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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
July 23, 1896
TIE REPUBICAN BOLIEKb
SENATOR TELLER AND ASSOCIATES
ISSUE AN ADDRESS.
DECLARE FOR MR. BRYAN
All the Free Silver Force Urged to Rally
to His Support The Financial Ques
tion Stated From Their Stand
point A Critical Period in
Oar National History
A t .1 tn fnll
Denver, Colo., July 22. Senator
Teller and eleven of his associates,
who left the national Republican con
vention, last evening1 made public an
address to the silver Republicans of
the country, setting1 forth their views
of the situation. In addition to those
. signing the address Senators Pettigrew
of South Dakota and Cannon of Utah
are declared to be in sympathy with
it, although Senator Cannon was not
present at the conference, owing' to
business engagements in Boston. The
address is as follows:
"We deem it fitting that we who have here
tofore .affiliated with the national Republican
party, and who have rajectod the financial
plank of the platform adopted at St Loais,
nd refused to support the nominees of the
-convention, should state our posit on in the
present campaign and give briefly our reasons
in support thereof.
''When certain delegates to the national Re
pub ican convention repudiated the financial
plank of the platform, and withdrew from the
convention, we determined that we would give
our support to such candidates as should ap
pear most willing and capable of aiding in tiie
restoration of silver to its rightful place as a
standard money.
The Democratic party, in its Chicaro con
vention, has taken a position jn its platform
so pronouncedly favorable o silver, and has
nominated candidates of such unquestionable
convi;tions in favor of the bimatal io policy
And of such high personal character, that we
have determinad to give thm our support.
Wesupport such candidates because they rep
resent the great principle' of bimetallism,
whi:h we believe to be thi cause of humanity
and civilization and the paramount question
now before the American people.
Why They Are for liryan.
"We therefore announce that we shall by,
voice and vote support Messrs Bryan and
Sewall for President and- Vie President, and
-weippeal to all citizens and especially to Re
publicans who feel as we do. that gold mono
metallism would be of lasting injury to the
country, to act with us in securing their elec
tion. '
The Democrats who believe in t'ie gold
standard have announced their intention to
support McKinley or to put a third candi late in
the field for the avowed purpose of aiding Mc
Kinley's election. A groat number of leading
and influential Democratic journals have df
darad that they will supp rt the Repub icao
nominees It is evident there is to be a union
-of forces on the part of the ndvoats nnd sup
porters of the gold standard to cla t McKinljy
and a Congress favorable to him whiih will
snppori tne imanciu policy ouuineu in rue
Republican platform.
'To those who believe in bimetallism hifh
means the equal treatment of both gild and
silver at the mints of the nation, there i but
one course to pursue, and that is to unite all
the silver forces and to oppose w th all our
might the candidate representing the olio
which we believe is fraught wth disaster to the
nation and ruin to the people.
"Gold monometallism me ins th) sh fting to
gold alone, a3 tiie primary monsy. of a.l th
lur lens of commerci and the credit firmnrly
borne by gold and silver anJ as the world's
stock of these metals has alwiys been about
equal in amount, it means the doubling of the
burden upon gold. Doubling ths burden upon
gold means doubling the demand for the saino,
and doubling the doman 1 of a necessi'y
doubl h the value thereof. This gradual shift
ing to gold of all the burdens of gold and silv r
has caused a gradual and stiadv increase in
the value of every dollar releemahl in gold,
and henca a gradual and steady delino ia thi
value of every commodity that is measured by
that dollar.
"The Republicans and supporters of McKi i
lev consented to the ins9rtion in the St. LouU
platform of th gold standard declaration,
thinly veneered by a daclarati n for bimetall
ism "when the leading commercial nations of
the world should consent" But until th't
consent was secured tin gold stand ird must bo
mainta n'd It is well known that this cannot
be secured from Great Britain, and that such
declaration for b imetallism mean3 nothing
with this 1 mitat'on on it
"Mr McKinley consented to the declaration
for the gold standard in the plat orm and in
his recent speaches has accepts 1 it, and has
become the advocate thereof . hi h s shown by
his spee3hes heretofore mil" that hi nuder
stood the danger of the gold standard a id the
distress whieh would ba iitlict-! upon the
American people by it-i adoption, anil yet he
pledgei the people to suppo.t and maintain
that system, and fasten upon thnm ad the evils
of the financial system which he has he etofori
repudiated, if they will make him Preside t.
Whatever may have b ?en his attitude on the
money quetion in the past he must inevitably
hereafter support the same financial system
that ths present Dem cratis administratian
has, and if elected must contiuno th pjlicy of
Mr. Cleveland in tho sale of bonds in time of
peace. Honce with the success of Mr Mc
Kinley we may lock for a continued increasnoi
the public debt, and the sale of bonds to main
tain the gold standard
Something Wrong With the Country.
"That the con 1 ition of the country is not
satisfactory all admit The producers of
wealth ara not receiving fair anl proper com
pensation f r the r labor, whethir in Bold fac
tory, or mine; enter rise has naed, values are1
constantly declining, labo i u en. p.o.ve 1, dis
content p.nddistrast prevail to nn extent never
before known in the history of this country, and
no reason cin be found for mi di an unhappy
condition save in a vicious monet ir system.
Those who profess to deplorellie prfsent finan
cial system and oppose the free coinage of silver,
aredividod in opinion as to ths cauo of the
present condition Some declare that it is be
cause we hava too much tariff, othora that we
have not enough, while tin fact exists that
every gid standard country in the world,
whether it has a high or low tariff, is now, and
has baen during recent years, in the throes of a
financial panic; and every silver standard coun
try, compared with its formar condition, is en
joying an industrial devlopment and d-gree
of prosperity hitherto unknown in its history
While thus differing in opinion they unite in
asserting that the gold standard must be main
tained until foreign coin trim .t-hall signify
their willingness that the American people
shall exercise tho rights of free men and create
a financial system of thoir own. If wo overlook
the humiliation and degradation we must feel
on account of such a declaration of financial
dependency.-we may . well inquire when the
consent, of leading commercial nations will be
obtn ined.
"No one who has read the proceeding of the
thro i international monotary coufcrenoas that
have already been hold or who has examined
the impracticable propositions presented at
those conferences can for a moment believe
that any international him tallism agreement
can ever bs made with the consent of ''all the
leading commercial naton or th world."
When will Great Britain controlled as she is,
and ever will be. by the creditor classes. wh
collect va t sums of money f r inte est. due her
nd her citizsns, who buy of us annually many
more milMoat thaa she sells, to Of and whose
interest it is to make the poBud sterling pur
chase as muoh of oar product as possible,
eonsrat that we shall be naanolally indepen
dent we ire (apposed to be politically inio
pendentt Wh n did the creditor classes of
Great Britain ever give up or in any way yield
an advantage such astbey now possess through
th maintenance Of the gold standard!
"There is no hope for international bimetal
lism until the Unitod States shall establish
bimetallism for itself, and when that is done
international bimetallism may be secured
without the consent of Great Britain The
United States, on all other subjects of legis
lation. acts indepaadently of any other nation
on earth. By what process of reasoning is it
right authority or ability to legislate u on
this, the most important subjeot with which it
has t o ueai, ques tioned or denie -1
Big Enough to Go It Alone.
"With a nation equal in wealth and power to
one-fourth of the world.it is cowardly to say
that we must ak the permission of Great Brit
ain to establish and maintain a financial policy
of our own. B lieving as we do, that a return
to the monetary system, especially recognized
in the constitution and completely provided
for by law from Ii82 to 1-73. affords the only
ground of hope for the betterment of the dis
tressed condition of all the clashes except those
who live br the increment that money loaned
gives to those who loan it, wa appeal to all
classes to rally to the support of the only
candidate whose success indicates any hope of
relief.
"Let the merchant and business man whose
dwindling and lessened profits have, despite
his care and aeon my, brought him faoa to face
with prospective bankruptcy and ruin; the pro
fessional man, hose best efforts scarcely af
ford him compensation for his labor alone; the
farmer, the continually falling price of whose
products have left him no returns for capital
invested and work performed, and last, but not
least, let fhe great army of laboring men,
so called, the artisan, the mechanic, the
miner, and everyone who depends upon his
daily labor for his daily bread, look about
him and observe the great number of those
who vainly seek for a chance to work np n the
great army of enforced idlers and one and all
resolve to try, not an experiment (for bimetal
lism is not an experiment), but rather a return
to a policy that through the vicissitudes of our
nation's infancy, through the internecine strug
gle of its manhood, kept us a great, free and
prosperous nation, in which labor was not only
respected and employed, but was so compen
sated that want and disaster such as now
weighs upon us was unknown. Let the leston
of history, too recent and too plain to be gain
said or denied, be heeded, and let there be no
fear that a system that so wonderfully protected
labor, developed business enterprises and se
cured to the nation a contented and prosperous
people in the past will do aught but bring to us
a return of like prosperity, the predictions of
disaster of our opponents to the contrary not
withstanding. Bryan Their Candidate,
i "In Mr. Bryan the Chicago convention placed
at the head of its ticket a gentleman of ex
ceptional ability and high character. No man
of his age was batter known throughout the
United States than he. A member of Congress
for four years, he commanded the admiration
and respect of all his associates in that body
as a scholarly student and pr vfonnd thinker.
No man had ever assailed his character, or in
any way quest oned his integrity or moral
worth. His charaoter is a fit example for the
young men of this country. He has shown in
all his public utterances that be loves his coun
try, and his countrymen, and that he sympa
thizes with them in their distress. He has also
shown that he believed the financial system
which makes gold the standard of values was
in a great degree the cause of the depression
and financial distress prevalent throughout the
land ; that the condition now existing will con
tinue while the pr-sent monetary system lasts,
and that he would fain return to tne use of
both gold and silver as they were used prior to
187 1, and he has proposed such a change of the
financial system by the usual constitutional
methods.
"Such was tae character and such the polit
ical opinions of the candidate known to his
countrymen, who by thoir representatives in
convention ' ted from every state in the
Union, pui him in nomination for the highest
office within the gift of the American people.
' This is a critical period in our national his
tory. Our industrial and financial independ
ence of other nations and peoples is involved in
this campaign, and we firmly beliave there will
be no return of prosperity until we shall have
changed our financial system so as to restore
the bimetallio system establishad by the fath
ers of the republic ; and so believing, we urge
all friends of gold an 1 silver as standard
money and the opponent of a single gold
standard, to give to Mr. Bryan and Mr. Sewall
their hearty sup oort In advising this course
we do not consider it necessary that they shall
abandon or surrender their political views on
other questions.
"Profoundly impressed with the importance
of the issues of this campaign, for ourselves
and our associates, we respectfully submit the
forogom? to the candid consideration of the
American people. Signed: H. M. Teller, Fred
T. Dubois. Lee Mantle, Charles S, Hartman,
Edgar Wilson, John F. Shafroth, A. M. Steven
son, committee.
Maui ton, Col., July 2), 1SS.
THE MARKETS.
Kansas Cm, Mo., July 22. Almost all th
samples of wheat on 'change to-day were low
grades Some of the No. 3 was very choice.
No. 2 was almost unobtainable. There was s
good demand at about yesterday's pricas. No
I hard was worth S2l4 cents, Mississippi river
Hard Wheat No. 2, 0e ; No. 3, 48'4o; No. 4,,
'ie; rejected, no grade, if o. Soft Wheal
No. 2, 53c; No. 3, iic; No. 4, 47c; no grade,
3ic.
Corn-No. 2 !2Ke: No. 3, 21V4o; No. 4, 20c; no
grade, 18 (J. 9c; white corn, No.-', 23c; No.3,2o
No 4, 21c.
Oats-No. ?, ltfo; No 3, lc; No. 4, 12c; nf
grade, lie: No. 2 whits o its. 2)c No. 3. 19c
Bran -19 t xlo in 10 lb sacks ; bulk 6c less.
Rye -No. 2, 25 6c: No. :t, 21o; No. 4. 22c.
Hay-Choica timothy, $6.50 t7; No. 1, $5.75f
6.25: No 2, $;No. 3, new timothy, $44.50:
prairie, choice, new, $..Wa ; No. 1 new,
4. 0; No. 2. new, $3 ,3 o0; No. 3, new, $22.5).
Eggs Kansas and Missouri strictly candled
stock, 7c dozen; Southern stock, fc dozen.
Poultry Hens ihic lb; roosters, l"c each:
springs, ic; turkeys hens, tic; gobblers, 5c;
old, 4 'jc; spring ducks. 8c; old, 6c; geese,
springs, 7c; pigeons, SI per dozen; squabs,
scarce and wanted, 1.2i per dozen.
Butter-Creamery, extra fancy separator, 13c;
firsts, 1 c; dairy, fancy, 12c; fair, 10a; store
packed, fresh, 8c : packing stock, 7c
Potatoes The supply was heavier to-day and
the advance was maintained. The ruling prioe
was 15c a bushel in a small way; 133114c in
wagon loads. Sweet potatoes Not much life
to the market; 5t 7c in a small way.
Apples Fancy bom i grown stock is soiling
from 5lft6')c;. fancy stand stock will sell at 75o;
choice, 40c ; common to good, 35c a bushel.
Crabapples Siberian, 2ic per third bushel box.
Live Stock.
Kansas Cm, Mo , July S Cattle Receipts,
7,714 ; calves, 2 8: shipped yesterday, 2,527 cat
tle; no calves. The market was weak to 10c
lower.
Dressed beef and export steers $3. 2"4. 10
Texas and Indian ste -rs 2. 2 Vet 3.25
Native cows 1.75(i5
Native heifers 3.00 al
Stoekere. 2.73a50
Calvos 6 50 g8.0J
Hogs Receipts, 12,S6': shipped yesterday,
none. The market opened nearly steady on a
few loads and closed 1 o lower. The top sal
was 1 1?2 and the bulk of sales of heavy hogs
from $190 to $iS, and $310 to fi.lt for light
hogs.
Sheep Receipts. ?,276; shipped yesterday,
none. The market was steady and active on
some grades.
Following are to-day's sales:
12 lambs, 76 5 00
lambs. 77 5 15
BO lambs. 73 I 50
1! lambs 89 10
tsheup t 00
sheep, 124 1 85
WRANGLING POPULISTS,
A SPLIT IN THE CONVENTION
SEEMS CERTAIN.
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED.
Whichever Bide Wins the Other Will
Bolt Mlddle-of-tbe-Road Men Or
s;:ixe and Do Missionary Work
Charges of Corruption
Bandied About Con
vention Notes.
St. Lotjis, Mo., July 23. If tho
convention which will begin its ses
sion to-morrow shall indorse Bryan
and Sewall the middle-of-the-road
men from the South will be driven
into revolt as the last resort of self
preservation, for it is with the Democ
racy that all their domestic wars have
been waged and submission to it
means the destruction of the organiz
ing' labors of years. If the conven
tion shall refuse to indorse the Demo
cratic nominees and present a ticket
of its own, the Populists of the West
are quite resolved to ignore its action
and cast their votes for the Democratic
electors.
The middle-of-the-road men are
making demonstrably extravagant
claims. Not contenting themselves
with assertions that they will cer
tainly have a majority of the conven
tion, they declare that t1 ey will have
two-thirds of all the delegates and
that inasmuch as no indorsement of
Bryan can be had, no occasion for a
bolt can arise. Undeniably t hey con
stitute a strong force in the conven
tion. They are daily reoeiving acces
sions in numbers and are beginning to
display unsuspected tactical ability,
They have not as yet determined upon
any candidate, seeking first through a
union of all their forces the establish
ment of their principles. But it is
worthy of note that the Indiana dele
gation comes 'for Debs, Wisconsin
comes opposed to indorsement and
Ohio divided as to Bryan but united
against Sewall. Indeed so many of
the middle-of-the-road men have
found their way to town since yester
day afternoon as to quite restore the
equation disturbed by the hurrah en
trance of the Kansas and Nebraska
delegations. .
Middle of the Roaders Organize.
The middle-of-the-road Populists
reoognized to-day that the organiza
tion of the Bryan men was telling and
made an effort to effect one them
selves. Up to this morning they had
maintained open headquarters at the
Laclede hotel, where the arriving
delegates were requested to register,
procure badges, report as to what their
State delegation would do, and then
saunter forth into the hotel lobbies
and join in the talk. But no chair
man, secretary, sergeant-at-arms or
other officer had been selected. Such
a campaign could make little head
way against the organized forces of
the Bryaj men, who were acting with
system. - A meeting of the middle-of-the-road
men was called and an at
tempt made to organize. A. II. Liv
ingstone of Missouri was elected
temporary chairman and Allie Reed
of Ohio temporary secretary.
F. D. Albright of Oklahoma pointed
out a man seated in front of the
chairman and declared that he had
been around the various hotels dis
tributing "Mark llanna's money" for
the purpose of preventing the indorse
ment of Bryan and defeating the Sil
ver party. The man proved to be
Silas Ross of Buffalo, N. Y. Ross de
nied in the most emphatic manner
that he had been engaged in any such
business, or had ever seen the Okla
homa man before.
Albright claimed that Ross had rep
resented himself as from Baltimore
and other portions of the country, but
npon close questioning be admitted
that he might be mistaken in saying
that the man looked very much like
Ross.
Later in the meeting Hacks tail of
Colorado entered and made a speech.
The Oklahoma man arose and said
Hackstaff was the man who offered
money to defeat Bryan's indorsement.
Hackstaff denied that he bad ever
seen the Oklahoma man before or that
he was engaged in anything but an
effort to select a straight out Populist
candidate for president.
The Oklahoma man seemed to be
uncertain, and went out after a mo
tion had been adopted requesting the
Bryan men tc leave the hall.
Call of States.
Shortly after the meeting was
called to order, a motion was carried
with a whoop that none but a straight
out Populist should be nominated for
President.
Then occurred a row ovr the fact
that men with Bryan badges were in
the room. It was claimed by the
middle-of-the-road Populitts that these
Bryan men should either get out or
declare themselves for a middle-of-the-road
ticket There were several
quarrels over rights of recognition,
but the secretary finally got a sem
blance of order by moving a call of
the roll of states to secure responses,
and see what strength the middle-of-the-road
men would have in the
convention.
Arizona did not respond, nor did
Alabama, although a Florida man
stated that he understood Alabama
was divided. Arkansas was for the
Omaha platform. California was
divided, but it was said the middle of
the road men in the delegation would
accept Bryan on a straight Populist
platform. There was no response
from Connecticut Colorado announced
two delegations one for Bryan and
the other for a straight-out The sec
retary moved that the middle-of-the-road
men use every effort to seat their
delegation and reject the "Democratic
delegation" headed by Tom Patterson.
This was carried with a shout There
was no response from Delaware or the
District of Columbia. Georgia did not
respond. When Indiana was called it
announced that the greater .portion of
as v, a . sva vi
"mldjlle-of-'
the delegation was "micvile-of-tne-
road," the delegate making the an
nouncement stating that the Populists
he represented did not propose to do
anything that would assist in the elec
tion of Daniel W. Voorhees to suoceed
himself.
In the Texas delegation to-day
Harry Tracy proposed that a telegram
should be sent to Mr. Bryan, asking
him if he indorsed the Omaha plat
form. Tracy made a spirited speech
in support of his proposition, saying
that, in view of the talk of indorsing
Bryan by the Populist convention,
the delegates were entitled to know
how he stood with reference to Pop
ulist principles. The proposition was
voted down ly a narrow margin, but
not until after several members had
made speeches for and against it
Those who opposed the sending of the
telegram took the position that it
would be indelicate to put such an in
quiry to Mr. Bryan at this time. The
friends of Mr. Bryan accept the re
sult with much satisfaction, in view
of the supposition that Texas was ir
reconcilably antagonistic to the Dem
ocratic nominee.
WESTERNERS FOR BRTAN. '
If these men shall have their middle-of-the-road
way, a result that by no
meanes is arured,as conditions super
ficially still indicate the success of
the Bryan r-ovement, the Western
Populists w t not be affected by it
"It won't m ike any difference," Baid
Senator Stewart this morning. "We'd
vote for Bryan anyway." Jerry Simp
son added and was seconded by ex
Congressman Davis: "So far as Kansas
is concerned it doesn't matter what
this convention dors, we are for Bryan
and for free silver." Euough testi
mony of this sort is at hand from
competent sources to make it certain
that in the event that an independent
ticket is named the Western Populists
will not accept it
Meanwhile gossip continues of fu
sion on electors, with division be
tween the parties on the basis of the
vote last cast, but the Democratic
managers ai o compelled to reject this
as firmly as they reject the proposa
to withdraw Sewall.
It does not now seem positive that
the Populists will have any choice ex
cept as between two courses nomi
nate Bryan and Sewall, or to name a
ticket of their own. None of the
compromises thus far proposed ap
pears to stand the least chance of ac
ceptance. Nomination instead of Indorsement
will be necessary, it is said, because
the laws of Ohio and North Dakota
require that all who are named on a
ticket shall be the candidates of the
Earty presenting it The fusionists,
acked by their helpful allies, the
silver Democrats and the silver Re
publicans, appear to have the advan
tage of number aad position.
GEORGIA AGAINST INDORSEMENT.
The Georgia delegation arrived to
day. H. P. Blunt, a leading member,
said that it would be impossible to
bring the delegation to the support of
Bryan and Sewall. The Populists of
his state would construe the indorse
ment of the national Democratic
nominees as an indorsement of Demo
cratic methods in Georgia state poli
tics and it would be impossible to
reconcile them to the course.
Kansas Delegation.
St. Louis, Mo,, July 22. The Kan
sas delegation appointed Jerry Simp
son chairman and E. Taylor and T. H.
Butler assistant chairmen. The dele
gation is so large, numbering ninety
two persons that one man could not
poll it readily. There will also be
congressional district chairmen to
expedite matters. About fifty Kansas
men were also selected to serve as
assistant sergeant-at-arms in the con
vedtion. ' "
MR. BRYAN'S MAIL,
The Democratic Nominee Unable Even,
to Read the Letters Receired.
Lincoln, Neb., July 22. More let
ters come to W. J. Bryan each day
than he and his wife and secretary
can open and read, and, in order to
let those who have written to him
know the situation, he gave out the
following yesterday:
"Lincoln, Neb., July 20, 1896. To
the public: My daily mail has grown
so large that I find it impossible to
read all letters received, and still
more impossible to reply at length to
each. Those who are interested in the
success of our cause will appreciate
the situation and pardon me for mak
ing" the following suggestions:
"First As time will not permit a
full discussion of political questions in
so large a numbor of private letters, I
shall, in order to avoid discrimination,
reserve all such discussions for public
occasions.
"Second All offers of service and
suggestions regarding the conduct of
the campaign should be made to the
national committeemen representing
various states and territories. All re
quests for campaign literature should
be addressed to the secretary of the
national committee at committee
headquarters as soon as headquarters
are opened.
"If friends will be kind enough to
observe the above suggestions I shall
be able to devote my time fully to the
work of the campaign. William J.
Bryan."
A Bryan Shonter Fatally Cet.
Springfield, Mo., July 82. At
midnight last night John Ryan of this
city stood in front of the Metropolitan
hotel and yelled lond and long for
B-iyan. Ed Hyder, from the adjoin
ing county, shouted back a defiant cry
for McKinley. Ryan answered with
the Bryan shout and then the men
began to quarrel and Hyder drew a
knife and cut Ryan twice. One cut
was in the throat and barely missed
the jugular vein. The other was clear
across the back from shoulder to
shoulder. Hyder Is in jail and Ryan
may die.
Bishop Coze Dead.
Rochester, N. Y., July 12. Bishop
Arthur Cleveland Coxe of the Western
New York Episcopal diocese died yes
terday afternoon of nervous prostra
tion as he was about to take a train
from Clifton Springs sanitarium,
where he had been sojourning a few
days, to his home in Buffalo.
A Farmer Anlhtlates Hie Family. '.
Dryden, Alien., July 22. George
Swayne, a farmer about 45 years old,
living near here, killed his three small
children, set fire to his house and
then blew his own brains out this
morning. His wife died a &hort t'me
ago. and it is thought that this had
deranged his mind.
FILLEYITtS IN CHARGE.
WILL PROBABLY CONTROL THE
MISSOURI CONVENTION,
NO COMPROMISE LIKELY.
The Fllley Delegates From Pike and
Jackson Counties Seated for Tem
porary Organization Lewi
Much Talked of as Dark
Horse Other Conven
tion News.
Springfield, Ma, July 88. Boss
Filley arrived last night for the Re
publican state convevtion and went at
once to the Metropolitan hotel, which
is just now the political center of ' he
town. "Czar" Zeigenhein and F. B.
Brownell brought a train load of Fil
leyites from St Louis, arriving soon
after daylight. Among them were
Congressman Bartholdt, who was per
manent chairman of the St. Joseph
CHACNCET I. FILLET.
convention and is the Filley candi
date for the same position to-morrow;
John Henry Pohlman, ex-sheriff of
St Louis, and Coroner W. S. Wait,
who helps to take care of the Filley
interests among the A. P. A., and an
innumerable body of other Filley ad
mirers. Mayor Cyrus P. Walbridge also
came, hastily summoned by his lieu
tenants who were on the ground and
saw that there was need of him.
From Northern and Western Mis
souri there was a host of workers.
Early this foren oon there was the
greatest confusion in regard to candi
dates for the gubernatorial nomina
tion and all kinds of rumors. The
Cahoon men said the fight would be
between Cahoon and R. E. Lewis, who
arrived from Clinton last night The
Walbridge men claimed Walbridge as
the strongest and Lewis as second,
and the Filley delegates from St Louis
said that the fight was between Davis
and Lewis
The real strength Walbridge will
have in the St. Louis delegation that
is to say, the votes he can hold when
Filley leaves him is. variously esti
mated at from forty to sixty. Filley
said this morning that Walbridgn
would get 100 votes in St Louis, and
Pohlman said practically the same
thing. Pohlman is not friendly to
Walbildge, but intimated that voting
for Walbridge on the first ballot would
do no harm.
Everybody expects that there will
be at least four or fl ve ballots. Be fore
that time the Filleyites from St
Louis will all be voting against Wal
bridge, and they agree that it will be
either Davis or Lewis, unless some
thing unexpected happens.
The antl-Filleyites are centering on
Major William Warner for permanent
ohairman and are claiming to be able
to organize the convention. As new
delegates arrived during the forenoon
Warner seemed to be ciearly gaining
strength, while Davis stock naturally
went down.
ANTI-FILLKT MF.S CAST OUT.
The central committee met during
the forenoon. It unseated the Morse
delegation in Clay county and seated
the Filley delegation. In Pike county
the Filley delegates were seated and
in Jackson the full Davis delegation.
The action of the State committee
in seating the Filley delegates in Pike
county is taken as a strong indication
that Filley is afraid he will not con
trol the convention. lie controls the
committee almost to a roan. Warner
knew it and did not take hit contest
before the committee, preferring to
carry it to the committee on creden
tials. Following is a Rlate offered by a
Filley man as likely to be successful
and it is given out lor what it may -be
worth: For governor, R. E. Lewis of
Henry county; for lieutenant govern
or, State Senator W. F. Mott of St.
Louis, or Senator J. B. O'Banuon of
Dallas; for secretaty of state, Albert
Griffin; for state treasurer, J. F. Ouer
lich of Cooper; for railroad commis
sioner, George N. Stille of Unionville;
for auditor, C. E. Moss of DeKalb
county; for judge of the supreme
court, Rudolph llirsel of St Louis
county; for attorney general, J. W.
Eennish of Atchison county. The
candidates whose names appear in the
list are apparently developing some
strength, except Albert Grifiin, who
says he does not care anything about
a nomination.
National Reform Kdltor.
St. Louis, Mo., July 22. The Na
tional Reform Press Association held
a li rely session yesterday. The ma
jority of the editors were middle of
the road men and opposed to any kind
of fusion. A committee was appointed
to draw up formal resolutions for sub
mission to-day.
Chairman Jones' Promlses.
St. Louis, Mo,, July 22. In case
Bryan is nominated or indorsed Chair
man Jones has agreed that the Popu
lists shall have two representatives in
the national committee rvnd the sll
verites one representative.
TOWNE FOR BRYAN.
The Minnesota Bolter Points Oat the Best
Coarse for PopalUts-
8t. Louts, Mo., July 23, Congress
man Towne of Minnesota, one of the t
bolting silver Republicans, arrived
here to-day. He has been in Minne
sota since the Chicago convention and
has addressed there large silver meet
ing. "The silver movement in Minne
sota," said he, "is growing by metes
and bounds. Among the Republicans
I was amazed at the widespread de
fection in favor of silver. The Re
publicans and Populists whom 1 saw
were all enthusiastically for Bryan in
the belief that it was only by a anion
of the silver forces that the battle for
the restoration of silver could be won
in this campaign." :
"Your name has been canvassed ex
tensively in connection with the
presidential nomination by the Pop
ulists who want to place an indepen
dent ticket in the field," was sug
gested. "I appreciate very highly the com
pliment involved in the suggestion of
my name," replied Mr. Towne, "but
an independent nomination in my
opinion is impracticable. Bryan
should be indorsed. I am for Bryan."
Senators P ttigrew of South Dakota'
and Jones of Nevada arrived here to
day. . . .
TO "EDUCATE" VOTERS.
Tons of Campaign Literature Will So
Handled by Republican Committee.
Washington. July 22. As one re-
snlt of a conference between Chair
man Babcock of ; the Republican
Congressional committee and Mark
Hanna and Major McKinley last week,
the Congressional committee, from
this time on, will perform more work
and in different fields than has ever-
devolved upon any previous commit
tee. The number of campaign documents
that will be sent out between now
and next November bv the congres
sional committee will be in the mil
lions. From one State alone an order
has been received for 700, 0C0 of these
documents, and there are a numbef of
orders for 400.00IL Th mtWlt nf
these documents will bear npon the
a : - . . m.
unanciai question, xoe congressional
committee will get out the campaign
book this rear and it is now at work
npon it
REJECTED BY DEMOCRATS.
The Proposed Dropping of Mr. Sewall
Positively Declined by Mr. Jones.
St. Louis, Ma, July 22. Up to this
morning Democratic National Chair
man Jones had not been apprised of
the proposed compromise of the Popu
lists looking to the indorsement of
Bryan, the substitution of a new man
for Sewall for second place and the
substitution of part Populist electors
in the various states It can, how
ever, be stated authoritatively that no
such compromise would be entertained
by the Democratic committee, as that
committee, Mr. Jones said, must be as
loyal to the Vice Presidential nominee
as to the Presidential candidate. It is
also known that Chairman Jones does
not regard a division of the electors as
possible or believe that the Democrats
could consent to any such division.
After Payne and Banna. '
Chicago, July 22. Immediate steps
to carry out the plan of attack on
Henry C. Payne, manager of McKin
ley's Western campaign, mapped out
by the Trade and Labor assembly,
will be taken by the grievance com
mittee of the assembly, which held a
special meeting last night to consider
the matter. Mark Hanna also came
up for discussion, and the subcommit
tee that was appointed to go to Mil
waukee and collect evidence against
Mr. Payne was instructed to proceed
to Cleveland and, other points to
gather testimony in regard to Mr.
Hanna.
Roda-ere Held With oat Baa
Tola, Kan.. July 22. Jacob Rod-
gers, charged with the murder of Miss
Delia Hutchinson and her infant child,
had his ' preliminary hearinsr before
Justice Perry at Humboldt yesterday.
It was thought Rodgers had accom
plices in the crime, but if he did the
evidence en far fails to noint fnnnv
particular person. The evidence
against iioagers is purely circumstan
tial. At tne conclusion of tne testi
mony, Justice Perry held him without
bail to await the next term of the
district court .
Murdered by Mutineers.
Halifax, July 22 On the barken
tine Herbert Fuller, Captain Nash,
from Boston, which arrived here this
morning, there was mutiny during
the trip, and the captain and his wife
and tho second mate were killed in
their berths with axes by the muti
neers. All of the crew were taken off
the vessel and locked up in the police
station here to await trial.
Four Thousand Workmen Hade Happy.
Pittsbueg, Pa., July 22. Over 4,00o
employes of the National Rolling mill
at McReesport have been granted the
amalgamated schedule and all the
mills of the company, it is expected,
will soon be at work on double time.
The scale gives an increase on pud
dling from SH to 8. 50, with increase
to puddlers' helpers accordingly,
XV. Ii. Harry man for Senator.
Sedalia, Mo., July 22. The Re
publicans of the Fifteenth senatorial
district, comprising the counties of
Saline, Pettis, Hickory and Benton,
nominated W. D. Harryman of Hlok
ory county, for senator by acclama
tion. For Direct Legislation.
St. Louis, Mo., July 22. The Direct
Legislation league, which favors the
initiative and referendum system, will
be in session here during the progress
of the Populist and silver conventions.
Its objects are to secure in all future
platforms, municipal and looal, as
well as state and national, the stronf
sst possible direct legislation declara
tion: the widest possible discussion of
iirect legislation; a union of reform
torces. local or national, for the same
eandidates, but without neceasarilr
giving up their separate organisation
or distinctive issues and platforms.