Evening star., 1896-08-24
Committee Of the Former Will Meet
Here Tomorrow Night.
PEOPLES PARTY MEN CONFIDENT
Chairman Butler Says Watson is
Gaining Ground.
B RYAN'S NOTIFICATION

The executive committee of the silver
| party has been called to meet in this city
| tomorrow night at the headquarters of the
| party in the Wormley building. 1t will be
the first meeting Of the committee since
| the st. Louis convention and is looked upon
as an important one. The object of the
meeting Is to arrange the plan Of cam
paign.
The members of the committee are:
| Chairman Lane of the national committee,
who will not be here; Vice Chairman Stew
ers, Secretary Diffenderfer of the national
committee. Geo. S. Nickson of Nevada, w.
H. Harvey of Chicago, B. o. Flower Of Bos-
ton. VIM. P. st. John of New York. George
P. Keeney Of California and c. ]. Hillyer
| of the District Of Columbia.
Illinois and New York.
Chairman Stevens returned from New
York last night. IF Bryan carries Illinois
he will carry New York." he said. 1.-The
chances are just as good in New York as In
Illinois, and We expect to carry the latter
state. There is no doubt about New York
| If Tammany gives the ticket byal support,
which 1 am confident will be the case. 1
| have information that in the country por-
| tiCns Of New York thousands Of republi-
cans are joining silver clubs
| Senator Stewart, who was sitting by, was
al ked his opinion of New York. Il dont t
! know, Re said. IF the people are allowed
| to vote as they feel. Bryan will carry
Herkin,er county, where l was the other
| day, the people of all parties are for Bryan.
| 1t is marvellous to me- l do not care to
| talk about it, as l know many will not
Gratis against Bryan in New York except
those controlled by railroads and banks.
| Whether organized money can coerce the
masses is problem which the election vii!
| decide
| Getting Out Literature.
| Chairman Stevens has several printing
establishments turning out literature. and
said today that he expected to have large
supply on hand by tomorrow. He would
be able to catch up with some Of the orders
which have been flied. He said that he
would have nearly much literature as
| any of the committees in a short time. 1t
| Is understood that the silver party has
| borrowed some of the plates Of the demo-
| cratic managers, and is using them to get
Out its first documents.
A Growing Watson Sentiment.
Speaking last night of Mr.. Watson, the
populist nominee for Vice President. Sem
ator Butler said that he noticed decided
| change In sentiment toward Mr.. Watson
| not only among the populist in the west
| who favored Mr.. Sewall, but also among
| think" he said. this is the beginning O,
| a change that will continue until the day
| of election. Probably at no place in the
4 south is this going on more rapidly than
/ in Georgia, Mr.. WaSon's own state. The
! outlook now is that he will carry Georgia.
! even if the democrats elect their state
| ticket. This change is also very marked
| in my own state, North Carolina, and the
! outlook Is that Watson will get the cleo
toral vote Of that state.
| Cause of This Change.
| THE feeling in this direction has been
| growing, no doubt, since the peoples
party national convention. The action Of
| our committee last Thursday in giving out
| the positive statement that Bryan and
| Watson would be our candidates beyon1
question until the day of election has call
| ed forth the expression of sentiment that
| growth Of the sentiment to the action of
| the convention. Every fair-mindei man
| ho1 estly for silver and who puts silver
above party, but who is satisfied with the
| Chicago platform and ticket, realized as
soon as our convention adjourned that
we had improved on the Chicago ticket.
| Patriotic Populists.
| ''The action of our convention showed
conclusively that the peoples party was
patriotic and put the cause of financial
reform even above party advantage itself.
If the peoples party had nominated a
| straight ticket and had then offered to the
| democrats, in order to make the victory
| certain. to take down our presidential can
| didate if they would take down their vice
pre- esidential candidate, so as to form CO.
| operative ticket, the democrats would have
| jumped at the proposition. and every one
| would have said 1t was fair, unSelfiSh and
patriotic The fact that we did not take
such action for trading purposes. but ct
| once took the high and patriotic position
| that Bryan was as good a silver man as
| To 1rrox ,a,,1I
! nominate him, but failed to nominate Mr..
! Sewall, for the reason only that he does
! rot represent what Mr.. Bryan represents.
has commended the peoples party to every
| far-minded voter in America opposed to
| the single gold standard.
Chance to Gain.
| This gives the party confidence and re-
| spect among men who before detested and
| abused it, and puts 1t in position where
| with every mistake of the old party 1t will
| gain two recruits where 1T would have
| gained one before. In short, 1t puts it in
| position where the least failure of the
| democrats to carry out their pledges. II
they should go into power, would make
| the peoples party a great opposition or
| ganizatjon to the gold standard in 1860
and practically wipe the democratic party
out of existence"
| As to Notification.
The attention Of Chairman Butler was
! called to the published statements that L.
| c. Bateman of Maine, the secretary Of the
| populist notification committee, was in cor
respondeEce with the members of that COM
mittee with view to the fixing Of a day
for the notification of Messrs. Bryan and
| Watson Of their nomination by the populist
| party. Mr.. Butler, not having the official
| records Of the convention, showing just
what had been done in the matter of the
| appointment Of notification committee,
| expressed Discrimination to talk about the
matter for publication. He again called at
| tention, as he did on former occasion. to
| the fact that it has not been the practice
| Of the populist party to notify it's nominees.
| Gen. Weaver and Gen. Fields were not noti-
| fled in 1892. He said that Senator Allen,
! chairman Of the notification committee If
there was one.
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