Arizona republican., 1900-07-29
TONNE WONT QUIT.
The POpuIiSts Will Keep Him
 on Their Ticket
Persuade the Democratic National Committee That With Stevenson Alone Bryan Might Lose Even His Own State.

Lincoln, Neb.. July 2S.-The populists
 say they have won out and that Towne
 will not withdraw as the vice -presi-
 dential candidate of that party. The
 official announcement has not yet hcen
 made. but it probably will be as sooH
 as the national committee meets. When Towne left here ten days aga he
 was very frank in his statement that he did not wish to remain as d candi-
 date but was willing to abide by he judgment of the party leaders.
 At that time Chairman Jones was strongly of the opinion that Towne
 was taking the right course, and iu this opinion he was backed up by the other members of the executive committee
 here. MT. Towne said ,he would do
 what MT. Bryan said. MT. Bryan would not say. and it was finally le- cided to await the state conventions or the fusion p0pulists and the mid road pOpulists. The sentiment in the former was strongly against substi-
 tuting Stevenson for TOwne, and the attendance at the latter demonstrated
 an alarming anti-fusion strength The fact was laid before the demo- cratic national committee that il Towne was withdrawn and Stevenson substituted Bryan might lose the thirty | electoral votes represented by Ne
 braska, Kansas and the two Dakota 2.
 In each of these the pOpulists arg nu- merically stronger than the demo- crats, and the disaffection over the substitution Of an old-line democrat and the one-time running ma5e of Grover Cleveland promised to ba of such proportions as to endanger the electoral ticket. The democrats have finally acknowledged the force of the arguments, and as a result they have
 expressed a willingness to refer the en. tire matter to the pOpulists with power
 to act and to do in each state as they advise
 In Nebraska there are four popuIists. | three democrats and a silver rarubIi- ! can on the fusion electoral ticIzes. They were not instructed. but four will be for Towne and four for Stevenson.
 A similar division will be agreed upon in the other states.
 Acting National Chairman Edmisteo
 of the populisJs said tonight tha- while 1t was true that there was no hc.a os electIng Towne, yet good politics and good faith demanded his retention on the ticket. There was a princ.p.e in. volVe ed tha't demanded recognition anl
 the matter of office was entirely sec ondary. The populists were iust as strong and enthusiastic for Bryan. Ina | added, as the democrats, bu. they
 wanted representation and recogni- 1 ton, and with such simple means at hand to meet the situation it wouIj bn
 foolish for the democrats to run the
 danger of sacrificing electoral votes | for Bryan
 The date Of the Populist notification
 Of MT Bryan has net yet been fixed
 but the DoDUlists are getting rather
 anxious to have it over so that thav
 can enter upon the prosecution Of their 1 campaign secure in the knowledge of
 who their candidates are. They will
 not be satisfied with the means adopt-
 ed four years ago, when Chairman AL
 len of the national convention nor;ted : MT. Bryan by letter, to which h.4 never replied. Towne was notified at Han- sas City, and his acceptance viii now be in order