Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-07-21
The POPULlSTS ARE DIVIDED
The Conservative, Honest, Thought
ful Delegates to ST.. Louis Gen.
orally for Bryan.
THE BRYAN MANAGERS ARE CONFIDENT
Openly Charged That Some Of the mid
die of the Road" Delegates Have
Been Debauched by Hanna's
Gold-Bearing Agents.

Illustrates the chaotic condition OF the
Populist party than the fact that, with
the convention only day distant, there
is not an approach to capitalization of
thought in favor of any candidate for the
presidency OH the part of the element un-
favorable to the endorsement of Bryan.
The name ofPaul Vandervoort, of Omaha,
x-commander of the Grand Army, is
more FREQ uently heard than that of any
other, ,hnt his friends admit that he woDld
not be acce ptable as his own stats'is sor
Bryan. Eugene v. Debs and Congress
man Towne, of Minnesota, are also spoken
of, but neither apparently with a serious
purpose leading mp to nomination.
Senator Pettigrew, who has openly
Joined the Populist party, is also men
toned.
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD SENTIMENT.
st. Louis.-"Cyclone" Davis will ask
the Populist convention to adopt the fol.
lowing:
Whereas, The Mckinley Republican
party represents the existing gold stand
ard, the perpetuation of which means that
the national banking system is to be re-
chartered for fifty years and our national
debt to be refunded and made gold in
stead of a coin debt, and the bonds to run
fifty years; and
Whereas, This system is to be fastened
upon the country by treaty with for
eign nations under the false pretense of
an international conference, which means
the ultimate enslaving of the masses, and
the complete establishment of the GLASSES;
Resolved, That to defeat this measure
and insure Mr.. McKinley's defeat as far
as our vote goes, We pledge ourselves to
unite with the Democrats on one set of
electors in each state, which is the senti-
ment of the middle Of the road Populists.
BRYAN MANAGERS CONFIDENT.
The Bryan managers confidently claim
ed this morning that they had passed the
Rnblcon and that their control of the
convention was practically assured. There
are conditions and details yet to be
worked out, but they believe they have
won their main victory, the nomination
or Endorsement of the Chicago ticket.
The attempt of some Populists to
force the withdrawal of Sewall and the
nomination of Populist for vice-presi-
dent has been defeated by the stand
taken by Bryan's friends and the posi-
tive answer of Chairman Jones, of the
Democratic national committee, that
such Il thing would not be tolerated.
Notwithstanding the confidence of the
Bryan managers, however, they will not
relax their efforts. They have complete
organization and every man has instruc-
tions for to-day. They will canvass every
incoming delegation and keep up work
proselyting among those already here.
Ill; In holt ~ kho
radicals and this is what some of the most
level-headed desire.
EXTREMISTS MAY STAND ASIDE.
Democratic managers certainly are not
adverse to split which will carry out of
the convention the extremists. They
claim that the allegiance of some of
these would do the ticket more harm
than good.
The battle, of course, will come on the
floor of the convention and no one doubts
that there will be a generous display of
bad blood.
The Bryan men have put forward Gen.
Weaver for temporary chairman. They
do not believe the opposition will care to
make fight against their late standard
bearer.
CONGRESSMAN TowNR FOR BRYAN.
st. Louis.-Congressman Towne, of
Minnesota, one of the silver Republicans
who has announced the severance of his
allegiance to the Republican party, ar
rived here to-day.
''The silver movement in Minnesota"
said he, sis growing by metes and bounds.
The silver Republicans and Populists
whom I saw were enthusiastically for
Bryan in the belief that it was only BY a
union of the silver forces that the battle
for the restoration of silver could be won
in this campaign. I appreciate highly
the compliment involved In the sugges-
tion Of my name for president, but an
independent nomination in my opinion
is impracticable. Bryan should be in.
dorsed. am for Bryan"
LABoR1Na 1N-BBYAN's INTEREST.
Senators Pettigrew, Of South Dakota,
and Jones, of Nevada, arrived to-day.
Both are laboring in Bryan's interest.
FOOLISH PROPOSITION VOTED DOWN.
St. Louis.-There was lively skirmlsh
in the Texas delegation to-day over .
proposition to ask Bryan to define his atti-
tude toward the Omaha Populist platform.
Harry Tracy proposed that telegram be
sent to Bryan asking him If he Endorsed
the platform. The proposition was voted
down by a marrow margin.
HANNA's PURCHASED oREATuREs.
st. Louis. The attemptof the middle
OF the road men to organize resulted in
spirited meeting.
A. H. Livington, Of Missouri, was
elected temporary chairmrn.
A delegate from Oklahoma named Al
bright pointed ont man seated In front
of the chairman and declared that the
person indicated had been around the
various hotels distributing Hanna's
money for the purpose of preventing the
endorsements Of Bryan and defeating the
silver party.
The man pointed out was Silas Ross, Of
Buffalo, N. Y. Ross denied shat be had
been engaged in any such business or
that be had ever seen the Oklahoma man
before.
Albright, upon closing questioning, ad-
mitted that he might be mistaken, saying
thast man looked very much like Ross.
Later, Hackstaff, of Colorado, entered
and made speech.
The Oklahoma man then arose and said
that Hscksta6 was the man with tho
money.
Hackstaf denied that he had ever seen
the Oklahoma man before or was en-
gagged IN anything but an effort TO select
straight out Populist candidate for
president.
motion was carried with whoop
that mono but straight-out Populist can
didate should be nominated for prssident.
Display or DHIAucHID DELRaArHs.
After the adoption Of The motion to put
ont the Bryan men, thus cutting on the