The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-10-07
AN ATTEMPTED PURCHASE
OF Electors in Kansas, Nebraska
and Missouri-Hanna'
Doodle Active,
College Professors Being Coepeed,-.Billys'
Breckenridge Star Gold Bug-Kan-
sas Safe for Bryan.
Peoples Party News Bureau


| st. Louis Mo-, Oct. G.
| There is abundant evidence that Repub-
iican money is being used in Kansas Ne
! braska. Missouri, and several other close
| states, to prevent q fusion on electors be-
tween the Popuists and Democrats 1t is
| very probable that some sensa tional devel-
| opments will soon be made in all of these
states. and the most gigantic plot disclosed
to divide the silver forces and perpetuate
the Infamous reign of the gold power
| Whatever fusions are consummated this
! year between the Democrats and Populists
must be arranged very soon. In Missouri
| union on electors has been accomplished
ard the state will give Bryan 5000 ma
| jority
Hon. Thos F.. Watson gave. out state
ment to the press last week in which he
Utterly arraigned the Democratic. party
| Tor retaining Sewall the presidential
ticket. Mr.. Watson's rather extreme posi-
ton is being criticised by Chairman butler
! of the national Populist committee, and
| many influential members of the party
| The Nebraska ''middle-o the-road'' Pop
ulist convention, held last week at Lincoln.
| turned out to be Bryan and Watson rati-
! fication meeting. The regular state cleo
| toral ticket was indorsed
The recent declaration of Prince Bis
marcK. of Germany. in favor of bimetaliism
is doing much to convert the German
American voters in favor of the white
| metal.
L. j. Maddux, Democratic candidate for
congress in the Seventh California district,
has withdrawn in favor of Dr. c. Ii. Castle,
| the POpulist nominee
! The Populists and Democrats of Salt
| Lake county. Utah, have united on a coun-
ty ticket. The Populists take four of the
| candidates. and the Democrats take the
| rest. The Populists in that section have
! heretofore been among the middle-of the
| roa"ers in the country. The logic of events
| is doing more to unite reformers than any,
| thing else.
The Popuists of Texas are strongly advo-
| eating a uniform system of school text
| books in their platform and on the stump
| is announced from Washington that
| the United States treasury department will
| soon issue a circular giving information
respecting national. state and Savings
banks. Ian and trust companies, and
| private banks of the United States. COM
| piled from reports of the comptroller of the
| currency. showing the aggregate resources
| and liabilities of such institutions together
| with other important information relating
| TO finance. A copy OF the circular will be
| furnished free to any one applying.
The Populists and Democrats in Kansas
! estimate that they will carry that state by
| at least o. 600 ma jority.
| The Massachusetts Democratic conyen-
ton indorsed free silver and nominated
| George Fred Williams for governor and
| the gold men withdrew.
The Veteran Soldiers Bryan Club of
| Nebraska, has adopted resolutions de-
! nouncing Generals Sckles. Siegel Alger
! ct al. for their transcontinental tour in
| the interest of Mckinley
A. l.. Minis, Peoples Party candidate for
governor If Tennessee is making a warm
| campaign, speaking every Gay. -
| The Rev. Park A. Bradford. has been
forced to resign his pulpit at Tyngsboro,
| Mass, because of his free silver views.
The Peoples Party state committee is
claiming Texas by a plurality Of $4,000 for
! kearby for governor
| Reuben f. Kolb and p. G.. Bowman of
| Alabama. the former candidate for gov
| ernor on the Peoples Party ticket in 1891,
| the latter former state chairman, have
| taken the stump for Bryan and Sewa1
| Fusion has been effected in Indiana the
| Populists receiving five out of fifteen elec-
tors. -
! Prof f. A. Rsss, of the Stanford Ufiiver.
sity, charges that the professors in all of
| the leading colleges of the country have
been coerced into supporting Mckinley and
| opposing free silver on pain of losing their
| positions.
| The bitter. implacabe hatred which actu-
| yates the Kansas gold bugs dem on
! strated at Topeka last week. when a
| crowd of G. A. r. men in attendance at
| the trades celebration howled down Hon.
John s. Crosby, who had been invited to
| address the meeting
| Kansas now has three separate prohibit
| ton tickets in the field. the third being
| nominated at Topeka last week: The effort
| of the Republicans to capure the conVen-
| ton was complete failure.
| The depth of desperation to which the
| gold bugs are driven in their fight on silver
| is shown by their action in the Seventh
| kentucky congressional district. where the
| Republicans and gold Democrats have
| united and will support BILLY" Madeline
Pollard Breckenridge for congress.
| A. r.