Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-20
DEMOCRATS BUY The PARTY
Bourbcns Arc Preparing to Swallow Their
Partners in Fusion.
poPulIsrs ARE TO Be ABSORBED ENTIRELY
syndicate Formed to Tak The First
steps Toward Securing Control OF
the Th0ught.FOrming Machtn.
cry Of IN Combination.

LINCOLN, Nov. 19.-(speclal.)-The re.
volt and dislntegration OF the "allled forces
Of reform" which was predicted early In the
year Il rapidly approaching and the demo-
Gratis are completing plans to take the rem
nants OF the show in under one canvas.
The nrst move In this direction was to gain
control Of the popocratic newspapers and
during the whole Of this year the so-called
reform press'' has been subsidized by the
national democratic committee in order that
tho right kind Of political matter might be
presented to the country readers. The lead
ers Of the movement have now decided that
1t is time to work In the open and finish
I'D the remnant Of the populist party with
out delay. A meeting was held In this city
last night, participated in by the demo-
cratic leaders Of this state and by q repre-
tentative sent here by Governor Stone Of
Missouri, and arrangements were made to
rather in the reform press" A company
was organized. It Is said with q capital
stock Of $500. 900. to take care Of the polit-
ical patent sides Of the newspapers Of this
state, and It 10 further intimated that the
scheme II to be so far-reaching as to In
dude the regulation Of the reform news
papers Of Missouri and Kansas. The BUSH
ness IL to be done from q democratic stand
polnt and on q line with the policy Of the
national committee Of that party. being
virtual notice to the populists that fusion
Is out Of fashion. To make sure that there
should be NO bitches In the program no
populists were admitted to the meeting or
to membership In the new company.
VIII Boon Stone for 1900.
While Jim Dahlman and other local lead
srs are active In the scheme. It is certain
that most Of the capital Ia TO be furnished
by Governor Stone and by prominent demo-
Gratis In the east, the ultimate purpose
being to keep the country newspapers In line
and gradually boom Governor Stone for the
presidency In 1900. Just where Bryan comes
In In the deal oannot be ascertained and n
Is said that his presence In the city has nc
connection with the matter.
It cannot be learned whether the reform
press'' business now presided over by War
wick Saunders is to bs absorbed by the
new company. or that II is to be squeezed
out Of business. Saunders has a strong
leaning toward straight democracy and II
Is known that for the last three months
he has been anxious 70 sell out. so 1t Is
quite probable that satisfactory terms will
be reached for the deliverance Of the Saun-
ders business 10 the democratic company.
In order that the protest from the popu.
lists Of this state may be made as feeble
Is possible. the purchase Of the state organ
Of the populists here at Lincoln Is contem-
plated. and one Of the Missouri emissarlei
has been figuring on the plant for the last
few days. representing to the local popu'
lists Of the Burrows-Sheldon stripe that h
10 an Iowa sreenbacker."
TIT few populist leaders who are no
willing parties to the new scheme are max
lng q Vigorous protest. They say that the
failure Of the fusion forces In this state u
due to the pass-grahbins and other corrup'
practices Of the men who are now holding
ofices and that such mistakes can b,
avoided In the future. But In ths new turr
Of Affairs they see only two paths 70 fol