The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-20
88ylWS ST. LOUIS BATTLE.
-,pr1IsTs PRETTY APT TO MAKE
MN THEIR CANDIDATE.

ia. ouuoments Of HIS Nohih
.-,.t,, II WouId Mean Absorption
- ,,e PopuIist Party by the DEM
.,,. without Giving Anything
=, R.turn-A Catchy speech Al
,.,ost sure 10 Stampede the Con-
,.,uon 20 His Standard.
q. r.--.s. JuIy I9-The situation tonight
q. r,--ar and anti-Bryan, or more strictly
.,..t.re Bryan against some members OF
- -.,.-ist uarty yet TO be named. Not
----. -1,n s,I Of the ], 300 delegates to the
--,.s.t convention have arrived and
80 are individual members who const-
,st- the advance guard OF a NUMBER OF
i s--.zs.ss from the south and west II Is
y-- ITO early 10 predict with reasonao bic
certainty what decision the convention
han. reach. but from the surface indica-
\ ,.rs today it would appear that the
..--inert for Bryan win be very strong,
# indeed. his friends be not in a major
4 iy. when the roll is called.
The leaders. so far as they have arriv-
er are divided in their preference. Some
are enthusiastic in his support. Among
i -t--- are Gen. J. b. Weaver Of Iowa, who
made the race for the presidency on the
u1puIist ticket four years ago Others
. and among these are Mr.. Taubeneck, the
. chairman of the national committee-im-
patently repudiate the suggestion of Mr..
4 Bryar's name, and assert that his nomi-
4 nation would fall like wet blanket upon
4 the party.
There was talk to-day of a bolt if Bry-
4 an be nominated. Bolting, or what is tan
tamount to bolting. has become the fash
ion in this campaign, and the populist
4 leaders who oppose Bryan would discuss
It's probability with more Indifference, per-
4 haps. but for the object lesson present.
ed to them by the republican and demo-
A cratic conventions Whom they would Sc
lest in case of a bolt they do not say. They
have not gone so far to consider the
/ question. They do not hesitate to say,
however that a bolt would lose to the
a silverites the electoral votes of kentucky
Tennessee, Alabama and Florida, and
certainly result in the election Of Nc
klnley.
There is but one thing the anti-Bryan
men fear-that is a possibility that some
one may make "a ringing speech, fun OF
apt illusions to the boy orator of the
Tiatte and his long devotion TO silver,
that may sweep the convention off its
feet and bring about his nomination in
a whirlwind of enthusiasm, even as Bryan
himself succeeded in doing at Chicago
less than a fortnight ago. In such an
event the list Of malcontents might be
50 reduced as TO make a bolt impossi-
bic, but this is not expected. The oppo-
sition to Bryan springs from two causes
The first cause is the complete oblit-
Grafton of the party which would follow
his nomination, and the second, is dis
trust in some quarters that thf 2 emo-
Gratis would not act fairly with Ky in
division Of the electOr Walpote
rrrho tout #,f
southern populsts who claim u b have
been counted out" by their Democratic
81 opponents when they have carried stale
and congressional elections and who fear
that a repetition of such methods would
M be practiced again this year if Mckinley
fails 10 secure majority Of the electoral
. votes.
The northern and western men entertain
no such fear Those from the part of the
country who oppose Bryan do so because
they believe that the party would be swal-
lowed up IN the greater prestige and prom
IHeHce OF the democratic party. They do
not IKE the impression to go out that
M tley nave no men within their own ranks
OF sufficient ability to carry their stand
ara 10 victory. Perhaps, when Senator
Jones OF Arkansas arrives, he may be
SulnclentIy influential with the leaders to
DIlhs tnem into line, but 1t is doubtful
Cen Weaver of Iowa thinks the nomi-
Hduoh OF Brayn the eminently proper
course Tor the convention to follow He
would also include Sewall in the nomina-
lion. He says there would be no inconsis-
tseucy IN popuhst support of Sewal, who
Iau Deen a greenback democrat ALWAYS
~ ms opinion Bryan will not only be
elgcyea' eor but he will carry Iowa by a hand
some plurality.
The contention of Mr. Taubenacly obatr
N man OF the national committee that Mr.
3Iydn should not be nominated is in
NoISeu by some of the ablest men in the
b. sS; Q VINO Ieel that such a course would
VI Sg1iclual' Ihese say the nomination Of
@ ~ bI Ndh Is dictated largely by selfish
OonslG % ratlons; by men who hone to Sc
CuIe local preferment through the sue
ceSs OF the national ticket.
ueleIaI' J. 5. CoXey of commonweaI
ialAe IS another of the conspicuous 1,onu-
~ VINO cannot be convinced that Rrvan's
toiuIha tlon by the party would be 70 It's
l4s'eIesl 1t is curious fact that some
vartnS ny southern populists have been con-
iteu from free traders to extreme nro
nonists through their afiliations Of
vg Years with the republicans. While
- oI lnese men place silver above tbe
vTb W. az a national issue, there are Others
to 80 eIWilllng to give their support
fVser Inn reformer, but say that as be-
MeeA the two they would prefer NTcEyin-
patse ateeeIally speaking however. the dele
r6ero are nothing for the tariff. With
lloney-more silver money. 70 seo,1re Nh tI,ie
ny. WI wlH make any sacrifice, and 90 to
" extreme. % ~
1e sabbath brought in but few arrivals
no+ s'eSates to the convention of anv
III, Frncipal among them were Rem,
.r5or Nol9' me populist candidate for GOV
1fgsl.l7oI oI Alabama, and j. S. CoxeV Of
T1S9i-lon' T1 o., famous for his army.
5e published call for a meeting ar tho
s.Iei this afternoon, in behalf of AZ
'".llle OF the road" policy drew c,'i+e
'"a or people. The topics disotssed
ro DHe money question, direct Iegjsla-
f5a government ownership of railroads
srIegrapn and telephone restTie+i+71,
-Ae national banking methods ana tbe
People '99uS Vi money to the
IsIe mere are contests from but two statos
usage the attention of the nonuIte,1
committee and convention TIl4
Br. sltI colorado. The Colorado confess
,'lilSes 10 develop into sometbineg IL
\, Llg on the floor of the cont-a,77. .;,,r, -,
T. 9outhWorth, the chairman of u,bat
.,0"H as the Waite delega tion So
fst Co1test; I come from a verv 1aesoyo
, ana the railway fares range -.
ems f. ~ cents, with maximum of 10
7ns, q, tIe mountain districts. The onI,,
~ colorado claiming to he . Dnr 'ry
w. Dlollc alton is the Rocky Mo1ntaPt,,
a. aua IL was in this that tha oaii
noa s-dte convention made its nrear
&en-rI I'5Aed by the chairman of M eta+o
~ committee Many Of our ,eo1,ie
5ar see the notice and many w. ol,le l
~ pay the exorbi+art tOO