention listened to baritone from
Oklahoma and sweet singer from Ar
kansas render some campaign Songs
ana parodi5s on popular ballads. There
was also a dramatically arranged mid
die IF the road Demonstration which
failed 10 arouse much enthusiasm. de-
spite Us theatrical accessories.
Delegate Washburn. Of Massachu-
sets, attempted 10 spring . resolution
on the convention 10 bind The dele
gates TO abide by the result, yhatever
Il might be- but he was howled down
and his resolution peacefully laid away
6,n the back shelf
" II was 81 the afternoon session that
Inc tug OF war came which ended in
ne disastrous defeat Of the slr3 gbt-
,urs by marrow majority. They beat
he Bryan forces early in the session
IN the determination of the Cook
,ouuQy contest. Some of the Bryan
men We're alarmed and could with difn-
Guilty be convinced that the battle was
rot lost This preliminary defeat of
the BRYAN forces was due. perhaps. TO
oVer-confidcnce in their strength. They
undertook 10 defeat the majority re-
tort OF their own committee in the
CHICAGO contest. only seven actual
votes lung in the balance. The four
teen Taylor delegates who held the
seats were Bryan men. The report
OF the committee decided
TO ALLAY BITTER FEELING,
IL possible. by seating both sets Of
deieeates and dividing tbe vote. The
t,ongeeaing delegates were understood
10 be for Dehs Al the last moment the
rrvan managers concluded TO risk the
Numerous Experiment by trying 10
fo..na abe rejection OF the majority res
MORT. some Of their followers refus ri
- st,ud by them and the resolution
as defea ted by a vote of 665 TO t-2.
III IVES then G o'clock aaid the middle Of
4he soad leaders ATTEMPTED to secure
an as7Sournmens. hoping thai the effect
OF the victe.y could be turned TO ac-
,>,,,,,r before the delegates reasseni-
bic. Bur the Bryan leaders prevent
ed this strat e &c move. They Oct raned
10 pusa on. realizing lully the ais-
rearIenins erect Of drawing OF sitter
having had her outposts driven in.
SOM ef 5he middle Of the road men,
who believed their victory WAS genuine,
were also eager 20 continue the fray.
But the promise 10 the ear was broken
ID the hope The report Of the COM
llnsttee on permanent organization vas
.orcugiii forward. The majority recon-
snended the
sEI, FCTIoN OF SENATOR ALLEN,
The pcnderous statesman from Mr.
Prvan's state. The anti-Bryan men
pftted against the Nebraska senator
v James X Campioa Of Maine, a man