The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-16
WHAT POPUL|STS MAY Do.
THE NEAR APPROACH OF THE
NATIONAL CONVENTION SETS
GOSSIP AGOING.
THERE IRE NOW TWO PROPOSITIONS
The One to Endorse Bryan Has by Far
the Greatest Following-Populist
Leaders Already on the Ground.
National Silver Convention.

st. Louis, July 14.-The rush of politi-
clans to attend the Populist convention
has not yet set in, although few lead
ers have arrived.
| Chairman Taubeneck and Sergeant
alarms Barker predict one of the larg
est crowds that ever attended Il conven-
ton.
Among the prominent LADDERS here are
Senator Marion Butler and Congressman
Skinner of North Carolina, Tom Watson
of Georgia, Gen. Field, Maj Mann
Page and Capt. Edmond Coche of Vir-
ginia, Ex-Governor Buchanan, A. L.
Minis and John n. Mcdowell of Tennes-
see, and John j. Blair E. f. Pettitt and
l.. r. Taylor.
From Alabama will come George f.
Gather Congressman Goodwin and
Howard.
Mississippi will send Hon. Frank
Burkitt and G. =. Rapley.
Texas will send among its leaders ].
III. Davis, j. @. Kearby, I'll. s. Z. Ashby
and III. l.. Bentley.
Arkansas will send Thomas Fletcher,
b. w. Dollison and Homer Prince.
Illinois will send a big delegation in
which are w. B. Johnson, Howard s.
Taylor, e. l.. Palmer and e. S. Miller.
Missouri will also send big delega-
tion of strong men. There will probably
be several thousand Missourians present.
There will be 1135 delegates, repre-
senting over 100000 voters" said Mr..
Taubeneck. 'We have every reason to
| believe that in point of attendance the
| convention will far outlook the Republi-
can convention. We shall meet in the
same building which will afford an op-
portunity to observe the strong points
of difference
| AS the Populsts begin to gather it is
evident that there will be two PROPOSE
tiOns made which will form the chief
condition of the convention. One is that
the POpulists shall abandon any idea
of separate national ticket and endorse
outright the candidates and the platform
of the Chicago convention. This prOpo-
sition will be supported by the friends of
Senator Henry NJ. Teller, nearly all the
POpulist members of the United States
senate and the Peoples party leaders in
many of the western states. The west
southwest and the northwest are nearly
solid for the proposition to endorse Mr.
Bryan and put up no other ticket From
the south come delegates and party lead
ers who are not delegates. urging an
other prOposition-to put up presiden-
tial ticket, adopt a platform. run presi-
dental electors in all the states where
the Peoples party has an organization
and then. when the time comes, to cast
the vote in the electoral college. let the
Populists and Democrats combine on the
strongest man. whether that be Bryan
| or the pODIIliSt nominee
| vigorous objection is urged against
this on the ground that it would be dan
gerous to the common cause of silver.
1t would divide the strength of its ad-
herents and in some Of the close states.
where one or the other holds the balance
of power, the division of their strength
might give the state to Mckinley.
The national silver convention will
have 1900 delegates and as many alter
mates coming from every state in the
Union. the representation being based on
the estimated strength of the free coin
age of silver, irrespective of party af-
filiations. The call for this convention
emanated from conference of the
friends of silver held in Washington on
January % and % last. and was signed
by A. j. Warner, president of the Ameri-
can bimetallic league, G. III. Miller,
chairman of the national silver commit
| tt',. W. ". SndIlDeTS. pTeSluenL OF Ine
| National Bimetallic union, and J. NJ. De-
vine, secretary of the American Bmetal-
lis league.
DR.. J. ]. Mott of North Carolina, who
was elected chairman of the executive
committee has been in the city for sew
eral weeks making preparations for the
convention. He is stopping at the Lin
dell hotel and says the convention is 60
ing to be a representative one. Among
some of the men of national prominence
who will attend the convention are Sen
ators Stewart and Jones of Nevada. Tel
Ter of Colorado, William III. st. John of
New York, who few days ago was fore
ed to retire from the presidency of the
Mercantile National Bank of New York
on account of his advocacy of silver:
Senator Dubois of Idaho, Senator Man
tie of Montana, ex-COngressman Lafe
Pence Congressman Hartman of Mon
tana, Congressman Newlands of Ne
yada. Editor B. o. Flower of the
Arena, Boston. and others.
1t is understood Mr.. st. John will be
| chairman of the convention, and that
either Mr.. Newlands or Senator Stewart
will be chairman of the committee on
| platform.
Congressman Mott said today that
while there was an understanding be-
tween his party and the Populists in be-
half of silver interests. there was as yet
no agreement in the direction of unity
of action as regards the presidential
ticket to be voted for next November.
He declined to discuss this question fur
ther or the probability of either the sill
yer party or the Populists endorsing the
Democratic nominees, saying that the