The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-08-05
MINNEAPOLIS PAUL. MINN. WEDNESDAY AUG s. 1896
CAMPAIGN NEWS
FROM DIFFERENT LOCALITIES
IN THE NATIONAL FIELD.
State Conventions Being Held-Re.
formers Everywhere Getting
Into Line for the Coming
Political Battle.


Into Line for the Coming
Political Battle.
Peoples Party News Bureau,
Headquarters National Elk. Committee,
st. Louis. Mo-, Aug. 4.
John Bfeidenthal, state chairman Of the
Peoples party of Kansas, has uttered
strong denunciat:on Of the plan to put
up Populist electors instructed for Bryan
and Sewall. He maintains that the party
in Kansas must be true to Watson and the
action of the national convention in all
things.
John Martin, the Kansas democratic
leader, says that his party will put no
state ticket in the field this year, and will
make no demands upon the Popul:st state
convention. He thinks however, that the
democrats should be recognized by being
given the nomination for chief justiceship,
and that Ed. G. Little, of Abilene, the
prominent boiling Republican, should be
nominated for attorney general
The Peoples party convention in Ten
nesse placed a full electoral ticket in the
field, but gave the state executive COM
mittee plenary powers to treat with the
democrats to arrange joint electoral tick
ct on which Populists should be given
representation in proportion to the last
vote. The platform is mainly an endorse
ment Of one adopted by the national con-
vention. 1t also condemned the late
gubernatorial steal. The convention NOM
mated A. L. Minis, Of Davidson county,
the nominee last time, for governor by
acclamation. j. H. Burnham, of Lincoln
county, and ]. T. Miller, OF Wilson county,
were nominated for electors for the state
at large.
J. H. Davis, General Weaver and ]. R.
Sovereign, under the direction Of the ma
tional executive committee, did yoeman
service on the stump in Alabama in the
closing days Of the campaign.
At this writing it has not been decided
where national headquarters will be 10
Gated this year, but Chairman Butler
strongly favors Washington.
n. e. Taubeneck, ex-national chairman,
has closed up affairs In st. Louis. He will
take the stump at once.
The central committee OF Butler county
passed a half column Of resolutions in
course Of which it says: I'VE are aston
ished, Inundated and insulted at the action
of our delegates to the national conven-
tion, and hereby express our indignation
at the nomination by them of Demo
cratic Office seeker, and we also denounce
and condemn such action as both cowardly
and treacherous. We denounce and con-
denim the unparliamentary, unprecedented
and tyrannical ruling of Senator Allen in
not allowing the middle -the-road men
their right in the convention, and we
further denounce General Weaver for his
arbitrary rulings in the convention on res
olut:ons."
Indiana Populists nominated the follow
ing state ticket: Governor, Thomas
Wadsworth, Raglesville; lieutenant gov
ernor, A. P. Hanna, Waveland; auditor of
state, N. M. Jennings, Franklin; secretary
treasurer, f. s. Robinson, Cloverland; at
torney general, D. H. Fernandez, Ander-
son; supreme court reporter, Thomas M.
Force, Jegolee; state statistician, J. s..
McKeever, Third district; superintendent
Of public instruction, G. B. Freeman, Guy.
Appellate judges-A. J. Padgett, Davies
county; Nelson Bosard, Porter; John
ThOrnburg, Anderson; Adam Stockinger,
Ripley; I. N. Pierce, Terre Haute.
A motion was made after the nomina-
tion of a separate ticket to appoint con-
ference committee, one from each district,
and four from the state at large, to confer
with the state democratic central COM
mittee, with view to arranging set of
electors to I'LL vacancies on the state tick
ct, but this was voted down.
The platform of the Vermont Populist
convention endorses that of the Peoples
party passed at st. Louis The new idea
embodied in the state platform is to de-
clare that bribe giving and bribe taking
should be a felony.
The ticket nominated is: Joseph Bat
tie, of M:ddlebury, for governor; William
Dexter, OF Sheffield, lieutenant
governor; Dan Sallies, Of Montpelier, treas
urer; Abel T. Way, of Burlington, secre-
tary of state; Columbus L. Cough, Water
bury, auditor; for presidential electors, 0.
c. Wilder, DR.. w. S. Curtis, Randolph;
| Sam McAlister, Stowe. For member OF
| congress-First district, A. L. Bowen, Of
Dorset; Second district, T. ]. Aldrich, of
Wheelock.
The state committee organized with A.
L. Bowen as chairman and A. J. Beebe Sec
| retary.
!, The latest utterance Of Mr. Watson re-
garding the national campaign is as fol-
| lows: "Unles Sewall retires I know of
| but two plans: First, two distinct elec-
| toral tickets, one Bryan and Sewell and
| the other Bryan and Watson. Second one
electoral ticket, composed partly Of dem
ocrats and partly of Populists. The ex-
ecutive committee Of the Peoples party
must decide on the plan."
/ w. D. Vincent has been nominated for
congress by the Populists Of the Fifth Kan
| sas district.
Free silver Republicans in Kansas con-
| tinue to ally themselves with the Peoples
| party by the score. In Sumner county
over half the Republican county commit
tee have rekgned and declared themselves
Populists.
| At the Peoples party convention in Cape
Girardeau county, Mo-, e. s. Miller was
| nominated for representative and ]. s.
| Bowers and r. w. McNeely for county
judges. The remainder Of the county
ticket was left vacant, the purpose being to
! 70 fuse with the Democrats.
| Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, says he
sees no propriety in the Populists COM
municating to Mr.. Bryan what occurred at
| st. LOUIS or asking him to accept their
| nomination or platform. Such course,
he adds, could have no other object than
| "a embarrass the candidate.
! = conference committee Of Democrats