The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-16
And Promise tn support the Platform,
the Anti-Democratic PopuIists
May Make No Further Fight.
SOME LEADERS FOR BRYAN
But TAUBEyECK WANTS THE oMA-
HA PLATFORM INDoRsED.
Views of the Organizer Of the Ma
tional silver Party-Nebrasi<a and
south Dakota Populists for Bryan.

ST. LOUIS. July 15.-It becomes more
and more evident each day as the date OF
the meeting of the national convention
draws near that the party will clash over
the Endorsement of Bryan for President.
Letters from all parts of the country are
pouring into the national committee head
quarters, some demanding and some de-
nouncing the Endorsement of the Demo-
cratic ticket and everything indicates that
there is decided difference Of opinion as
TO the best action TO be taken at the coming
convention.
1t is the opinion OF some OF the Popu-
lists here that the party is near the dam
ger line OF split over the question. They
express the hope. however that some
definite plan of action agreeable 10 all can
be decided upon at the meeting OF the ma
tional executive committee. which is TO be
held here next Saturday. Many OF the
Populist leaders are awaiting the coming
OF the free-silver Senator'S who bolted the
Republican convention. Upon the course
they take will depend I'm a measure the
action of the anti-Bryan wing. II the sill
yer Republicans come out openly for Bryan
and the Chicago platform the opposition
may not make much of a fight
The headquarters of the PopuIist national
the national convention which will soon
meet. Chairman Taubeneck and his as
sistants are busy completing the prelimi-
naries and are preparing for the big rush
of Populists expected Saturday. Mr..
Taubeneck still declines TO discuss the
movement in favor OF Bryan and Sewall
| His invariable statensent is. Il have MOTH
ing for publication
The advance guard OF the Tennessee dele
cation which is here is full-fedged vice
presidential boom for W. u. Mimms. OF
| that State. Ex-Gov. Buchanan, who has
| charge of the Mimms boom. does not like
Sewall, but is not strongly opposed TO
Bryan. IL il could be arranged that the
Democratic presidential nominee could be
given first place and Mimms second, the
Tennesseeans would be satisfied. IL is said.
The biggest fight next TO the one indors-
ing the candidates will be that over the
platform. very strong wing Of the party.
headed by Chairman Taubeneck. Sergeant
alarms Mcdowell, Chairman Rozzell OF
the Missouri State committee. and many
Of the members of the national committee.
proposes to make a fight for the adoption
Of the Omaha platform, instead OF an in
dorsement of the Chicago declaration.
Hon. George p. Keeney. general organ
| izer of the national silver party. with head
quarters in New York city. is here TO at
| tend his party convention. which convenes
| next week. There has been for months"
| said Mr.. Keeney. "a bitter fight in New
York between the representatives OF plutoc-
| racy on one side and the middle classes
| and daily wage earrers on the other and
| il is going to be iercer from now on tiil
the election. 1t has been my special duty
| to labor among the last mentioned classes
and my candid opinop is they will win.
Northern and western New York aericul-
turists are for free silver. irrespective OF
| party just as surely as the same classes
are in the West and South. Mckinley and
| Hobart cannot come down to the Harlem
river with 80, 900 majority. They would need
| at least 100000 TO stand any kind of q
chance of carrying the State IL did not
take me long In mixing with the labor
| organizations TO find they were much.
| il not more, bitterly opposed TO Wall street
| than the farmers of Kansas. They were
ready TO rally to any standard that would
promise OF better times There is not a
| State in the East in which Bryan has not
! a good fighting chance and there must be
no hesitancy in waging the war there. He
will be met by volunteers all along the
Hon. Andrew Fl. Patton. OF Danvers.
/ Mass. member Of the Populist national
committee. by proxy. from his State, reg
| istered at the Lindell Hotel to-day
"Will the Populist convention indorse
| Bryan" he was asked
| Whether IL will be straighf-out indorse-
ment or coalition / don't know, but as q
| patriotic party. desirious of reform. the
issue or throw anything in the way OF its
| success.