The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-25
The Sentiment of Those Already Here,
However, Is Against the
Movement.
THE CROWD OF INDEPENDENTS
WILL URGE A THIRD TICKET WITH
CONSIDERABLE vIGOR.
They DO Not Want to BE Called Anti.
Imperialfsts-vfews of Louis
H. Enrich and others.


ic committee which is TO determine
whether not the gold Democrats are
to place a national ticket in the field
this year will be called to order about
o'clock this afternoon by John p. Frenzel.
secretary of the committee. Mr.. Frenzel
will act for Chairman Peabody, of New
York. who it is not expected will be here.
being detained at his home in New YORK
on account of the illness of his mother
After Mr.. Frenzel has called the meet
ing to order a permanent chairman will
be selected. The meeting will be an ex-
ecutive session and ii is believed it will
not be long session.
A number of the members of the COM
mittee arrived yesterday afternoon and
last night and most of them are staying
at the Bates. Members of the committee
appointed in New York last week at a
meeting of anti-imperialists and gold Dem
ocrats who favor an Independent ticket
also arrived yesterday. Among them are
John ]. Chapman, New York city; T. M.
Osborne, Auburn, N. Y; Robert A. Wide
mann, Manuel, N Y; Joseph w. Price,
New York city; w. II. Riley, New York
city; NJ. d. Rothschild. New York city;
Everett A Abbot. New York city; Alfred
Brooks Robinson, New York city.
Among the members of the national COM
mittee who have arrived Louis r.
Enrich, of Colorado; Henry T. Kent, of
Missouri; Gordon Woodbury., of New
Hampshire; Talford P. Linn, of Ohio, and
Louis NJ Ogden. of Wisconsin. John R.
Wilson is the Indiana member of the
committee.
THE INDEPENDENTS"
Members of the New York committee
say that the public has received an erron-
eous impression concerning them John
Jay Chapman asserts that they are not
what is commonly called anti-imperialsts
| He SAYS the members of the committee
prefer to be called independents" They
held meeting in a parlor of the Bates
early yesterday evening, which was at
tended by a number of gold Democrats.
| Several informal talks were had, but the
| meeting failed to indicate what may be
| the result of the conference to be held to-
| day. Said one of the Independents: 1--WE
will probably sit around and smoke to-
morrow morning and in the afternoon con-
fer with the gold Democrats" Members
| of the national Democratic committee who
discussed the situation last night spoke
| only as individuals. None of them pre-
| tended to speak for the committee. Some
| are in favor of nominating a ticket and
others are opposed to the proposition. At a
| late hour last night, however, the senti-
| ment among the members Of the COM
| mittee who have arrived appeared to be
| against a third independent ticket. On
| the other hand, the members of the New
wi or a
| ticket. AS John j. Chapman expressed
| it. they want a ticket that will catch the
| vote CT "the man in the street" He meant
| the man who will neither vote for Nc
| Kinley nor Bryan and If there is no other
| candidate he will probably go fishing on
election day. Members of the New York
committee say they are determined 10
place an independent ticket in the field
| and that they came to Indianapolis TO find
| out the best way of doing 1t. They came
| with the intention of consulting with the
| gold Democrats on the proposition and of
| inviting the latter to cooperate with them.
| An Independent ticket they must have
| they say. One of the independents said
| last night that the result of the confer
York committee would decide to call con-
vention for the purpose of nominating a
| ticket, and that the gold Democrats would
| join in the movement as individuals. The
| name of Grover Cleveland is mentioned in
| connection with the independent move
| ment. Members of the New York commit
tee THINK ne would be the rlSnL man TO
| head the ticket, but they are fearful that
| he would not accept the place.
| ANOTHER CONFERENCE HELD.
| After the informal meeting the indie
| pendents held another meeting in the parlor
at IL o'clock and prepared their plan for
| approaching the National Democrats in
| their meeting to-day. What is to be asked
| of the National Democrats will not be dis
| closed until it has been considered by the
| committee in session. The independents
| will ask to be heard and their proposition
1 VII be presented. 1t will then be left for
the gold Democrats to consider. If 1t is
| accepted, or favorable arbitrary measures
/ are successful, the utilization will have
| been accomplished If not. the independ-
| ents will set about to devise means to
| place a third ticket in the field without any
| cooperation. The anti-imperialists will
4 be looked after later.
| If the New York committee succeeds in
| convincing the gold Democrats that an in
| dependent ticket should be nominated it
| will be the plan to hold the convention in
| this city during the meeting OF the anti
| imperialists in August.