The herald., 1896-09-16
silver men, but the leaders Of the latter

silver men, but the leaders of the latter
rary chairman was selectede that was
acceptable they would elect one them
selves. The gold standard men will
! make no fight in the convention.
BRYAN'S NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ex-senator
Butler, chairman of the Populist COM
mittee, says that he is in accord with
the sentiment expressed in the letter
of Senator Allen notifying Mr.. Bryan Of
his nomination by the Populist conven =.
tion.
I'VE nominated Mr.. Bryan at St.
Louis" said he, because of his record
on the overshadowing issue of this cam
paign."
Referring to a report form Greens.
boro. N. c., quoting him as saying that
1t was mistake for the Populsts 70
have nominated Bryan, Senator Butler
said: Il have never made any such
statement. The party could not have
selected better man than Mr.. Bryan,
even from it's own ranks. Further
moro, after he had been nominated by
the Democrats, and already had several
million votes pledged, he was the only
man the Populists had any chance of
electing to the presidency this year. The
only way we could make our votes ef-
fective in defeating Mckinley and the
gold standard was by nominating Mr..
Bryan, and the duty of every American
patriot who believes in American inde-
pendence and who opposes the gold
standard is TO vote for him."
The senator declined to discuss the
statement in the same report that there
would probably be no fusion between
the Populists and Democrats in North
Carolina on the electoral ticket further
than to say that the state would poll
its electoral vote against Mckinley.
COLORADO SILVERITES.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Sept. 15
The demonstration which was award
ed Edward O. Wolcott, Junior senator
from Colorado, upon his arrival in this
city this afternoon. surpassed anything
ever given any political speaker who has
ever visited this city. Thousands of
people greeted the senator at the pc
pot and paraded the streets for an hour
and a half. At o'clock the Coliseum
seating 1000 people, was crowded. An
overflow meeting of over 5000 in North
Park was addressed by Mr.. Wolcott at
the conclusion of his Coliseum speech.
The opening words of the Senator's first
speech were greeted by wild cheering,
which lasted ten minutes. His speech
was severe arraignment of the Chicago
platform. He said that he believed that
the day of the full recognition of silver
was coming, but to be of worth, it must
come through the Republican party. He
deplored strongly the arraying classes
against each other as he charged was
being done by the Populists and Demo-
Gratis.
People came from all over the state
to the meeting. The open air mass meet
ing was not concluded until near mid
night.
THE MAIN ELECTION.
WASHINGTON, Sept 15-Chairman
Babcock Of the Republican congresslon-
al campaign committee said today: 1.-The
result of the election in Maine will be of
very great value to all business and
financial interests at this time. 1t will
restore confidence in financial circles,
not only in this country, but throughout
the world. We looked for a large ma
jority in Maine, but hardly expected it
to equal the plurality given in 1894, when
so many Democrats refused to vote, but
it has exceeded that plurality by about
30 per cent, and no one can for moment
doubt that this vote in Maine indicates
the sentiment of the great northeastern
states where there are large manufac-
turing and agricultural interests. The
states whose people read and have an
intelligent voting population will, in my
opinion, follow the lead set by Vermont
and Maine. The key of the situation in
campaign is to determine which way the
tide is turning. This is often extreme
ly difficult to do. Two years ago at this
time after the Oregon, Vermont and
Maine elections, recognized and claim
ed that they were indicative of the senti-
ment of the whole country, and stated
that I believed they practically settled
the contest; my opinion and predictions
were fully borne out by the result of
the November election. This year the
majorities in Vermont and Maine are
much more pronounced and larger than
they were two years ago. From this I
can draw only one conclusion, as l have
said before, and that is that the great
manufacturing and agricultural states
will follow the example set by Vermont
and Maine and give such pronounced
majorities against free silver and re-
rudiation that it will settle the ques-
ton for all time to come"