The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-21
BOLT SEEMS INEVITABLE
NO NATTER WHAT MAY BE FINAL
OUTCOME OF THE CON-
VENTION.
BRYAN MEN CLAIM THE MAJORITY
They Are Well Organized and Ready
to Put Up Fight to
Finish.


Bryan. Some like Ex-Gov. Llewelling;
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, Gen. John
B. Weaver, of Iowa, who was the Pop
ulist candidate for president in 1892;
Capt. Reuben KOlb, of Alabama, who
claims he was twice defrauded of the
governor of his state; Big Lunged Tom
Patterson and Gen. Tate, of Colorado,
are earnestly striving for an indorse-
ment of the Chicago ticket; Chairman
Taubeneck; Ignatius Donnelly, of Min
nesota; Senator Butler, of North Car
olina; Ex-Gov. Buchanan, Of Tennes-
see, and Gen. Coxey, of Ohio, to In
dorse Bryan under terms laid down by
them, while Cyclone" Davis, Of Texas;
Paul Vandevort, of Nebraska; Col
Frank Burkett, of Mississippi, and
others want to keep in the middle of
the road and nominate an independent
ticket on an Independent platform.
Each faction asserts that 1t desires to
preserve the autonomy of the party or
ganization, and that it's way is the
way. Shipwrecked hopes and bolt
seem inevitable, no matter what the
ultimate outcome is.
The Bryan supporters claim to be in
the majority. They are well organ
lied. Their leaders are shrewd and
agacious-many Of them experienced
politicians. In addition to this, they
have the open and active support of
the silver party leaders, whose con-
vention is likely to be simply Bryan
ratification meeting, and Of Senator
Jones, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, who is here with
his lieutenants, striving to this end.
Their strength spreads over the en-
the country west Of the Missouri,
where the cause of silver is paramount.
Many of the delegates from this Sec
ton, like Llewelling, Of Kansas, and
Patterson, of Colorado, declare that If
Bryan is not nominated or indorsed
here, nine-tenths of the Populists will
support him, and the identity of the
Populist party in the West will be
destroyed.
The middle Of the road Populists are
mostly from the South, where for sew
eral years, they saw, 1t has been war
to the knife, and knife to the hilt in
their battle with the Democracy, and
they have nailed their banner to the
mast They will have neither surren-
der nor fusion. They have captured
scattering votes in the West and quite
number from the Pacific coast. In
California they claim a majority of the
U0IeSdc1ON. Iney are extremely raQl-
cal. Their headquarters at the La
Clede are constantly filed with push
ing. noisy mass Of people The walls
are placarded with notices and edi-
torials from Populist papers, demand
Ing the repudiation of the Chicago
ticket, and several orators are usually
talking to the crowds at the same
time. An irredeemable currency and
direct legislation are proclaimed to be
the
FOUNDATION OF THEIR FAITH.
The initiative and referendum
scheme, which Is to originate all legis-
lation with the people and refer it back
to them for Endorsement, is the key
note of their ARCH
I'VE want to do away with the SUI
preme court, that sits above the peo-
ple,' shouted one of their orators this
afternoon. Then we will remonetize
silver, have government ownership of
railroads and telegraphs, enact. immi-
grafton and income laws and crush the
monopolies and trusts that have us by
the throats'
These men will probably bolt in any
event Although there are evidences
of split in some of the Southern del
egations, like that of Texas, If they
can be held in line and those who de-
sire a compromise do not receive con-
them to the support of Bryan, they
may control majority Of the conven-
ton. The basis of representation is
one delegate for each senator and rep
reSentatfve and one for each 1000
Populist votes cast. Under this ap-
portionment Texas and North Carolina
have the largest delegation, 95 each out
Of a total of about 1900.
In North Carolina the fusion PonrL
RAnIYh1iPan
and these two delegations, 1t will be
seen, comprise almost one-sixth of the
convention. Georgia which is also
claimed by the middle Of the road fac
tion, has siXty-one. The largest Of the
Bryan delegations is Kansas, with 92
Alabama, which is for Bryan, has "a
and Nebraska 81. The Bryan people
claim, on a preliminary canvass, that
takes no account of some delegations
which have not yet put in an appear
ance, 423 votes. Their claims, how
ever, are disputed In several quarters
The real fight appears to be be-
tween the Bryan supporters and those
VINO insist upon compromise that will
give official Endorsement to the Popu-
list organization. A great many plans
Tor this compromise have been suggest.
ed the basis Of all Of which is the adop-
ton Of separate platform and a di-
vision OF the electors As to the rest
the plans differ. Some desire a sena-
rate ticket, others are willing to ac-
cept the Chicago nominees Today
there was movement in favor of q d.
vision of the ticket. Bryan to head II
and some Populist, preferably from the
South. to be his running mate All
these plans are more or less irnprac-
ticable, as they would create compli-
cations which would be hard to
straighten out before the campaign
could begin.
Chairman Jones has Indignantly re-
jected the proposition to throw Sewall
overheard, and the Bryan supporters
in the Populist party take a positive
position in opposition to it, but it is
thought that a division of electors in
some Of the states, like North Caro-
lima. Nebraska. Minnesota and Texas
could be arranged by the state com
mittees, which alone would have the
power to enter into any agreement
Chairmen Jones has conferred with
such of the Populist leaders as have
called on him and has pointed out very
clearly that the battle is between Nc
kinley and the gold standard and
Bryan and the silver standard He
says that the Democrats do not want
to absorb the Populist Organization,
but IT rests with the latter to indorse
Bryan in the
INTEREST OF SILVER.
IN which all are enlisted. en6 thus make vic