The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-07-19
.POPULIsTs and BRYAN
Great Interest Felt As to the Outcome Of
the St. Louis Convention.
STRONG SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF BRYAN
a Great Many of the Delegates Favor
the Endorsement OF HIS Candi.
dacy, While n Portion Desiro tho
Nomination of their own Ticket
Bi.netaIlists Favor Bryan,

/ Ut. Louis. July 1S.-Delegates to the
&yo national conventions to be held IN
st. Louis next week have begun to ar
tive in bunches. Arrangements are rap
Idly being completed and by Tuesday
everything will 'bo in readiness The
Populist convention promises ito be the
liveliest ever held by that party. There
is every indication that the sessions will
be stormy throughout. The tigh; will
Da over the endorsement of Bryan and
Sewall, the Democratic nominees. The
middle of the road Populists" VIII want
10 put up q ticket of their own, bu; the
rank and file of the party seem 10 favor
endorsing the Democratic candidates.
Chairman Taubeneck returned from
Chlcago udGs morning. 1t is common re.
port here that his visit TO Chicago was
mainly TO confer with Howard TAYLOR
relative to the stand to be taken by the
Illinois delegation on the work of the
Ch:cago convention. Sergeant -at-Arms
Mcdowell said that if hts information
was correct. the dslega tions from ILL.,
no!s, Indiana and Ohio were all to vote
against Bryan and Sewall at the Popu-
list convention net week.
About twenty-five delegates to the
fopunst convention attended q meet
ing OF the St. Louis Central Conmittea
last night and listened to speeiches OF
owen or Tennessee, GelStrop of Colo
rado, Reid of Iowa, and others in favor
OF the middle of the road" course OF
action: After the speech making the
c3nlmiiiee heid a secret session and
adopted the following:
Resolved, That while rthe plutocratic
newspapers and especially Democratic
newspapers are publishing brazenly
that Populist individuals and organIza-
tons are endorsing Bryan to such am
cStens as to indicate that the National
Convention would probably nominate or
endorse Bryan, yet all The information
coming from congressional conventions
ana peoples party press shows plainly
that W per cent. of the Populist voters
aie in the middle of the road" and
thai7 the convention will nominate none
but PopuNst. and that this committee
lend Its aid to further that result.
The National Silver Convention will
be held in the Grand Music Hall at
the Exposition building next Wednes-
day. The opening session will begin
about 10 a. m. Sergeant-at- Arms Dowd
mas completed arrangements for deco
rating and adjusting the hall for con-
ployes are engaged in fitting it up for
the occasion. The telegraph companies
strung their wires into the building
Yesterday. MIR. Dowd said to-day: I'VE
VIII nave a big convention here and
place In nomination State and national |
ticket. There will be fully $500 dele
gates and alternates in attendance. T
am unable to say whether the conven-
lion Will endorse Bryan. There Is a
strong sentiment in his favor among
the members of the silver party. | wish
IL understood that the National Silver
party will be separate and distinct from
the Populist Convention, which con-
venes on the same date"
Mr.. w. p. St. John, the gentleman
slated for permanent chairman of the
silver Convention, drew q salary of
$4,000 a year for thirteen years as pres
1dent of New York bank When. he
gave up the presidency and the salary
with 1t last month 1t was claimed that
he could have retained both by simply
keeping his currency views to himself
Francis p. Newlands, who is to serve
as temporary chairman of the Music
Hall convention, is the only represen-
tative of the Silver party i'm the Fifty
yada ~