The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-21


gard to the relation of president to
his party; The president, like any 9TH
er public officer, is u servant, and it is
his duty to carry out the principles laid
down and taught by the party of which
he was member
THE president Is not selected as q
schoolmaster, to instruct his party, nor
is he chosen because those who chose
him are not able to think for them
selves. He is chosen by those who
think as he does to carry out in legisla-
ton and in the executive departments
of the government the political princi-
pies and policies for which the party
stands.
I'm the distribution of patronage he
Is in duty bound to recognize all the
elements Of his party in, so far as he
recognizes the party at all To dis
criminate against portion of the
party which helped to elect him is as
indefensible as it would be to appoint
to office members of another party to
office to which the party is entitled,
1.-THE phrase, "A public Office is pub
| lie trust includes it all because it is
! simply trustee selected for a limited
time to perform certain duty"
! The representatives, of the populist
press now in the city have had meet
ing at which it was made apparent that
at last nights populist conference that
| Sewall should not be included in the
| endorsement. The much discussed cleo
| toral plan came UP and it was decided
that If any way was open the populists
should secure second place on the tick
ct il Bryan was endorsed for presi-
| dent.
| Coincident with the two conventions
is meeting of the direct legislative
conference, to be held tomorrow. 1T
Is not populist organization, despite
the conjunction of the bodies" says
Eltweed Pomeroy, secretary. I'VE are
| not here to form new party or in any
way conflict with existing parties.
Many OF our people are populists. but
we also have in our ranks men of all
parties. The call for this conference
was issued on April l, and the. fifty
four names signed to it are those CT
members of the populist national COM
mittee; but there are 10000 more names
appended, which embrace people from
all parties, or of no party,
I'VE have carried on our fight before
all conventions and propose to continue
in our work. AT Chicago we did all we
could, and Mr.. Bryan himself introduce
ed in the committee on resolutions a
/ direct legislation plank Of the Nebras-
ka state platform and tried to bring
the mater before the Chicago conven-
| tion.''
The conference will endeavor 10 Sc
L ~ A..
platform declaring for the initiative
and referendum legislation.
PETERS Conditions
st. Louis, July 20 Senator PETER,
while favoring fusion, is disposed to
back UP Taubeneck's scheme, whereby
the presidential electors chosen can SEE
lect the candidates for whom they will
vote after the November election. PEI
fer has this to say:
4 Il think the first thing that we ought
to do is to readopt the Omaha plat
form, revised and brought up to date,
and to appoint a national committee to
look after affairs, so as to preserve our
party identity.
There is no reason why we should
abandon either our party doctrine or
our party.
In the next place, 7 think we will
have to arrange some satisfactory way
Ito combine the anti-gold vote of the
country. What can be done in the diff
fefent states and localities to accord
with the voting strength of the several
parties must be decided upon, and after
the election, If we have chosen ma
jority of the electors, as think we will,
i hav, a n har cnlxY au
according to their preferences on a
candidate. That would allow all Of us
to vote according to party preference,
and 1t would relieve us Of a great deal
of friction that might otherwise occa-
sion trouble.
There are only two points on which
7 feel tenacious. The first is to main
tain our party organization and the
second is to combine the silver vote OF
the country"
"But this ingenious scheme Of leav-
ing the selection of q president with
the electors does not meet with favor
1t would give the elector altogether toe
much latitude In his choice, said DIR
Taylor of Chicago, who has been talk
I ed of as the vice presidential nominee
in case a separate ticket is nominated
, "An interruptions elector could cas-.
lily find some reason for refusing tc
vote for any of the candidates named
and no good could come out of it. As
to the populist organization being de
stroyed in case of fusion, l am no
: afraid of that, although I am not pre-
pared yet to say whether I am in favol
of fusion or not The Illinois delegate!
have not decided what stand they vii
take and will not until after careful
consideration Personally, / think flu
sion will win"
Senator Butler Says No Go.
8 st. Louis July 20-The late train
last evening brought in large humble
. of delegates and party leaders. Prom
inent among them were Senator Marion
Butler of North Carolina, Ignatiu
Donnelly of Minneapolis and M c
] Nankin of Terre Haute, Ind, member
of the populist executive committee; c
!. J. Hillyer of Washington, d. O.,
9 member of the national silver commit
Q tee, one of the largest property owner
q of the national capital, and Senate
!, Jones of Arkansas.
Senator Butler said, speaking of tn
proposition to inderse the Chicago can
didates:
1.-THE democrats would never have de
:. clared for free silver had it not bee
4 for the agitation originated and main
:, tanned by the populists for years. Wh
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