Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-20
The POPULISTS AT ST. LOUIS
Controversy Over Endorsement Of
Bryan and Sewall May Cause
q Bolt.
INFLUENCE OF WALL STREET GOLD PLAIN
Self Respecting Populists, Under Lead
ership of Senators Allen and PETER
and Ex-Congressman Simpson,
Are Outspoken for Bryan.


continues generally prevalent that bolt
Is among the strong probabilities of the
Populist convention whatever course is
decided upon by the majority. Dele.
a gates are constantly arriving and the
larger the crowd becomes, the more evi-
a-nt is the intensity of feeling over the
+ one question at issue. This question is
-hather to indorse Bryan and Sewall OF
nominate separate ticket.
In general way the contest is between
the north and south. Northern men as a
class contend that in the Endorsement of
Bryan lies the only hope of making the
influence OF the party felt or of achieving
practical results. While the southern
men, remembering many contests with
the Democrats in their section, maintain
that such course would be utterly sui
cidal. The Bryan followers talk split
more openly than their opponents.
SENATOR ALLEN FOR BRYAN.
st. Louis.-The Nebraska delegation,
with united steps, Senator Allen at its
head, arrived to-day.
"Why should not we indorse Bryan ~
said Mr.. Allen. ''It is wise and proper.
If we fail to indorse him, the logical ef-
fect will be the same as if we indorsed
Mckinley. There is good deal of noisy
demonstration in opposition, but it
amounts to nothing"
SENSIBLE NEBRASKA poPULIsTs.
st. Louis.-The Nebraska delega-
tion has prepared the following
statement: "The Nebraska dele
cation is authority for Bryan. They
know him we'll. His life has been full
fillment rather than mere promise. We
know his high character and great fitness
for the great office of president. He is
our neighbor and we are not deceived in
him. If elected, he will be the greatest
man that has occupied the White house
since the days of Lincoln, and in his broad
and genuine sympathy for the masses he
more nearly resembles Mr.. Lincoln than
any public man wecan recall. The nomi.
nation of third ticket would be the
exact equivalent of genuine in
dorsement of Mckinley, the single gold
standard, the abominable high tariff
tax, continued gold boRd issues,
perpetual national debt, cruel and heart
less corporations for the west for four
years and possibly for all time. IT elected
president, Mr.. Bryan will know no Demo-
crat, no Populist, no Republican. There
will be no step-children in his political
reform forces will he on an equal foots
Ing. He will be the peoples president.
Nebraska is for Bryan"
Ex CONGRESSMAN SIMPSONS PLAIN TALK.
st. Louis. ~ ExCongressman Jerry
Simpson is strongly of the opinion that
Bryan and Sewall should be Endorsed.
"The issue is paramount" said he, ''and
men dare not play politics at such time
as this. If this convention should refuse
to indorse Bryan, the Populist party
would not contain a corporal's guard in
November"
AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST.
Kansas City.-While en- route to the
national Populist convention, the Cali
fornia delegation last night issued an
open letter to the Democratic presiden-
tial nominee, William ]. Bryan, urging
him to 60 before the country as the nom
inee of the Populist party.
The letter says: 'If you will accept
the nomination of the Peoples party, de-
claring yourself Populist, You will be-
come leader to whom will rush every
reformer, be he sllverite, Democrat or
Republican, and not only be elected
yourself, but also elect congress, the
law making power. This is the oppor-
tunity of your life. If taken advantage
of, it will, like Lincoln with the Republi.
cans, seud your name down to history as
the savior of your country by the means
of Populism. If you do not do it, We
must in defense of our principles put an
other nominee in the field. Can you
thus be elected?"
WOMEN AS DELEGATES.
There will be three if not more lady
delegates in the Populist convention.
Two will be from New York and one from
Pennsylvania.