The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-11
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democratic, populist and silver repub
licans leaders al: the Sherman hons.
Sunday q plan was indorsed which j,
expected to bring into harmony will
the democracy all it's allied forces &
far as q national ticket is concerned
William ]. Bryan is to- head all thre.
tickets, and, II the plan is followed
ext Congressman Charles A. Towne, 81
Duluth, chairman of the national sill
YER republican committee, will be Bry
ans running mate. ~.@. !, <5s 51
For the democracy there were pres
ent William j. Bryan, Daniel !, j
Campau, Detroit. national COMMITTEES
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
Fcommittee.. <}>>l%%ffJs.s':'.' /. eSI% LII st.
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. u.>: -. - p.
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 if the conventions do not ruiz
away from the present leaders is fol
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 a 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 49, 900 to 20, 900. Gen. Weaver
will head the big Iowa delegation. Min.
nesota will send a large train load ad.
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 H. 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 gallant fight
it is likely that the filing Of this office
will be left to committee which viii
confer with the democratic convention
at Kansas City. The convention will be
called to order by Chairman Butler 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 II
is not thought that nominations will
be made before Friday.