Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-07-20

ST. LOUIS, July 1S.-Delegates to the
two national conventions to be held in
st. Louis have begun to arrive in
punches. Arrangements arc rapidly
Being completed, and by Tuesday
everything will be in readiness. The
populist promises to be the livcliest
ever held by that party. There is
every indication that the sessions will
be stormy from beginning to end
The fight will be over the Endorsement
of Bryan and Scwall, the democratic
nominees.
The middle of the road populsts
will want to put up ticket of their
own, but the rank and file of the party
seem to favor indorsing the democratic
candidates. There will be meeting
of the executive committee Saturday
afternoon at which the temporary or
gsnization will be decided upon and
the matter of candidates will be taken
up, but it is not likely that any state
ment of the decision of the committee
will be made public.
Chairman Taubenck returned from
| Chicago Saturday morning. 1t is COM
mon report here that his visit to Chi
cago was mainly to confer with How
ard Taylor relative to the stand to be
taken by the Illinois delegation on the
work of the Chicago convention. Ser
geant-at-Arms Mcdowell said Saturday
morning that if his information was
correct, the delegations from Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio would all vote against
Bryan and Sewall at the popnlist con-
vention next week
About % delegates to the populist
convention attended meeting of the
ST. Louis central committee Friday
night and listened to speeches by
Ownes, of Tennessee, Gilstrop, of Color
ardo, Reid, of Iowa, and others in favor
of the middle of the road course OF
action. After the speechmalSing the
committee held an executive session
and adopted the following resolution:
Resolved, That while the plutocratic
newspapers, especially democratic
newspapers, are publishing brazenly
that populist individuals and organiza-
tions are indorsing Bryan to such an
extent as to indicate that the national
convention would probably nominate
or indorse Bryan, yet all the informa-
tion coming from congressional con-
ventions and the peoples party press
shows plainly that 30 per cent. of the
populist voters are in the middle of
the road" and that the convention
will nominate none but populist, and
that this committee lend its aid to fur
ther that result.
The national silver convention will
be held in the Grand Music hall at the
exposition building next Wednesday.
The opening session will begin about
10 a. m.
| Scrgcant-at-arms Dowd has COM
plctcd arrangements for decorating
and adjusting the hall for convention
purposes A number of employees are
engaged in fitting it up for the occas-
sion. The telegraph companies strung
their wires into the building Friday.
Mr.. Dowd said Saturday: I'VE will
have big convention here, and place
in nomination state and national
ticket. There will be fully 1,5O0 dele
gates and altcrnates in attendance. l
am unable to say whether the conven-
tion will indorse Bryan. There is a
strong sentiment in his favor among
the members of the silver party"
II wish it understood that the ma
tional silver party will be separate and
distinct from the populist convention,
which convcncs on the same date"
Mr. W. p. st. John, the gentleman
slated for permanent chairman of the
silver parties convention. drew a salary
of $4,000 a year for Is years as presi-
dent of New York bank. When he
gave up the presidency and the salary
with it last month. it was claimed that
he could have retained both by simply
keeping his currency views to himself.
Francis F. Ncwlands, who is to serve
as temporary chairman of the Music
hall convention, is the only representa-
tive of the silver party in the Fifty
fourth congress. His home is in Ne
vada.