The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-22
WAR ON BUTLER.
Middle Road Men viii Have Their
Own Candidate.


Own Candfdate.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 21.AThe. mid
ole of the road men were in session.
caucusing ssupon the subject of tenn
porary Organization, when they re-
ceived the news that the national com
n1fttee, by an almost unanimous vote.
had selected Senator Butler for tenn,
porary chairman. The moment this an
nouneement was made Cyclone"
Davis. of Texas, walked through the
conference from one door to the other
and 1T was during his pilgrimage. that
IN speaking of man for temporary
chairman, delegate announced that
cyclone" Davis was the man for the
middle of the road men to select.
am very sorry to announce" said
enc oe!egate, that our national COM
m1ttee has just selected Senator Butler
for temporary chairman, and in that
meeting Cyclone" Davis laid all the
laurels of Texas and her delegation at
Butler's feet" That ended "Cyclone,'
Davis chances,
After several speeches had been
made, Jerome Kirby, Populist nominee
for governor Of Texas, who was nre-
siding at. the meeting, was most favor
ably mentioned for temporary chair
man and the declaration made that
middle
or the road Populists The announce
ment was received with cheers.
The middle of the road men con-
t1nued making speeches until late. They
had about determined to make Jerome
Kirby, of Texas, their candidate for
temporary chairman, when some OF
them thought it would be good thing
to nave Mr.. Butler declare himself Ae
cord1ngly, committee was appointed
to wait on and invite him to come he
fore the middle of the road men. or. If
ne could not come, to announce his
position sd
The committee decided not to invite
Senator Butler to appear before the
conference, but to- ask him to state his
position. That position, according to
the committee, was that Senator Butler
said the POpulists must adopt plat
form and tender the nomination to
Bryan, and nominate a candidate for
vice president. The report was re-
ceived with jeers.
We don't want him. cried one He
has turned his coat already" said an
other. A member of the committee
said there was nothing more for the
middle Of the road Popu1ists to do ex-
cept to stand by Kirby.
An attempt was made to nominate
Kirby who was still presiding over the
meeting, but as several delegates want
ed an opportunity to be heard, he re-
cognized everybody. A Texas delegate
suggested that the temporary chairman
should come from some other state than
Texas, but there were still loud calls
for Kirby. Some Texas man nominated
Judge Frank BerggeFt, of Louisiana
for temporary chairman, but the
Louisiana man said they expected a
place for him on the national ticket
and did not want to enbarrass him by
having him made ternporar- Chairman.
Texas delegates said the nolaination of
Judge Kirby for temporary chairman
In view of the fact that the member
of the national committee from Texas
had supported Butler, would lose Kirby
thousands of votes in Texas Ia his cam
paign for governor a Missouri man
remarked that he could relieve the
Texas people of their difficulty and an
nounced that 0. D. Jones. of Missouri,
would make an admirable chairman.
A Texas man Immediately endorsed the
candidacy of Jones. The conference
seemed about to accept him, when
several delegates demas sdedsthat Jones
make his appearance. sley wanted a.
sight of him before they accepted him.
The seommittee this afternoon took
Illinois contest being the first in order.
% delegates from the congressional
districts comprised In the city of Chi
cago 1t was charged that the conven-
ftons were irregular and each side