The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-07-25
THE BRYAN MEN WIN
Put In Their Man For Per-
manent Chairman.
THEY SELECT SENATOR ALLEN.

The Ahtl.Bryan Men Pitted Champion
of MalRe Against the NebrAshAn. bat
lie wss Defeated by = Vote Of 05s
90 504-Bryaa Men Lost In the mi.
Rois Contest.
ST. Louis, July 2L-The Bryan sup.
porters are jubilAnt. They demon.
strated after a stormy session In the
Populist convention yesterday that they
had a majority Of iO4 They effected
their permanent organization, installed
their candidate, Senator Allen Of Ne.
brNka as permanent chairman, and took
charge Of the machinery Of the oonven.
ton and the committees.
There were two sessions Of the Popu.
list conventional morning session Of
two hours and an afternoon session Of
siK hours The latter carried the con.
yention into the night Both were tur.
bulont and noisy, but the tumult was
confined to the delegates ON tho floor,
the galleries being practically empty. A
bitter feeling manifested itself among
the middle of.tho road" faction, which
found vent in several wild demonstrN.
tions and INSTRUMENTATION The
morning session was a virtual blank 70
far as business was concerned.
Il was At the Afternoon session that
the tug oi war came which ended In T.
defoa, Of the strAightouts. by a mar.
row majority they beat the Bryan forces
early In the session on the determine
tion Of the Cook county dlls) contest.
Some Of the Bryan men were alarmed
and could, with difficulty. be convinced
. that the battle was not lost This pre-
liminary defeat Of the Bryan forces was
due, perhaps. 10 over confidence In their
strength They undertook 10 defeat
the majority report % their own com.
mittee in the Chicago contest. Only
seven actual votes hung in the balance
The 70 Taylor delegates who held tho
seats wero Bryan men. The report Of
the committee decided 10 Allay the bit.
ter feeling, II possible. by seating both
sets Of delegates and dividing the vote
The contesting delegates were under.
stood 10 be for Debs. Al the lAst mo-
ment the Bryan mAnAgcrs concluded TO
risk the dangerous experiment Of trying
TO force the rejection Of the majority re-
port Some Of their followers refused
90 stand by them and the result was De.
feat by a vote Of 665 10 64a
II was then O'Clock and the middle.
of.thc-road" leaders attempted 10 secure
an adjournment, hoping that the effec;
of the victory could BE- turned 10 accoun,
before the delegates rcassemhlcd But
the Bryan leaders prevented this move.
The determined 10 push them, realizing
fully the disheartening effect Of draw.
ing on after having had their outposts
driven In. some Of the "middle.Of. the,
ruad" men who believed their victory
was genuine were also eager to continu,
the fray, But the promise TO the eAi
was broken 20 the hope.
The report of the committee on peTmA
nent organization was brought forward
with the majority recommending th,
selection Of Senator Allen, the pondroul
statesman from BryAn's state. Tn,
anti Bryan men pitted against the Ne
hrAska senator, James ID. Champion oi
Maine, man practically unknown ever
10 the "middle-oi.the.road" contingent
who entered him In the list. Still they
rallied to his support with every vote a
! their command. but were defeated BY
vote 55S to 564.
The announcement Of this triumph
} was the signal for an uproarious Bryar
, demonstration, which lasted Is min
I utes
: Senator Aliens speech a. permAnen
. chairman occupied over an hour. Il
o many respects Il was bitter enough 4
h suit the most radical when he hnishe,
the convention adjourned until today
|. Although tho Bryan forces are IL
}. control and his nomination or indorse
. mont seems 30 be ASSURED, the defeat O
I Sewall still starcs them in the face. I
!, Sewall cannot be- nominated along wit
. Bryan the efforts Of the Bryan man
ayers will be directed toward securin
an Endorsement Of Bryan rather than
nomination.
o The question Of common electors Is
complication which serves 10 tangle th
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