Evening star., 1900-07-07
t nominated by the demo-


cratic convention.
Senator Dubois was recognised and Bald: !:
w nile there are many ssad hearts here
today. no one feels more dkeenly than my
But we must view itras our leader. Charlie
Towne. wants US to. move that the whole
question be left to the naAonal committee,
Chairman Brown urged the delegates mot
70 cruelty Mr.. Towne." Amid much confu-
sion the previous question was called for.
1t was on Senator Dubois, motion, and by
an almost unanimous vote 1t was carried,
and the convention adjourned sine die.
Conference of the Allies.
A later dispatch says: Aiprotracted meet
ing Of the conference committees Of the
democratic, populist and silver republican
parties was held at Lyceum Hall tonight,
at which the vice presidential situation was
discussed with view to bringing about an
agreement between the three parties. The
members OF the democratic committee urg-
ed the populist and silver republican repre-
sentatives to use their influence in urging
their parties to support Bryan and Steven
son.
The democrats all over the country
said Committeeman Johnson turning to the
@Popuhsts, @ Know that Mr.. Bryan Is your
kind of a man. If the two parties were to
unite and factions arose every democrat
knows that Mr.. Bryan would be found With
your party Democrats felt that the nomi-
ho tioH VI olydu was IN Qo1erenCo TO the
more radical reform element of the party,
and that selection should be made for Vice
President to hold the conservatives This
brought about Mr.. Stevenson's nomination.
There never was a time that Mr.. Towne
had show of success"
1t was fully decided to hold another con-
terence later between the democratic COM
Mite mittee and subcommittees from the popu-
lists and silver republicans the result to
be reported to the full committee of the two
latter parties for approval
Ihe conference developed peculiar stu
atlon in some respects. The democrats were
anxious for the withdrawal of Towne from
the populist ticket, and the silver republi-
cans said as far as they were concerned
they would, through their committee, NOM
mate stevenson, although profoundly dis
appointed that Towne was not nominated
by the democratic convention. The popu-
lists were not in favor of the withdrawal of
Towne, and maintained that the populist
national committee, acting under instruc-
tons OF the Sioux Falls convention, would
be compelled to put another candidate in
the field in the event of Towne's withdraw
al. and the committee need not withdraw
him. More than this, they asserted that If
IoWne should be withdrawn and they
should put another man in his place their
organization would be endangered and such
action would result in popu!ists going over
to the middle of the road ticket nominated
at Cincinnati.
This would lessen the chances of carry
ing states in the west and in the intermoun-
tain country. 1t was also said that Mr..
Bryan had been apprised of the situation
and that several men had received word
from him to keep Towne in the field. and
to run a double-tailed ticket in order to
hold the populists and silver republicans
In the western states. The fact that num-
ber of United States senatorships depended
upon the success of the fusion ticket was
the reason given.
a.m.-The national committee of the
silver republicans decided to ndorse Ste
venson. The populist committee is still In
session.
Hanna on the Platform.
A dispatch from Cleveland yesterday
says: Senator Hanna, when asked for an
expression on the democratic platform,
said:
From what I have read. I can see that
it is cunninglv devised scheme to catch
the unwary and the 5unthinkng voters. I
think the most laboted effort in the docu-
ment was to createiHa a difference between
expansion and impttialistn. 1t is rather
they apparently rely up6n the ccastitu-
tional question to establish that difference
as to whether the flag follows the Consti-
tuition or the nstitition follows the flag.
We are perfectly willing tt meet that issue
on their own hypothesis. 60 far as the free
silver plank is CONCERNED, 1 think all re-
publicans will be satisfied with that. 1t is
certainly satisfactory to me-"