New-York tribune., 1896-08-26
THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY"
rprAr PREPARATIONS FOR THE INDIAN
APOLIS CONVENTION.
rzE Villas PRESIDENTIAL BOOM DEVELOPING
wArTERsoN's CANDIDACY NOT LOOKED
UPON AS SERIOUS
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

UPON AS SERIOUS.
rsY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRreUNEl
,,d,anapolis Aug 25.-The sound-money
,.rocratic Convention will be quite different
..,hering from that a. Chicago. The return
,.rhaps LOYALTY to first principles and great
,..asrs will be shown in the portraits displayed
- romlinson Hall The familiar and honored
,,ces Of jefferson. Jackson. Cleveland. Hen
s-cks Tilden and McDo lald will beam upon
- Convention from conspicuous positions. and
,,s,e will be no Altgelds. Tillmans or Turpies
.,s,s II is notewt rthy. too. that there VIII pe
- ,or,rai, ~ VOORHEES, 10 be seen. Every day
o-ries this once-powerful leader TO the hmoo
~ plaved out statesmen. who depehu uPoi'
their voice and not principles for leadership
Tho hall will abound in National colors, ana
,,s,oad NJ the renegade rooster which typifed
the Chicago platform. a massive goideh edee
u,,u 10 conspicuous from the stage Above all
IN ha q nortrait Of Washington. Inc hall i
.dareoine changes now, 30 as TO proVlde l''-f
..a,s On the main Aoor FOR delegates ana al
,a-ne,as 400 on the stage for o'ncers' coiiii'''
,ass and DISTINGUISHED guests Zoo 1or CORE
s,o,dents COO in the balcony and zoo IN 're
GALLERY The standing room VIII ACCOMMODATE
Q 600 more IN spacious corridors.
Tomorrow occur conventions Tor the seIec-
49,, =. do,aea.es in Massachusetts,. Rhode ISL
- oo,,es that many. besides selecting dele
gates 10 the Indianapo's ConVenuoh' VIII pia'e
eo,,rd.r,onev state tickets in the field. Indiana
,s rteIy TO be one Of these States A NUMBER
- c,a,es select their delegates to-day The
1x.o,tive Committee hopes to have complete
IT., bv next Monday night. the day of the New
VII Convention Twenty States have now re-
se-ved hotel quarters, the names OF tnose eA
rected including persons who IN the Pds' haS a,
been the tried and successful ieaueIS ,,s VI .,s
nartv The Presidential gossop 'O-udN iIIii'
rroore than ever TO Villas of Wisconsin lie -
known TO be the Presidents close personSa
friend. and If nominated on pialnoi ~ ~ Preei
Democratic il is hard TO SEE no" 'ne iI.
5ent could fail 10 give the INDIANAPOLIS ticket
active support. .,. oho,,
The Executive Committee is retlcent aoou' u
the matter of probable Administration lhuoiSe
80, hut i, will be a grievOus DISAPPOINTMENT
n them If the President does not give thi the NUl
vention and its york the stamp or ms app va,
The Watterson boom is hampered by the idVt
tba, ,he Kentucky delegation is already peuEeu
70 simon r Buckner for second place ana aIso
nv the fact that Watterson Is abroad Anotns.
thing that hinders is that Watterson IouEh.
.ba 1or,iration of Cleveland four years ago. ana
said something about walking through
siauchter-house into an open grave predlC-
ton that as far as the party IS c"nceiIeu; to,
wrong only as TO date the fulf ,ment peihs
four years later ,,,..
The Watterson boom. therefore, is not likely
N he serious 1t does not appear why General
Rrscs v.ho was prominently mentioned at the
time of the conference, and who roveu CieNs.
land for The enemies ne had made mas los'
ground In favor Of the Wisconsin senator
ruF NATIONAL. DEMOCRATS OF KANSAS
Topeka Kan. Aug % (SpeciaD.-A convention o.
che National Democrats Of Kansas met to-day In
REPRESENTATIVE Hall. About 80 delegates answered
- he csu OF Eugene Dagan. the provisional COM
rni,.ee-nan Thomas p. En,on was elected presidihg
o4cer He made strong and able speech oitter,y
6erolac.ng the action Of the chicago CohNen'o" d.
ovsr.u-niYg .he tonets OF he Democratic party anu
ssop,sd a. he bible OF Democracy since the days OF
jefferson and Jackson. The resolutions were severe
AND uhanswerab'e from a Democrats p stahupOl,. o.
sx dsega.ts-at and ten district deIegd's were
elected 10 attend me Indianapolis ConNenuon-
W n RosinKtOn is chairman. Ihe convention ~
ea,husas,ic al every mention o. sound money, a-l
especially a. every reference 70 President CeNeia'u
THIS gathering shows exclusively that the Cleveland
element Of ne party IN Kansas vii not sNppoIi.
BRYAN which means 'ha, a. least 1000 DemocIaIc
voters II Kansas are not 70 90 over 70 the fopu-
ls;s 60,
The Republicans zee. sure tha, this vote VIII be
larger than ne free-slver Republican vote