The sun., 1896-09-04

Thsr Have Decided 60 Notify Hiu, ny Lot
ter or Goramittes BEFORE sent 10.

Thsr Have Decided TO Notify Him ny Lot
ter or Conuittee Before SEPT 15.
ATLANTA. Sept at was decided at the con-
ference between Senator Marion Butler and the
Hon. Thomas Il. Watson that the nominees Of
tho Populst party should be notified before
Sept IS.
The notification will be by letter or BY COM
mittee, as the candidates select. Senator Butler
reached here this morning. and he and Watson
along with Seab Wright, Populist candidate for
Governor; H. w. Reed, National Committee
man from Georgia. and John D. Cunningha am.
Chairman Of the Populist State Executive tom.
mittee have been in conference nearly
all day long. Tho decision to notify
means that Bryan must accept tho double
r6o or embarrass his Populst friends by ro.
lection OF their proffered aid. The situation In
the South is keenly annoying to the Democrats.
Notification means further complications. SEN
ator Butler denies that there has been any DIFF
ferences between Watson and himself. In a
signed statement he says:
The Peoples Party National Committee is
exerting every effort to unite and solidify the
silver vote against Mckinley and the single
gold standard. To this end We have accepted
every proposition that was in any way fair and
reasonable. and whore such propositions have
not been made we stand ready TO make them and
will m AXE them In dne time. As conscious as we
are that the Peoples party has forced the fnan-
cial question to the front and made II the over
shadowtng Issue in this campaign, yet we are
more devoted to the success OF the principles
which our party was organized to advance than
We are to any merely partisan advantage, and
whenever tho other silver fOrcoa are actuhted by
the same spirit we will have trouble in effect
ing strong and harmonious co6peration that
will win. I did not go to ST. Louis for BRYAN
and Sewall l took the position that the Peo-
pies party should practise what II has preached;
that ts. to nut patriotism and the welfare OF the
country abuve party. We did this In the numi-
nation OF Mr.. Bryan. II the second man on
the Chicago ticket had stood for what Mr..
tional Convention would havo nominated the
whole ticket by even larger majority than It
nominated Mr. Bryan: but inasnuch as this
was not the case. II was our duty to the country,
az well to ourselves. to nominate for the SEQ
ond place on the ticket man who represents
what Mr. Bryan represents. This we have done.
We have improved on the Chicago ticket. Bryan
and Watson IL not only tho best silver ticket in
the field. but II represents Just the opposite OF
what the Mckinley Hobart ticket represents.
candidate This false impression has no doubt
been created by an interview In which stated
that tho Peoples party did not notify It's cAndi-
dates. Weaver and Field. in 1892 IN the same
manner In which he old parties have been ac-
customed to notifying their candidates.; that
band affair aud gave an ODD 'rtuhity to party
managers to make poll ical demonstration. In
the same interview stated that the committee
had Mt that time taken no action with
reference to the matter. and that what
would help the cause OF financial reform. There
is no clashing between Mr.. Watson and myself.
Ths conference to-day wan not held to settle
any differences, but simply 70 confer about
general matters concerning tho campaign"