The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-26

washington, August %. Secretary
Gardiner, of the Democratic club, left to-
night to attend the State convention of
clubs at Erie, Pa, at which point he will
meet Mr.. Bryan.
Senator Butler said to-day that he
would not give.out the itinerary of Tom
Watson's tour for the present as-yvord
had been received from Georgia that the
Populist Vice Presidential candidate was
needed there until the early election was
over This will not interfere with the
Dallas speech, but it is likely that there
VIII be no further speeches outside of
Georgia until the State election is over.
At the headquarters of the silver party
it was said to-day:
Inc Democratic and silver party peo-
pie to-day ordered Il million documents
The demands on them for literature are
overwhelming. This order will be dupli-
Gated Immediately. All non-partisan sill
yer clubs in the United States are re-
quested to correspond Immediately with
the silver headquarters at WASHINGTON to
have themselves enrolled as members of
the Association of Silver Clubs. Such
clubs will be plentifully supplied with
the very best campaign literature of all
kinds.''
The bulletin of the National Associa-
ton OF Democratic Clubs said to-day:-
inquiries as to the club convention Mt
st. Louis on September 80 are on the in
crease, evidencing the fact that great in
terest Is being aroused all over the conn
try IN that coming gathering. A move
ment IS contemplated in few DAYS
whereby all of the delegates to the con-
vention from the New England States
New York, PENNSYLVANIA, New JERSEY.
delaware and Maryland, shall assemble
In Washington to take a special train
from this point. President Chauncey f.
Black, CT the National Association, and
esidential Candidate Sewali will
be of the party
Hon. Benton McMillin, chairman of
the executive committee of the NationaI
Association of Clubs, will leave for Ten
nesse in few days, where he will take
very positive steps for the immediate or
his State.
Among the many letters received TO-
day pertaining to club work, was one
from Allen Cook, secretary of the Central
Bryan Free Silver Club, of Canton. Ohio
in which he says
This club is the central organization
of this city and county. We have in the
city Mt this time four other Bryan free
silver clubs that are auxiliary to this.
These clubs are composed of members of
all parties. Party politics and marty
more. They are either gold bugs or
silver men and the silver men far
outnumber the gold bugs. The central
club has over GEO members and the other
four clubs have about $50 in all, making
membership in Canton of 1, $50 and
the movement is only three weeks old
Clubs are forming all over this Congress
sional district with spontaneity that
surprises us all. / feel certain that Nc
kinley's own ward county and State
VIII be carried for Bryan. The voting
population of Canton is about Z 200
Nathan G. Holloway, who has been a life
long Republican, is president of the Cen
trail club
Among about 100 applications made
to-day for membership in the National
ASSOCIATION were the following: Bryan
and Sewall Clubs of Franklin, Va;
Cuckoo, Va; Hillsboro, Va; Castleman's
Ferry, Va; Birmingham, Ala. Mobile,
Ala''