The San Francisco call., 1898-06-16
P0PULISTS IN A TANGLE
CHARACTERIZATION FORCES RALLY FOR THE FRAY.
In Kansas There Are Indications of Compact Fusion of the
 Free Silver
 Forces
Special Dispatch to The Call.


 met here to-day, and has a fight on its hands to keep out the middle-of-th roaders who last year organized the separate Milton Park National Com mittee. Many of the Park Anti Fusion Committee are members of Senator Ma Tion Buffers regular committee, and all summer. through Martin Burkes of Philadelphia, they have been working hard to secure promises. The regular committee, to offset the schemes of the middle f-the-roaders,' have secured large number of proxies also.
 When the committees roll was called 1t was discovered that between 75 and 100 proxies were held. George F. Wash burn of Boston has twenty-seven- Con- tests in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania and several other States are to be settled, and Chairman Butler ap- pointed a credential committee taVora- ble to his side of the question, consist ing of Senator Allen Of Nebraska, eX- Governor Buchanan. of Tennessee, Fit weet Pomeroy of New Jersey, A H. Garden of Kentucky and Congressman C. A Barlow of California, every one a fusionist. This committee is now considering the contests. The Park Committee has not yet obtained any IQdIeIlal COlCCSS4OI4S 14OAAA NAAC @oNANA Committee.
 At midnight the conference had done no business, the members waiting for the report of the committee on ere dentials, which has been in session since noon. There is fight on over the representations of Ohio and Illt- nois, which has consumed all the time.
 At the hall where the conference is to be held the middle of the road forces are gathered and have voted down many motions to take recess until tomorrow. They say the delay is to tire them out and they do not propose to be tired.
 TOPEKA; Kan, June 15.-There IS every indication tonight that the plans for the compact fusions of tho free sil- yer forces of Kansas in the coming State election will go through with a hurrah. Three State conventions are sitting, the Populists and Free Silver Republicans in this city and the Demo- .crats at Atchison. After adopting platforms and appointing conference committees to meet with committees from the other conventions the Demo- crats and the Free Silver Republican conventions adjourned until tomorrow morning.
 <, The Populists fell into bitter vsrangle over State issues and were un- able to agree on their platform. The session lasted until very late at night, when adjournment was taken until o'clock tomorrow morning. IL is hoped 10 settle the differences by that time.
 There is very little doubt of the ultl- mate result of the three conventions, for it is as good as settled that all of the present POpulist State officers, with one exception, will be re-nominated by each of the three conventions. The eX- ception is in the case of Lieutenant Governor Harvey, who has gone to war and it is probable that his place on the ticket will be given to a Democrat.
 The Free Silver Republicans ask for nothing but fusion. Their convention is attended by but forty-three delegates and the sentiment among them simply favors indorsing the action of the other conventions. The platform which was adopted to-day reaffirms the free silver declarations made by the Republican State Convention on September f, 1S9O
 The Populist Convention was in ses- sion until very late hour owing to radical differences on State issues.
 MINNEAPOLIS, June 15.-The State Convention of the Democratic-Populist party and Silver Republicans was held here to-day and fusion was accom- plished by compromise. The middle of-the-road element of the PopuliSt party to-day, led by Ignatius Donnelly, nearly accomplished the bolt they had planned. The middle e-of-the-roaders showed unexpected strength and at- tempted to control the Populist Con- vention, though they were finally out voted. A committee of seven from each convention to act in joint conference was appointed without trouble by both the Democrats and Silver Republicans, but with the Populists the friction was so great that the entire day was con- stunned in discussion of fusion, the anti fusionists threatening to leave the hall. During this discussion Sidney M. Owen administered to Ignatius Don nelly one of the most scathing arraign- ments that was ever given to man in public life. He accused him of being a traitor to the Peoples Party for q money consideration and called him a villain, a monster and a vile thing The widest excitement prevailed.
 Both the Democrats and the Silver Republicans endorsed the Chicago plat form and the candidacy of w J. Bryan for the Presidency. The Silver Repub- Hcans also endorsed the initiative and referendum. The joint conference con- agreed to divide the offices to the three parties, allowing the convention to make the nominations. John Lynn, the Silver Republican. who has been a candidate for Governor twice, was in dorsed for Governor. The Populists were allowed. the ofnceS or lieutenant governor, auditor, attorney general, clerk of the Supreme Court.
 The Democrats were given the nomi- nations of the secretary of state, state treasurer and one of the judges of the Supreme Court. The joint conference committee recommended that Judges Buck and Canty. at present sitting, be named by the three parties. John Lynn was nominated by the three conyen- tions for governor. J. M. Bowles was nominated for lieutenant governor by the Populists and endorsed by the others; J. J. Heinrich for secretary of state; Alex McKinnon, state treasurer; Justices Mitchell. Canty and Buck for the Supreme Court bench.
 At late hour the Popuists hadmpot filled the remaining offices allotted to them.
 FRESNO. June 15.-The Populist and Democratic conventions held in this city yesterday and to-day have prac- tically completed their labors Fusion has been indorsed unqualifledly, and the best of understanding exists be- tween the two parties. Resolutions have been adopted by both conven- tions, condemning the extravaganza in officers of the present Board of Super visors, Democratic, Populist and Re- publican alike. Supervisor Ward (D.)