Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-08
TIE GOLD DEMOCRATS
hey Will Duplicate Their Course
in 1896 and Nominate a Ma
tional Ticket
Meeting Of the National Committee
Called to be Held in lndianap.
oils, June rs.
Sentiment in Favor Of Nominating.
q Presidential Ticket Grow.
ing Rapidly.

Indianapolis, June The gold demo-
Gratis Will have candidates for president
and vice president in the field again this
year. This unexpected course was vir-
tuallS decided upon at Il secret confer
.ence of their national executive com
mittee held in New York last Friday
Secrecy was maintained until Thursday,
when the following call by order of the
executive committee Was issued in
this city by Chairman Peabody and Sec
rotary Frenzel:
To the Members of the National
Committee of the National Democratic
Party: There will be a meeting of the
national! committee III indianapolis July
., p m. Your presence {is earnestly
requested.
Al the New York meeting, Secretary
Frenzel stated last night. the sentiment
WIS unanimous that the party should
duplicate ito course in 1896. OF the fol-
lowing ten members Of the committee.
he added, Mr.. Haldeman was the only
absentee:
George Foster Peabody. New York.
John G. Bulli;t. Pennsylvania.
j. j. Valentine, California.
W. X. Shelby. Michigan.
Gordon Woodbury., New Hampshire.
oaseph Bryan, Virginia.
Thomas f. Corrigan, Georgia.
l.. NJ. Martin Iowa.
w. 3. Haideman. kentucky.
j p Frenzel, Indiana.
MI the members of the executive
committee, Mr. Frenzel stated. were
united in the sentiment that the can
didaey of William Jennings Bryan and
the principles of the Chicago platform
should be opposed He added that there
was a similar feeling regarding Presi-
dent Mckinley. Therefore, he contin-
ued, the conclusion was Informally
reached that the gold democrats should
have separate national ticket again.
As result il is predicted that the full
national COMMITTEE. at its meeting here
next month will order the holding of a
national convention to nominate cam
didates for president and vice presi-
dent.
Since the democratic state conven-
ton intorsed Mr.. Bryan and the Chi
Raso platform the gold wing of the pai-.
" lin Indiana is practically a unit OF,
the necessity for nominating ticket.
II is hoped the nominating convention,
will be held in this city and a commits
tee Of citizens VIII walton the commit;
tee when it assemblies and urge the
claims of indianapolis.
81 y do not know what Will be done.
said John r. WILSON, observation-disclosures
suret' OF the state committee of the gold
democrats but the sentiment for a
separate ticket IS rapidly growing. I
have thus far heard no names suggest
sd Tor candidates on a ticket If one
should be submitted TO the people,
don know thing about what is
30 hst!are ~ the rational committe. ~
It's approaching meeting. said Samuel
%. PlIkens, chairman Of the Indiana
committee. who was equally evas!ye
and have beard no names suggested
as Candidates.
"a have i'sald no names suggested for
candidates on a national democratic
party ticket, said Sterling r. Holt. "As
80 The candidates nominated yesterday
by the democratic convention desire
tp5say they ara all good men. As{to the
sfiidi.UlIils WIN Ifltz endorsement OF VIII.
lam Jennings Bryan in II, as well as the
area!tirmasion Of the Chicago platform,
81 as all wrong
Other leaders of the gold men are
equally averse To talking for publica-
tion until the national committee acts.
but. having little doubt as 10 what Will
be done, they are already laying plans
fo, Z. separate campaign They point
.to8the lodging democratic platforms Of
New York, New Jersey. Maryland and
other states as proof that their ticket
viii poll a much heavier vote than in
1856
None is so sanguine as to predict the
gold ticket vii! carry single state
but. il, the words Of one of the leaders
We are fighting for principle: We
must down Bryan and Bryanism: we
made a successful sacrifice forth pur-
pose in 1896, and Will do 50 again this
year. Z
The Minority statement.
Washington. June S.-Representative
Livingston, Of Georgia, the ranking mi