The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-20
SILVER MEN UNITED.
The Three Wings Working Close
Together in Washington.
THE POPULIsT PARTY's ATTITUDE

Chairman butler Declares the Nationa
Committee Will Not Sanction the In
dorsement of Democratic Electors-Gov
ernment Clerks Aiding the Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2O.-The Populis
and Silver party national executive com
mittees yesterday arranged to open thei
headquarters in Wormleys hotel, adjoin
ing those of the Democratic congressional
committee and the branch headquarter.
of the national Democratic committee
This will place all the silver headquarters
under one roof and enable the respective
managers to work in harmony.
Vice Chairman Stevens, of the Silver
party committee, and Secretary Didden.
dorfer will be in charge of the silver head
quarters. George Keeney will have charge
of the organization of the silver clubs.
Chairman Lain, it is understood, will de-
vote his time almost entirely to the work
Of raising funds,
1t is expected that the Silver committee
will furnish the Populist committee with
large amount of literature, as the latter
committee, like the Democratic commit
tee, probably will be hampered good deal
for the want of funds. Senator Faulkner
chairman of the Democratic congressional
committee, speaking of the lack of funds,
did not hesitate to say that the source of
revenue In past campaigns, principally in
New York city, had not and would not
respond, and that the committee would
have to depend on small contributions
from the people
Chairman Butler, of the Populist COM
p,ittao xrac IA cEad tho fnlln,vi ,uact nm f.
SIN view of your statement yesterday to
the effect that the Populst candidates are
for Bryan and Watson, and until the close
of the campaign will be earnestly sup
ported without determinations for or
against either, what will be the position
of your committee with reference to those
states where Democrats and Populists
have fused by the latter taking the state
ticket and the former all of the electoral
ticket?"
I'VE have no official information" he
replied, that this has been done in any
state but if it has been done or contem-
plated the national committee will not
approve or recognize it. The highest law
in any party is the action of its national
convention. No man or state organiza-
ton can be disloyal to such supreme au
thority without arraying themselves in
direct and hostile opposition to the ma
tional convention. Our national convcn-
tion nominated Bryan and Watson by an
overwhelming majority, and it is the
bounden duty of every loyal Populist to
support both of these candidates earnestly
and loyalty, and besides, Watson stands
for what BRYAN stands for, and therefore
Bryan and Watson is the only ticket that
represents the principles that the Peoples |
party believes in and have contended for |
from the beginning.
'Mr. Sewall is no more the candidate of |
the Peoples party than is Mr.. Hobart.
The executive committee will see that the
action Of our national convention is main
tanned in every state, but if there should
arise disaffection or disloyalty to either of
our candidates in any state, then we are
sure that there are true Populists in such
state who will support the whole ticket,
and such alone will be recognized by our
national committee. J
docs this mean you will insist upon the
Bryan and Watson ticket in
every state?"
''No, but it means that wherever Popu-
lists and Democrats join forces on the
ticket that there must be u due
and proper recognition of each party can
ddate by a Just and equitable division of
electors supporting the candidates of the
respective parties"
senator Butler was asked what effect
this announcement would have upon tho
fusion in Kansas, where the Populists
took the state ticket and the Democrats
the electoral ticket but he declined to go
into specific Details saying that his an
related to the general policy
of the committee. The statement of Mr..
Butler was said to be the unanimous ex.
preston of the committee.
Department clerks are agitating the
question of their right to assist after office
hours the campaign committees of The
several political parties. A large share of
he work of the Democratic congressional
committee is performed by vol
lntaers who serve without pay, and most
If whom are employed in the government G
departments 1t is estimated that by this /
means the committee is now saving about
1925 per day, its force having been con- Y
iderably increased of late. !
Some question has arisen as to whether !
II not this service did not constitute of u
ensive partisanship and constitute cause r
or removal. A number of the chief bu- t
eau officials have been interviewed on the +
ubjcct and nearly all of them express the S
pinion that the matter is one concerning I
which the clerks may do as they please G
nd that they have no right to prescribe |.
0 what use the clerks shall make of their q
ime after Office hours. Chairman Faulk- :.
er, of the Democratic congressional com h
nittec, said that the clerks had the right h
D assist the COMMITTEES, and that they pro- +,
oscd to protect them in that right.