Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-13
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS.
They will Hold a Convention at
Indianapolis September to
Name a Ticket.

Name Ticket.
Indianapolis, Ind. Aug. S.-The name
of the new party is the National Demo-
cratic party. Its organizers call those
supporting the Chicago platform and
ticket the Populist-Democratic party.
The national convention of the National
Democratic party will be held at Indi-
annapolis Wednesday,, September :.
There was unanimity in the conference
on the selection of the name OF the Ma
termining 70 distinguish the two parties
by referring to those supporting the
Chicago platform as the Popul1st-Demo-
cratic party.
Late last night an executive committee
of nine was appointed to take charge OF
the campaign and to issue an address to
the Democracy of the country, setting
forth the purposes and plans of the party.
At Il O'Clock Chairman Palmer an
nounced the committee as follows, Ala
bama, M. J. Falkner; Illinois, John +.
Hopkins: Indiana, w. u. Bynum; Ken
lucky, w. B. Haldeman; Missouri, =.
Cutcheon; New York, Charles Tracey;
Ohio. Samuel Holding; Wisconsin. Ellis
B. Usher. The committee will meet to-
morrow to elect chairman. Chairman
Palmer of the National committee is a
member of the executive committee eX-
officio
This committee will make no and an
nounce the roll of the delegates entitled
to participate in the preliminary organl-
zation of the convention.
1t was announced at the afternoon
session that Gen. Bragg was delayed by
a washout on the Pennsylvania. At the
night session the announcement was
made that he could not get here.
Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. S.-The first
meeting of the executive committee an
nounced late last night by Chairman
Palmer of the gold Democrats was held
in the Century clubrooms at the Denison
hotel this morning beginning at lO
o'clock There were present every mem
Der as follows: w. D. Bynum, lndi-
annapolis; w. III. Haldeman, Louisville,
Ky; Frederick Lehman, St. Louis! Mo;
Usher, La Crosse, Wis; Samuel II.
Golding, Cleveland, O.; Charles Tracey,
Albany, N. Y; f. w. M. Cutcheon, ST..
Paul, Mimi, and J. NJ. Falkner, Mont
gomery, Ala.
The committee organized by electing
MIR. Rynum chairman and John Il. Wli-
son secretary. A transportation commit
tee was appointed to arrage railroad
rates for the national convention. 1t
consists of Hopkins as chairman, Falk-
ner and Holding.
A committee of two OF campaign liter
allure was appointed consisting of Catch
con and Usher. The literature commit
tee was authorized to proceed at once
to secure and distribute gold standard
literature. TO this end John l. Rooney,
secretary of the Democratic Honest
Money league of America, was called to
arrange for a large quantity of such lit
erature.
The headquarters of the campaign
work previous to the convention are to he
in this city and Messrs. Bynum and Will
son We're authorized to rent quarters
campaign. 1t was the sense of the com-
mittee men that the work should begin
at once. The next meeting will be held
at the Palmer house. Chicago, Monday,
August IL.
In the meantime the address to the
will be issued. Mr.. Wilson said that it
was now in progress of composition and
that it would probably be out within
seven days. 1t will be the joint work of
the executive committee and will be so
signed.
Mr.. Rooney stated to the committee
that his organization had the promise
of Bourke Cochran that he will reply to
the Madison square speech of w. J.
Bryan two days after the Madison
square speech, which occurs next
Wednesday night. Mr.. Cockran's speech,
therefore, will be delivered on Friday.
The plan is not yet positively settled,
but it will be either at Madison square
or the Grand Central palace. The league
has for its president John Byrne, for
merly of Detroit, but now of New York,
and Gov. Flower is it's treasurer.
1t is the purpose of the league to dis
tribute gold standard literature where
ever it can be ascertained that literature
can be useful in accomplishing the de-
feat of the Chicago candidate. 1t seeks
cooperation, it is announced, with every
agency that is working against the Chi
cago ticket.
The executive committee is of the I'M
derstanding that the work is to he Wig
orously pushed from the start 1t is I'M
derstood that favorable rates can be Sc
cured OH all the railroads.