The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-18
POPS WHITE FLAG
HOISTED IN TOKEN OF SURRENDER
TO THE FREE SILVER DEM
OCRATS.
TAUBENECK AFTER TERMS.
ANT1-BRYAN MEN ANXIOUS NOW
ONLY TO SAVE THEIR
PLACES.
TAUBENEcK AFTER TERMS.
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE.
Mcdowell Says There Will be ar
Alliance But Not an IndOrse-
Int of Bryan.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 17.-Tomorrow
the national executive committee of
the Peoples party will hold confer
ence to arrange matters for the ma
tional committee and the convention,
both Of which will meet next week.
Chairman Taubeneck is in Chicago,
where he went last night. Inquiry at
the executive committees headquar-
tiers failed to elicit any information
about his visit. One afternoon paper
stated that he went as an envoy extra
ordinary, bearing terms of capitulation
from the middle Of the road" Popu-
lists to the national Democracy The
paper then goes on to say; 1.-THE mid
die Of the road people, led by the men
who have control of the national ma
chine and who are exceedingly anxious
to retain it, are badly frightened. They
fear that an Endorsement of Bryan
and Sewall will throw them out en-
tirely. The anti-Bryan members, most
of whom have some sort of Office in the
present national organization, are
eager to get terms which will leave
them in power. They have run up the
white flag and are prepared to surren-
der Internationally if they fail to Sc
cure their terms.
'sThey want the Democrats to agree
to the proposition that both parties
shall maintain distinct organizations, y
or in other words that the Populists
shall keep up their national organiza-
ton, and both run electoral tickets
with Bryan as the presidential candi-
date. Up to the time Chairman Taube-
rfo e.,
the machine Populists had received
no comfort from the Democrats. The
masses of the Peoples party were so
solidly for Bryan that there was no
hope in that direction. Mark Hanna's
men were confident that they could hold
the middle of the road people in line
but Chairman Taubeneck's trip to Chi
cago put them at sea- Their mission
was to prevent an Endorsement of Bry-
an if possible and to create a split if
necessary to do it, The evident de-
sire of Chairman Taubeneck and his
co-workers to get in out of the storm
has changed the situation"
Inquiry among number of the
prominent Populists here failed to cor
roborate the statement that Taubeneck
had gone to Chicago to confer with
Democratic leaders. 1t was stated that
the object Of his visit was to confer
with DIR. Taylor, member of the ma
tional committee and a prominent
Populist, as to what should be done at
the convention in regard to placing a
national ticket in the field by the Peo-
pies party. The plan resulting from
this conference will be presented at the
meeting of the executive committee to-
morrow.
IF the Democrats will give us our
share of the electors there will be no
difficulty in the way of united action
for silver" said Sergeant-at-arms Nc
Dowell, Of the Populist national con-
vention, in the course Of an interview.
Talks with other leading Populists
showed this to be the situation, there
being a we'll defined feeling against
indorsing the Chicago conventions
ticket The Populist plan is to divide
the electors in each state according to
the strength of the Populist and Demo-
cratic parties, the stronger candidate
to take all the electors after the cleo
ton This they contend will insure the
election of silver man, whereas If
each party puts up a separate candi-
date and the silver vote would be
divided and the fight for silver lost.