The Portland daily press., 1896-07-17
CHAIRMAN TAUBENEcK ON BRYAN.
Says If Populists Endorse Him Mckinley
Will Garry Kansas, Missouri and Many
Other States.


Little Rock, Ark, July 18.--J. Fl. Nc
Dowell. sergeant-at-a arms of the Populist
Nation convention, arrived bore yester-
day from st. Louis and went before the
State Populist convention with PROPOSE
tion which he said was written by Chair
man Taubeneok and would be submit tied
to the National convention at ST. Louis
next week.
Mr.. Taubeneck says: 1.-THE all-absorb-
ing question now agitatine the political
world is what the peoples party and the
silver party will do at their respective
con yentions to be held in st. Louis July
~. In order to restore silver to it's law
full place and make combination with
democrats they must do one of two
things, first endorse the Democratic
party, or, second, nominate a ticket of
| their own, and enter into an agreement
with the Democrats on one set of electors.
Ii the first policy 10 pursued the PEOPLES
party will lose its identity, and become
an annex to the Democratic party. 1t
will have no further excuse to exist, the
Populist and Silver parties will lose their
organizations. Should the Populist party
endorse the Democratic nominees and the
| ticket be successful at the polls next No
| NO4n D5E tA0 TOpullSbS WOuNt uOb Uo Ill u
| position to demand anything except
what Democratic administration may
dole out to them.
"If the Populist and Silver parties
merge into the Democratic party, the
Democratic administration will carry out
tho Democratic platform us regards paper
money redeemable in coin, and no more
while all other reforms demanded by the
Populists will have to wait until another
a old tO I'm ka tbana
up, as the Peoples party has forced the
Democratic party to take up the money
question.
IF the Populist convention endorses
Bryan, it cannot deliver more than 60
per cent of the Peoples party voters to
the Democratic candidates. The disaffec.
ton caused by such q course will keep
large number of Populists who are bitter
ly opposed to surrendering the Peoples
party at home on election day. This loss
alone would be sufficient to elect McKin
ley electors in Kansas, Missouri, Ne
braska and many other states. On the
other hand, suppose the PopulisG and
Silver parties consolidate and pursue the
policy of nominating ticket Of their
own and unite with the Democrats on
electors, what will then be their status
before the country. In the place of an
annex to the Democr attic party, they will
become an ally for the following reasons
First. 1t will preserve the Peoples
party organization for future use and by
making an allegiaIlce with the boiling
Repu bliUans; the Populists will outnum-
Der the Democrats and make them the
third party at the polls next November.
"Second, If the com bination ticket is
successful, the Popnlists will have either
the President or the Vice President and
will be in a position to demand an equal
share of the federal patronage including
III 49, x<1iv ~,
Third. every Democratic newspaper,
especially the daily press, will be COM
pelled to treat the Populists on equal
terms with the Democrats. This will
give the Populists daily press South and
West
Fourth, the Populist party has the
best literature on the silver and money
questions which will be in great de-
mand, and the Democrats will have to
help circulate It,
Fifth, in the South the Democrats
will be compelled to give Populists fair
oount and a. representation at the polls,
because. if an alliance is made between
the two parties. ballot stuffing, and
counting ont will go.
Sixth. 1t will reserve the P0pulist press
and make it much more powerful than
to appeal to every Popnlist proper in the
land to oppose the idea of becoming an
annex In the place of an ally.
Seventh, When that portion of the
Populist platform upon which Democrats
agree is enacted into law, the Populists
can continue to educate the people on
other demands of the platform.
These are the two roads which con-
front the Populist and Silver parties, at
their national conventions Do these two
parties possess tho craftsmanship and
generalship enough to take advantage OF
the situation and become an ally in the
plaos of an annex will they preserve
party identity and prove to the world
that they are able to cope with the most
astute politicians of this generation, or
will they surrender their principles and
organization at the behests of an uppo-
nent which has never let an opportunity
escape to stab them to deathf"