The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-25

that committee that this is not within their
| power. learn. however, from Popul1St
| in a position to speak with authority that
| the following plan is being urged and Will
| very likely be adopted:
| The convention will meet at Sioux Falls
| on the date set. 1t will nominate Tor
| President Senator Allen of Nebraska; for
| Vice President, some Populist probably an
| Eastern man who is equally devoted 10
| Mr.. Bryan. To the respective nominations
| will be attached these conditions: If the
| Democrats shall nominate Bryan and put
| direct legislation plank in their plat
| form, the chairman of the Popullst Ma
| tional Committee will be directed to with
| draw Senator Allen and to substitute Mr..
Bryan'S name, and at the same time the
| Democrats will be requested to accept the
Populiet nominee for Vice President and to
| insert a plank declaring for government
| ownership Of railroads and telegraphs.
| But should the Democrats refuse to accede
| TO these latter requests the vice preSlden-
| tial nominee will be withdrawn in any
| event and the Democratic nominee subsu-
| tuted.
1t will be seen. therefore, that if this
| plan shall be given effect, the only actual
| demands made by the Populists upon the
| Democrats, in order to secure complete CO.
| operation, is that for the nomination of
| Bryan and the DISQUALIFICATION plank.
The other features are requests only.
| Ellweed Pofneroy, president of the Di-
! rect Legislation League, and MEMBER
| of the Populist National Committee, was
| caller at Democratic National headquar-
| ters the other day. Mr.. Pomeroys business
| takes him through nearly every one OF
| the United States two or three times
| year He has a curious faculty Of COM
| bining business with political agitation,
| and after spending a day selling the goods
| Fac will q
| in which to preach the merits of the ini-
! tiative and. refendum. He tells me that the
| efforts to magnify the Mlddle-ot-tne-
| Road" Populist movement are wholly rldi-
| culed that in Georgia and Alabama, Whefe
! this mo- ement was supposed to be strong
! est, he was told by its leaders that they
| did not propose even to send delegation
! to the Middle of the Road Convention.
| He saws. indeed, that the Southern Popu-
| lists have practically given up their nght,
| except perhaps in Texas, where the fu-
| sionists have control. In his opinion the
| Sioux Falls Convention will be wholly
| dominated by the friends of Bryan and
| will be managed for his benefit. But he
| thinks such action will be taken there that
in the event the element in the Demo-
| cratic party which the Popunsts rear
| should control the Kansas City ConVeh-
ton the Peoples party will have its own
ticket in the field and the regeneration
Of Populism will begin.
One interesting thing which Mr.. Pom
! eroy told me and which did not colhclue
| with my own views was that he thought
| there was strong possibility OF the state
| of California being carried for the Demo
| cratic marty this year. OF course taxing
! tbe Populist view of it, he said that
plank for government ownership OF rall-
| roads would make the state certain but
even without this the result of his OBJ
\ s,attr
Nv finished was that the strength of the
| Democratic party there had very greatly
| increased since 1896.
AproDos of this learned from a personal
| letter that Mr.. Bryan has about coInplet-
ed plans TO make NUMBER OF speecles ~
| Pacific coast states in the early spring
| IJis schedule so far as arranged includes
| five speeches in Washington, hVe In ore
CON Ave ia California, one in Arizona, one
~ New Mexico and one in U<ah. He will
| leave for the coast about March 20
| An adifving decision has just proceeded
from the United States Supreme Court IN
| Montana. where Judge Knowles has hand
| ed down decision in what Is calied the
| "Cbinesa boycott case The case mas
| toen nending in court for several years
and has hinged upon an effort maze py
| 10 Iahor unions to boycott Chinese ana
1 n
| Ing a federal court, the decision was
| aaatrst the labor unions, but there does
seem something really grotesque in a
| limited States Judge deciding that IL Is IL
| Local and condemnable for organizations
| ~ citizens 90 be doing exactly what the
Government of the United States is DONG
| - re Cbniese. We boycott the whole
| Chinese nation by refusing its cltlzens
| entrance to our ports, and l think WIN
INV friend, Mr.. Dooley who asks that
| America should have exactly as open
door in China as the Chinaman mas when
no reaches American shores, that there is
a certain curious inconsistency in this de-
| cision.
| latter was received at the press bu-
-, ~ she Democratic National Commit
| .oa the other day which is significant
| ,,straw." 1t came from the publisher OF
ono Of the most widely circulated German
liners of The Middle West-not a news
paner in the strict sense of the word, Dut
household paper. 1t ran thus; we
have as 600 subscribers among whom there
is an equal proportion OF Republicans ana
| Democrals. We must therefore maintain
an Impartial attitude. On the money dues
tion We publish articles from both sides,
e.i,hcut amy editorial comment from
either side. On the question of imperial