Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-18
EYES EYES ON ST. LOUIS
Arrangements Progressing for
the Meeting Of Two Con-
ventions Next Week.
Mr.. BRYAN IS A FAvoRITE
The Bodies VIII Meet Separately
Bnt May Play Into the Hands Z
of Each Other.
STORMY TIMES PREDICTED

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July IS Delegates
to the two national conventions to be
held il this city, next week, have be-
gun to arrive in punches. All the ar
rangements are rapidly being COM
pleted, and by Tuesday everything will
be in readiness. There Is every indi-
cation that the sessions OF the populist
convention will be stormy from the
very beginning. The main fight will
be over the endorsement OF Bryan and
Sewall, the Chicago nominees. The
middle. Of -the-road populists want to
put up ticket Of their own, but the
rank and file of the party favor endors-
ing the democratic candidates. There
will be a meeting of the executive
committee, this afternoon, at which the
temporary organization will be decided
upon, and the matter CT candidates
will be taken up, though it is not likely
that any statement If the decision OF
the committee will be made public.
TWO SEPARATE CONVENTIONS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 18.-Of the
national silver convention to be held
in Grand Music hall, next Wednesday
morning, Sergeant-at-Arms McDow-
ell said, to-day: "The national silver
party will be separate and distinct
from the populist convention, which
convenes on the same date. We will
have big convention here and will
place in nomination q state and
national ticket There will be fully
1900 delegates and alternates in at
tendance. am unable to say whether
the convention will endorse Bryan, but
there is a strong sentiment in his
favor among the members of the silver
party
Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell, of the
populist convention, is quite emphatic
in the statement of his belief, to-day,
that the convention would not endorse
the names OF Bryan and Sewall. He
said: "Delegates from Illinois and
Indiana will remain solid against that
proposition. We must 60 ahead and |
nominate our ticket and then decide
on the electors, if necessary.
'But will not the practical effect
upon the result be the same, in that
case, as If the convention endorsed
the democratic nomineesP" was asked |
him.
"Possibly," he replied, "bu., in the
meantime, we shall have preserved
our organization. When the electoral
college meets, if Bryan has the most
votes, why he can be elected; or elect
ors can then get together, and choose
a democratic president and pcpulist
vice. president. In any event, we
shall be in position to demand of the
administration proportional repre-
septation in the offices of the govern
ment and be able to write our views,
or at least some of them, upon the
legislation of the country
EXECUTIVE COMM TTEE MEETS.
The executive committee of the pop.
ulist national convention held meet.
ing at noon, to-day. The business
transacted by p4am related entirely to
the preliminary details Of the conven-
tion, all contests and discussion as to
organization of the body
being referred to the national commit
tee, which meets on Tuesday next.
PFEFFER EN- ROUTE.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 18 --Sena-
tor Pfeffer passed through Kansas
City, this morning, en- route to the ST.
Louis convention. In an interview, he
praised Bryan as an ideal candidate,
and said the Chicago platform was
stolen from the populists. He had
been IN extensive correspondence with
populists all over the country, he said,
and found the sentiment In favor OF
concentrating the silver forces, but he
positively refused to express an opin-
ion as TO the action which may be
taken at St. Louis.
Remarkable Time.
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