The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-02-27
POPULIST NATIONAL COMMIT
TRE RENT IN TWAIN.
Fusion or Bryan Element and Mid Road
Element art Company at I incoln-
Two Committees, wo Chalrmen and
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Wo Committees, Wo N181fme0 q
Two Conventions Called
LINCOLN Neb. FeO. 10 The Popu
minutes after being called to order
this afternoon and both factions are
holding separate meetings With ultima
tums flying fast. 1t came about
through the ruling of Chairman But.
Ter, who, with Senator Allen, is leading
the fight to deliver the party into the
hands of Bryan. PArker f Kantu ky,
middle, of the road leader, asked abou
certain names on The list. Butler re-
Piled that The contest c mnittee would
decide all questions in dispute, and
named Alien of Nebraska, Weaver of
Iowa (whose scat was cuntesGedl, and
Trec. of Texas as such commit tee,
and dec AIRED the M etrng adjourpe1
until 8 O'cI ok this evening The But
Ter men walked out and tue middle OF
the readers at once organized by
making Beaver of Nebraska chairman
and adjourned until z o'clock this
evening. Then a msj0rlty of the G. m
mittee nelQ an Indignation meeting,
at which Butler ana Allen were De
nounced.
WORK OBJ THE BRYAN WING.
LINCOLN, NIB FeD. 2O-Tne next
national convention Of the PopullsG
party will be held at Sious Falls, 8 d.,
on May GIN. representation is based
on the vote of General J B. W. aver
for President in 1892, or if any candi-
date for a State ofioe has since poll d
CWo delegates at large are given each
State. This was the decision reached
in q somewhet extended but harmo
NOUS meeting of the fusion wing of the
national committee, which concluded
this afternoon. The feature of the
meeting was the unanimity with which
the members accepted and endorsed
the declaration of Senator Allen, of
Nebraska, that William Bryan would
be- the candidate of both the Popullst
and Dem Icratio parties, and the coup
ling with his name that Of Judge Hen
ry Oald we'll, of Arkansas. az the InHl
Cal and most promising vice pre- siden
tlal possibility. Senator ALLEN went so
far as to say 'hat he had positive
knowledge that if Judge Cald we'll was
nominated by the Populists as Bryan's
running mate, he would be acceptable
to the Democrats, and the fusion ticket
would be Bryan and Caldwell.
Chairman Butler, in q g atement to
the Associated Press, at the conclusion
of the meeting, said he had no regrets
for ms decision of yesterday. which
I'd TO che bolt of the middle. of the
road men. III was a bolt here or at
the convention" said Senator Butler,
and we preferred that the d~rsturbers
sno~ their hand early in the fight"
! MIDDLE OF-THE-ROAD ELEMENT ISSUE
AN ADDRESS.
LINCOLN, NEB FEB. 21.-The boiling
PoVuIlsUs nave issued an address and
called a national convention for Gin
cinnsGi, second week il May. The ad
dress begins by citing the arbitrary
dropping from the rolls Of the commit
tee of nearly one-thIrd of Its mem Oers
at the outset, by the late chair man,
Senator Marion Butler, on the most
flmsy pretext The dropped members,
it Is &c. t prth are honor d and sustained
by the party in their several states"
Accordingly members and holders
of proxies representing 81 members of
this committee proceeded to perma
nently reorganIze the committee by
elec5lng D. y. D3aver, of NJ braska
chairman, and J. a. Parker, of Ken
lucky, secretary. Il must no6 be for
gotten hat this committee at all times
rep, esented Is, al lrIty IN the mem.
bers 10 atTenlauce and represented at
Lincoln and the revolutionary acts of
Ete late moers Of the party and their
supporters are absolutely inexcusable
and foreign to every tenet of PopulIsm.
accordingly the national committee
has ordered the issuance of a call for
a national convention of the party to
meet at Cincinnati in the second week
in May TO nominate a candidate for
President and President of th-
IN ted States"
The address speaks of the shameless
acts of these enemies OF Populism who
for several years in the past have en-
dea vored through fair means of foul Co
deliver the voters Of the Peoples party
over to the politicians of the old par
ties We, therefore, ask you TO sus
pend jIds ment in the matters which
nave led up to tots action until the oe
faIIn Of the raw n~Ii1finnaru nrnoadnra Of