Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-07-23
THE POPULISiS.
Not More Than Cne-Four;h OF the Del
egates Have Arrived in 81. louis.
There Ia strong Talk of Bolt IL Hrynn Is
Nominated for President by Ia" tom
ventIon-A holt Wouid LIsr ia sill
yeriteS Four Southern States.

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ventIon-A BOLT WOnid Los" to Sill
yerites Four Southern States.
ST. Louis. July -. The situation
Sunday nigh: was Bryan and anti
Bryan More strictly speaking it is
bryan as against some members of the
populiNt party yet To hc named.
At the present writing not more than
800 of the l.%0O delegates to the popu-
list convention have arrived. and
these are individual members who
constitute the advance guard of
number of delegations from the
south and west. 1t is yet too early Ia
predict with reasonable certainty what
decision the convention may reach, hut
from the surface indications IT would
appear that the sentiment or Bryan
will he very strong, if indeed. his
friends do not have Il majority when
the roll is called.
The leaders 81 far as they nave ar
rived are divided in their preferences.
Some are enthusiastic in his support.
Among these are Gen. j. Il. Weaver. of
Iowa. vino made the race for the prcSi-
dcncy ON the populist ticket four years
ago. Others and among these are
Mr. Taubcnccll, the chairman of the
national cnmmittee-impatient rcpu-
diate the suggestion of Rryan's name
and assert that his nomination would
fall like a wet blanket upon the party.
There was talk sunday of bolt il
Bryan be nominated. Bolting or what
is tantamount to boiting. seems to have
become the fashion ia thi, campaign.
Whom they would select in these cir
cumStanccs they do not say. They do
not hesitate to say, however. that "a
bolt would lose To the Silvcrit,'S the
electoral votes of kentucky, Tcuuc,-
see, Alabama and Florida, AMI GER
taiuly result in the election Of McNin-
ley.
This is the threat that may he held
over the heads of the party brethren.
but with what success can only be- con-
jecturcd. There is but one thing the
anti-Bryan men fcar-that is a posi-
bIlity that some one may make a ring
| ing speech. full of AIT illusions
to the boy orator of the Platte
and his long devotion to silver.
that may sweep the convention oil
| its feet and bring about his nomination
| in "A whirlwind of enthusiasm. even as
| bryan himself succeeded in doing AT
/ Chicago less than Il fortnight ago. In
such an event the list of malcOntcntS
might he 81 reduced as To make Il bolt
| impossible. but this is not eX-
| pected. II is thought that if
] 4 4
it will be by sheer force oi
members and not through any ADVENT
tious aids. The opposition to Bryan
springs from two causes. The first is
| the complete obliteration of the party
which would follow his nomination,
and the second is II distrust in some
/ quarters that the democrats would not
act fairly with them in division of
the electoral vote. Those who en-
terrain this latter view are
southern populists who claim to have
been counted ont by their democratic
opponents when they have carried state
and congressional elections. and who
fear that Il repetition of such methods
- aid be practiced again this year il
Mckinley fails to secure a ma jority OF
the electoral college votes.
A strong i'IpetuS was given to the
Bryan hua'r Sun.uv n,g-nt at u meet
ing held at the l... i.il hotel. Up
wards ot 90 &c. gate ere present.
Great entnu a>rr waited. The pur.
pose of the-meetin. was % consolidate
the Bryan men in the different delega
: lions The various speakers showed
hat the sentiment for Bryan among
/ tGrI colleagues was generally favor
> '.,. = .ile the delegates from Kansas
9.Nsahom1, Maryland, Pennsyl vania
, HeyaJ1 and the District of Columbia
- trL rat their delegates would
V"to - q alt for the democratic caudi
ute, other meeting will be held Al
} o'clock Monday morning, at which &
definite program will be agreed upon
sunday nights meeti ng was presided
over by Gen. Weaver, of Iowa.
Senator PETER and eX-Gov. Llewell
ing, of Kansas, were among those pres
ent. Mr.. Bailey, who Is an ardent
Bryan man, informed Il United Pres,
reporter subsequently that the reports
made Sunday evening Indicated Bry
ans nomination by the convention be
yond reradventure.
The national silver convention will
be held in the Grand Music hall at thu
exposition building next Wednesday
The opening session will begin about
10 a. III.
Sergeant-at-arms Dowd has com
pleted arrangements for decorating
aud adjusting the hall for convention
purposes. A number of employees ar,
engaged in fitting it up for the occas
sion. The telegraph companies strung
their wires into the building Friday.
Mr.. Dowd said Saturday: we viii
have big convention here, and plac,
in nomination a state and nationa
ticket. There will be fully 500 ocle
gates and alternates il, attendance.
am unaL'e TO say whether the conven
ton will indorse Bryan. There is ;
strong sentiment in his favor among
, the members of the silver party"