The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-01
THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE.
Bryan Managers Unhappy and Don't
Know What to Do.

| New York Special in Chicago Post.
The Democratic managers were called to-
| gether to-day to meet the most serious
! crisis of the campaign. The reports that
were brought to candidate Bryan could not
dftion of almost utter decentralization in the
Popocratic party in all the close States
and total extinction of hope in she East
This unhappy condition of affairs was plain
ly discussed at the meeting of mana gers,
and the facts were stated to Mr.. Bryan by
chairman Jones at an early morning ses-
sion without establishment without any
attempt at sugar coating the truth When
Bryan met some of the leaders at Washing
ton ten DAYS ago he had no time to listen
! to any statement of campaign details, but
the managers decided that he would have
to take time now, and so they came on to
New York in force and held him up in or
der to pump some facts into him that it
was necessary for him to know. Then
after they were through with Mr.. Bryan
the managers got together in the Fifth
avenue Hotel and tried to figure out how
tee are behind about 100000 and are with
out credit TO do further business. The free
slVeriteS OF the mountain States not
coming forward with their contributions
alleging that the Democrats have not acted
IN good faith in fusion deals, and that they
will not put up any more cash when it ap-
pears to them to be a foregone conclusion
that they are to be unfairly treated taking
what has been done and is being done as
an indication of future performance The
Bryan managers had expected to receive
large amounts from the silver miners but
the boltlng free-silVer Republicans Dubois
tracked the silver flow and diverted part
OF 1t into Idaho and into sections of the
country where they are directly and per-
Mr.. Sewall was expected to do great
things for the cash end of the campaign
ana ne was raked over the Goals To-day
ior Ialllng TO ccme down with the stuff .
Sewall has been subjected to very frigid
treatment by chairman Jones and his col
leagues On the committees. and his posi-
tlon made as uncomfortable as possible
mr., ss s LII has given Mr. Bryan assurance
DAY II he (Bryan) deems it best. During
Mr.. Bryan's visit to Maine Mr.. Sewall gave
him virtual power of attorney to withdraw
him If he saw fit. After his several grand
stand declarations OF loyalty to Mr. sew
all the Boy Orator hesitated TO take adj
vantage of his running mates seif-sacrific-
however that Mr.. SewaiI viii not with,
that action. to that effect will result
from to-day's conference; No public an
but there is no doubt about the matter
having been discussed in all it's bearings.
on the ticket cannot do any possible good
and that his withdrawal might be the sal
Tom Watson's persistence in harping
on the bad faith Of the Democrats and
OF the st Louis bargain, which he insists
Grat for President and Popuiist for Vice
gers beyond measure. His FREQUENT and
noisy ebullitions of protest against being
sold out, and his determination that the
Popuiistic world and all the rest Of The
world shall know that the Populists ara
getting outrageously left by the sharn
trading Democrats has aroused a spirit Of
hot revolt among the Populistic voting
masses which Will not be stilied or drowna5
OUT Senator Faulkner assured his asso-
ciates that senator Butler was outr.ged
by Watson's refusal to '.iie stir, ana tslr1
his medicine, and that measures would he
taken TO discipline him. but IL was Dointed
out that Watson Is at the present vrft
ing by reason Of his nomination 70 rae
resent the Populist party on the natioreI
ticket e bigger man than Butler and that
right. by the way, he is exercising - rba
fUf'est extent - ZIG
Chairman Jones. whose conteront 90
Populfsts in general and Southern pew,
lists IN particular has been shown in r,a,,,-
ways since the campaign opened is =
much-perplexed and discouraged nar :. a
His natural inclination is TO keen az, s III.
ing them 10 go to that sutrv coi,rfr.x 's @
named In polite society, but his poiiticaI
tfIrialty and semi pariIcky conditi -, Ia
mind impeis him to adopt a srnra ps, nI
sriepy,S SoaT d and he L actually turning
on Sewaifs Withdrawal The s,,r ~ INSIST
was made at the conferences to-eisssw ss hon