The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-07-22

room. Ii was claimed by ''the middle-of-
the'road' Populists that these Bryan men
should either get or declare themselves
Tor middle-of-the-rOad ticket
There were several quarrcls over rights
OF recognition, and the secretary finally
got semblance of order by moving IA roll
call OF states TO secure responses and see
what strength the ''middle-of- the road
men would have in the convention
Arizona did not respond, nor did Ala
bama, although Florida man stated
that he understood Alabama was divided
Arkansas was for the Omaha platform.
California was divided, but il was said
the middle Oft -tho-road men" would ac-
cept Bryan on straight Populist plat
form There was no response from Con
nocticut Colorado announced two dele
cations, one for Bryan and the other
straight out The secretary moved that
the "middle-of-theroad" men use every
effort to seat their delegation and reject
the Democratic delegation" headed by
Tom Patterson This was carried with
shout
There were no responses from Delaware
or the District Of Columbia. Colorado
and Florida announced two votes for the
not respond. When Indiana was called
IL WIS announced that the greater portion
of the delegation was "middle-of-the-
road, tho delegate making thc announce
ment stating that the Populists that he
represented did not propose to do any
thing that would assist i'm the election of
Daniel w Voorhees, To succeed himself.
More whoops were heard when this an
T1nk
called. James Gum said that her seven
votes would be cast for Bryan, that no
matter what this convention did, Idaho
Popullsts would vote solidy for Bryan
and carry the state for him. The secre-
tary made the point of order that this was
"middle-of -the-road' meeting and the
Bryan men had no right TO try and make
it "a Democratic ratification meeting"
When Iowa was called Secretary Reed
entered into quite discussion of the pref
erenccs Of different delegates, and after
figuring out five or six middle of-the-
road men, he entered an emphatic denial
of Weaver's statement that Iowa would
cast thirty solid votes for Bryan. When
Illinois was called the announcement was
made that there was an Altgeld delega-
ton for Bryan and Taylor delegation
lpi III WIS
asserted, however, that Altgeld was not a
delegate The reply was made that Alt
geld controlled the Bryan delegation.
When Maine was called a man mounted n
chair and stated with great vchemence
that there was only one delegate from
Maine present, but the delegation was
solid for middle-of- the-road. Another man
with equal vehemencc denied the asscr
ton.
Missouri, with one exception, was solid
for the "middlc-of-ther-oad. A man
from st. Louis raised row and was
elected. Then business was resumed
The Minnesota man was so mad that he
would make no response for his state, and
there was none from Maryland New Jer-
scy, New Hampshire, and North Dakota.
Ross of New York said he represented
"middle-of-the-road men" The rollcall
was not resumed. Some of the states,
however, reported to the secretary, "a West
Virginia man announcing hat only two
delegates from that state were for Bryan,
although the whole delegation had been
claimed for him.