The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-05
Jubilant Over Their Success I'm Cap
turing the Southern and Gen.
trail Western States.
SECRETARY PARKER TALKS
SAYS THE FUsIONIsTs WERE BADLY
BEATEN IN TEXAS.
Barker and Debs the Most Prominent
Candidates for the Presidency
Bryan and ShfveIey.

CINCINNATI. May 4.-The leaders of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at their national
headquarters at the Dennison are jubilant
over the prospects of the Populist national
convention which meets i'm this city next
Wednesday. Secretary Joseph A. Parker
said: while knew that the people in
the party were opposed TO fusion and
would not support IL again. l did not expect
at the time of the separation OF the fac
tons In the national committee TO have
the action which we took at Lincoln so
unanimously Endorsed. We knew We were
right. but we feared the power of the
political machinery in the hands OF Sem
ator Butler and the fusionists They laugh
ingly declared at Lincoln that they would
throw us over the transom and in doing
they have thrown the party with us
Up to this time the regular party organiza-
ton in States having nearly seven hun
dred delegates out of total of 975 have in
structed delegations for Cincinnati, and In
nearly all the other STATES the independent
organizations are receiving general support
from Populists. Every Southern State ex-
cept North Carolina, which is Senator But
ler's home, instructed delegates to Cincin-
natl"
Secretary Parker was especially happy
over the action of the Texas Populists at
Fort Worth to-day. He was displaying a
telegram from Milton Park that the Fort
Worth convention was unanimous for Gin
cinnati and that no split, which had been
threatened by the very few fusionists. had
occurred This was the last Southern
State to act, and while there had never
been doubt as to how the State would
stand. there were many claims made by
the fusionists that Texas would send a
delegation to Sioux Falls. Besides the
Southern States" he said. "the Populists
in all of the pivotal States. including
Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and
Missouri, have selected delegations to Gin
cinnati. In all of these States the fusion
lists have tried to get up opposition organi-
zations but they are generally SO insignia
cant in numbers to make them unim-
portant. In fact, aside from very few
Northwestern States. including Kansas,
Nebraska, the Dakotas. Montana and
Idaho, there will be no regular delegations
at Sioux Falls. They will have total of
less than 300 regularly elected delegates
Secretary Parker thinks the nomination
at Cincinnati would lie between Barker. of
Pennsylvania. Eugene v Debs and a
Southern candidate, possibly Judge Keas-
by, OF Texas, Frank Burkitt, of Mississip-
pi. or ex-Congressman Howard. of Ala
bama. There win be friction on cam
didates," said Parker. Our delegates are
coming here with single purpose in view
that of doing the very best thing to per-
petuate the Independent reform movement.
If mature elaboration causes them to de-
eide upon policy no individual will be
allowed to stand in the way. We know
that We stand or fall on the action of this
convention and are going to be careful"
The Texas delegation will reach the city
on Sunday over the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern and Illinois Central Texas
has 123 votes in the convention. Other
delegations will arrive on Monday and
Tuesday.