The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
BRYAN TO BE HERE, TOO
FREE SILVERITES COMING TO THE
POPULIST CONFERENCE

Arrive in the City This Morning
Extensive Preparations for a
Great Demonstration at the Ex-
position BuiIding-The BANQUET.
The Butler demonstration which the
Populists of Minnesota have had in
mind for some time past, promises to
become Bryan demonstration. The
champion Of free silver is on his way
to Minneapolis from his home in Ne
braska, and it is expected will arrive
mere today or tomorrow morning. He
will be but one however, in a galaxy
of stars of the Populist heavens VINO
will be entertained by Minnesotans for
the next two or three days.
The Minneapolis & st. Louis train
arriving here at 500 this morning will
have on board Chairman Butler, of the
Peoples party national committee;
comes in the place of Congressman
Hartman, and Gen. J. B. Weaver, Of
Iowa. With them will be Chairman F.
Z. gibbs, of the state committee, who
Will board the train at Waterville,
Mimi
A committee of local Peoples party
men, with carriages, will meet the dis
tinguished party at the depot, and will
convey Messrs. Butler and Weaver to
the West hotel, where breakfast will
be served. Ex-senator Dubois will
accompany E. S. Corser to his home,
and will remain there as a guest dur
ing his stay in Minneapolis. Final ar
rangements were made last night for
the reception this morning
At 10 o'clock Messrs. Butler Weaver
and Dubois will address the students
OF the South Side High school, each
speaking for five minutes, and at noon
Will perform similar function at the
afr~oI I;rrI, r,aI-o
ing during chapel at the university
they will speak to the students there.
During the afternoon the visitors will
confer with local Peoples party men,
and in the evening Chairman Butler
will be the guest of w. O. Long, II
Seventeenth street east Mr. Long is
a North Carolina man, as is also Mr.
EGtler, and at the dinner there will be
present seventeen citizens Of Mime
apolis, all of them natives of North
Carolina.
The conference to be held at Labor
Temple tomorrow. will begin at
O'Clock in the morning instead OF at
in the afternoon, as originally intended.
The change was made on account of
the early arrival of Chairman Butler
and his associates and the important
questions to be settled at the confer
ence; questions that are likely to be
discussed at great length. The Labor
Temple meeting will not be executive.
Peoples party men, Democrats and sill
Yer Republicans Will all be present If
not az participants in the councils. then
as auditors. AT this meeting Chair
man Butler and Gen. Weaver will
speak and will. of course take part
in the deliberations.
In the evening the big meeting a the
Exposition building and the banquet
in Harmonic hall will be held. Mr.
wi no ha ell
both of these events. 1t was not known
last tight just when he would arrive in
the city, but as he will surely reach
here this evening or tomorrow morning,
he will be in time for at least a por-
ton Of the conference and the gather
ingS in the evening. If he arrives in
time to attend the Labor Temple meet
ing it is expected that he will deliver
an address there along the lines of
fusion and cooperation in the cam
paign this fall. 1t is for the purpose
of aiding in the efforts to secure har7
mony all olong the line that his visit
IS made
For the meeting at the exposition to-
morrow evening. all arrangements have
been made. The doors will be opened
promptly al o'clock, and at o'clock
the meeting will be called to order by.
Prof. Dobbyn, state national commit
teeman, who will introduce Chairman
Butter DIS the uTSl speaker. oeildt il
Dubois, Gen. Weaver William J.
Bryan, John Lind. Senator P. NJ. Ring
GAL, T. J. Cation and S. III. Owen will
follow in the order named.
At the conclusion of Chairman But
ler's speech at the exposition he VII
be driven to Harmonic hall. where the
banquet will begin promptly at 9
O'Clock. Five hundred tickets have
been issued for the banquet, and as all
Of them have heen disposed of larga
crowd is expected.
The conference at Labor temple will
be of much Importance to the Peo-
pies Party of the state. The efforts
of the mid-roaders Of the party to-
bring about an early state CONVEX ton,
not later than March % or 20, w, be
the bone CT contention. Those Of the
party who favor fusion and co-opers,-
ton with the Democrats and silver
Republicans will fight fer later date.
Other subjects TO be discussed will he
those relating tC some plan of imme-
diate organization for the coming cam