Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-11
Deems 1t Necessary In Order to
Hold Together the Party
Organization.
A Gall for National Convention
Is Issued-Full Text of the
IL Document.
II lie to Be Held In tho City Of In
l. dianapolis on Wednesday.
Ia September 2.
Senator Palmer. of Illinois, Made Chair
man of the National Committee
B.. The Proceedings

Indianapolis, Ind, Aug. s.-The pro
tisional committee of those democrats
not indorsing the recent Chicago plat
form and ticket is in session here. It
will frst consider the question Of call
ing another national democratic con-
yention. After this matter is settled
and the character of the call is agreed
upon, then will come up the usual nlat-
ter as to when and where the national
convention shall be held. There are
questions Of policy to be passed upon
as we'll as those OF time and place:
While over two-thirds OF the states have
Representatives here as members Of the
provisional national committee, there
are more advisory visitors than commit
teemen. The occasion is more in the
nature of q general conference Of the
gold-standhrd democrats than of COM
mittee meeting.
! While the movement is the outgrowth
of the free-silver element controlling
the Chicago convention of July Z, it did
not take organic form till after that
convention, when an address was is
sued and conference held in Chicago
July %. The following day temporary
plan was adopted, under which the
meeting is held here. This temporary
plan provided for an executive commit
Tee, consisting OF Bragg, of Wisconsin;
Brodhead, Of Missouri; Haldeman, of
Kentucky; Robbins. of Illinois, and by
mum, of Indiana, which has made the
arrangements for the present meeting
md carried on correspondence with gold
standard democrats in those states not
represented at Chicago July 23, so as to
have full representation at this time.
The temporary organization will be sue
cecded by a permanent organization,
which will continue until national
convention is held and the customary
party machinery is made up in the
Asual way.
t. Informal Conference.
I An informal conference was held at
at noon which was not open to the pub
lie, the purpose of which was to bring
Into line the members from Texas,
Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Maine, who came here with the impress
sion that third ticket would probably
do more harm than good by dividing the
fsound-money" forces Of the country.
at this conference speeches were made
by Gen. Buckner, of Kentucky; Mr..
Cultivate, Of Ohio; Mr.. Wilson, of In
diana, and Mr.. Ewing, of Illinois, dem
frustrating the fact that in their states
Q third ticket was necessary in order
that the "sound-mouney'' democrats
might have some ra1lying point, some
thing to fight for and to make cam
paign for. They declared that in this
section. Of the country, where every
inoh Of political ground had been fought
over year after year, there is more in a
political name than in a political prin-
riple with the average voter, and large
numbers Of democrats who would be in
f1ined to vote for "sound-money" DEM
ooratio ticket would swallow Bryan and
the Chicago platform eventually rather
than vote the republican ticket.
Afternoon Conference.
The large assembly room Of the Com
mercial club was packed to the door
with about 300 people at $3.50 o'clock.
the time set for the afternoon session.
Congressman Bynun called the con-
ference to order, explaining that he
did SO IN the absence of Gen. Bragg,
chairman Of the executive committee,
who had been delayed On his way from
the east by q vashout near Richmond,
and did rqt get in until about 1qul.
O'Clock He-annduneed that zen. Paint.
hr; Was aIso ON the soad ana wullld M
rive shortly. In yie,Y4 these facts ting
eAeevtiye commit tee l,pd suYgested that
the PERMANENT pyga nization Of the pro-
Risiona committee he postponed nntS
$3.50 O'clock p. IN, and that they proceed
for tho present under the temporary
organization. Mr.. Ewing, of Illinois,
was made temporary secretary. A roll
of the states was called and 1t was found
that 80 states were represented by com
mitteemen present, either in person or
by proxy.
To Call Convention.
i No time at all was wasted in deter
mining the main question, which had
already been practically decided by
p canvass Of the members of, the com
znittee. Mr.. Ewing read the resolu-
tion adopted at the Auditorium confer
Z 3nce In Chicago as the authority for
the cotton of the present gathering.
AS soop as he finished Mr.. Cultivate,
OF Ohio, moved that committee of
Ave be appointed by the chair to prepare
q call for national convention to NOM
lnate democratic candidate for presi-
Dent and q democratic candidate Tor
Eiee president (applause), and that com.
infttee report it's call to this conference
at $3.50 o'clock p. m.
The question was put and carried by
Reclamation, and the applause was en-
thusiastic. Apparently the feeling wa
unanimous. Even the Texans, who hat
been talking for Endorsement of tn.
republican ticket, raised no objections
Mr.. Bynum named the following com
mittees j. H. Cultivate, Ohio; Charlie.
Tracey, New York; j. NJ. Falkner, Ala
bamaI L. G. Krauthoff, Missouri, F
W. NJ. Cutohepn, st. Paul. The commit
ftee retired at once to another room
IA the building to prepare its call.
To BE Held in indianapolis.
The main question Of whether or not
Is convention should be called having
thus been disposed of, the conference