The age-herald., 1900-05-08
GREAT GATHERING
 OF POPULISTS Larger Quarters Had to be Se- cured at Sioux Falls.
TONNE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
Senator Butler Says the Party Has Liberal Views and is Willing to Make a Sacrifice for
 the Cause

SIOUX fdllSy May f.-lne ueleBdleS tO luc peoples party convention who have al- ready arrived spent the afternoon in formal conference and in visiting the tent in which the convention is to be held. It was at first intended to utilize the citys auditorium building for convention pur- poses, but the prospective attendance grew so rapidly that It was found neces- sary to secure larger quarters. According ly larger tent, under which 5000 or 10000 people can be seated, was secured, and 1t is rapidly being put in shape for the res ception of the large throng that is ex- pected to occupy it.
 | The convention will be called to order Wednesday at o'clock by National Chair man Butler An address of welcome will be made by either Senator Pettigrew or | Governor Lee. A temporary chairman will | then be named, and after the appointment of committees the convention will adjourn till Monday. Among the delegates here are Senators Butler, Allen and Pettigrew; | Congressman Sutherland, MT. Gayock of Virginia MT. Lloyd of North Carolina, and Mir shiveley of New York.
 Senator Hatfield of Idaho is expected to- morrow The principal talk today has been about the policy to be pursued in the selection of a vice-presdential candidate. By those already present there is mani fested quite a noticeable friendship for Hon. Charles A. Towne, the silver repub lican leader of Minnesota, but there are some who contend that the honor should go to a populist.
 Butler Wants Towne
 Senator Butler is among those who are believed to favor MT. Towne. In an inter- view he said:
 'We are going to be liberal with the other parties who are cooperating. In 1898 we took Bryan after he had been nominated by the democrats, and we stood Loyalty by him to the end of the campaign. This year the peoples party is going to be the first party to put him in the field. and so far as I have been able to discover there is very general disposition towards going further if need be and selecting a candidate for the vice presidency who will be accepted by l.-e silver republicans. Of course, in the short time I have been here I have not been able to see a great many members of the party, but those whom have seen are perfectly united upon the proposition that
 
 done to secure absolute harmony among populists, democrats and silver republicans in the support of Mir Bryan, and I believe the party will be found equal to the sur render of both nominees in order to secure this paramount desideratum. In fact, speak within bounds when 1 say that never within the history of the country has any party ever shown such devotion to princi- pie as the peoples party has shown in the past and Is W --., to show now to bring victory to cause.''
 Won't Mention Names
 Asked if he did not refer in his remarks just quoted to the possibility of the nomi- nation of MT. Towne for vice president, the seantor said:
 I don't go to the extent of mentioning names in connection with the vice presi- dential nomination, but I don't mind assur- ing you as to the head of the ticket I have heard dissenting proposition to naming MT. Bryan for that position and I have no doubt that nomination might be made by exclamation.
 'As to the vice presidency, I will only say that l discover disposition to give the nomination to silver nominee. We recognize that one of the three parties must make a sacrifice, and I believe our people will be found ready if necessary" The senator refused to give any express sion of opinion concerning the bolting pop ulists, who are to hold their convention further than to say: "They represent mo- body but themselves, and need not be dig nified by reference to them."' Secretary Egarton spoke more freely con- crnins the bolt, which he explained orig mated at the Lincoln meeting last Feb ruary
 "In reality" he said, "only one member ing, and he was accompanied by only four proxies. These, with few other proxies called the Cincinnati convention The opinion is general that the St. Louis declaration of ideas will be reiterated with additions and variations.
 As to the Platform
 we will express our opinions in no un- certain way on questions of the trusts and imperialism" said a United States sena- tor, who is a delegate. we will certainly take a post on the point of attempting to | govern any people without their consent | As to trusts, we shall not consent our- selves with denouncing them, but shall of- fer remedy. That remedy is to control | the interests of commerce. money, trans portation and the transmission of intelli- gence In our St. Louis platform we took | the position that all these functions should be controlled by the government. We will accept our end if we point out that to as- sume this control suppresses the trusts, and we will attempt nothing new in this effort, nothing requiring change on con- stitution for all that is set out is pro- vided for in that instrument" The financial plank of the St. Louis plat form will be unchanged, and the gold standard bill passed at the present session of congress will be denounced as in the in- terests of the national banks and dangerous to the best interests of the public at large The Porto Rican legislation will be de- nounced and 1t will be declared that the constitution follows the flag in the acquisi- ton of territory. The republican party will also be charged with a failure to keep faith in Cuba, and with transcending all bounds of proprity In the management of the Philippine question.
 Milltarism will also play an important part in the platform. The matter of in- creasing the standing army of the United States will be frowned upon as giving the president power to deprive voters of the | right of franchise by covering them with an army.
 | The members of the national committee | deny the report that tickets to the com | mittee tent are to be generally sold. They | say that state delegations will be given all | the tickets they may want for themselves l and friends, and that the only sales will be