The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-22
NOT ENOUGH OF THE ANTI-BRYANi
MEN TO MAKE MUCH
TROUBLE.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD,
BUT THEY CAN HARDLY BE SEEN
EXCEPT WITH A STRONG
GLASS.
BIG ROW AT A MEETING.
Bryan Men Only Allowed to Re$,
main on the Promise to Keep
Quiet.
Special to the Globe.

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Special to the Globe.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 21-You have
all heard the refreshment vender in
large cities with his midnight song.
red hots," but if you want to see a
genuine ''red hot" you should have att
tended the "middle-of- the-road" meet.
Ing today at the headquarters at La
clede hotel. "Middle-of-the-road'' Pop
ulists are those who make it a cardinal
principle to steer between the old par
ties, indorsing neither. They wear
white badges, with the words middle
of the road, printed lengthwise down
the center. Their fight here is to pre-.
vent the Endorsement or nomination Of
Bryan, and to secure the selection Of a.
separate ticket. There were from
75 to 100 in their hot and stuffy quar-
ters when l managed to escape the
vigilance of the doorkeeper and broke
in. The object Of the meeting was to
have roll call of states and reports
showing how each stood on Bryan.
Every anti-Bryan sentiment was re-
ceived with yells of delight, and the
man who spoke for Bryan was lucky
If he escaped being thrown into the
street with a broken head. An Idaho
delegate reported that his state would
bolt the convention if Bryan was not
! nominated. There were yells of put
him out" but he stood his ground or
chair, and explained that he was q
Populist editor, who had been despised
and prosecuted, and Idaho would give
| twenty-four of her twenty-eight thou
sand votes to Bryan, no matter what
the convention did. He was crowded
with questions as what he would do if
the convention nominated third man.
but saved being elected by lodging
and answering that he would stay
with his people. A little before this
AN OKLAHOMA BRYAN MAN
had made disturbance by declaring
himself and stating that a man was
! going aroud representing himself as
from different states. and claiming
that the sentiment was against Bryan.
There was no one to respond when
| Colorado was called. and, after Idaho
had exploited. Colorado was called
again, and man responded, saying it
| was solid against Bryan. AS he said
I this, the Oklahoma man came forward
and exclaimed: That's the man T
meant in my remarks!' Colorado was
not abashed, but mounted a4chairsand
delivered violent speech against
"stinking Democrats When he con-
cluded some one called on Oklahoma
to explain. Oklahoma renewed his
statement, and looking Colorado
squarely in the eye, said: Didn't
| you tell me at the Lindell hotel last
night that you were a delegate from
New York;" Colorado returned the
gaze with the remark, 'T never saw
you before in my life" Precipitation
was standing in great drops on Okla
| homas forehead, for 1t was hot as
well, never mind-in that room, but
this reply so stunned him that the
water ran back into the pores. 1t
looked like a fight for a moment, but
vent was found in the great con-
fusion and cheers for Colorado, amid
which someone moved that any Bryan
man who would not behave himself be
| elected. The chair, who was more en-
| thusiastic than warranted, stated the
| question to be to eject all Bryan men
| and was about to put 1t that way,
when little, gray, sawed-off Bryan
| fellow shook his fist under the chair
mans nose and asked if this was a
Republican meeting. Everyone was on
| his feet, and amid shouts Of "put him
out" half a dozen men seized the
sawed-off Bryan man, while the crowd
| pushed them all towards the door The
| Bryan man fought and yelled Justify,
and finally they stood him up near the
| door with guard about him.
KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT,
| and allow him to remain Then the
chair put the motion to expell all Bry-
an men and 1t carried unanimously.
after which, the mover explained that
the motion was only to exclude Bryan
men who would not keep still. The
| chair ruled that that was substantially
the same thing. Then Oklahoma came
to the front announcing that he was
going, though he did not think the mo- /
| ton excluded him. what makes you
leave then?" shouted some one "Pve
been called liar, and 1 won't stay
he screamed as he passed out. Next
move was the ordering of every one to /
leave who did not wear the middle Of !
thesroad'' delegate badges l took
short breaths and concentrated myself
| into as small a space as possible hold /
ing my hat in front of where the badge
| ought to be, and succeeding in remain- |
ing until the conclusion having sup
pressed every one not in harmony with
IACAli. 6lNC LltlS SCcIl6 DIS lnQ1CdIlN0
of the feeling between the Bryan and /
anti-Bryan forces. The middle Of the /
road" men denounce the Lindell hotel |
crowd, which Is for Bryan, and warned I
their men to keep away. The roll call I
developed that the opposition to Bryan
Is in a hopeless minority Out of over
thirteen hundred delegates, less than
one hundred were present, and of those \
present they could only vouch for them
selves as individuals Texas was the |
only state vouched for as entirely
against Bryan. North Carolina with 95
delegates only had two there and they
admitted that the SO were against them !
There was only one man from Illinois 1
and he could speak for but three others.
But two were present from Ohio, only /
one from Missouri, and so on. They /
can bolt and put up another ticket, and
will have to do this or jump down their
own throats. I consider the anti-Bryan
crowd already whipped and they must
swallow or bolt. After the position
| they have taken, If there is any man.
hood about them 1t will be a bolt. AS
a matter of fact some Of Bryan's clos
est friends want them to bolt in order
to relieve him from an element which
will cost him many votes If they are
for him. It's a great mixture.
H. P. Hall.
Store Burglcd.
ABERDEEN,sS. D.. July 21.-The general
merchandise Store of A. q RaYnharfor