The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-28
CANT PAIGN WORK BOOMS.
The Many Parties Ready for the
Presidential Contest.
TIE sILVERlTEs AND P0PULIsTs

May Not Formally Notify Candidate Bryan
Bryan May Decline the Popuiist Nomi-
natlon-G Gold Democrats organizing.
81. LOUIS, July 2s.-The affairs of tho
Peoples party are now In the hands Of
6enator Butler, Of North Carolina, tho
new chairman of the national executive
committee. Yesterday tho nine members
OF the retiring Populist executive commit
to- mado formal settlement with the
new committee. They turned over to
Chairman Butler and Secretary Edgerton
oil the money on hand, and their accounts
were approved. A few of the new mem
bers remained In the city for yesterdays
meeting. They authorized Chairman
Butler and Secretary Edgerton to audit
the accounts and hastened home to pro-
pare for the campaign.
The Silver party has established tenn
porary headquarters in the COrcoran
building at Washington. Future events
will determine whether 1t will be contin-
nod there. Vice Chairman Stevens, who
will have active charge Of the headquar-
tors, and who will relieve Chairman Lane
coming campaign, will leave for tho cap
ltal city III short time 1t Is ruinored
that the Popullst national executive COM
tnittee will also make its headquarters in
that city but Chairman Butler refused to
either confirm or deny the statement. Tho
selection Of headquarters has been left to
him, and decision us to that matter will
probably not be made for several weeks
Charles B. Lane, chairman of the Silver
national committee, left last night for his
home In California. He will stop at Lin
coin, Neb., and hold u conference with Mr..
Bryan.
While it has not yet been definitely de-
cided, thore will probably be no formal
notification of Bryan by either the Popu-
lists or Silver men. 1t WIS learned last
night from a prominent western member
of the Silver national committee that 1t is
the intention of both the Silver and Popu-
list committees to waive the usual formal
notification, and on Aug. IL hold ratiil-
cation meeting in New York. at which
Bryan's nomination for the presidency
will be announced.
A proposition looking to the fusion Of
the two parties in Missouri on the state
ticket has, it is stated, been made by tho
Populists to the Democratic leaders, who
have it under consideration. As the price
for this fusion the Populsits were said to
have demanded that they be given eight
out Of the seventeen presidential electors
In the state If this concession Is not made
the Populists will put state ticket in the
feld at their convention. which will bo
held at Sedalia next Thursday.
The middle Of the rond' delegates to
the Populist national convention have ap-
pointed provisional national commit
tee" to decide upon the future action Of
the Populists in case Mr.. Bryan should
not accept the nomination rendered him
Or indorse the platform adopted by the
convention. Henry L. Call, Of New York
city, until recently Of Kansas, delegate-at-
large from the state Of New York to the
Peoples party national convention, and u
prominent middle Of the road" Populist,
has been appointed chairman Of this pro-
visional committee.