The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-22
BRYAN LIKELY TO rRluMpH.
He Has the Best Generals and His
Organization Is Thorough.
Tho Middie-of-the-R Road Men Are .
Noisy, Unorgnnixed Crowd, and
Some or Them VIII Probably Bolt
Marion Butler. Leader OF the Com
promise Faction, to BE Temporary
Chairman.

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SasFer Conventions viii meet tomzrro~.
1Ae former 10 the ha.l IN which the Re-
publican rational convention was held. and
the latter IN Music hall. where Grover
sleveiaEd WIS re-nominats5 In less In
te-est in the Silver convention has been
ecispsea By he bitter struggle among the
Popuiists over the question OF nominating
or lnriorxing Bryan The programme Of
the Silver convention IS cut and dried.
There - 10 division or sentiment. Con-
gresham Frzncs. Sewisnds. OF Nevada.
viii be temporary chairman. and William
y. St John. the New York banker. perna-
nent chairman. They viii deliver their
sDeeches. Platform Of single plank In
favor OF free coinage at Is 20 VIII be
adopted. BRYAN and Se~an will be indors-
ed. and the convention VIII then adjourn
The Populists. on the other hand. are
rent and torn by Internal dissensions. and
the contending factions will plunge I'M
mediateiy Into fierce and determined
nght. which may be prolonged for four
or i've davs. and which. from present In
dioations VIII probably result in bolt.
no matter which way the convention pre-
walls The complexion OF the convention.
comprising. as II does. many whose opsn-
ions on the question seem dsametrically
opposed. and who hold and advocate these
opinions with bulldog tenaeIty that
neither argument nor suasion seem able
10 shake. ihe conflicting interests and the
conditions that hedge the situation about.
would stagger the Oldest political prophet
were he to after~t TO forecast the result
with anything like detail.
The Bryan men stll appear to be in
control. and the leaders are very conf
dent that they are in the majority. Prac-
ucaliy all the trained and experienced
generals are aligned with them. They
have the advice and counsel OF Senator
Jones and the shrewd Democratic man
ayers who are yigEanfiy watching every
point in the battle. and able allies IL the
Republican silver boilers and the dele
gates TO the Silver convention. They have
q very thorough organization for syste-
mafic and effective work. Today they
were reinforced by The arrival OF 90 Bryan
Populist shoufers from Nebraska, headed
by Gov. HoIcoub: 80 energetic Populiss
workers from Kansas. and many from
other parts Of the West They are press
the view that the situation presents the
single issue, Mckinley or Bryan; that the
Western Popuasts iusis. upon graspiDg
the opportunity 10 vote on the silver Is
sue when their votes viii count, sni
that failure TO nominate Bryan Will split
the party wide open and cause dissenslons
that will never heal. They confront thu
Southern deiegn.eS and the scattering dele
gates from other sections who want 20
keep In the middle OF the road and have
no truck /" as sHme OF them express T..
with either OF the old parties. especially
the Democratic party. with which they
have been at war.
while strong of conviction and vo9lfe--
Gus In their declaration that they VIII
never sverye. the rniddie-of- -the-road dele
gates are practically disorganlzei crowd.
They show a great deal OF enthusiasm at
their meetings. and loudly claim as high
as 400 majority In the convention. The
hotel corridors ring with their oratory and
the anfsiause OF their followers. but their
claims OF victory cannot be figured out
on paper unless in the fnsl contest those
who insist upon compromise should side
wfsh them IL certain quarters. however.
they appear 10 have unQuestionahly gained
strength. In Washington, for Instance,
out OF the seventeen Bryan meB who came
IN the delegation they claim 20 have
captured AL but two. They argue that
they have disrupted both the old parties,
AMI with four more years OF old party
rule they Will be able TO sweep the coun-
try. Their meetings are the feature OF
ths convention thus far. A. a meeting
to-day some one raised the cry that a
raan named Sllas Ross, of Buffalo. was
here in the interest cs the Republican MIN
ayers TO prevent the Endorsement or
Bryaa, AMI fight WAS only averted by
fha discovery that the man at whom the
assault was leveled was some one else.
The National Reform Press Association IS
hacking the ynsd4ie-of-the-ro2d delegates
with all the pswer it possesses.
Desnile the Wild claims OK the shonters
f. Was apparent today that soma Of their
leaders were weakening. They we're talk
Ing IN a more temperate strain. ard were
suggesting compromises as the best read
ous OF tho tangle.
Senator Marion Butler. % North Caro-
linn Is sgsaysng the role of COMPROMISED.
All ais enerEicx are bent II that direction.
re believes that both factions cnald be
haruonszea and The Integrity or the I'ouG-
tlssfs organization preserved by tho ad0p-s
ton Of popsiiist platform. division ot
electors IN certain states. and the nosnins-
ton ~ BrsAn for president and a South
ern Po2alist for vics president. The Bryan
ruen sss@rt that this Is impra-tieabie. ani
me Democratic managers refuse 90 listen
10 any proposition Involving the with
srawAi of S@wsA
Altogether. sizing the situation up go
night Il seems reasonably certain that
Bran vii he iHdorsed.
The meeting of the national committee
.egav selected Senator Butler. OF North
carolina. for temporary chairman The
suaf,gie-of Sias-rosa men did not name
earsffate. They desire the election OF
Jerome Kirby. ~ Texas Tonight they
demanded q statement from Butler, and
when he announced himsssf fer Bryan
they decided 10 Hght his election in the
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