The herald., 1896-08-31

from the president before the conven-
tion meets or while it is in session.
Should Villas or almost anyone except
Watterson be nominated for president
1t is thought that Simon Bolivar Buck
ner of Kentucky will be nominated for
vice-president on the theory that his
nomination would greatly strengthen
the gold Democracy in Kentucky. He is
very popular and it Is thought the NOM
ination will count for much in the Blue
Grass state where the gold Democrats
| are very active.
"How many states will the ticket nom
irated carry?" was the question put
to Mr. Bynum today by the Associated
Press reporter.
-Four" replied Mr.. Bynum; Flor
ida, Alabama, Texas and Kentucky"
How about louisiana"
louisiana" he replied will go for
Mckinley"
| Mr.. Bynum expects the delegates and
! their friends to tax the capacity of Tom
linson hall, which will seat about 1000
| people. 1t is the intention of the man
| agement to accommodate all the Wis
| itors il possible. With this purpose in
view. the tickets are being carefully
| guarded and none will be distributed
| for local use until the visitors are pro-
| vided for. From some Of the states a
| considerable number of sympathiZers
with the movemnt are expected. Ex-
| Congressman Outhwaite of Ohio tele-
sraphed today that fifty gold Democrats
would come from Columbus.
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all engaged and it seems probable that
the present expectations of the man
| ayers will be realized. From lists of del
| egates being received at headquarters
it is evident that many of the promi-
nent leaders of the party will be in at
| tendance. Ex-Governor Flower of New
York has telegraphed his acceptance
of the post of temporary chairman and it
is practically decided that Senator Caf-
ferry of Louisiana will be permanent
chairman of the convention. Indian
apolis yet has not put on her gala at
tire in anticipation of the invasion of
gold hosts. The entrances to the two
leading hotels are festooned with bunt-
Ing and the rotunda of the Bates house
is profusely draped, but beyond this
the work of decorating has not proceed
| ed. The decorations of the Bates house
consist of a profusion of American flags
hung from the balconies over a back
ground of yellow bunting. Oil portraits
of Cleveland, Tilden, Stevenson and
Waterson in gilt frames form the nu-.
cleus of the drapery.
In order to give the public an opportu-
III g. t,t@
meeting will be held on Wednesday
night, which will be addressed by Col
j. r. Fellows and other prominent or
ators.
Although the delegates have not put
in an appearance in any considerable
numbers the list of delegates is being
made up by Secretary Wilson aud will
be ready for the approval of tAe ma
tional committee, which meets on Tues
day There will be representatives from
nearly every state, the exc options be-
ing. Idaho. Wyoming, Nevada and one
or two territories.
The delegation will probably ar
rive In considerable numbers tomorrow,
but the majority of them are not ex-
pected until Tuesday That they are
coming there can be no doubt, as all the
rooms at the leading hotels have been
engaged. 1t is confidently asserted
that although there can be no hope of
success for the ticket to be nominated
here, there will be very few proxies in
the convention and that the several
states will be fully represented.
THE WATTERSON BOOM
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 30.-E'X- Mayor
John p. Hopkins has been industrously
working the boom for Henry Watterson
and says that he has received a great
deal of encouragement.
He says that the movement for third
ticket was started by the Courier-Jour-
nal three days after Bryan was nomi-
rated; that the object of the movement
is TO get votes in the middle west In
this connection he claims that Waiter
sons lectures on Lincoln, his speeches
to the union soldiers and his general
course for many years has been such as
to win many votes from Bryan.
Then again. added Mr.. Hopkins, at
is now only two months until the cleo
ton. That is a short time in which to
prepare for a fight and the campaign
for our ticket will necessarily be one
largely of sentiment and it requires a
man with that personal magnetism that
wins people to him. 1t is to be a cam
paign of educa ton and we must depend
largely upon the newspapers to fight it
for us. 1t has been demonstrated that
there is not one in this country better
suited to wage a newspaper fight for
principle than Mr.. Watterson. I think
he will be the strongest man in the
states where we expect to do goodthat
the convention can select. Illinois will
probably not take the lead in present.
ing his name, for the reason that we
should prefer his own state to do that
| do not even know our state will give
him its entire vote, although 1 think
there is little doubt that our state con-
Vention would have instructed for him
if a motion or resolution to that effect
had been offered
OTHER CANDIDATES.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 30.-Na-
tional Committeeman Krauthoff Of Mis-
souri, said tonight that the Missouri del
egation will not urge Col. Broadhead for
president, mainly because the latter
does not desire it. Mr.. krauthoff favors
Ben 7. Gable for permanent chairman
of the national convention. Mr.. Kraut-