The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-28
THE POPULIST CAMPAIGN FORM
ALLY TURNED OVER TO THE
NEW CHAIRMAN.
NO PLANS MADE AS YET.
MIR. BUTLER WILL NOT CHOOSE
HIS HEADQUARTERS FOR SOME
WEEKS.
MIR. BRYAN WILL NOT BE NOTIFIED
Silverites VIII be Announced
In New York.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 27.-The affairs
Of the Peoples party are now in the
hands of Senator Butler, of North Car
olina, the new chairman of the national
executive committee. Today the nine
members of the retiring Populist execu-
tive committee made a formal settle
ment with the new committee They
turned over to Chairman Butler and
Secretary Edgerton all the money on
hand and their accounts were approv-
ed. Very few Of the new members re-
mained in the city for the Monday
meeting. They authorized Chairman
Butler and Secretary Edgerton to audit
the accounts and hastened home to
prepare for the campaign.
The silver party has established a
temporary headquarters in the Cor
coran building, Washington, D. C. Flu
ture events will determine whether or
not it will be continued there. Vice
Chairman Stevens who will have ac-
tive charge of the headquarters and
who will relieve Chairman Lane of
much of the work connected with the
coming campaign will leave for the
capital city in short time It is ru-
mored that the Popu1ist national ex-
headquarters in that city, but Chair
man Butler refused to either confirm
or deny the statement. The selection
of headquarters has been left to him
and decision to that matter will prob
ably not be made for several weeks
Charles B. Lane, chairman of the sill
yer national committee, left tonight for
his home in California. He will stop at
Lincoln, Neb., and hold a conference
with Bryan. While it has not yet been
definitely decided, there will probably
be no formal notification of Bryan by
either the Populists or the silver men.
1t was learned from a prominent West
ern member of the silver national COM
mittee that 1t is the intention of both
the silver and Popu1ist comittees TO
waive the usual formal notification.
and on Aug. IL, hold a ratification
meeting in New York, at which Bryan's
nomination for the presidency will be
announced
A proposition looking to the fusion of
the two parties in Missouri on the state
ticket has, it is stated, been made by
the Populists to the Democratic leaders
who have it under consideration. AS
the price for this fusion, the Populists
are said to have demanded that they
be given eight out of the seventeen
presidential electors in the state. If
this concession is not made the Popu-
lists will put a state ticket in the field
at their convention which will be held
at Sedialia next Thursday
Among the speakers who will take
the stump for the Populist ticket will
be Senator Butler and ex-Chairman
Taubeneck, Eugene V. Debs, of Terre
Haute, Ind; Robert Schilling, of Mil
Waukee; Senator Allen, of Nebraska;
Senator PETER, of Kansas; Gov. Llewel-
ling, cf Kansas; Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Lease, Of Kansas; Mrs. Roberts, Of
Gorgia, and many others including
CoxeY and Carl Browne Mr.. Debs is
a strong supporter of the Initiative and
referendum. The currency will be the
pivot around which the majority of the
speeches will revolve, and the women
who will be sent out will make that
their special point Of attack Mrs Rob-
erts made a speech in the convention
seconding the nomination of Bryan, and
In the five minutes that she was before
the convention won for herself the
reputation of being one of the most
forcible and logical speakers that has
ever addressed Populist gathering.
George P. Keeney, secretary, and A.
H Pyle, his assistant both of Califor-
MIA, have left for Washington to take
charge of the silver headquarters there
Chairman Butler, Of the Populist nat
ioDal executive committee. left this
city for his home in North Carolina to-
day, having been called there by a
telegram, but for what purpose has not
been made public. Before leaving. he
stated he would probably return some
time during the first week of August,
when he will call a meeting Of the COM
mittee. He also stated that he expected
to hold a conference with Senator
Jones, Of Arkansas. ION his return here.
George F. Washf1tlrn, of Massachus-
etts, member of the. Populist executive
committee, in answer to an inquiry
arrangement had been decided upon in
respect to the notification of Bryan Of
his rnr1aira of finrn