The sun., 1900-05-09

wo,ldn't Ia. s,rnrisjrv n George Fred williams
! and ex-v vice-Prs ident Stevenson ~ere p'"'eo
"'T The men "v VII" % are In favor Of the bargain
| counter plan say that they do ho' ihslHt cf'h
that any Of the barga ms they pr,|en" ,,n i le os
| some OF these men shall be chosen lh"Ie men
are TO be- samples from which We ieIi .in1s ,,. =
10 be selected. and II was slGs'S,tn tn,' h'W,
| noon that they might make colnp,,l' lnn,o-
grnph OF the lot and direct IN" DeUlpcTVIo
Convention to find It's counterpart """ "o''''
nate IL. .,..u
With reference 10 this II may b" said nat az
the gentlemen "a hos. nnmp- are MENTIONED
above have inirly good sized boom, oh hdhn
Tho IcniH boomers ar" nhtn,nI r,,. WI, o'''N''
The third plan that i- being talked hDoi' u 10
refer lheu question OF the Nlc,~ lIr.lh,I!,la la hon
natiOn 10 the National 'omnt'""r " ,,,,,ni
lists without recommendation IA" Nal"nW
Committee would then have power 10 lhhk" I'e
deHI with he Democratic Natgnn' o'nnrn,"h,
and Of 'onl," would pnmc inI ,hn % rnI,.n,, ,,,
candida +" for Nics-Presldent VI" h'h' '""7'h
by the Democratic Convention
CoNrrHLSon COMMITTEE PROPOSED
The fourth plan IL for the arp9l1iment o' "A
conference committees 10 be lnal' Hi' "hacl.
Ike the National committee, one ori'edl' ~ V''
each state, with power 10 80 10 hdh>hH Ivy
and confer with tho DnmonratIC Leaders ana So
lrct the candidate tor Nire-rr"-idcni wilh ihe>"
Democratic leaders. lhl' plan ~ objected to
by "A lot OF the delegates on the einihu unal
when the Popui,t National toMmiiice
met before there was NICK Nhrh
resulted in y ca-t-l'on agreement tha, VI"
POpullsts should not hold convention al 'hr
same time thai tho Democrats did nor in the
same city The ob cotton raised Is maj II M
convention should name coHief"h'" 'oH.iI'll-
te" with power II would prHCOcdIN u"i,.d'" us
own powers 10 ihH, committee and IN that way
would violate the spirit II not II !" '"urr ol th1
agreement that is considered to be bihdihs
LEADERS Not AGREED,
The leaders them selves are split over v hat
should be done just Gs hadT II ar" the DELE
gates. II Is stated positively ina Scnutor bui-
ler the chairman ol the po9nIst committee IL
In favor Oi the convention nominating tN-' on
gresham Townc. a"i senator Aihn the ol'Hr
Populist boss Is opposed 80 tiat and is IN ihvur
OF the matter ba.ng referred 70 the Na''ohal
Committee
over the Vice Pres Dental nomination was
vital one ana that # any blyud"r VAS m"d' Il
meant disaster tn 'he cause. thht II was TOW or
never with mo present movement Tor ctcIllhg
Brvgn President
IT'S Just th- way" said Nebraska delegate
TO lHH = y reporter. l''' lns, NE tlnt there
fellow that Went around TO collect hlHrent ic
went INTO the hons" and there was le husband
ard 'hr Nttr ana h say Who's tn boss here;
AID the vii" sar' Stranger. you sel mere
qu"-tl AID ehr puts up her dukes.
"Mayb" 'hcre aiut gong 20 be- II right and
mayu" theirs wasn't no iisht 10 settle Mho was
bus' Tor the rent man ! did not hear how the
org came on, but that's just lh' interesting
situation here
Ihe Iowa delegation is all here. headed by
Gen. Weaver the frequent candidate Tor every,
ihug IN" Iowa delegates nave tauCls"d ana
TINY are bound to the plan to refer tho Vice
Presidential matter to Conler"nc" coinn''"o
Al their CAUCUS they selected a man 10 40 On
that committee. and they say they are prepared
10 see the plan through.
The Mas, ,chuse,ts and the Eastern delegates
who are here are q. q IN favor ot the conference
committee Iian IN" Colorado delegates, the
M-sou'iaus, the Michigan people md others
their mi d. We, The Michigan convention IN
strucr"d the delegates for luNn", bat the dele
gate, >ay tina, their Instructions wer" elastic
and they DON'T hAV" to obey them
ihrrn H. a uig Kick here OYER IN" matter Of
representation I'll" old pinn OF representation
was dcl"Gat' for each Congressional district
IN addition other dri"eate, were apporuon"d
according 10 the poup.ist vote liu, The Ma
toral Committee upset that pnd the repre-
- nation now +, according 70 the vote alone,
VIII. h alIo,y, the old.lnr populi,ls Of the East
mighty small sa" in the preceding. FOR
instance me one delegate her" from New YORK
only has ten votes and the two or three dele
gu'cs from Ma~sachusettS have only ten, This
mat rr Is going to be fought out in the new
National tommitter The old committee Is in
session lO-uighf
he clrcl- tent " m ba open Tomorrow shortly
after noon, aud band Vii play Tickets To the
Cuuyrn lon haV" been issued AZ "" RAJ" Ol 7! ~
Tor Tia" session ~ - cents tor each session. Tho
man IN chars" Of the sale AZ the nrwsStandn
the Cataract iiu1-e assured lHE SIN reporter
tnsf ignt that many would b. sold tomorrow;
II" confessed that there hai not Deeh any SOFA
yet
Two-pAY CONVENTION.
The convention. il is thought. w be a two-
daV affair Al the meeting tomorrow after
noon there VIII b. speech 0y senator Butter,
another one by GOV Lee, Tho viii welcome the
delegates, then thor" will br few speeches
throHn in, simply because they can't be pre-
vented, aud then the committees VIII be ap-
pointed The committees will fight out tho
matter to-morroW night On Thursday Bryan
viii. be nominated by AcClamation and II
the, present plan - carried out the lighting
will b" wound W on thursday afternoon ana
tn" convention viii adlourn.
COMMITTEE wREsrLEs WITH THE PROBLEM
The National Committee went into eXecu.
tive session shortly after O'Clock what policy
hall n- pursued regarding tho nomination of "A
Vice Precedent During the evening TINS row
developed in great shape. senators Iettlgrew
AND Butler ool l!nued IN favor OF "a" conven;;
tou nominating cx Congressman lowne and
senator Allen was i3Ined by H. Edmi:,on
p"ka Kan. In IN" ilan 10 refer the matter
10 the National Committee. Briden,hal is
the state Banking Commissioner OF Kansas,
and will be the popultst candidate Tor Governor.
Edmiston comes from Bryan's town OF Lincoln.
He Is chairman Of the Nebraska state Com.
mitt"e Of the Popul,sts and he has a big boom
10 succeed senator Butler. senator Bntlcr
wants 10 succeed himself as chairman. He
probably wont EdmIston's visiting card
j. H. Edniston. Lincoln, Neb.. Chairman
Nebraska State Committee, member National
Committee Tor Nebraska.
"A fly years Of campaigninr in Nebraska
1904 Edm~ton chairman Popullst majority,
3 ~ 1876. n different chairman Republican
plurality. s725 1893 EdmistOn Populist ma
lority ~ a0a, 1907 Edmiston chairn1an PoHn-
list majority 1854, lS0s n different chairman,
Ingi stature Republican by II aiority; 1905.
E4Wi,lon chairman pop4ltrt ma5or,typ, yp! lSioI
chairman success Is assured"
There Is Il row on about the makeup Of the
new National COMMITTEES. The present COM
nttee l. made w Of three members rom each
State Isaac F., BRAY of Oklahoma IL the father
OF a new scheme which il catching on. II gives,
besides, an additional representation for every
5ONN pupIlist votes. Under the old ulan,
Rhode Island. with no votes has tho same
representation as Kansas with l25,O0O. The
populists who favor the change say that at the
meeting in Lincoln, Neh, where the split came,
twenty-five citizens of Lincoln held proNie- and
they wcra the people who created all the trouble.
The new scheme would give membership of
about nnetv-iO,ir
PETrIGRIw SAYS NOMINATION MUST BE MADE.
The National Committee meeting was over
Just before midnight. Al its CLOSE Senator Pet
tisreN said that the temporary chairman Of
the convention wouldbe J.: Ringdahl, an ex-
Congressional candidate OF Minnesota
lie said also that the Vice Presidential CUES
ton had 10 shaped itself that the nomination
of "A candidate hv the convention was ineyIta-
| bic He would not say that ex-Congress-
man TOwne would be the man II IL Is
| say " must be n straight out Popuisi who will
! hc willing to ressn If tha Democratic COnven-
| ton refuses 10 ndorse him.
| Republican Ticket In Alabama.
| BrRMINGHAM. Ala. May s.-A Republican
! State ticket was named to-day by tho Eyocu-