The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-23
Anti Bryan isI- Deaf to All Appeals
and Determ ned 10 Keep IN
the M;adle of the
Road.

Convention Hall, St Louis, July o.
Specian-One of the wisest newspa-
per men said tonight: There will
be split. Bryan viii be endorsed and
there will be bolt. Then Sewall VIII
be nominated by the remaining dele
gates Another said: ''Sewail VIII
never be endorsed but Bryan will"
III. L. West telegraphs the Post:
EsThe outcome of the convention will
probably be the nomination of Bryan
with new Vice-President on Popu-
list platform. The probabilities of
bolt are growing less"
The speech of Senator Butler to-day
seems to fulfil the prediction of his
friends wired last night, he was not
fighting Bryan, but was seeking by
degrees and some basis of compromise
to bring around the middle-of-the-road
men. His election, without pledges,
as temporary chairman after the anti
Bryan men had to share the fate of
David Bennett Hill at Chicago was a
dictinct victory for the moderate Bry-
an advocates.
Ed. Kestler, of Cabarrus, didn't like
it little bit and wanted to fight
for an out-and-out anti-Bryan man.
But he and others had to submit.
I could fill column presenting the
curse words used against Bryan by
the anti-Bryan men who accused But
Ter of playing them flase. / have tried
to sift this charge to the bottom. 1t
is true that there was a Ielief that
Butler was a straight ticket, but no.
body could be found who had heard
him say so.
Buffers speech, under the circum-
stances,w was listened to eagerly. ''What
is he really in favor OFF" was the ques-
tion when the applause with which it
was greeted subsided. The expression
IF you waiver from the position of
principle, you then become no better
than the old parties, was cheered, and
then he plead for cessation of party
prejudice.
eve have taught the people that our
principles are above party. VIII not
a Populist convention" he asked, Zine
up to its own teaching?" He declared
failure to do so would mean that the
Populists would gain no more acces-
sions to their ranks that were desira-
BILE.
1t was a speech against extreme ac-
ton with a distinct squint toward
Bryan. 1t was evidently intended to
make an impression favorable to en-
dorsement. His voice was not loud
enough, but the speech was well re-
ceived and made hit. The conserva-
tive sentiment were particularly well
pleased and the ''middle-of-t -the-men-
or-bust" were forced to receive it with
applause if not approval.
Senator Butler declines to be inter
viewed, but the impression here is that
he is trying to secure the endorsement
OF bryan and the rejection of SewalI.
lie believes that a Southern man
Should be on the ticket, and is trying
10 work up sentiment favorable to
the nomination of Justice Walter
Clark.
Should the Bryan men find that Mr..
Sewall cannot be nominated, they will
fall in line and support Clark for Vice
President, so the Post Dispatch of this
afternoon says.
Whether this sentiment exists out-
side of the North Carolina delegation I
am not prepared to state.
When they reached St. Louis most
of the North Carolina delegation on
posed Endorsement. There has been an
apparent decided change, and it is
believed now that nearly all favor en-
dorsement. Ramsey, of the Progress
sive Farmer; Ray, of Wake, and Kest-
Ter, of Cabarrus, are hot for a third