New-York tribune., 1896-09-02
( POPf LIST TtRTiP.
I)OcllS.

II is becoming more and more apparent that
i'm welcoming the asSistanc" and cooperation ~
Senator Marion Butler. chairman "f the f"pu-
list National Commiitc" and newly appointed
member of Mr. Joncs's b"mocrati" Advisory
Campa IN COMMITTEES. the managers of III" TIL
man Nlig geld BRYAN canvass hay" caught very
willy AMI uumanageahlc political Tartar. MIR
Butler though young In years and little over
c1nberant in manner. unitcs in practical politics
II good deal of the traditional IncckncsS of the
dove with the opporIurc and deadly wisdom of
the serpent Alone among the Fopulist lenders
IN the South hr has succeeded I'm capturing and
holding the political machinery of II former
Democratic State and 10y playing crafrily upon
the cxigcncc> now of one rival party. now Of
another ha, more securely Than over csfab-
lishcd his influence ~ Tho dominant factor in lis
local politics.
II WAS the Tar IIcc senator who nainian"u
the balance of power ~ The Populist National
Convention M ~. Louis. and forced. by the
transfer of North Carolnas vote ~ a critical
moment. the nomination Of n Southern Vice
Presidential candidate thus upsctiing all the
plans laid by the Northern and Western ropu-
list leaders 10 secure an unconditional indorsc
mcnt Of the Chicago National ticket Til" real
crly put forward by his party colleagues 10
manage the ropulist Presidential campag Ign
and 10 meet and solve the knoity problems of
electoral fusion raised by thc dual nomination
Of Watson and S"wall for the Vice Presidency.
That the rcsponsibl" author Of the very pro-
granmc which ~ 81. Louis srakcd the main
rcnancc Of the fopulist organization on the
recognition Of lts Ncc-Ircsidcnia nominee in
4. a.. tl...
Democracy should have been crciulousiy ar-
ccl,icd Icy Mr. Jones and his aS>Uciatcs rs n
wlin. and pliani ally in their schemes To 10
more Mr. Watson. anh eventually I" drive him
off the fusion National ticket. pasScS ordinary
political cOmprchcns ION Even the unbounicd
confidence ana chIldlikr simplicity Of Mr..
.IoncsS political methods fail to account Tor 50
cgrcgiol;S an illusion. 1t is iruc that in ihr first
flash of enthusiasm over Mr.. Eryans apparent
Successes when Nil Jones WAS arr"ganlly re
pclling an offers Of fusion. and telling Mr. Wat
son and lhc Southern Poruli>is 10 go T." the
ncgrons where lh"y belonged, ~" cgdfty North
Carolina senator kept diSorec1ly silent. Yet his
plans were bcnI formed under cover. and their
effects were shortly 10 attract notice. No Sooncr
had the Boy Orator candidate "invadcd' the
East and scored his dismal ii:,sco in lhe Madi-
son Square Garden than thc poputisi chairman
began 10 uncover his programme. Notice was
given TO the Populis organizations in the West
crn and Southern state, that no further In
dorseinrnts Of Bryan and Ecwall electoral tick
cts were To be tolerated. ~ the disappointed
fusion candidate ior The Presidency pursued his
SLOW aud painful retreat from New York, sec
nnd important step in the Iopuls, chairman :
programme YVES taken. Mr.. Watson had been
earnestly clamoring for formal notification Of
their nominations to the -. Louis candidates
Mr. Bryan and Mr.. Jones had bitterly opposed
notification H. highly offensive 10 Tie BOY ora
tor and detrimental Ia his political interests.
Nevertheless, under ihc suavc bat firm nSis-
icncc of the Populist chairman thc Democratic
managers have been forced to yield the point.
and il Is row announced that Mr.. Bryan Will
be called on formally 10 accept the Populisi
Presidential nomination on his return 10 Lin
coin. abou, September a.
Mr. Buffers programme evidently includes rs
u third and last demand dpon The Democratic
managers an eventual fusion in majority OF