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2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1896. —_— e —————————— e the lead, and I don’t know what will come of it. The delegates from the South insist strenuously on preserving their party or- ganization. That is making a lot of trouble. As I understand their position, the middle-of-the-road fellows are willing to take Bryan, but they want the Vice- President. They are offering to nominate & Presidentijl candidate who =hall be a mere figureh#ad. Then the Presidential “electors in the various states are to be chosen on the basis of the respective votes of the Democratic and Populist parties. For instance, take Arkansas. Say the vote there is at the rate of one Populist to ten Democrats. The Populists would then be allowed one elector. They would have separate tickets, the same electors being on each and each with its own State candidates. In this way the Popnlist or- ganization would be preserved. The understanding would be that all Populists would desert their candidate and vote for Bryan, but in return they would expect the Democratic electors to vote jor their candidate for Vice-President. Here is where the difficulty is, Governor Stone was saying yesterday that he was sorry now that he had not been given the second place on the ticket so that he might with- draw from the race and clear up the situa- tion.” “Iam sorry, too,” put in Mr. Collins, “but as things now are the Democrats cannot accept any such a propesition. No one has any authority to do so.” Mr. Harvey freely admitted that he could not forecast now what the outcome would be, but as to the outlook in Novem- ber Mr. Harvey is quite sanguine, ©I do not believe,” he said, *‘that we will be able to carry any of the Eastern States. To me it seems to be a waste of energy to make any very great effort in that section. The States south of the Po- tomac and Ohio rivers and west of the Missississippi River, if carried by Bryan, would give bim a majority of fifteen elec- toral votes. In these sections there are but five doubtful States. Concentrate your energies on them and carry them.”” “Would you let Illinois, Ohio and In- diana go?”’ “No, Idon’t mean that. Keep up the fight there, too, but let particular effort be made in the five doubtful States in the West and South. Now, Mr. Collins, there, believes that we will carry New York. I cannot see it that way. I do not believe in underestimating the opposition, and that's why I say the East is lost to us.” “But,” interrupted Mr. Collins, “while you have been a political educator for the last two years 1 have been a political barometer. You have been in the school- room; I have been out among the people. I know how they feel, and I am not over- estimating our strength when I say that| we willcarry New York and some of the other Eastern States.” “‘Coin’’ Harvey does not look to be more than 36 years of age, He is tall and slen- der, with a rather handsome face. His complexion is dark, apparently tanned by the sun: A close-cropped mustache some- what hides the lines of his mouth. He looks anything but a deep student of ab- struse economic questions, appearing rather as a man oif the world; one whom the world might call *‘a good fellow.’” Colonel Car! Browne, the erstwhile lieu- tenant of General Coxey, came in yester- day and this morning met his father-in- law, the general. The meeting was not quite as warm as St. Louis weather. It! will be remembered that when Coxey marched on Wasbington his daughter, ar- rayed in the garb of ihe Goddess of Peace, attracted great aitention in the capital city. She caugnt the furtive glances of the handsome Californian, and thereby hangs a tale. The Goddess of Peace stepped off | her pedestal and became Mrs. Browne. Now the aashing Carl has a beautifil wife with golden curls and a sparkling eye, and General Coxey has had an empty spot somewhere, from which he banished his daughter. But like all melodramas, this one turns out happily at last. “Every vestige of differences between father and curselves has disappeared and Iam so glad,” said Mrs, Browne, *‘The reconciliation was effected yester- day,” said Mr. Browne, *and I am soon to become managing editor of Mr. Coxey's ‘paper and will return to Ohio.” Browne attracted a great deal of atten- tion about the hotel corridors to-day. He is as handsome as ever, though his neatly trimmed whiskers are turning gray. He was clad in a Prince Albert suit and high heejed cowboy boots. His hat is a large white sombrero of the New Mexican type and projects far over hisshoulders. Browne is from Washington. He said: “‘Our delegation, of which I am chair- man, is instructed for Bryan. Aside from that I am a stanch supvorter of Bryan. I think that he is the reincarnation of An- drew Jackson. He is at heart a Populist and in sympathy with the cause of humanity, which we advocate.” Nearly all the delegates to the two con- ventions are in town to-night. Frask McGuiRe. GEORGE BAKER HONORED. Requested to Preside Over the De-~ liberations of the Sliver Convention. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 2L.—There was a spirited meeting in the headquarters of the California delegation at the Southern Hotel to-pight. The silver delegates from the different States west of the M sippi met for the purpose of considering a plan of campaign upon which all the sil- ver forces miuzht unite. There were some 150 silver delegates present. Frank Mof- fitt of Oakland sprung the name of George *W. Baker of San Francisco for temporary chairman of thesilver convention. Mr. Baker took the floor and in a tem- perate address declined the honor. He said that since Mr. Newlands had been selected by the National Committee it would be a discourtesy to him as a cham- pion of silver to be replaced by another. Then Mr. Baker was asked to be a candidate for the permanent chair- manship in place of 8t. John. He also declined this honor, because he thought that St. John, who had been the head of a great banking institu- tion and was generally known as a great financier and friend of silver, would emi- nently fill the place. $ The California silver delegatior has aroused great cnthusiasm for the cause. The leaders are active and determined. Fravk McGuige. SSEEER THE SILVER COMMITTEE. Officers of the Conventlon Chosen and Plans Considered to Per- petuate Organization. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 21.—The Na- tional Committee of the National Silver party met this morning at the Lindell Hotel, but after a brief session a recess ‘was taken until 1 o’clock, when a secret session was held at Dr. Mott’s room at the same hotel. George P, Keeney of Cali- fornia presided. Orteof the features of the afternoon ses- sion of the committee was a speech made by Mr. Battell, the member from Ver- mont. Mr. Battell created considerble en- thusiasm when he asserted that the farm- ers of Vermont were in open revolt agaiust existing conditions. He did nov predict that Bryan and Sewall would carry Ver- mont, but be asserted that the Republican majority in the State would be greatly re- duced. Mr. Foster of Oregon, speaking to the proposition that it was very essential that the. Silver party should continue their organization as an independent political body with which Republicans and Demo- crats could both consistently unite in their support of free silver, asserted that Bryan and Sewall would carry Oregon by a majority of at least 10,000, This question of maintaining the silver organization was one which occupied the committee’s attention during a greater part of the afternoon session. It was strongly advoeated by Devine of Nebraska, who believed »that it would attract many independent voters who could not be in- duced to join either of the old parties, but who place the cause of silver above all other National issues. All of those who spoke strongly favored the proposition. George W. Thompson of the State of Washington was elected to a place on the committee and following this came the appointment of a special committee con- sisting of Senator Jones of Nevada and Messrs. Stevens of Colorado, Baker of California, Thompson of Washington and Devine of Nebraska to dralt an address to the public calling upon all friends to =sup- port Bryan and Sewall. There was some discussion as to the length that the con- vention should remain in session. It is not unlikely from the sentiments ex- pressed that the silver men may not ad- journ for three days. At to-night’s session it was decided to appoint Congressman Towne of Minne- sota first vice-chairman of the convention. The committee ratified at the same time the selection of Messrs. Newlands of Ne- vada and St. Jobn of New York temporary chairman and permanent chairman re- spectively. seta LBy BUILDING PLATFORMS. Silver Men Stand for Free Coinage Alone, While Populists Are Yet Undecided. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 21.—It is probable that the platiorm of the Silver Convention will consist of a declaration of principles demanding a restoration of the former metallic money—gold and silver. Unless ihe present programme is changed this declaration will be worded as follows: Be it Resolved, That over and above all other questions of policy we are in favor of restoring t0 the people of the United States the time- honored money of the constitution—gold and silver—not one, but both—the money of Wash- ington and Hamilton and Jefferson and Mon- roe and Jackson and Lincoln, to the end that the American people may receive honest pay for an honest product; the American aebtor Days his just obligations in an honest standard and not in a standard that is appreciated 100 per cent above all the great staples of our country; and to the end, further, that silver- standard countries may be deprived of the unjust advantage they now enjoy in the differ- ence in exchange between gold and silver—an advantage which tariff legislation alome can- not overcome. We therefore confidently appeal to the peo- ple of the United States to leave in abeyance for the moment all other questions, however important and momentous they may appesr. to sunder, if needs be, all former party ties snd affiliations anda unite in one supreme effort to free themselves and their children from the domination of the money power—a power more destructive than any which has ever been fastened upon the civilized men of any race or in any age. And upon the con- summation of our desires and efforts we invoke the gracivus favor of Divine Providence. The present intention is to supplement this by an address to the American people which is now being prepared. Senator Jones of Nevada is the guiding spirit in its construction, and it will set out in suc- cinct and terse terms the aims and desires of those who seek the reopening of the American mints to the coinage of silver, At a late hour to-night it looks as if the Populists will adopt the Chicago platform with certain modifications intended to make if conform more nearly to the views of the delegates. At least that is the opinion of the Bryan men, who claim to bein control of the convention and ina position to dictate the platform. It is pointed out in this connection that inasmuch as Mr. Bryan has signified his willingness to accept ithe nomination at the hands of the Populists it would be unwise for the friends of free silver to em- barrass him by making the platform so radical as to offend any element of the Democratic party. Believing that this is the logical conclusion to be reached, the Bryan men feel thatthe convention will not run the chance of losing free sil- ver by a too stubborn insistence upon other matters, which they hold are not at this particular time essential. On the other hand it may be said that a vigorous fight will be made for an inde- pendent platform and the nomination of Bryan upon it. It remains to be deter- mined just how much of a following this element will have. To-night, however, men high in the councils of the Democratic party who are here for the purpose of watching the situ- ation and molding public sentiment, ex- press their entire satisfaction with the re- sults as they seem to have been deter- mined up to this hour, and this is con- strued to mean that a very thorough un- derstanding has been reached respecting the lines upon which the Populist plat- form will be drawn. The claim of tke middle-of-the-road Populists that they have developed suf- ficient strength to defeat Bryan is ridi- culed by the latter’s friends. Fred Bailey of Kansas, secretary of the Bryan steer- ing committee, says that reports received from their sub-committee indicate that Bryan will have at least 800 of the 1358 votes in the convention and that appear- ances now indicate his practically unani- mous nomination. Bailey is not so cer- tain of the Vice-Presidency. The opposi- tion to Sewall among the Southern dele- gates, who are friendly to Bryan, he says, is very strong. The platform as outlined by Mr. Bailey will cover the following points: Govern- ment control of railroads and telegraphs; a flat-tooted declaration against National banks of issue; sufficient amount of cur- rency to conduct the business of the coun- try on a cash basis; the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1; free homes for the Territories; a tariff plank recommend- ing a still further reduction of tariff duties and a reaffirmation of the plank in former platforms with reference to public lands. Neither woman suffrage nor prohibition has been mentioned. { Indiana Demacrats. INDIANAPOLIS, Ixp., July 2L.—The Democratic State Central Committee in session to-night heard encouraging re- ports from every district. It was decided there should Le no deiay in opening the campaign and therefore August 15 was fixed for large meetings 1 every county in the Btate. A resolution indorsing, with- H:t’reurnflon or qualification, Blg-n and 'wall and the platiorm u; hich th stand was un n?mmuly ldggl:e:. h e R Search Is Superintendent. HOLYOCR)KI.E; Mass., July 2L.—Preston W. Search Angeles, Cal., was elected Superintendent of Schools to succeed F. L. Kirkland to-night on the lnum.u baliat. STRAIGHT POPULISTS ARE NOT 10 BE S0LD Continued from First Page. Populists and that thereis to be no com- promise. They claim at headquarters 700 and more votes of the total of 1300 dele- gates to the convention. Among the States which they assert are solid for them are: Arkansas with 26 votes, Texas 95, Georgia 61, Mississippi 18, Tennessee 53, New York 44, Maine 9, California 39, North Carolina 95, Missouri 38, Minnesota 56 and a majority of the Indiana, Ohio and Jowa delegations, besides scattering votes in al- most all the remaining States. “They can’t work any unit rule in this convention, for the reason that you can't gag a Populist. If there 1s one man in the delegation opposed to all the rest he is entitled to a vote and a voice in the con- vention,” said a delegate this morning. A mixed lot—Democrats, Populists and Republicans—arrived from California this morning in the roll of delegatesto the Bimetallic League to take part in the pro- ceedings of the silver convention. Among them are: Hon. Frank J. Moffitt, a red- hot programme Democrat from Oakland; Hugo Hornlein, a silver Populist, formerly of Sacramento and now proprietor of the Cafe Royal in San Francisco; Robert Mec- Killican, a Democratic contractor of Oak- land; Dr. E. H. Woolsey, formerly of the Southern Pacific Hospital in Alameda County; George Baker, a high officer in the Bimetallic League of California, and Charles R. Lane, partner of Alvinza Hay- ward in the Utica mine at Angels Camp, Calaveras County, Cal. Mr. Lane is being urged by Senators Jones and Stewart to make the fight for United States Senator from California on the proposition that he would be a good object lesson, he being an advocate of the free coinage of silver and at the same time the owner of a gold mine. He telegraphed this morning to Wilham Kitchener of the New York Exchangethat on to-morrow, July 22, he would have in this city $100,000 in gold coin to wager in any amounts that Bryan will be the next President of the United States. Hugo Horlein told me that the Pdpulists of Sac- ramento County are unanimous for free coinage und Bryan, Alli Reed, organizer of the second dis- trict of the Jowa middle-of-the-roadsters, in charge of the headquarters here, said to-day: *If the enactment of a free coinage law should be the result of the election in the fall it would compel the creditor class of the United States to use less than 8 per cent of their yearly income to buy up and corner the yearly silver product of the world and then we would be no better off than at present, for so long as we have a metallic money the monopolizing of our finances will continue. We will never be safe until we have a money as sound as the integrity of our country, because it is based on the integrity of our country; a money that we will not have to depend upon the success of one class of industry—miners— for, but 8 money that will expand asour need “for it—our business—expands, be- cause based on qur credit that expands with our industries. “To-day we look back on four years of work for reform that has brought 2,000,- 000 people together in advocacy of princi- ples that, when once triumphant, will be # blessing to all mankind. God grant that we may show stability of purpose suffi- cient to earry on this great work without being carried away by tbe alluring of a barren victory or the glitter of spoils, for if we are true to our principles and labor on with steady hands and bopeful hearts only a few years and victory will crown our efforts for the emancipation of hu- menity, and man will once more enjoy his God-given right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. “The more united the effort the sooner the victory; but if there be those who think they are doing more zood by leav- ing our ranks and forming a union with others, with much regret we will have to let them go; bat it would be absurd to think that we would foliow them. Those in whom the conviction lies that the Democrats of the Omaba platform are a safe and sure cure for our present ills and for whom a barren victory has no allure- ments can only fight out for that which they believe to be right, regardless of what the leaders may do, realizing that a union of forces on the Weaver-Taubeneck plan, if it were successful, would deliver a con- trolling interest of our party into the hands of those*opposed to our principles, robus of our organization (if we sub- mitted); and the victory being fruitless, would create distrust in the minds of the people against future efforts. “For over a year the single-plankers have been hot on our track trying to edu- cate the Populists out of thelr principles instead of trying to educate the other fel- lows into our party. Why have they not labored to bring the silver men to usin- stead of trying to force our party over to them? I have no charge to make against the honesty of purpose of any of them, but the fact remains that the effect of trim- ming our platform would be the same, whether securéd by the efforts of more power to down the goldbugs, or by the efforts of the foreign capitalists who take from this country $300,000,000 every year as Americans pay for tilling American soil and as interest on railroad and other bonds, for the only hope of these blood- suckers lies not in who secures the trim- ming of the Omaha platform, but that the Omaha platform be trimmed. ‘““But the greatest obstacle in the way of success of the narrow-gaaguers is the cold fact that the true blue, broad-gauge Popu- list, who recognizes in this movement a disorganization of our forces, can never consent to be sidetracked. But with a faith in theiy cause that will admit of no faltering, they will toil on, looking for their reward in due time in the enactment of the just laws for which they contend; and tbey will not be disappointed, for their fight will be made with well-formed ranks of trustworthy soldiers. There will be a Populist ticket in the field in every State in the Union this fall, as well as a National one. If we are unorganized we will find ourselves at sea too late in the day to do much in the campaign, and our only safety lies in the formation of an or- ganization that will not only have a pow- erful influence at the convention, but will leave us in a condition to continue the fight regardless of what the trimmers may sccomplish, and that, too, without the loss of any time, “The reform movement, started at Omaha in 1892 by a union of all the toil- ing masses, cannot and must not be aban- doned now when we are progressing so nicely, and when it takes no flight of im- agination to see in the near future the tri- umph of our principles. But the glorious characters who have fought so nobly in the past, reinforced by the thousands of recruits that are volunteering every day, must fight on, hand in hand for home and right, prepared to banish every foe wher- ever he be found, whether facing the front, babind ns ar in onr midet_allaming na ah, N stacle to be unsurmountable, or to im- pede our progress, in the end that our pos- terity may reap the fruits of our sacrifices as we are reaping the reward of the sacri- fices of our fathers who fought before ns.” The tears came into Mr. Reed’s eyesas he uttered the concluding sentences. Sam P, Davis, editor of the Carson (Nev.) Appeal arrived this morning with the bimetallic delegation from Nevada and California. He was guite *hoarse by reason of hurrahing for Bryan during the whole of his trip hither. After having devoured two mammoth porterhouse steaks at a cost of $3 75 and having washed them down with six quart steins of beer; Sam engaged a stenographer at $5an hour and rattled off to him at the rate of 150 words a minute his impressions on the situation, After he had talked $10 worth he dismissed the stenographer, took the shorthand notes to a young lady typewriterin the office of the Southern Hotel, and, having ascertained that she would charge only $3 an hour for type- writing, threw the notes down before her, with the remark: “Swim ahead; there’s your copy.”’ “‘But,” said the young lady, ““I cannot read those shorthand notes.” *‘The h—, ahem—You can’t!” roared Sam, in dismay, Sam could not find any one who could read the notes, and the upshot of it all was that he was obliged to bire a hack at an expense of §6 and run down the stenog- rapher, who was in another part of the city, and payhim $25 for dictating hisnotes to the lady typewriter. “‘It seems to be a rather roundabout and expensive way of gettiag a report in shape,” remarked Sam, “but I am ‘not 80ing to fall down on Ned Hamilton, if it costs Mr. Hearst & million.” Ex-Senator Frank H. Moffitt of Oak- land loomed well to-day. Mr. Moffitt has acquired a white duck suit snd is doing the very best he can to *'stand off"" the hot weather. Mr. Moffitt called on Senator Jones of Arkansas at the Planters’ House, and after an extended conference with the chairman of the Democratic National Com- mittee, started out hammer and tongs to work on the Populists, The silver convention will beyond doubt indorse Bryan and Benator Jones can think of no better use to make of the Bryan silver delegates than to put them to work buttonholing middle-of-the-road Populists. Mr. Moffitt at once tackied Thomas V. Cator, who has heretofore been regarded as being slightly opposed to having anything to do with Bryan, Mr. Moflitt says it is certain that Cator and some of the other California delegates are now pronounced Bryan rooters. The Texas delegation, under the leadership of “Cyclone” Dayis, was nextsoughtout. A committees consisting of Charley Lane, the California goid miner, and Mr. Moffitt took the Lone Star contingent in hand. The Southerners accompanied the Uali- fornians to the bar and relished and had Missouri corn juice to their hearts con- tent. Mbffitt told them a story or two about Colonel Jack Hayes, the famous Texar ranger, whose last days were spent in Oakland, and a bond of friendship and sympathy was soon created, but the long- bearded Populists were as immovable as the North star. “Talk about Charley Hoyt's idea of Texans and the delegation that visited Congressman Tim Murphy,” said Moffit. “Why, the counterfeits are not in it with the originals as I saw them to-day. They listen 10 our stories, laugh at our jokes, drink our whisky and smcke our cigars, stroke their whiskers and then go back under the sheitering wing of ‘Cyclone’ Davis, ‘TorAade' Thomas and ‘Whirlwind’ ‘Whipple, all of which are the lovable titles given to membersof the delegation.” Mr. Moffit said the Texans took to the magnificent gold badge of the California silver delegatesas a child does to a new toy. They each wanted one, and at last accounts Uncle Charley Lane was having ninety-nine new badges made up especially for the Texans at the rate of $2 a piece. The Califormia badges furnish a striking contrast with those-of the cohorts of “*Cyclone’” Davis, which is simply a piece of ordinary ribbon bearing the words, “Keep in the middle of the road.” ‘The Texans called on California silver men this evening. They were well re- ceived; each was given a bottle of Cali- fornia wine and they testified their appre- ciation by giving three cheers for Cali- fornia, and while the sturdy sons of the South were in the headquarters to the number of about fifty George W. Baker wrote a note to Moffitt and passed it over by the colored porter, bearing these words: “Moflitt, be careful what you say about the Populists. There are as many six- shooters in the room as there are Texans.” The Texans had an exciting caucus to- night and several hundred persons watched the proceedings through the plate-glass windows of their headquarters in the Southern Hotel. Everything went on ordinarily at first, the delegates remain- ing in their seats. Finally’the chairman, who had seemed to be uncomfortable, stood up on the seat of his chair and be- gan to slug the atmosphere. Then the rest jumped up on chairs and tables and swung their arms above their heads just as though they were poking a horse-hair lariat over the horns of a Texas steer. The spectators were delighted. They were going to see a genuine wild West something as strong later on, for they were ’loping down Broadway red-eyed, and making the steers and red heifers scatter oft the trail on both sides. I met Carl Browne, the son-in-law o Coxey, tomight. “Carl wore his famous hat, but the fresh and rosy complexion which he turned to the salt sea breezes of San Francisco had disappeared in the steam-bath climate of the money-grab- bing East. His face was ssllow, and his hair and beard were frost-bitten. Matri- mony, instead of rejuvenating Carl, had aged him. Otherwise he seemed to be the knock-down, drag-out and gouge scrim- mage, but when seventeen of ninety-five Texans put their right handsinto their hip pockets, there was a general rush out of range on the part of the outsiders. That looked very frontierish and thrilling, and when the seventeen drew forty, not navy revolvers, but copies of the Omaha plat- form the crowd was very much disap- pointed. All the excitement was causad by a caucus to determine the choice of the delegation for the temporary chair- manship of the delegation, and finally Judge Jones, a straight Populist of St. Louis, was selected. Some of the silver delegates and whoop- ers for Bryan are a hard-looking lot of gun-fighters, but after one or two of their skirmishers had paid a visit on a mission of education to the camp of the Texans they did not send any more. The first scout was a six-foot scrapper weighing 250 pounds and as hard as nails, When he made his appearance in the lobby of the Southern and began whispering for Bryan a tall Texan with long hair and a long white hand with graceful, tapering fingers such as are wont to turn up the jack and to pull a triggerofa Colt's 45~ revolver braced up against the Bryan man. *‘What right have you to come cavortin® up here around our camp a-trying to stampede onr delegales out of the middle of the road?” he demanded, fiercely, “Now you cinch up your bronco and gallop out of here. Git."” % The Bryan looked straight in the eyes of the Téxan., Then witha little laugh and snort of defiance he turned on his heel and walked away. “Isuppose they take us for a kinder- garten,” remarked the big man, “and we came here to be educated in the Demo- cratic bible. We are straight on the trail of Populists, and we don’t take no Demo- cratie cocktail in ours.”” Rama af tha hova must have taken same Carl, but wonderfully subdued. They say he draws pictures as wretch- edly as ever.” As an artist I think Carl became a remarkabie case of arrested de- velopment before he began to learn to draw, As will be noticed in the press dis- patches in another column the National Reform editors did what I had predictea they would do, They passed a straight middle-of-the-road resolution. Verly the Populist editor hath the cunning of the Californian coyote, which smelleth the steel trap from afar off and which slyly diggeth it up and eateth the salt pork set therein for a bait. Then goeth he away singing a tenor song unto the yellow moon. For the Populist editor knoweth that shounld the Democratic trap swallow the Populist party there would be no longer a need for the Populist party. Jonx Pavn CosGRAVE. B UNITED AGAINST BRYAN. The Middle-of-the-Road Populists Clalm That They Will Control the Convention. ST. LOUIS, Mo.; July 21,.—The middle- of-the-road Populists are claiming to-night that they will control the convention and defeat the programme of the Bryan men to indorse the Chicago ticket. Mr. J. W, Cassidy of this city, whois a delegate to the convention and who is the moving spint of the miadle-of-the- road headquarters, says that the difficulty of securing cheap transportation rates will soreduce the number of delegates from out- lying parts of the country thatthe attend- ance will not exceed 1000. Of these he says fully 700 favor the middle-of-the-road idea, which is in opposition to fusion or to the nomination of any person for Presi- dent or Vice-President who is not directly identified with the Populist party. Coxey of Ohio, the leader of the Com- monweal movement of two years ago, is another conspicuous Populist who shares Mr. Cassidy’s confidence that Byran can- not be nominated. He insists thata ma- joaity of ibe people who claim to be Populists and have been shouting for Bryan during the past ten days are not Populists, but Democrats who are posing as Populists in order to create a favorable sentiment for the Democratic candidate. He says the Bouth, excepting Alabama, is & substantial unit for a nominee who di- rectly represents Populistic principles. His own State, he says, is also a unit for the middle-of-the-road idea. California and Pennsylvania entertain similar views, | which leaves to the Eastern delegates the | balance of power between the Scuth and | the Middle West on one hand and the ex- treme West on the other. In Coxey’s opin- ion the platiorm which will be presented to the convention on Thursday will be a practical reaffirmation of the.Omaha platform in 1892. The only material change will be the elimination of the sub- treasury and a substitutiou therefor of | Coxey's non-interest bearing bond scheme | hich be is hopeful will be incorporated s one of the leading planks. _ % Texas' delegates, who are ‘making a | strong fight against indorsing William J. Bryan, called & meeting of representa- tives from all States in accordance with the plan of nominating a straight Popu- list ticket. These States were represented: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Mis- | soouri, Mississippi, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvnnln,; Texas, West Virginia, Washington, Wis- consin. In nearly all the Southern States reports were made that the delegates were solid against Bryan. Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri and North Carolina were reported solid. In Ala- bama all but two were against the in- dorsement of Bryan. illinois and Indiana were reported to be half Bryan and half against, On the reports that were heard it is esti- mated that tie middle-of-the-road people had 100 majority in the convention. A committee was appointed to wait on Sen- ator Butler and ask him to define his posi- tion as to Bryan. The committee reported this evening that Senator Butler expressed | himself as being in favor of the adoption of a platform and of tendering the Presi- dential nomination on that platform to Mr. Bryan. If Mr. Bryan accepted he favored the nomination ‘of a Populist | Vice-President to be run with Bryan. This report was received with loud ex- pressions of disapproval, and the state- ment was made that some good middle-of- the-road man should be run for tempo- rary chairman against Butler. This propo- sition was heartily indorsed by most of those present, and Jerome C. Kirby, the Populist nominee for Governor of Texas, was suggested as a good man upon whom a contest for temporary chairman should be made. A Texas delegate, however, suggested that Texas did not desire to assume the position &f leading the fight against the ! tained in various political almanacs. | Cook County (Ill.) from another State. This provoked along discussion, After a long debate Judge O. D. Jones of Missouri was agreed upon as the most available man for the place, and 8 committee of three was appointed to visit him and ascertain his views, but ata late hour to-night this committse had not reported to the meeting. A steering committee, representing six- teen States, was appointed to-night, with instructions to work with members of other State delegations, with the view of preventing the nomination of any candi- dste not avowedly in sympathy with the principles of the People’s party. While Mr. Bryan’s name was not used; it is un- derstood that it is considered ineligible. It was midnight before the committee reached the Colorado contest, which was the last to be considered, When the case was called the announcement was made thatjex-Governor Waite withdrew his con- test. Southworth and Hackstaff declinea to withdraw, and asked to be heard. After some talk it was decided to place the names of the delezates holding regular credentials on the temporary roll and State to the convention that neither side had been heard, thus allowing the contest to go before the credentials com- mittee without prejudice. The National Committee then adjourned. —_— BLOWS ARE EXCHANGED. Lively Fight of Illinols Factions While the Populist National Committee Is'in Session. ST. LOUIS, Mo,, July 21.—The contest. ing delegations from Illinois before the Populist National Committee got mixed up in the haliway outside the room in which the committee was hearing their respective claims this evening and blows were exchanged. The committee met at 9 P, M., and had been in session only a few minutes when the contestants, headed by Burns and Hogan, made some remarks about the Dr. Taylor faction, which Tay- lor resented. The lie was passed and in a second the two factions were mixed up on the floor. Dr. Taylor was thrown down twice. He used his fists to good advan- tage and landed several blows on the faces of his opponents. The men were pulled apart, but got together a second time. Dr. Taylor was thrown and several men piled up on top of him. There were threats of resorting to firearms, when the police ar- rived\and restored order. Taylor tri- umphed before the committee. The committee first assembled shortly after noon behind closed doors, with Hon. H. E. Taubeneck presiding. The roll call showed the presence of mnearly all the members of the committee. Before going into secret session Chairman Taubeneck announced that there were a few minor contests, and that the comittee wounld complete the temporary roil and select temporary officers. For himself, he said, bhe had no choice for temporary chair- man. There are but two contests of import- ance, those from Colorado and Illinois. The former involves the entire State dele- gation, and the latter twenty-seven dele- gates from Cook County (Chicago). The Colorado contestants are headed by ex- Governor Waite,but he having declared in favor of Bryan’s nomination his colleagues deposed him for another leader. On the matter of temporary chairman the two candidates were General Weaver of Iowa, who representea the Bryan- Sewall element, and Senator Butler of North Carolina, who is opposed to the in- dorsement of the Democratic ticket. After the matter of the membership of the committee itself-had been determined the committee proceeded to conmsider ‘the applications by a number of States for an increased representation in the conven- tion. In making up the table of delegates for this convention the National Commit- tee was compelled to asct upon data con- In the cases of a number of States this infor- mation proved inaccurate. The commit- teemen from each Southerr State demon- | strated by certified copies of tabulation of votes in their States that the Populists were entitled to an increase in the number of delegates of from one to five, the latter being allowed Texas. The several Terri- tories were allowed six delegates instead of four. Oklahoma was given the same right of representation as States—thar is, one delegate for its delegate in Congress and one for each 2000 votes—which made its total representation nine. Recess was ihen taken. Immediately upon reassembling this afternoon the committee took up the | contest. After a lengthy argument Mr. Donnelly of Minne- sota moved, in the interests of harmony, that the two delegations be seated, each member to have a half vote. This was agreed to—49 to 18. The announcement of the result was re- ceived with much satisfactiop by the members of the Burns-Hogan faction in the corridor, but Dr. Taylor of Chicago sent a message to the committee saying he should decline to sit in the convention with his opponents. After deciding a case from the Nine- teenth Ohio District the committee pro- ceeded to the selection of temporary chair- man. General Weaver of Iowa, who had been spoken of as the Bryan candidate for | the place, was not mentioned. Mr. Guth- rie of North Carolina, the probable Popu- list candidate for Governor of that State, presented the name of Senator Marion Bautler of North Carolina. Mr, Branch of choice of the National Committee with their man, and advising taking a man Georgia named Ignatius Donnelly of Min- nesota. A delegate from Kansas pre- NEW TO-DAY. “APE THE BEST NATURAL Bottied at the UJ HUNYADI springs, Buda Pest, Hungary, the absolute control of the Royal Hungarian Chemical Institute e e (Ministry of Agriculture), Buda Pest. “We know of no stronger or more favourably- constituted Natural Aperient Water than ytelded by the Uj Hunyadi Springs.” APPROVED BY THE ACADEMIE DE MEDECINE, PARIS Prices: 15 cents and 25 cents per bottle, NTA’ APERIENT WATER. %Z-m-w\ Royal Councillor, M.D., Proessor hemistry, and Direcior of she. Moye Hung State Chemical Institute (Ministry of Agviculture), Buda Pesty that OF ALL DRUGGISTS AND MINERAL WATER DEALERS.’ Full Analysis and additional Testimony and Information supplied by CHS, GRAEF & CO,, 32, Beaver Street, New York, Sole Agents e 3 . THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED. SEE that the Label bears the well-known THE APOLLINARIS COMPANY, LIMITED, X RED DIAMOND Mark of l sented the name of General Field of Vir- ginia. Senator Butler's nomination was sec- onded by “Cyclone” Davis of Texas, by a delegate from Alabama and by F. G. Brown of Massachusetts, and he was se- lected temporary chairman by acclama- tion, the other names being withdrawn. For temporary secretaries the names of W. D. Vincent of Kansas, editor of Sound Money, and John W. Haves, secretary of the executive committee, Knights of Labor, were suggested and both accepted. 8. D. Walton of Georgia, the only col- ored member of the committee, presented for use at the convention a gavel come posed of seventeen different kinds of wood, Bixteen of these were from the South and West and one from the East. The Illinois contest, which it was sup- posed nad been settled so far as the Na- tional Committee was concerned, was re- opened at the suggestion of COhairman Taubeneck. After some vigorous talking it was resolved to reconsider the vote by which the two delegations were seated, each member having a half vote, and the contest was set for a further hearing. 1t came up at 9 o’clock this evening, and while the committee was deliberating the two Illinois factions, who were waiting in the hall, passed the time by a free-for-all fight, which had to be quelled by the police. The National Committee by a vote of 30 to 26 threw out the Burns-Hogan faction and seated the delegation headed by Dr. Taylor. This was a vietory for Chairman Taubeneck, at whose suggestion the case was freopened. After the result was an- nounced and the two delegations left the room there were several epithets passed, but the police prevented further personal conflict. The Burns-Hogan people say they will o before the committee on credentials and will carry the fight to the floor of the convention. e DIRECT LEGISLATION. A New Element Injected Into the Programme of the “Twin Conventions.” ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 2L.—A new ele- ment was injected into the programme of the “twin conventions” to-day by the organization of the ‘‘National Direct Legisiation League.” About sixty delegates met in pursuance to a call issued last April. Eltweed Pomeroy of Newark, N. J., was elected president; Jesse White of Omaha, record- ing secretary; and J. W. Arrowsmith of Orange, N. J., corresponding secretary. Three sessions were held by the league to- day, the last being a mass-meeting at which public addresses were made by ad- vocates of direct legislation. The league proposes to establish affiliating bodies in different States and to carry on & sys- tematic propaganda on the subject of direct legislation. A long list of vice-presidents was named, including among the number Postmaster- General William L. Wilson of West Vir- ginia. Very few of the gentlemen named were present, but Chairman Pomeroy stated that ‘Postmaster-General Wilson and other prominent men selected as vice- presidents were 1n sympathy with the di- rect legislation movement. At the evening session Ignatius Don- nelly of Minnesota, Edward Evans of the National Reform party, Panl Vandervoort of the National Legion and others spoke. A committee was appcinted to urge the adoption of a direct legislation plank at the Populist convention, and another committee was appointed to perform the same mission at thie Silver Convention. e e Bryan and Sewall’s Notification. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2L.—It is announced here that the date for the Madi- son-square meeting in New York, when the notification committee will formally notify Bryan and Sewall of their nomina. | tion, has been set for August10. 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