Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-07-03
THE RATIO DISCUSSED.
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in which it would not be out of the
way to Sllppose That he URGED the

+ in which it would not be out of the
way to suppose that he urged the
Democratic nominee to allow the Chi
cago platform to be endorsed as a
whole, without specific silver plank,
and which Mr.. Bryan is not in favor of
doing even for 4 minute. The inter
view WIS given out after the conference
with Mr.. Bryan, and goes to show that
& if Mr.. Bryan's wishes are consulted in
the matter, and they certainly have
been judging from the pilgrimage to
HLincoln in the last Few days, there will
be a specific silver plank in the plat
/ form.
regret to say that Mr.. Sells did
not answer my question as to the
but ] should infer from his remarks
that it was all right, and that he had
given up the fight for reuniting thu
4 party. In regard to the vice presi-
dency Mr. Sells said to me:
Il have no personal choice and cam
not say who the man will be. But he
I must be man big CROUCH to be presi-
dent and to represent something more
than location
When asked what lie thought the res
otutiG;ls committee would do he said
he bad no idea and could not say. $50
far Us | am personally concerned, said
Mr.. Sells, ''the Illinois platform suits
me in every way. This platform en-
dorses fire Chicago platform OF '96 as 4
Whole and does not contain specific
silver plank.
8 Iais from Mr., Sells, and from others
/ Teamed that there is 4 growing ten
dency for 16 TO / p,anll in the plat
form, aud this becomes more pro-
nonlicst. as the delegations arrive and
the leaders get in from conferences
with Bryan at Lincoln.
Walsh sbOcsn't KNOW Anything
Soon after arriving this morning !
found Secretary Charles \. Walsh. OF
thenational committee. sour Charley,
at bis headquarters on the fourth foor
4 of fhe Baltimore, surrounded by type
{ writers, newspaper reporters, secretai.-
les. and party leaders. Mr.. Walsh cer-
family has the faculty of talking to
six men at once cultivated to degree
that would drive an ordinary man to
drink. After hearty handshake, I
asked Mr.. Walsh if there was anything
new. II don't know a thing" he said
and / have heard him say this many
times before. sI've been tied up here
in this room all the time and ha, emit
had time to talk to anybody AS we
sat and talked an artist for the Brook
lyn Eagle sketched Mr.. Walsh for a
picture, and as soon as he had finished
a Chicago Daily News artist had lined
him up for a picture. Mr.. Walsh had
a number of portraits on hand, but
these wouldn't satisfy the artists
They wanted to sketch him as he sat.
How about the vice-president?" /
asked. rs Hill, of New York, to be
considered?" snow don't take Hill
steer" was the genial secretary's an
swer. "He Of all men will. not be the
nominee. Why, didn't he oppose Mr..
Bryan in '96, and isn't he sauarely
against the income tax, free silver
and government by injunction? No,
he doesn't stand a ghost of show"
From the way Mr.. Walsh spoke it is
evident that he is also for a 16 to 1
plank in the platform and believes the
convention will SO decide. / should all
$50 say he was Of opinion that Benia-
min E. Shively, of Indiana, or Con-
gresham Towne, Of Minnesota, would
stand the best show for the vice-pres-
sdential bonnet. Mr.. shively, he stated,
was in accord with Mr.. Bryan on every
thing, and was his favorite. "In accord
with Mr.. Bryan on everything seems
to be the watchword. of all the party
leaders.
q Contest In Iowa Delegation.
found out this morning that Iowa
will have quite a fight in delegate
caucus over the Iowa member of the
. resolutions committee. There are two
candidates for the honor, j. S. Murphy,
of Dubuque, who is an out and out
free silver man, and A. NJ. Potter, of
Waverly, who represents the conserv-
atiye members of The party, who want
the Chicago platform endorsed as a
whole but do not want a specific free