The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-21
LOYAL TO sEWALL's CAUSE.
CHAIRMAN JONES WILL NOT SEE
UGLE CHICAGO NOMINEE SHUT
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MAKES A SPLIT ALMOST CERTAIN
III
Bryan vaIl Nave TO be Settled
I'm Convention.


the Populists affected, for while to-
day, to consider probable, has disap-
peared It met it's fate In the Bryan
camp, where 1t was smothered appar-
emily beyond resuscitation. The COM
promise proposition looking to the re-
tention Of Mr.. Bryan at the head Of
the ticket and substituting a Populist
for Mr.. Sewall for vice-president, was
sprung in the small hours Of the morn
ing in a promiscuous meeting of party
leaders It was afterwards adopted
by the executive committee Of the ma
tional committee and was then ex-
plotted as a panacea which would ease
all the Ills of the situation, by uniting
all factions. The Southern delegations
accepted the scheme with avidity, on
the theory that it would aid them in
maintaining the entity of the party
for which they had held out SO vigor-
ously.
The Bryan people did not accept the
suggestion from the beginning They
had no sooner heard Of 1t than Bryan
meeting was called which, In the forci-
BILE language Of one who attended
proceeded to Immediately jump on it
with both feet" This Bryan meeting,
and the one which followed between
representatives Of the Bryan element
and the executive committee, consti-
tuted the important events Of the day
The result of these meetings is a prob
able split in the party and the likeli-
hood that the matter Of indorsing
Bryan or nominating another candi-
date or the nomination of Bryan and
another candidate than Sewall for
vice-president, will have to be fought
out in the convention.
The interesting proceedings began by
meeting of the executive committee
in one room and a meeting Of the
Bryan managers in another The
prominent men Of the Bryan move
| ment, including Hon. j. B. Weaver,
Hon. T. M. Patterson, Senator Stew
art, Senator Allen, Hon. Jerry Simp-
son and many others, were present at
| the Bryan meeting, where a very brief
! exchange of views was sufficient to
| convince all present that the compro-
| mise proposition would not be enter
| tanned for a smoment!>J-y lille the meet
ing was in progress, a message was
I received from the exeo--+.-e commit
| tee asking that representatives of that.
| element meet the executive officials for
| a conference on the compromise prop
| osition This request was acceded
| to, and MesSrs. Weaver, Patterson and
! Stewart were dispatched for that pur-
| pose. 4a ozsse 81
The joint meeting was a most spirit
| ed Ones reSulting2ir a short clash be-
tween the two factions. 1t was the first
time the issue had been Joined, and
| there was I
i. NO MINCINc OF WORDS
| IN OF n dr. -...~
| Texas, and Donnelly Of Minnesota
stood out stiff1y for the compromise
and declared that if the Bryan people
/ could mot be- satisfied with this PROP
.2sttion, it would be necessary to take
| the fight into the convention, which
/ would, they claimed, present a spectac Gle.
rs humiliating to the Populist party as
would be edifying to its enemies.
they asserted that it would be impos
hple to secure the assent of the rank
lnd lille to an unqualified Endorsement
| III the entire Democratic ticket and
| hat a complete surrender would iney-
| tably result in the disintegration and
| 11smemberment Of the party. This
they declared they would never permit
without a struggle to the bitter end.
! On the other side,2. Messrs Weaver.
| PATTERSON and Stewart spoke, and they
met the asseverations Of their antag-
! party could only be maintained bv fall
| ing into line with another party which
had adopted so many of the Populist
| principles. They maintained that the
| opportunity was one which would prob
| ABLY never again fbet presented to Sc
cure the success of Populist PRINCIPLES.
Ihey contended that it was a patriotic
| duty to accept the Democratic nom
lnees; that wise party policy demanded
This ova1 fAaf IL
| was lost, Bryan defeated and the
country continued upon the gold stand
ara platform, the irEeconcilables would
alone be to blame5 Furthermore they
declared that the responsibility should
be placed where it belonged and that
the country should know the facts re-
CARELESS of individual sensibilities.
Ihey asserted that whatever course fine
Peopse,s convention might pursue. the
masses OF the party, who were looking
more to relief from distress than TO the
advancement of the personal ambitions
OF any man, would support Bryan and
SeWall. They defended Mr.. Sewau az
an acceptable candidate and decla rod
that to attempt to displace him womb
lead to irreconcilable complications
prove 1mpracticable and place both
parties in ridiculous attitude.
senator stewart was especially empha-
ing spirit of the middle of the road
men, When the Bryan men left the
room they expressed the opinion that
the dinerences existing would he car
REQ into the convention. If this proves
correct, the convention will doubtless
De replete with interesting incidents
Chairman Jones says he has not hepn
app1dsed of the proposed compromises
In fact, no proposition looking to the
substitution of part of the Populist
electors in the various states. with q
view to the selection, Of
POPULISTIC VICE PRESIDENT
had been submitted to him and the
Democratic leaders who are here. II
can be also stated authoritatiyely that
no such compromise would be enter
tanned by the Democratic COMMITTEES
as that committee, Mr. Jones said. must
pc as loyal to the vice presidential NOM
inee as to the presidential. Candidate
1t is also known that Chairman ZONES
does not regard a division Of the cleo
tors as possible, or believe that the
democrats could consent to any such
division. -
During the day Senator Jones re-
celved numerous callers from the Popu-
list party. It is understood that Ia Al,
OF them he announced that this night ia
one OF principle: that the situation has
narrowed down to the fact that eithar
Bryan or Mckinley was going ia he
elected president; the PopuNsts couiA
ensure the election Of Bryan by indors-
ing him, but by the nomination of
another ticket they would sadly en-
Danger the silver cause. Senator Jones
said, as he had before, that he had no
pledges to make either general or In
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