New-York tribune., 1896-07-23
CONVENTION SIDE LIGHTS.
SOME OF THE QUEER CHARACTERS SEEN
AND QUEER THINGS HEARD.

HOW DEBs BooMs HIMsEI.F-MIss MrrcHE1Ls
oDE-wHAT LINCOLN WOULD DO If ALIVE
-"CYCIONE" DAvIss RIVAL
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrsUNEl
ST. Louis, July 22-"Calamity" Weller. Of Iowa, Is
strongly opposed to Bryan He also is a close im-
tator of Colonel Fellows. OF NewYork; Of the Hon.
George Frederick Williams Of Massachusetts. and
others in the weeping line. At the National Re-
form Press Association meeting. held yesterday, he
fought bitterly against either nominating or in
bitterly and pleaded with his hearers not to have
anything 10 do with Bryan or any OF the old par
thing.
| The largest from the largest Congress dis
trict in the largest State In the Union, j. g. Brad
ley. OF Abilene. Tex. presented a gavel to the tenn
porary chairman. 1t Of bois dare wood, with
a walnut handle Burned in the wood end
Is; From & Fl O. Reed Paris. Tex~ an and on the the
dollar; on one side st. Louis July e. 1885. pre-
sented 10 the Peoples Party Convention
This afternoon a Kansas delegate sat down at
a table in Fausts and called for order Of corn
which served him. 1t consisted of two ears
The Kansan then called for his BILL and the waiter
presented check for Is cents The delegate looked
two ears Of corn! Why. II you will come to where
| live will give you whole sackful for that
for a souvenir.
One of the most interesting characters TO be seen
about the hotels Is Jesse Harper. Of Illinois He is
sixty-eight years old. and proudly tells his audi
ences that he practsed law with Abraham Lincoln
in 1856. The old gentleman is Middle of the Road
Populst of the strongest kind. and will not swallow
Bryan, which, he says means the demise Of his
party. Some one in little knot OF people that
stood about him to-day listening TO his reminis-
Who would Abe Lincoln vote for if he were
Why he would be Populist TO be sure. II he
lived in these times. but he would never be a Dem
Now" he continued. don't you fellows think old
Abe Lincoln knew more about these things than
you do? I think so. and what he would do is good
"rncle Jesse. as he is known all over Illinois
Is delegate 10 the Convention and. incidentally,
sells his @-cent book the financial question and
reforms, which he lets delegates have at Is cents
as an inducemen
Cyclone" Davis has rival The newcomer
calls himself Tornado Bill" but his right name IS
William Davis and he represents OF the Cali
fornia districts in the Popust Convention. He is
a out-and-cut Bryan man. and that Is one reason,
he says. why he and Cyclone Davis. from Texas.
are enemies Tornado Bill wears a large blue
badge announcing the fact that he is from Califor-
nia and the other side Of his coat Is Bryan
badge For four hours yesterday Tornado BIZ
entertained a crowd of Populists with his hot
Middle of the Road men, charging them with
"boodng" without distinction and several times
ne had narr escapes from being assassina ted: He
denied having Bryan money about him, and SAID ne
ne th Road men to buy them back into
line In referring 10 Cyclone" Davis. he said ne
could put him into his pocket and olow all arounu
him.
.I want a good close shave Do you know who I.
ann" In this manner Eugene V. Deos addressed a
Planters House barber this morning He accom-
"A
rocks, One he pinned the BARRIERS coat. the
other he presented 10 the bootblack VINO soooo !"
attendance For President. Eugene v Deos' was
the inscription and ii was accompanied by prone prone
likeness OF the labor leader ieps psiieNe f.. nn,
denfial lightning may strike him. and ne does NOT
lose a n opportunity to distribute his buttons
CONGRESSMAN NJ w Howard. OF Alabama, the
voung man who wrote III Christ Should Come 10
Congress" NAV be seen towering over the groups
~ exclted takers in the hotel loobes, ana doihS
great deal of talking himself: but ne Is ho' tne
potentia factor among the delegates that ne 'housn'
no would be Mr.. Howard Is tall, big-ooned
s,ooth- faced Young man, and when he was elected
to Congress in 1894 by such natterfns majority
over william H. benson. 1t looked as II he was paw
ing the way to eclipse all the other southern fopu-
list leaders and his friends had great expect%aos %
~ M md himself to New-York and became vouble
as to what he was going 70 90 wne h ns,on n heelIn
Sa was wiring away on his book TO eniighten me
ne ne ID hont the devious ways of Congressman Inc
NJ al dat Nea rly everybody condemned II as
nroSanation and burlesQue on Nteral ito"al
ya o. Nh, into motion the great reforms ne han
20 lihi, pratei about He failed to scintliIate anu
In fac his face more familiar N N bs ime ,onss
~, s,anrant than II was the floor OF me iiouse
I,ard's ca reer was brief. and ne Is saten on 'he
sv1IIs, for a long time 10 come
1ane. " Mccarthy OF the With Georgia CON-
go D,s,r,ct said at a meeting OF the Washing
%, ponulist delegation: THE Chicago platform -
po,uIs,,c and resulted from the pressure OF the
o,orr, n,ovement In Georgia the goldbug candi-
49, For Congress on the Democratic TICKET are
10 tba saddle IN every district We can trust
~ tprvan hut his power President Will De iimiIsu.
and we can't trust his party organization; me
,ndorsement OF Bryan would be an unconditioha
surrender. We can never agree 10 H.
reen Hartwell Mitchell Is one OF the women
ponulsts who wears Bryan badge. Miss Mitcheh
% an actress Il learned the part OF Lady Mac
ba,h while scrubblng the floor In my rather 5 no
,sl IN Osborn. County Kan" said the vivacious
lady to-day Kansas Is great place for orsh'
neonle but IL Is no place TO make money Kan
sas Popullsts are great admirers OF Miss Mitch
ell.s elocutionary powers. Jerry Simpson John
Rre,denthall and Frank Doster are arranging 10
have her recte ode Of her own composition
herore the Convention. The closing lines are as
follows:
Now Chaun-ey. I've something 10 tell you
Lett me lean tn you close;
Do how tho sunset mas hoo1eo
vi axnfh all