The herald., 1896-07-29
IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
Kansas Populists Opposed
to Fusion
BRE|DEM THAT MAKES OBJECTION
Will Work for the P0pulist
Nominee
WILL DIVIDE THE OFFICES
The ChaIrman's Stand Makes a Con.
vention Fight Probable
Senator Hill Accused Of Favorlng Third
Candidate
WILL DIVIDE THE OFFICES
The Chairman's Stand Makes q Con.
vention Fight Probable
Senator Hill Accused Of Favorlng a Third
Candidate
Tammsny Decides to RatIfy the Democratic
NomInafion-Hanna Establishes Head
quarters at New Vork-Mckiniey
at Cleveland - Notes
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 2S.-John w.
Breidenthal, chairman of the Populist
state central committee, does not ap-
prove of the plan of fusion in Kansas, as
suggested by ex-Congressman w. A.
Harris, and endorsed by ex-senator
John Martin, that is, the Democrats to
name the electors and the Populists to
name the state officers. In conversation
with reporter, Mr.. Breidenthal ex-
pressed surprise that Colonel Harris and
other Populist leaders had favored the
arrangement referred to, and announced
his intention of using his influence for
the election of Bryan and Watson elect
ors at Abilene, August s.
"The Populists of Kansas" he said.
have but one course to pursue, and that
is to stand by the action of the party at
st. Louis. To do anything else would be
bad faith, to say the least"
Asked what he thought about fusion
on candidates for state officers Mr..
Breidenthal said that he was in favor
OF dividing the ticket with the Demo-
Gratis, and believed that a conference
committee could make the necessary ar
rangements without trouble.
This stand taken by Breidenthal
makes fight at the Abilene convention
probable.
THE LEADERS LEAVE.
ST LOUIS, July 2S.-With the excep
ton of ex-Chairman Taubeneck all the
Populist leaders have left the city, and
tomorrow the old headquarters here will
be permanently closed. A large guam
tity of documents and books was sent
to Washington today for use during the
campaign, and while the selection Of
Washington as headquarters for the
Populist national executive committee
has not yet been announced they will
doubtless be located there. Secretary
Edgerton, who left for his home in Ne
braska, will go to Washington in a week
or two and will be joined there by Sen
ator Butler the chairman of the execu-
tive committee.
STUDENTS CONGRATULATION
CHARLOTTEsvILLE, Va. July 2s.-
Immediately after Mr.. Bryan had been
nominated at Chicago the summer class
at the University of Virginia telegraph
ed congratulations as follows:
"As body of young men to young
man, as a class of young lawyers to
young lawyer, the summer law class OF
the University of Virginia, ninety
strong, send you their most hearty con-
gratulations."
Today the following reply was receiv-
ed from Mr.. Bryan:
Il thank you for your good wishes so
kindly expressed. trust that your con-
nection with the university founded by
Thomas Jefferson may lead you to i'm
itate the public virtues of the founder of
Democracy in America. (Signed)
wv. ]. BRYAN"
VERMONT POPULISTS.
MONTPELIER. VT, July 2S.-The
Populist convention for the nomination
of state officers was held today. Chair
man A. L. Bowen, in his address, re-
viewed the work of the recent national
convention and warmly endorsed its
choice for president. He predicted that
the Peoples party would be a great
factor in the elections.
MICHIGAN POLITICS.
DETROIT, Mich July 2S-The Dem
ocratc state central committee met this
afternoon and declined to accept the res
ISHdtioH Ol csluOIC ". oteNesWOH, us
chairman, and called the state nominat-
ing convention to be held at Bay City,
August 25th. Although Chairman
Stevenson, who is the law partner Of
Don NJ Dickinson, has been a radical
advocate of the gold standard policy
and still emphatically deprecates what
he terms the outrage of unseating some
Of the Michigan gold standard delegates
at the Chicago convention, he accepts
the platform and candidates decreed by
the national convention and declares
that, being a Democrat. he will do his
whole duty in waging a vigorous cam
paign in Michigan for the success of the
party's nominee and its declared poll
cies.
1t is arranged that the Populists and
the new union silver party conventions
will be held in Bay City on the same day
as the Democratic convention and it is
expected that fusion of TIE three par
ties on one ticket will be'accomplished.
This is considered to be a necessity by
the silver men, as a state law enacted
by the last (Republican) legislature, re-
quired that the name of any candidate
annot>appear on more than one ticket.
The opposition to retaining Chairman
Stevenson was not especially strenuous
in the meeting, although some promi-
nent free silver men on the outside de-
clared that the silver men who voted
for Stevenson were Inisrepresenting
their constituents. Mr.. Stevenson had
previously expressed his willingness to