The age-herald., 1898-03-09
"CITIZEN'S TICKET
 TO BE PUT OUT Is the Latest Development in Political
 Circles. THE GREAT REFORM SCHEME To Be Sprung on an UnSuSpeCtin6 Public by the DiSSrunt6d Elements. ENEMIES OF ORGANIZED DEMOCRACY Will Flock to the Support of the Ticket Is the Claim of Its Promoters Democrats Are Unconcerned
ENEMIES OF ORGANIZED DEMOCRACY

A 'citizen's ticket" for Jefferson county.
 This was the sensation sprung in political circles yesterday, which is likely to cause deal of trouble before the August elec- tions
 This ''citizen's ticket" as it is called. was threatened before the meeting of the executive committee last Saturday, and is the outcome of the action of that com mittee in resembling the primary plan for nominating the legislators, and adopting the convention plan.
 There was a great deal of opposition to this change, principally from the labor or ganizations of the county, and it now de- velops that this hostility is likely to result in open hostility to the organized demo- cracy.
 The Populist Movement
 The populists seem to be heading this movement. It will be remembered that there was a conference of populists held in this city last Saturday for the purpose of considering the advisability of affiliating with the democrats. For some reason the conference broke up without doing any thing; some say that it was because or the convention plan adopted by the demo- crats. An official call has been made by Chairman Grove, of the populist executive committee of this--county, for meeting of that committee Saturday, March 19, for the purpose of determining positively and finally the future course of that party in this county.
 T have talked with populists and demo- crats all over the county said a promi- nent populist to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday, land I am positive that the dissatisfied silver forces in the county Will combine and put out citizens ticket. You have no idea how dissatisfied the-la large majority of democrats of this county, es- 1a1 convention plan which the democrats have adopted. They are not only sore over the affair, but they will also support an op- position ticket.
 Would Not Be Boiters
 ''The democrats do not consider that they would be failing to support a ticket which is opposed to the convention plan of the machine democracy.
 ''The democratic committee met Saturday and rescinded plan which had almost the unanimous support of every democrat in the county, to say nothing of the populists who would have supported it. The mem- bers of the committee are the real bolters.
 ''The plan of this citizens ticket which, by the way, is parallel case With the VanHoose mayoralty ticket of 1894, will be about as follows: The names of the candidates for the judgeship who have already announced themselves as candl- dates before the democratic primaries, will be placed on the citizens ticket unless they should object Our fight is not on the judges, but on the legislators. Legisla- tive candidates on the citizens ticket will announce themselves and be voted for in our primary along with the judicial can didates
 VIII Act Independent
 "I do not know when this primary will be held. We propose to act entirely fnde- pendent of the democrats and elect our nominees in August, which I almost positive can be done. For not only will the primary democrats support this move ment, but think the republicans and gold democrats will support it as the preferable horn of the dilemma
 "Yes, sir, the citizens ticket is win ner''
 "You will hardly have your primary be- fore April 15," suggested the reporter, 'and suppose the democratic convention should nominate six legislators who represent all the classes of this county and are without question good, capable men, what will you do then?"
 "Why, we'll pick those of the six whom we Nike best and carry them through again on our ticket. Then they are sure to be elected in August. The remainder of our legislative nominees will also be elected, or am very much mistaken"
 That there is such a movement on foot, cannot be doubted but what will come of it remains to be seen. The strict party democrats all laugh at 1t and say they wont do thing to that citizens' ticket" A very probable view of the situation was that of a democratic leader yesterday who said the popuMsts didn't want to come back into the democratic party, and were taking this opportunity to revive their party under the name of a "citizens ticket"