Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-18
MIR. BUTLER IS AGAINST HIM
But on the Other Hand There Is Strong Sem
 timent for Him.
BRYAN BANNERS FLUNG TO THE BREEZE
The Kansas Silver Convention Instructs Its Delegation to Vote Solidly for Him. Resolutions Adopted by the Silver
 People of Michigan.

St. Louis, July 1.-The executive com mittee of the peoples party national committee will meet here tomorrow and will decide upon recommendations to be made to the national committee as to the best course to pursue by that party next week. The committee is in favor of nominating a ticket and making party platform not unlike the one drawn up at Omaha.
 At the same time temporary officers of the convention will be practically de- cided upon. Cyclone" Davis of Texas Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina and Thomas s. Pettitt of Owensboro, Ky, are aspirants for the place and may give Davis a close race. Senator Butler Is said to be opposed to indorsing Bryan or any candidate of any other party. Pettitt is in favor of indorslng Bryan. The middle of the road" men propose to crystalline the anti-Bryan sentiment by a public meeting Sunday at p. m. at the LaClede hotel. All delegates and populists who want a separate ticket and an independent popuhst organiza- tion are expected to be present. Then the campaign against Bryan will be for mally opened.
 The populists are highly pleased over the withdrawal of c. A. Windle of Fair bury, H., nominee of the prohibition party for lieutenant-governor of that
 
 in order that he might come out for Bryan and the Chicago platform
 Among late arrivals are R. A. South worth and George c. Hackstan, two middle of the road" populists from Colorado MT. Southworth is national secretary of the Farmers alliance. These gentlemen have opened an anti Bryan headquarters at Hotel Barnum. On the other hand Colonel Bailey of Oklahoma opened his Bryan boom yes terday by swinging an Oklahoma Bryan banner to the breeze in front of the Lin dell hotel. Colonel Bailey says he will have several hundred Bryan banners next Monday from Oklahoma and Kan eas. The colonel is a veteran campaigner.
 Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell has made arrangements with the St. Louis police to furnish men to take care of the crowds at the convention hall.
 Mr M. F. Down of St. Louis is to serve as sergeant-at-arms of the silver party convention to be held at Music hall next week. He received his appointment yes terday from Dr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the national committee. MT. Down Will proceed at once to organize corps Of assistants He is going to have fifty doorkeepers. the same number of assist ant ergeants-at-arms, twenty-five ush- CTS and about as many pages and mes- 6engerS.
 'eThe silver party convention is going to be big affair."" said MT. Down this morning. Senator Teller will be here, and so will several hundred other Colo rado silver men. Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, Idaho and mum. ber of other western states will send fulA delegations"
 MT. Down says that the two conven- lions next week will not be united. A corferenee committee on nominations may be appointed, and if the silver par tvs convention decides to support the Chicago ticket an effort will be made by the Music hall crowd to secure similar action from the populists, said the gen. tleman. "but we shall not march to their hall or they to ours. Nor will there be any joint agreement as to platform. We shall confine our platform to the one question of free silver coinage. The pop ulists may attempt something more."