The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-23

| of the Populists seem in favor of en-
| dorsing Bryan, it is my belief he vii
| accept the POpulist platform and recOg
| nize the prominence of the party, boil
| before and after the election. Tn,
leaders of the POpulists know that the!
have more votes in Wyoming, Kansas
| Colorado. Minnesota North Dakota
| North Carolina and Nevada than tn,
Democrats. They also know the Dem
ocrats can carry none Of these states
nor Illinois and Indiana without the aiC
Of the Populst vote, and knowing this
| they are not going to endorse Bryan un
| less they are amply assured that they
will get what is due them in the way
Of recognition. They fear that though
Bryan's intentions are all right, that in
another -four years Hill and the other gold
leaders will affect compromise in the
Democratic party and get back in the
machine. You can he assured that
Bryan will not be endorsed unless he
will accept the POpulist nomination on
the entire platform and become our can
didatc as well as that of the Democrats"
The national executive committee,
which will meet Saturday. will start II
boom for 'middlc-Of-t he-road' Popu-
list to preside as temporary chairman
of the convention. which will meet next
Wednesday.
j. III. Davis, better known rs "Cyclonc
Davis" of Sulphur Springs, Tex, seems
to be the favorite for that position and
after him comes Senator Marion Butler
of North Carolina. 1t is known Davis
is opposed to endorsing Bryan and But
Ter is also said to be against il.
Tho frnVng DnnuliSt lnn1nr tnInu In
clarcd that the Democrats had barred
the door to any endorsement by the Pop
ulist convention of their candidate or
platform. '"They will not meet us half
way" he said. ''rhe only compromise
they offer is for us to furnish all the
patriotism and give up our organization,
while they furnish the candidate and
the platform. We can not endorse Mr.
Bryan and the Democratic platform and
go before the country on the issues thus
made. On the other hand, Mr. Bryan
can not accept II nomination from us
and stand on our platform without alien
ating Mt least half of his Democratic
support. The state bank plank in the
Democratic platform will be opposed by
us. Our platform will have plank OPP
posing state banks and another concern
ing the regulation of railways. AS
matter of fact, neither the PopuliSt nor
Democratic platform will fill the bill this
year.
what we want is man and Il plat
form devoted to one issuc-thc money
question"
The "middle-of-thc-road' people are
very much dsmayed at the attitude OF
the free silver people, who are practically
n unit for Bryan.
Dr. j. j. Mott. leader of the free sill
1n I,tt. l,, hnn
counting them all the time, but they will
not support third ticket proposition.
In an interview DR.. Mott had this to
say: 81 want to see an agreement
reached whereby the opponents of the
single standard may be marshaled into
that solid phaanX. | care not what
may be the differences as to other issues
or their theories as to party ethics.
The main question, the supreme issue,
is whether we are to have free silver
and restore prosperity to the country or
whether the very manhood of this coun-
try is to be stamped and crushed out by
the heel of corporate greed and pluto
cratic domination. 1t seems to me that
in view of the unanimty of the voters,
regardless of party, the bulk of the Re
publican party being excepted. who have
been for years demanding the rcstora-
ton of silver, and now that the time has
come to secure it by direct demand
from the electors, that they should get
together and make good their professions
Of loyalty to the cause"
DIR. Mott this evening appointed NJ. +.
Doud of this city sergcant-at-arms of
the silver convention.
Scrgeant-at-Arms Mcdowell today an
nounccd that all of the associations have
finally made Il rate for the Populist con
ycntion.