The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-07-23
SILVER AND POPULIST CONVEN-
TONS WILL NOT GET TO
GETHER EASILY.
ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN TAUBENECK
lie Favors a Populist Ticket With an
Alliance With the Bryanites as to
Electors-Slvcr Party Men Are
Strong for Bryan.

of prominent Populists and silver men
from different parts of the country, the
consensus of opinion seemed to be that
the conventions which meet here on the
.22nd will not work in unison, as had
been expected. They will not be able
to agree as to the selection OF Il presl-
dental candidate. Silver men seem 10
be unanimous for the nominee of the
Chicago convention while the POpulists
now here want a distinctivcly Populist
candidate. However, it is too early to
predict what the conventions will do, for
only a few of the large Humbcr Of dele
gates expected are here.
The middle Of the road Populists
are making strong fight against either
the endorsement of Bryan and the Chi
cago platform or the nomination of the
Nebraskan on the Omaha platform.
All delegates and Popuists who want
a separate ticket and an independent
Populst organization will hold meet
ing Sunday.
Chairman Taubeneck of the Peoples
party national committee heads the
''mddle of the road" section of the party
and with him are associated those who
signed the manifesto issued after the
Republican convention declaring Tor
Teller.
Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell, who went
to Little Rock to present an argument
against the endorsement of Bryan, re-
turned today and reported his success.
The proposition presented by Mr.. Nc
Dowell to the convention was i'll the
form of an address reviewing the two
sides of the question of the Democratic
ticket 1t stated that in order to restore
silver to it's lawful place and make II
combination with the Democrats the
Populists must do one of two things
first, endorse the Democratic ticket
nominated at Chicago and merge into
the Democratic party; or, second, noml-
nate ticket of their own and enter into
an agreement with the Democrats on
one set of electors. The address then
reads:
IF the first policy is pursued the Peo-
piles party will lose its identity and be-
come an annex to the Democratic party.
Whenever national party endorses the
ticket Of another, it has no further excuse
TO exist.
"All the state legislative and county
candidates in the Peoples party, with
the exception of few western states,
will have to resign because it would be
impossible for the Populist candidates to
make a fight for their local tickets when
the party nationally indorses the Chi
cago nominees.
",The Populist and Silver party will
lose their organizations, rs they will 80
to pieces after the November election and
become Il part of the Democratic ma
chine. The Populist press, which is
powerful factor with an organization be-
hind it, would disappear and be replaced
by Democratic press and the Populst
editors be turned down.
''Shoud the Populist party endorse the
ticket and ii be successful ut the polls
the Populists would not be in II position
to demand anything except what Demo
cratic administration deals out to them.
IF the Populist convention endorses
Mr.. Bryan it can not deliver more than
G6 per cent of the Peoples party votes to
the Democratic candidates. The dis
affection caused by such n course will
keep large number of Popuists, who
are bitterly opposed to surrendcring the
Peoples party, mt home on election day.
This loss alone would be sufficient TO
elect Mckinley electors in many states.
''On the other hand, suppose the Pop
Nlllst and silver parties consolidate and
pursue the policy Of nominating Il ticket
of their own and unite with the Demo
Gratis on electors, what will then be their
status before the country? In the place
of an annex to the Democratic party
they will become an ally. 1t will pre-
serve the Peoples party organization for
future use and by making an alliance
with the boiling Republicans the Popu-
lists will Outnumbcr the Democrats and
make them the third party Mt the polls
next November If the combination
ticket is successful the Populists will
have either the president or vice prcsi-
dent and will be in n position TO demand
an equal share of federal patronage, in
Guiding the cabinet and foreign appoint
ments.
Every Democratic newspaper, cspc-
cially the daily press, will be compelled
to treat the Populists on equal terms
with the Democrats. This will give
the Populists II daily press in the south
and west.
"The popular and best literature on
teh silver and money will he i'll great de-
mand and the Democrats will have to
help circulate it,
I'm the south the Democrats will he
compelled to give the Populists II fair
count and Il representation ut the polls,
because if an alliance is made between
the two parties, ballot stuftng and count
ing out would not go. 1t would preserve
the Populist press and make it much
more powerful than at the present time
lnlS alone ought 10 upptdl W every w
ulist paper in the land to oppose the idea
of becoming an annex in the place of
an ally.
"When that portion of the Populist
platform upon which Democrats agree
is made into law the Populists will con-
tinue to educate the people on the other
demands of the platform"
This address. which was prepared I'M
der the direction of Chairman Taube-
neck, will also be delivered ut the con-
vention.
Mr.. Mcdowell, Mr.. Taubeneck and
Others associated with them take the
ground that party organization must be
preserved.
Mr.. Taubeneck will make a hard fight
on this line, but it is the opinion of some
of the best informed Populists now here
that he waited too long to show his hand
and that he will be in the minority.
The Teller manifesto seems to nave
proven boomerang to Taubeneck.
Some of his heretofore ardent supporters
can not understand the consistency OF
trying to force on the party by a mani
festo candidate who Is Popullsuc on
no other ground than silver and then re-
fusing to accept candidate who is di-
rectly in touch with the party on almost
every other issue as well as silver.
Hon. A. d. Maxwell, the Populist state
chairman of Illinois, who stopped over