The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-24
CHICAGO DECIDES ONE MUST
BE NAMED.
REAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
WHICH HAS ALREADY
BEEN TAKEN.
Villas OPPOSED IMMEDIATE CALL.
of the Union Have OppOr-
tunity to Speak.

<unity to Speak.
CHICAGO, July 23.-The meeting Of
gold standard Democrats, called to
consider the advisability of issuing a
call for a national convention, was
held tonight at the Auditorium annex.
The meeting convened shortly after 8
o'clock and was held in secret, the
public and press being excluded
1t was very generally admitted
that the wishes of the administration
would go far toward determining
whether or not there should be an
other ticket in the field, but many OF
the visiting Democrats had no hest
tation in saying that a ticket would be
put up in spite of everything Those
present were:
standardization Cooke, Thomas W. Bull
lit, w. B. Haldeman r. w. Knott, A. ]. Car
roll. George NJ Davie.
Ohio-S. II. Hold ng l.. N Linn.
nj Ssouri-Col.. James o. Broadhead F. w.
Lehman, Henry t. Kent. Rolla Wells, st.
Louis; l.. G. Krauthoff. Kansas City.
Wisconsin-Gen e. S. Bragg, Senator Villas.
Ellis B. Usher
Iowa-Col. j. NJ. Martin Marshalltown;
Judge French. Davenport; Thomas Bowman,
Council Bluffs; Henry vollmer, E. w. Boyn-
TON, h. M. Sharon, davenport.
Indiana-S. o. Pickens w. D. Bynum,
John R. Wilson. j. P Frenzel.
Nebraska-Euciid Martin, Fred Vaughn.
Ill!nois-John P. Hopkins, c. A. Ewing.
kilograms were received and read at the
conference from prominent Democrats all
over the country, strongly indorsiRg the move
ment for another ticket. Here are some of
the most important messages received, and
their reading at the conference caused great
enthusiasm:
DUBLIN. N. H.-Please express to the
conference for me the hope that it will take
decisive action fer a national convention The
Central states must lead. The Eastern Dem
ocrats are hampered by their state organiza-
TONS but will follow. The arguments for
convention are having their unanswerable
erect. Our example will do the result.
Franklin NacVeagh.
SPRINGFIELD, nl.-Busness keeps me
here. l am ready to fight anarchy and Pop
ulism as defined in the Chicago platform and
its candidates. | am in favor of national,
state and congressional conventions Count
on me as a private in the front rank.
John M Palmer.
NEW YORK-State committee of our Demo
cratic reform party last night boIted the
Bryan platform and candidates and resolved
to cooperate with you, and appointed COM
mittees to confer. We are trying to get
some one to go to Chicago today, but it is
scarcely probable that any one can leave on
such short notice. besides which we are
needed here, and prefer to follow your lead
Connecticut friends in town concur
Calvin TomDkins
John Dewitt Warner
Nrw vopD .-L+awrence E. Sexton.
passed resolutions tonight favoring third
ticket Keep up the good fight.
Lawrence E. Sexton.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.-Tmpossible for me
to be with you tonight. Please act for me,
as agree with you thoroughly.
w. S. Forman ex-Congressman
SENOTABA1, Miss.-All Mississippi Demo-
Gratis cannot be turned over. body and soul
TO anarchy, socialism. communism, revoiu-
ton and dishonor. Give us a sound money
Democratic platform and nominees
-E. p Russell
.arCORSICANA, Tex.-Texas sound money
Democrats confide in the wisdom of your con-
ference. Ii you call national convention
Texas will send delegates. Our state sound
money nominating convention meets on Aug.
2. Trust if you call convention your date
will not conflict.
Rufus Hardy, Chairman.
Comptroller Eckels did not appear
and the meeting, after waiting some
time for him. went into session. Gen.
Bragg. of Wisconsin, was elected chair
man, and c. A. Ewing, of Illinois, sec
rotary. The conference definitely de-
cided that convention should be
called, the only question being whether
the meeting of tonight should issue the
call and on this a lively debate ensued.
G. M. Davis, of Kentucky, presented
the principal resolution, calling for
convention to be held on Sept. 1, in De-
troit. H. s. Robbins, of Illinois. did
not favor the issue of a call by the
meeting of tonight. r. w. Knott, of
Kentucky, spoke strongly in favor of
calling the convention at once. Sem
ator Villas, of Wisconsin, violently OPP
posed the issuing of call by the con-
ference. His speech was frequently
cheered. although the general senti-
ment of the meeting seemed to incline
tn other way. He said:
IF we are to have an organization
which shall represent the Democratic
party, we must recruit it from every
state in the Union. We must not issue
call from a body too narrow to be
potential. I think the best way is to
appoint committee to select represen-
tatives from every state. L don't be-
lieve that each state should hold state
convention. Let a mass meeting be
held in each state and let them nomi-
nate delegates to national convention.
1t is too late to hold state conventions
in the regular way. This conference
should not issue call. We want all
the states represented when the call
goes forth for the convention-then we
are sure of our ground and of our
strength"
After a long debate a resolution was
adopted to the effect that it was the
sense of the meeting that Democratic
convention should be held, a Demo-
cratic platform enunciated and candi-
dates for president and vice president
chosen, and that the said convention
should be held not later than Sept. 2.
A committee of one from each state
represented, was appointed by the
chairman to draft a call for the con-
vention. with orders to report to the
general meeting at IL o'clock tomor-
row morning.
Mr.. Bragg said after the adjournment
of the meeting: "There is no longer any
doubt that the gold standard Democrats
mean business. We all decided that
1t was the best thing to call conven-
ton and put a ticket in the field. but
there was some difference regarding
the manner In which it should be done
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri were,
strongly of the opinion that the call
should be issued at once, but the others
were not so sure about that part of it.
Difference of opinion on that point is
what made the meeting so long. We
are now all right and the call will be
Issued tomorrow"
Minnesota should have been repre-
scented at the meeting tonight, but a
telegram from ST. Paul announced
that an organization was being perfect
ed there and its delegate, Daniel Law
Ter will be in Chicago tomorrow.
The following telegram was re-
ceiyed from Comptroller James III. Eek
els, while the meeting was in session:
I have no doubt that the Eastern Demo-
Gratis will take as great interest in proper
Democratic nominations as do the Western
and give them as earnest support. 1 think
the name to be taken should be National
Democrats. james II. EekeIs
The leaders Of the meeting expressed
a n