The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-18
THE POPULIST PROGRAM !
Objections to IndOrslng the Democratic
Candidates.
DEAL WITH THE DEMOCRATS |
In Which the Electoral Votes Are TO be
Divided VIII be Representatives,
Leader Declares silver Men win
Not Join the Populists.

ST LOUIS July 1s-The arrival Of dclo-
gates to the national Pnpulist and silver
conventions wore not numerous Yesterday.
This afternoon the uotioual executive
committee of the Peoples party will hold
"a conference here To- arrange matters for
the national committee and the convcu-
ton, both Of which viii meet next week.
The committee is composed of II. E. Iau-
beneck chairman, of this city; ". c..
Rankin, treasurer, Of Terre Hnuto, Ind.
j. H. Turner Of Washington, d. c., and
Lawrence McPartlin Of Lockport, n, Y.
secretaries, Irnatius Donnelly Of Hast
ings, Mimi, George f. Washburn of Bos-
ton, J. H. Dnviso Sulphur Springs, Tex,
George f. Gather of Walnut Grove, Ala.
and v O. Striclller of Omaha.
- Chairman Taubeneck went to Chicago
Thursday night. Inquiry at the executive
committee headquarters failed 20 elicit
any information about his visit there. One
afternoon paper stated that he went as an
envoy extraordinary bearing terms of
capitulation from the middle of the
road Populists to the national Dem
ocracy. The paper then goes on to say
"The middle of the road people, led by
the men who have control of the national
machine and who are exceedingly anxious
to retain it, are badly frightened. For
fear that an Endorsement of Bryan and
Sewall, which is to inevitably follow the
convening of the Populists, would throw
them out entirely the anti-Bryan mem
bers are said to be eager TO get terms
which will leave them in power. They
want the Democrats to agree to the propo-
sition that new parties shall maintain dis
| tinct organiZation-or in other words that
the Populists shall keep up their national
organization-and both run electoral
tickets with Bryan as the presidential
| candidate"
Inquiry among q number of prominent
Populists here failed to corrOborate the
statement that Taubcnecl had gone to
! Chicago to confer with the Democratic
leaders there. 1t was stated that the OBJ
| ject of his visit was to confer with DR..
! Taylor, member of the national COM
mittee and a prominent Populist as to
! what could be done at the convention in
regard to placing national ticket in the
field by the Peoples party. The plan re-
sulting from this conference will be pre-
sented at the meeting of the executive
committee.
IF the Democrats will give us our share
of the electors there will be no difficulty
in the way of united action for silver"
said Sergeaut-at-Arms Mcdowell, Of the
Populist national conventional in the course
of an interview. Talks with other leading
Populists showed this to be the situation
there being a well defined feeling against
indorsing the Chicago convention ticket
| The Populists' plan is todividG the electors
in each state according TO the strength Of
the Populist and Democratic parties, the
stronger candidate to take all the electors
after the election. This, they contend
will assure the election of IA silver man.
whereas if each party put up a separate
candidate and do not fuse on electors the
silver vote will be divided and the fight
for silver lost,
In an interview George F. Wash hburne,
national committeeman from Boston,
said:
eve regard the settlement Of the money
question as but step, but it is too i'm
portant a step in the country progress TO
be lost by failure to unite. The Demo-
cratic convention, though in the hands Of
the silver men, had the party arrayed
against it, and the silver men were afraid
to do anything but follow the straight
road, for fear any appearance OF swery-
ing might ALLEVIATE some of their element
]
the two-thirds majority"
The Oklahoma delegation has opened
headquarters at the Lindell, and on their
banner is the announcement that they are
: for BRYAN. This is the first Bryan banner
to be unfurled here,
Colonel NJ Il. Doud, vice president of
the silver societies in Missouri, who has
been appointed sergeant-at-arms Of the
silver convention, said today:
1--WE will have plenty of good silver
takers here next week, There will be
easily over 1000 delegates. We will de
clare for free coinage and nominate a
presidential candidate Whether Bryan
will be indorsed l cannot say. There is a
strong feeling in his favor now, but still
there are others If another man is nomi-
mated Bryan will get the electoral votes Of
the silver people, and will have u good
many too There is no doubt i'm our minds
that Bryan will have a majority in the
electoral college. / wish you would deny
the statement that the silver party will go
over to the Populists while i'm convention
here, They will do nothing of the kind "
Hon. Charles A. Towne, of Duluth, who
represents the Sixth Minnesota district in
congress, and who was one of the delegates
who walked out of the Republican CON
vention with Senator Teller will be put
forward as presidential candidate by
prominent Populists at the convention
next week.
New York Democrats to Meet.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, n. Y, July lS.-Chair-
man Hinkley issued a call last night for a
meeting of the Democratic state committee
to be held at the Hoffman House, in New