The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-09-04
PoPU11sTs CHOOSE STEVENSON.

POPULIsTS CHOOSE STEVENSON.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-The National
Populist Committee has nominated
Adlai E. Stevenson, of Bloomington,
H., for Vice President, to fill the
vacancy caused by the refusal Of
Charles A. Towne, of Minnesota, to
accept the nomination rendered him
by the Populist convention, held at
Sioux Falls, June last. The commit
tee met in session at 2 O'Clock this
afternoon and the decision to nomi-
nate the Illinois man was notreached
till 9 o'clock tonight. Those who
attended the meeting refused to dis
cuss the proceedings. It is learned
that J. B. Weaver, of Iowa, moved
that the committee nominate Stew
enson as the candidate of the National
Populist party for Vice-President.
A substitute was Immediately offered
that a member of the National Pop
u1ist party be nominated. After
nearly six hours debate the substi-
tute was lost-24 yeas to II nays.
Mr.. Weaver's motion was then put
and carried, with but three dissent
ing votes. Senator Pettigrew moved
to make the nomination unanimous,
but Senator Butler, who was in the
chair, refused to entertain the mo-
ton on the ground that it was IN
necessary.
The committee then adjourned.
Before the committee went into
session Senator Butler said:
lit would be we'll if Bryan could
be delivered from some of his friends.
The nomination of Adlai Stevenson
for Vice-President by the Populists
would endanger the chances of
Bryan's election, and it is because I
am working to secure his election
that<I am opposed to naming Mr..
Stevenson. The best way for the
Populists to help to elect Bryan is
to name a Populist for second place.
Those of Mr.. Bryan's friends who
are advising him to the contrary
are harming his cause and may com
pass his defeat by their advice"
The young North Carolina Senator
who recently went down in defeat
with the Republicans in his own
State declared that various rumors
concerning his desertion of the cause
of Bryan because of that defeat were
so baseless that he could not dignity
them with a denial.
N'There is not the slightest doubt
as to where I am in this campaign"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MANIFESTO.
CHICAGO, Sept, by order of
the National Committee of the Peo-
pies party (middle-of -the-road),
Chairman John A. Parker and Sec
rotary James E. Mcbride to-day is
sued an address to the Populist voters
of the United States. The address
says that from it's inception the Pop
ulists, who have opposedfusion, have
contended that the fusion movement
was designed to destroy the possible
party organization and to deliver
the honest Populists of this country
to the organized Democracy. It de-
clares that to-day there are many So
called fusion leaders posing as Popu-
lists, who are acting simply as decoys
to draw true Populists into the Dem
ocratic organization with the knowl-
edge and cooperation of the Demo
cratic managers. The co-called fu-
sion party, it~continues, to-day stands
without a nominee whoever preten-
ded TO be a Populist practically
without an organization and without
azfollowing among the people save
four or fve1close States.
stsWe have declared that the indie
pendent People'sparty shall continue
to live free from disreputable ALI
anees with the party of Jones and
Croker, on the one hand, and the
party of Hanna and Quay ON the
other, " it says. It calls on all true
Populists to repudiate the attempt of
fusionists to deliver them over to
organized Democracy in return for
a few officers and calls on them to
roll up a votefor Barker and Done1ly
which will place the party on the
Highway TO victory IN the future.