The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-05-12
AGREE ON TOwNE.
and silver-Republican Parties Sc
lect Hip for Second Place.

Chicago, May TAT n conference OF
democratic, populist and silver repub-
lican leaders at the Sherman house
Sunday plan was Endorsed which is
expected to bring into harmony with
the democracy all it's allied forces so
far as a national ticket is concerned.
William j. Bryan is to head all three
tickets, and, il the plan is followed,
ex-Congressman Charles A. Towne, of
Duluth, chairman of the national sill
yer republican committee, will be Bry-
ans running mate.
For the democracy there were pres
ent William j. Bryan, Daniel j.
Campau, Detroit, national committee
man for Michigan; j. G. Johnson,
chairman of the executive committee
of the national democratic committee.
and NJ. f. Dunlap, Jacksonville, ILL.,.
treasurer of the national democratic
committee.
Populism was represented by Sen
ator Marion Butler. North Carolina,
chairman of the national populist COM
mittee; Gen. j. b. Weaver, Iowa, who
heads the state delegation to the Sioux
Falls convention, and DR.. Howard s.
Taylor, Chicago, representing popu-
lism in Illinois.
Charles A. Towne, Senator r. F.
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, and ex-
Senator Fred Dubois, of Idaho, were
the silver republicans present.
AS outlined, the plan which will be
followed il the conventions do not run
away from the present leaders is for
the populist convention to leave the
nomination for the vice presidency
open after having nominated William
j. Bryan for president. A conference
committee is to be appointed by the
convention to confer with similar
committees appointed by the demo-
Gratis and silver republicans at Kan
sas City. The joint conference COM
mittee is to meet in Kansas City soon
after the assembling of the national
democratic convention, July 4, and
agree on vice presidential candidate.
This candidate is to be formally NOM
mated by the democrats and silver
men, as their conventions will be in
session at the time, and the populist
conference committee will be vested
with power to add the name to that
party's ticket.
Sioux Falls, S. d., May THE city is
rapidly filling up with the advance
guard Of the national populist conven-
ton. Secretary Edgerton, of Denver,
Of the national committee; Chairman
d. A. Mills and Secretary A. b. Gray,
Of the Colorado state committee, have
arrived and are arranging the prelim-
mary details. Information received
from various parts of the country leads
to the belief that the attendance will
reach from 8 900 to 90. 900. Gen. Weaver
will head the big Iowa delegation. Min
nesota will send large train load adj
vocating the nomination of Charles A.
Towne for vice president. The New
York contingent is coming, ready to
make big push for Congressman Sui
ger, and Illinois will demand City Pros
ecutor II. S. Taylor, of Chicago. 1t is
conceded that Bryan will be nominated
for president. The great contest of the
convention will be over the vice presi-
dency. While the three gentlemen
named above will make a gallant fight,
ii is likely that the filing of this Office
will be left to a committee which will
confer with the democratic convention
at Kansas City. The convention will be
called to order by Chairman Butbr at
two o'clock Wednesday. 1t is likely
that the time will be fully occupied in
committee and conference work until
Thursday, and possibly Friday, and it
is not thought that nominations will
be made before Friday.