Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-25

Democrats ana popuIists Alike
Threaten the Dcs Moines Ticket.
THAT mongrel ticket nominated at Des
Moines," as it has been characterized by sew
eral hundred disgusted democrats and popu-
lists Of Council Bluffs, will receive the sup
port OF none but the machine democrats of
the city. Ii was the subject OF general dis
cussion around the street yesterday and in
all of the crowds of people who listened or
participated there were none to approve, but
many to condemn. Not a populist in town
could bo found willing to say kind word
for IL. The populists sent a strong delega-
tion to oppose fusion, with instructions that
when fusion became inevitable they were to
withdraw from the convention. When they
returned defeated and disgusted and held
conferences with the members of the party
whose votes made them delegates their dis
gust became greater And when they read
again the plank in their county convention
platform, which declared I'VE are unalter-
ably opposed to fusion in any form or upon
any terms and declare straight ticket and
fair fight upon principles to be
our policy" they were bitter in
their denunciation of the result at
Des Moines. John Churchill, one of the
oldest and staunchest populists in the city
said: when the populist party coupled it
self with the democratic organization it sac
rifced its self-respect, its honor and its op-
portunties. 1t was the party of the age
founded upon just principles of self-govern-
ment. Its course to success lay along the
lines its founders designated squarely in the
middle of the road. When IL permitted it
self to be drawn aside from its original and
true purposes it sacrificed all that 1t had
The party isn't dead nor truly weakened. 1t
will be a living organization in Pottawat-
tamie county and in every other county in
Iowa, and it will help to defeat the ticket
nominated on Wednesday. The only thing
for the peoples party. rank and file, now to
do is to take their guns and go into the mid
die of the road and stay there"
Lawrence Kinnehan, the father OF Potta-
wattamle populism, is equally pronounced in
his opposition to the fusion ticket and
promises to use all of his influence to cause
the defeat of the candidates. He was very
bitter in his denunciation yesterday and
talked freely about the principles OF the
party having been abandoned and its rank
and file betrayed into the hands of its worst
enemies.
Tho gold wing of the local democratic
party will, as a matter of course, oppose the
candidates nominated on account Of the plat
form adopted. These men represent the
brains and wealth of the party. They num-
ber several hundred and include such men
as Postmaster Bowman Lucius Wells w. II.
NJ Pusey John Schoentgen, William Grone-
veg and Emmett Tinley. Mr.. Wells declared
that the convention and Its platform ap-
preached too closely to anarchy to entitle its
nominees to the favorable consideration Of
the better element of the democratic party,
and he predicted deserved and crushing de-
feat. THE candidates." said he, will lose
the votes of all Of the so-called gold demo-
Gratis and thousands who are not or have not
been included in that category. Thousands
of the better class of democrats will con-
slider it to be their duty to help defeat the
ticket. In my office alone there Will be at
least five democratic votes cast against it..
The other party can scarcely make mistake
in the convention and put up a ticket that
will not make it sure defeat for the ticket
nominated on Wednesday. The whole con-
vention savored too much Of anarchy"