The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-22

completed their orSouiAdtlon' lHeS
| favor Goodwin, the present candidate
! for governor in Alabama, for vice pres
ident. No vote on the presidency
question has been taken by them.
George f. Gather Of Alabama says
he does not know whether or not Cap
tain Kolb is correctly reported in the
interview printed this morning as to
his personal desire to see Bryan NOM
mated, but he knows that the state
ment imputed to the captain that he
will or can deliver the Alabama dele
cation is not correct. Alabama"
said Mr.. Gather, sis for Bryan under
some conditions, and under others she
is not If the Bryan men will make
! Representative Goodwin the candidate
for vice president, Wen vote for their
man. Every southern man I've spoken
| to is for Goodwin and all the western
men, except Weaver of Iowa"
Senator Butler for Temporary Chair
| man.
! st. Louis, July 2l.-By a unanimous
vote and with no other candidate nam
ed the populist national committee Sc
lected Senator Marion Butler of North
Carolina for temporary chairman of
the convention.
Middle of Road Policy Favored
St. Louis, Juy 21-The middle of the
/ road people held a conference in their
rooms at the Laclede hotel to-day.
Only delegates were admitted and the
Fobms were crowed Speeches were
1 made by advocates Of a separate tick
ct and the middle Of the road" people
4 were urged to stand together and OPP
pose the nomination or endorsement of
Mr. Bryan About sixty-five sigma
! lures of delegates were said to have
been obtained in support of the middle
of the road plan,
4 Committee Reassembles.
Upon reassembling the committee
took up the Cook county, Illinois, con-
test. Arguments We're made on both
sides Finally a motion to give mem
bers oe both delegations a half vote
each was agreed to--49 to 18.
/ The next case called was that from
the nineteenth Ohio district "The reg
ulars" were seated The committee
then voted to proceed to the election
of temporary chairman and secretary
The expectation that this would af-
ford a test of the Bryan and anti-Bryan
1 strength in the convention was not re-
allied for the name Of General James
B. Weaver, who had been spoken of
as the Bryan candidate, was not men
! toned. Mr.. Guthrie OF North Carolina,
4 the probable populist candidate for
i governor Of that state, presented the
4 name of Senator Marion Butler of
North Carolina, claiming that the hon
or sought was due to North Carolina,
4 because she had been the first to break
/ the solid south
Mr.. Branch Of Georgia named Igna-
thus Donnelly of Minnesota, and dele
4 gate from Kansas presented the name
of General Field of Virginia
Senator Buffers name was seconded
by Cyclone Davis of Texas, and F.
G. Brown of Massachusetts. and he was
selected Cor temporary chairman by
acclamation.
j Fer temporary secretary the names
of w. D. Vincent. of Kansas, editor Of
! Sound Money" and John w, Hayes,
secretary Of the executive committee of
i the X. Of L., We're suggested and ac-
1 cepted.
S. D. Walton of Georgia, the only col
ored member, presented for use at the
| convention gavel composed Of seven
teen different kinds of wood.
Illinois Contest.
The Illinois contest, which it was
4 supposed had been settled so far as the
committee was concerned, was reopen
ed at the suggestion of Chairman Tau
4 beneck. After some vigorous talking it
was resolved to reconsider the vote by
4 which the two delegations were seated.
each member having half a vote, and
the contest was set for further hear
i ing.
4 What Coxey Thinks.
I J. S. Coxey shares the belief that
Bryan cannot be nominated, Coxey
was to-day chosen by the Ohio delega-
tion as member of the committee on
resolutions. In Coxey's opinion the
platform will be presented to the con-
vention on Thursday and will be a
practical reaffirmation of the Omaha
platform of 1892.
/ How They Stand on Bryan.
/ The Texas delegates, who are making
strong fight against endorsing Bryan,
called a meeting Of representatives
from all states according with the plan
of nominating a straight populist tick
ct. The following were represented:
1 Alabama, Arkansas, California, Geor-
gia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana.
Missouri, Mississippi. Minnesota, New
York, North Carolina. Oregon, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia,
Washington and Wisconsin.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis-
sippi Missouri, North Carolina were
reported as solid against Bryan. Illi-
inois and Indiana were reported half
in favor of Bryan and half against.
Senator Butler told delegation from
this meeting that he was in favor OF
the adoption of a platform and of ten
dering the presidential nomination on
that platform to Bryan. This report
was received with loud expressions OF
disapproval and the proposition that
some good middle of the road man be
run against Butler. This was endorsed
and Jerome c. Kirby, the populist
nominee for governor Of Texas, was
suggested Just as the vote was about
to be taken, however, a Texas dele
gate suggested that Texas did not de-
sire to assume the position of leading
the fight against the choice of the ma
tional committee and after some fur
ther discussion Judge Jones of Missouri
was agreed upon as the most available
man for the place. A committee was
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