Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-02-22
SIOUX FALLS WINS.
POPULISTS FIX MAY 9 AS DATE OF
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

Senator Allen Urges Judge Caldwell for
Bryan's Running Mate--Opinion Ex.
pressed That This Ticket Would Be Sat.
isfactory to the Democrats.
LINCOLN, Feb. 21.-The next national
convention of the Populist party will be
held in Sioux Falls, S. D., on May g..
Representation is based on the vote for
General j. B. Weaver for president, in
1899, or if any candidate for state Of
fees has since polled a larger vote, that
vote shall be the basis. Two delegates
at large are given each state.
This was the decision reached in a
somewhat extended but harmonious
meeting of the national committee yes
terday. The feature of the meeting
was the unanimity with which the
members accepted and Endorsed the
declaration of Senator Allen of Ne
braska, that William j. Bryan would
be the candidate of both the Populist
and Democratic parties, and the
coupling with his name of that of Judge
Henry Caldwell of Arkansas as the log
ical and most promising vice presiden
tial possibility. Senator Allen went so
far as to say that he had positive knowl.
edge that if Judge Caldwell were nomi-
mated by the Populists as Mr.. Bryan
running mate he would be acceptable to
the Democrats, and the fusion national
ticket would be Bryan and Caldwell.
Chairman Butler, in a statement to
the Associated Press at the conclusion
of the meeting said he had no regrets
for his decision of Monday, which led
to the bolt of the middle-of- the-road
men.
cit was bolt here or at the conven-
ton, " said Senator Butler, "and we pre-
ferred that the disturbers show their
hands early in the fight"
First Days Proceedings.
LINCOLN, Feb. 2O.-A split and walk
out followed a turbulent meeting of the
Populist national committee last night,
the anti-fusion leaders, after having a
number of their followers turned down
by the credentials committee, organizing
a bolt and formed new committee.
The boilers secured room at the
Grand hotel prepared an address and
called national convention for Gin
cinnati on Wednesday, May 9.
Caucuses and conferences yesterday
morning among the contending factions
of the Popu.ist national committee be-
tokened an inharmonious meeting of
the full committee, which began at 8 p.
m. in Representative hall of the state
capitol, and the indications that break
ers were ahead were emphasized 10
minutes after Chairman Butler called
the committee to order and announced
that it would at once go into executive
session. The differences of the mem
bers, of whom there were about 80 pres
ent, but holding proxies for the whole
committee, hinged primarily on the old
question of fusion The element led by
Senator Allen, with the strongest fol-
lowing, insisted on fusion, and that a
committee be appointed with power to
call the convention for the same day
and place as the Democrats.
| Allen Declares Himself.
Senator Allen said: 81 am not in
favor of admitting to the committee
meeting or recognizing as members OF
the committee any man who partici
pated in the Cincinnati convention that
nominated Barker and Donnelly fol
president and vice president. am not
in favor Of recognizing any such man
who holds a proxy. do not believe
the committee should admit any mem
Der whois supporting ticket other than
the one to be nominated in the conven
ton this committee shall call. The
committee should throw over the tran
som every member who has no right tx
participate in it's deliberations and
believe it will do it,.
J. A. Parker of Kentucky replied OF