The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-18
'fHEPOPULIST PROGRAM.
Objections to Endorsing the Demo-
......-.. cratic Candidates.
A DEAL WITH THE DEMOCRATS,

In Which the Electoral Votes Are to be
Divided, VIII be PropOsed-silver Leader
Declares the Silver Men VIII Not Join
the Populists.
ST. LOUIS, July 1s.-The arrival Of dele
gates to the national Populist and silver
conventions were not numerous yesterday.
This afternoon the national executive
committee of the Peoples party will hold
conference here to arrange matters for
tho national committee and the convcn.
ton, both Of which will meet next week.
The committee is composed of H. E. Tau
beneck, chairman, of this city; NJ c.
E.akin, treasurer, of Terre Haute, Ind.
J. H. Turner Of Washington, d. c., and
Lawrence McPartlin Of Lockport, N. Y;
secretaries, Ignatius Donnelly of Hast
ings, MINI, George F. Washburn Of Bos-
ton, j. II. Davis of Sulphur Springs, Tex,
George F. Gather of Walnut Grove, Ala,
and V. O. Strickler of Omaha
Chairman Taubeneck went to Chicago
Thursday night. Inquiry at the executive
committee headquarters failed to elicit
AUTHORIZATION about his visit there. One
afternoon paper stated that he went as an
envoy extraordinary bearing terms of
capitulaton from the middle of the
road Popullsts to the national Dem
ocracy. The paper then goes on to say:
1.-THE middle of the road people, led by
the men who have control of the national
machine and who are exceedingly anxious
to retain it, are badly frightened. For
fear that an Endorsement of Bryan and
Sewall, which is to inevitably follow the
converting of the Populists, would throw
them out entirely the anti-Bryan men,
bers are said to be eager to get terms
which will leave them in power. They
want the Democrats to agree to the propo-
sition that new parties shall maintain dis
tinct organization-or in ether words that
the Populists shall keep up their national
organization-and both run electoral
tickets with Bryan as the presidential
candidate"
Inquiry among a number of prominent
Populists here failed to corroborate the
statement that Taubeneck had gone to
Chicago to confer with the Democratic
leaders there. 1t was stated that the OBJ
jeet of his visit was to confer with DR..
Taylor member of the national COM
mittee and q prominent Populist, as to
what could be done at the convention in
regard to placing a national ticket in the
field by the Peoples party. The plan re-
sulting from this conference will be pre-
sented at the meeting of the executive
committee.
'If the Democrats will give us our share
of the electors there will be no difficulty
in the way of united action for silver"
said Sergeant-at-Arm Mcdowell, of the
Populist national convention, in the course
of an interview Talks with other leading
Populists showed this 10 be the situation,
there being we'll defined feeling against
indorsng the Chicago convention ticket.
The Populists' plan is to divide the electors
in each late according to tho strength of
the Populist and Democratic parties, the
stronger candidate to take all the electors
after the election. This, they contend,
will assure the election of silver man,
whereas if each party put mp a separate
candidate and do not fuse on electors the
silver vote will be divided and the fight
for silver lost.
In an interview George F. Washburnc,
national committeeman from Boston,
said:
eve regard the settlement of the money
question as but step, but 1t is too i'm
portant a step in the country's progressto
be lost by failure to unite The Demo-
cratic convention, though in the hands of
the silver men, had the party arrayed
against it, and the silver men were afraid
to do anything but follow the straight
road, for fear any appearance of swerv
ing might ALLEVIATE some of their element
to the extent, at least, OF breaking of the
the two-thirds ma jority."
The Oklahoma delegation has opened
Headquarters at the Lindcll, and on their
banner is the announcement that they are
for Bryan. This is the first Bryan banner
to be unfurlcd here
Colonel NJ +. Doud, vice president of
the silver societies in Missouri, who has
been appointed sergeant-at-arms of the
silver convention, said today:
1--WE will have plenty of good silver
takers here next week. There will be
easily over 1000 delegates. We will de
clare for free coinage and nominate u
presidential candidate. Whether Bryan
will be Endorsed ! cannot say. There is
strong feeling in his favor now, but still |
there arc Others. If another man is nomi-
mated Bryan will get the electoral votes of |
the silver people. and will have good |
many too. There is no doubt in our minds |,
that Bryan will have majority in the
electoral college l wish you would deny
the statement that the silver party will go
over to the Populists while in convention
here. They will do nothing of the kind"
Hon. Charles A. Townc of Duluth, who
the Sixth Minnesota district in
and who was one of the delegates
who walked out of the Republican con-
ventlon with Senator Teller, will be put
forward as presidential candidate by
prominent Populists at the convention
next week.