Evening star., 1896-09-26
-FOUR ELECTORAL TICKETS
ALI Are Now Running in Alabama, and
There is Lively Campaigning.
No Probability of Any Kind of Fusion
Being Efective-NegrOes want
Representation.

The Kaleidoscope process in Alabama
politics continues. Each week presents
new phase on the situation At this time
the indications are that there Will De no
fusion or cooperation of any KIND among
any of the parties, but all four-the oeHio
Gratis, national democrats, republicans anu
popuIites+win each run its own ELECTORAL
ticket.
The conference Of democratic leaders held
here last week settled the question oi
fusion between the populites ana SILVER
democrats without ever formally bringing II
I'D in the meeting The managers OF the
democratic campaign simply saw tnat II
would ne dangerous to do any dickering |
Whatever with the populites, and word was
passed around among the leaders at ths
,.o- sar.rr..- -tot 10 spring the question OF
fusion at all, for to have done so Moura Sa
have stirred up a hornets nest inelS
WAS = strcng IeennS among the raulcdi
silver leaders in favor OF according the
popul.tes four or five places on the Bryan
and Seyall ticket by requesting the reSis-
nations of that number of democratic cleo
tors and then naming their populite sue
cessors of democratic selection without
gard to the pcpullte organization; Mnie
Is opposed to fusion, except on the basis Oh
replacing Sewall with Watson 1t was seen
early in the campaign, however, that tnis
would be a very dangerous undertaking. as
it would most probably have driven oii
more democrats than it would have added
populites, besides not having reiho'eu me
straight populist electoral ticket from tne
field. A general course OF Recommendation
toward populi5ts, however. seems 10 nave
been agreed upon, as 1T was noteworthy
at the conference that all the speakers
with perhaps one exception. scored the ma
tional democrats, but said nothing derosa,
tory to the populites. The result OF II all
seems to be a policy by the democrats 10
secure by reconciliation as many populitE1
votes as possible for Bryan ana oe"aIi
in
like representation On the democratic elec-
toral ticket A division of Bryans 5 vote Ill
Alabama thus seems certain
Republicans and National Democrats
Prospects for fusion cooperation be-
tween the republicans and national demo-
Gratis are growing less. National demo-
cratic leaders say that their national con-
yention at indianapolis specially instruct
ed against fusion with any antasonlstlc
political party and that. therefore. the only
conditions on which they and the repup4i-
cans could get together in this state would
be in the event the republicans pulled DOWN
their electoral ticket and came over III
a body to the support or faimer anu Duen tSn,,
ner This republican leaders say they
cannot and will not do. The republican
campaign committee at a meeting here iast
week appointed advisory committee,
whose chief duty is understood TO De 10
confer with the national democrats Win
a view to fusion or cooperation ne
sentiment among the republicans Is III lasoi ~
of pulling down six of the eleven repupl-
can electors and letting the national demo-
Gratis take down five of their electors. the
understanding being that the members
of both parties will vote the combined tick-
et The republican advisory committee VIII
meet here this week, and 1t Is SAID VIII
formulate some such proposition 10 tne
national temocrats. which the latter VIII
probably reject The republicans say that
the idea of them taking down their entlre
i-Ep H.
TO do so would be to lose practlcaliy an
the negro vote, they argue, ana 10 strihe Ae
a severe blow at their organization: Inc
Drospects therefore are that both the re-
publican and national democratic electoral
tickets will remain in the Held
Trouble With the Negroes.
The republican managers have consider
able trouble on their hands just now, be-
cause of the attitude of the negroes. Ger
tain leaders among the blacks are up IN
arms because no representative OF 'nen
race was appointed on the republican s,a'e
campaign committee and because Vi IN .n.
further fact that they have not as they
aIIege beer. consulted with regard TO pro-
posed changes on the electoral ticket
About seventy-five of the leading negro re
nublicans of the state. including W. j.
Stevens of Anniston Rev. /. Dawson OIL
Futav and Rev. A. J. Warner or Blrmihs-
ham, all delegates to the repuphcan Ia.
tionaI convention at ST. Louis. anu othei
met here Yesterday and passed resolutions
of Indignation over the matter ana caIeo
a state conference to convene here octopei
1 10 devise. ways and means to secure Ioi
the negro his political rights Inns ue
lection is causing no little apprehenSiol
in the republican camp, though some "
the republican leaders charge that the III
stirators of the movement are under tiis
;nfiuanra of the democratic committee. 1
threatens to cause a split among the re
nublicans unless something is done 10 salV'
the wounded feelings OF the coioie'
All Parties Campaign.
All fo1,r parties have inaugurated hvei!
-c.nnaisn in this state. The popuilSts ar
doing least Of all: but the democrats nav
orened state headquarters here. IN cnars
of Cen Charles NJ. Shelley. and are Ver.
actively at work sending out tons OF htera
trre and organizing in every county. II
democratic conference mere last week uetei
onad the fact that there Will be very fttl
ct mDaien money in this state 1cr bryan
and Chairman Shelley told those Presen
that patriotism will be ehieny reheo W.
to do the work for the silver ticket III
ia somewhat of disappointment, as Ala
hama has always heretofore mad prett
good pull on the treasurer or the hauohd
democratic committee. Reports were re
csived by the conference from half TN
counties in the state. and while great nope
were held out in all of them for the iuturt
the fact was developed that very niue
being dore at this time IN 'he way
campaign work.
The republicans have opened the1r stat
headnuarters here, and Chairman Nausna
=, the busiest man in town. He is receivln
a vast quantity of literature and Is cis
pensing it very rapidly. He says that IN
republicans propose to make the mos
vigorous fight they have ever waged In Als
hama Thos- II. Clarke, state chairman
the national democrats, says that MS part
has opened headquarters in Montgomer
and is making things hum He says tina
calls have been issued for congress1oni
conventions in all seven of the districts ths
have not vet made nominations. ana ths
his marty will have out a candidate Tor Coi
cress in every district In the state he d.
Eeyes that the vote which Palmer an
Buckner will poll in Alabama will be SUI
rise TO many He says that the sentlmei
in their favor is growing stronger ever
day and that while he Is not prepared
give out an estimate on their propaD
strength in November. he believes III WI
sI-rpris, the most sangune-
To sum up the situation in this state,
seems certain that all four electoral ticke
will stick in which event Bryans chance
are Increased. but Alabama even at that
rot considered absolutely safe for Brya
so keen observers think, as very many der
aorotS talk of voting for the 1ndianapOl