The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-05
JUST AS WE FEARED.

JUST AS We FEARED.
The signs multiply that there IS go-
ing to be serious difficulties Ia the
management Of the campaign.
Here is an item:
indianapolis, July %. Two hundred
and more Populist delegates met here
to-day to formulate Il state ticket. "A
faction led by "FoghOrn" Kelly OF De-
kalb county favored ind0rsinK Bryan
and Sewall as the state Democratic
ticket, but the majority, under N. H.
MOtsinger, PppuliSt. candidate for
Congress in the Second district. would
listen to no compromise. The st. i
Louis and Omaha platforms were in.
dorsed, the convention declared for
Bryan and Watson, and Rev. Thomas
Wadsworth, Methodist preacher OF
DaviesS county, was nominated Tor
governor, and A. p. Hanna OF Mont
gomery county, farmer, for lieuten-
antR0vernor. Y
Mr.. Motsinger, Populist candidate
for Congress in the Second Indiana
district, is the same gentleman who
came into the room of the MiHnesota
delegation, at Hurst's hotel.St. Louis,
and offered them the badges with our
name on them, which were generally
declined. 1t seems he Is still on the
middle-of-the-rOad war-path, and that
there will be no fusion state ticketin
Indiana. It is to be hoped that the
two parties will have sense enough to
get together on the same electoral
ticket; if they do not the vote of In
diana will 60 to Mckinley. We still
think that it would have been better
to have nominated straight ticket
and thus kept all our own people to-
gether, and avoided all chickering's and
bad blood; and then unite on one joint
electoral ticket. But the convention
thought otherwise and we must make
the best we can Of bad bargain.
The signs multiply that the Demo
Gratis will insist on forcing Tom Wat
son of the national ticket. Read
this:
Hutchinson, Kan, July 28.-Ex-
Congressman Jerry Simpson, who was
one Of the principal Populists to bring
about a compromise on Bryan by the
nomination oI Watson. was taken to
task last night, by the Democrats
when ne arrived here. They threat
ened to withdraw their support from
him for Congress, but he assured
them that Watson would be taken off
the ticket just as soon as the national
committee thought it advisable to do
so.
1T was only a scheme" said he,
80 nd " OF Mo =
sons name will be Withdrawn in
plenty of time to get the two parties
united on Bryan and Sewall."
When asked ii he spoke authorita-
lively, he replied that he knew exact
ly what he was talking about"
Observe how the Democrats are ter
rorizing Jerry, and threatening not to
endorse his nomination for Congress,
unless he will help force Watson off
the ticket and compel the Popuiists
of the United States to support the
multi-millionaire and national bank
president, Sewall,. 1t is a. shameful
attitude OF affairs. -'
Here Is another item:
Topeka, Kan. July 28.-Populist
leaders in Kansas are not agreed as to
the manner OF arranging a com bina-
tim electoral ticket. The declara-
tiOns of Ex-Governor Lewelljng aud
w. A. Harris for Bryan and Sewall
have caused Chairman Breidenthal to
enter protest. He is willing to di-
vide electors, but lie says the Populist
state convention at Abilene. Aug. 5,
cannot afford to drop Watson. When
queried about the coming out of G.
w. Click for governor he said: '"The
POluliSts will never consent 10 any
other than a Populist for governor.
Before the St. Louis convention the
Demo Gratis appeared willing to con.
cede US the state ticket, but now that
we have endorsed Bryan they appear
to be clamoring for more"
Every Populist aspirant in the
whole country will now have his face
turned to the Democratic party, be-
cause they have the power to make or
break him; and every day his allegi-
ance to the Peoples tarty will dimin-
ish; and il the time ever comes that
we seek to rally our forces, for separ-
ate action, we will find them so iuex-
tricably intermingled with the Demo-
Gratis that we cannot pull them apart.
This might be all we'll enough ii we
had as much confidence in the Democ-
racy as we have ia ourselves, and were
sure they would be honest and faith
full under all contingencies. In that
case we might be willing to dissolve
the Peoples Party forever. But will
they stand firm? And il they don't
where are we?