The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-19
WATSON WILL REMAIN.
Populists Will Work and Vote For BRYAN
and Watson.

Washington, August Ex-senator But
Ter, OF North Carolina, chairman of the
national committee of the Populist party,
and other members of the executive COM
mittee OF that party arrived to-day to at
tend the meeting of the Populistic man.
ayers. Only five members of the execu-
tive committee We're here, the others hay-
ing sent letters of excuse. 1t was decided
even before the executive committee met
That the national headquarters would be
IN Washington and it is probable that the
rooms in Wormley's, adjoining the Dem
ocratlc headquarters, will be secured for
the purpose. The committee was IN SEES
sion all the afternoon.
Chairman Jones, of the Democratic
Congressional committee, and Chairman
Fauikner, of the Congressional commit
tee, were conferred with about the general
work OF the campaign. Although tt ere
was question rs to the power of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Populist party
to take any steps in regard to the
strengthening out of the complications
resulting from the nomination of Watson
and the rejection of Sewal Ca power
which was conferred by resolution on the
national committed, this question formed
the subject of much discussion at the af-
ternoon session.
what action did the committee take
with regard to the withdrawal of Bryan
or Watson from the Populist ticket?n
was asked of Senator Butler, the chair
man of the committee, at the conclusion
of the afternoon session.
1.-The Peoples party ticket as nomi-
mated at st. Louis. replied Senator But
Ter, sis Bryan and Watson and that will
be the Peoples party ticket until the
polls close in November. Mr. Bryan is
,,,ttnI
and, rs far as this committee has the
power, it will strive just as hard to elect
one as the other and will leave nothing in
its power undone to help either or both,
but it will not help one candidate at the
expense of the other
Mr.. Washburne, the Massachusetts
menlber..of the committee, who was stand
ing by when this announcement was
made, said that the statement was the
unanimous expression of the committee
AS soon as the Democratic managers
heard of this announcement, Chairman
Jones had another interview with Senator
Butler, but both declined to state its inn
port.
AT Democratic headquarters, however,
the announcement was received as the
natural expression of the chairman Of the
Populist party They point out that
fusion has already taken place in the
Western States, but this will not prevent
them from directing all their efforts to-
ward fusion in the South. 1t is ex-
planned, in view of Chairman Buffers
statement, that if both Vice Presidential
/ candidates remain in the field, when it
comes to the electoral college, if Bryan
has majority, he will be elected and
then, if neither of the Presidential candi-
! dates has majority the election will go
to the Senate, which must choose be-
tween the two having the highest num-
Der of votes. The chief anxiety at Dem
! ocratic headquarters, so far as the South
is concerned, relates to North Carolina
! and Kentucky. The situation in the
former State, which is very complicated,
has not been Strengthened out.