Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-09-08

&c party, announced Erluay morning
that the headquarters will be located IN
Chicago, with branch i'll New York.
This decision was reached Mt confer
ence of leaders in the movement, held
in the quarters of the national commit
tee in the Grand hotel Friday forenoon.
There had been strong talk of locating
The headquarters here, and the Indian
npolis papers Friday morning an
nounced it as u settled fact that the Sc
lection of Mr.. Bynum meant that the
headquarters II the Sound money"
democrats would remain where it has
been from the first.
No reason for the change has been an
nounced, but ie is probably due to the
fact that an Illinois man is at the head
of the ticket.
1t is conceded by the active men in the
movement that the main fight is to be
made in the states of Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin, and Chicago was decided to be ire
best location from which to direct the
campaign. Mr. Bynum will name the
executive committee of the national
committee in few days, and active
work will be begun. Literature will be
circulated and speakers put in the field.
Both candidates will be called upon to
make some speeches, but no oratorical
tour will be attempted.
Considered lnexpedient.
indianapolis, Ind, Sept. Sat q
meeting of the state central committee
of the national Sound money" demo-
cratic party Friday, decision was
reached to the effect that 1t would be
"ineNpedient" to put "sound money"
state ticket in the field.
Senator Stewart at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Md. Sept. 5.-The opening
gun of the democratic campaign in this
city was fired Thursday night at Bar
ley park, where 5000 persons congre-
gated to hear Senator Stewart, of Ne.
rada, and other well-known speakers
expound the doctrine Of free silver. The
meeting was an enthusiastic one. Much
Of Senator Stewards speech was de-
voted to answering the charge made
against him by Senator Sherman, Of
Ohio, who has stated that Senator
Stewart was in favor of single gold
standard in 1874. The speaker also
paid his respects to ex-President Harri.
son, "the man who made the destruction
Of home rule the leading feature of his
administration" and then took up the
Chinese viceroy.
When the money of any land is cor
nered." he said. 1.-The people have no in
terest in the control Of affairs-no more
trtn how, H.
country. where they have been robbed and
kept in perjury by the soulless mandarins.
One of them Is in this country to-day.
Let the goldbugs honor that monster who
for half century has governed province
of 100000 of people by unexampled cruel
That man who murdered thousands to keep
himself in power now presumes to lecture
us because we are uncivil enough not to
receive and accept the poor down-trodden
slaves of his tyranny, who never can be
made American citizens and must neces-
sarily corrupt and degrade our civiliza-
tion."
Fusion in Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 5.-The demo-
cratic state convention met Friday in
this city, Endorsed the nominees Of the
populist state convention held recently
at Hastings and filled in the blanks left
vacant for that purpose. These were
two in number, VIZ, attorney-general
and university regent. The state ticket
is as follows: Silas Holcomb, governor;
John E. Harris, lieutenant-governor
w. f. Porter secretary of state; John
F. Cornell, auditor; j. N. Meserve, treas
urer; w. r. Jackson, superintendent;
]. V. Wolff, commissioner of public
lands; William Neville Qong term) and
John S. Kirkpatrick (short term,
Judges of supreme court; c. j. smyth,
Encouragement; Thomas Rawlings, re-
gent.
| Agreed on Fusion.
| Butte, Mont, Sept. 5.-The democratic
state convention in session at Missoula
and the populist convention Friday aft
ernoon completed the nomination of flu
sion presidential and state tickets.
By the terms of the agreement the DEM
ocrats were given the congressman and
by vote of 27s to 1872 the convention
decided to make no nomination, which
is practical Endorsement of Congress-
man Charles S. Hartman, the republican
who bolted the ST. Louis convention
with Senator Teller. The populists
were given the governor and nominated
Hon. Robert B. Smith, of Helena. They
were also given Watson elector with.
The agreement if Sewall has a majority
in the electoral college the elector shall
vote for him, otherwise the two demo
Gratis will vote for Watson. The re-
mainder of a full state ticket were equal
y divided between the two parties.
Election in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark, Sept. S. - The Ar.
kansas state election takes place Mon.
day, the 18th inst, and will be one of the
hottest political contests that has oc-
CURED in this state since recon-
Strnction. There are fouc tickets in the
ield-democratic, republican, populist
and prohibition. The cause of the first
two is champio1ed by Col Dan w. Jones
and Hon. Fl. L. Remmel, respectively,
while Col. Abner w Files heads the pop
ulist ticket.
Dr. Gallagher Reaches New York.
New York, Sept. 5.-Dr. Thomas
Gallagher, the Irish-American who was
released last week after an incarceration
for 10 years in Chatham and Portland
prisons as a political offender against
English laws, arrived Friday afternoon
IN board the American line steamer St.
Paul.
TO BE PERPETUATED.
Movement in tho Interesfa ~ tho r4s..