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HILL IS SOUGHT OUT
Goldbugs Flock To Lean What Hi
fill Do.
CURTIS IS TREATED COLDLY
New York’s Senator Maintains a
Ephynx-Like Silence.
HAS REACHED M 3 DECISION AS YET
Refuses TO Say Whether He Will
Follow Whitney—Senator Mur
phy Remains in Statu Quo.
k*. • •**"«rmvn.lte by the Stea. N J . July IC
an _v_4>,. a tor Hill put •" * b‘«>
looking With lead rs of the democrat I"
»rLtThe Clone*, of Atkan«».«. chairman of
The nondr* •" •• *•> committee. who re|>r« su.ts the
» ... —n .X. • t •-r Shortly. John
1 . for hz. the pr. aide d- mocraUc candl-
FA .iu«* for gu*rn..r of N*« lurk. U leu-d
tor tomorrow. and the assistant «e*ret«ry
of treasury. WUliam K Curtis, who rep
resents tho white house wing of the party,
reached Normandie this afternoon.
13 ,hB? Mr
Curtis .o' io nator HUI at the instance
of Mr. C'.*-v '.and. Senator Hill refuses to
divulge what passed between them In their
short inte :ew. MeverthHesm. rereral
IhU ■ 'OW pretty
con.'luelteiy that Mr. Hill wiU not take
» ...ft’- nr- for the ad-
!■. i t» tw accurate. the
minis?cw l>n • -
, Mr . cirtis the cold shoulder.
1- rant secretary sent word just I
a r n«n to s " n •*‘» r laU thal wouW ® r "
. .**.• nx-e this afternoon. Nevertli.-teas.
- .iir- r tho senator. in
iu« -a»- r
k >. or
x na and drove down to Long
l.'rjui i. o .stWy far I,M I‘“n>«“e of cali
>.' • b < Uewgue. Senator Murpny.
wb* is connned to a si* * 1--4- After a
, X V tn which the whole po
lti x - • ov-r hut'
part • .v C• I* tun sque phases of the
Cha ago .muvunUou. Mr. Hili returned to
He.
>•- «-iwi tie Assistant Secretary Curtis had
arrived and kaimed, to his surprtos. that
Sotu’. T lid. : •••> Ko;.- away. The only thing
s.-tt for Mr. Curtis to do was to stroll on
, „ |. 4 . h until Mr. Hid returned. Accord
t’.e secretary took refuge on tho
p.ru o of a l ath bouse that commanded
vi« w of Senator H ill's cottage atid watch
ed the roiling tide com- In as ho waited for
lux twine cotnii.g of Mr. Hdl.
Hill's Polished Politics.
j ~.. «ug- Mr. Curtis Insisted that
t o in. .itice ytioul I bo attached to his .
«u>>. i :• r*. "Nevertheless and notwilb- ;
a* •* V<--t wuubi ■
i. x.-- . -..s stiow-d tnat Mr. ■
; ‘ ;?“L1 c n,: h r expreoaly to barn
x , j- nator Hill's imrtlion would be to- i
i u i d th.- Uryan tick. I.
jdr. li.ii r> - :«d ~rr' ' * hort Hm* before
n .■ . k and as soon as ius victoria ap
. . in H..- d 't-i - Mr. Curtis Mart.-d
Ln the cottage. Hili saw iitm
*, .nu g and beckomd. When the two met
l . . was no tip- !-hakl f. «n cent.-.-
T>- e ttMt* Mima*. r»* prrW very I ,
:wo entered a private r.*>m o< rai
.j. J ar!> s cottage, wberv th y w.re closeted
I r naif an hour.
A > r i:ie conferr-nce neither wo *1 talk.
Ja>th b» ame as dtunb as clams. Mr. t'ur
ns acted as if he had just come ba k fr*"«
t. • bitir.s r. x-oiis of the arctie sone. It
Wa.< gainfully apparent that he had re
/vciv.d btiic cow- : .U from tho nator. i
It li.t-aiat.d tonight that Senator Hill ,
»•. only gave the a J ministration the c>l 1
I s r, but spoke bis mind freely about
t-► iter declining a third term, whien
i .. r ..n: j «i which was lie cause of
ti. Ckv.iacd ritbuke at Chicago. More- :
ov . .t 1. ; <l4 Mr. Hill hint 1 that .ie |
w>. .id no' • . jotise the tni.d tick. t.
I: i> known positively that the senator
a ll wait untd tr.e New York state demo
:.v« iilioi» in, .t« in j»> ptvimr r be-
I ■ e 4. la-. 4 n:s ;» - 101.. In a w-jid, be
w.d not en, «-rars hs tutur. preside'lllal
pro-j.-vis by any ha ty a< lion He even |
. < ■<► < .»nim- ’<• .-:i • x-r- >. r- tary !i.t- i
p i;at«-» lh< Chi-platform.
• nator Hili is playing pol: b*d politic* •
t • d-xvs. He is -mg consulted on ail
- ' - l.y rat kat -t 111. of •<. - party, la-t- |
t -■ , •>r iii upon hint from «-v« ry direction.
In X.-mi-i' . Is Iw-oming avert-
I— m. N"a- ■ every big paper haa •
a- 4. I a s <ff c«rr» spondeut here,
s ,f M.t Ill's is.-ar Nurniaudi. . •
.- - -r M :rphy ,t k>(.< Branch. Stale ;
11. lore ar. - National >
V mi it -an js laa is stopping with
Mr ” <r, y. J <; pr.-s. nt 8. nal-ir 11.1 l
is s’ . .i. ... H , not boil and be will
n I a Bryani". It Is a Mi stake to say
: «t -1 as almoix : tapped out his course.
• i t - .ontr.iry, • || |s playing the tote
o* a i al M: wlor H. nils his
si - i- «' .i • .- ion- .unmiUhl on the
■ - <» rlvtf-ia y.-t, and S. lalor Mur- ■
, is in prei-.x b.i„ a lie- same boat.
OFFICIALS ARE SILENT.
President Ciereland Keeps His Cabi
net in a Nervous State.
Wji * *a. I» <•_, July 13. -•i.Spf'ciat)— ’
T . |m ,f tbr ...„ t a! „i the cabi- |
in W . gt**n, not that anybody is I
alarm lat t • , s : - t that they wII i«<il
ih <i. tuocrat.i party, but eoturttk-mble in- <
*t .<:•;• - to fi. ,r ni.>v.-m< nts as a
I- :■ a remar fa-t that neither the ■
pr. - <l, :ii i.„t any n• in - r of bis cabinet !
a> .nd <i .. word ot ipproval of the d.-m- !
<*.-rati«- ticket, notwitbstnnding the fact I
I "at Mr. i’bv lard r».is been three time.* !
honored by his party with the |.n sideiitial j
ii..intnath>n. ami hai> always lustily pro- .
■ iilm.d uj«on the duties devolving upon *
d- mo. rats to aid ie by the action of the i
party -fiat is. when he was the nominee.
Nor has a i»- nr ni!e r of the cabinet !
‘1 tit . red a word in b- ialf of the democratic I
f it. ket- On the other hand, it is belsev.-d
t'aat one or two members of the cabinet |
already p- ,«,it, •
and the attitude of S- n-tary Smith's !
newspaper in do ng ,v« rything it can to j
. riticis. and atta -k th. convention, with- •'
oit e-iitnr.aliy antagonizing its work, is j
a ep-..1 a< ev .1. of the f. t that it is
holding itself tn line to obey instructions I
DUTIES OF A PRESIDENT TO A PEOPLE.
flavrrhill. M. July |S (Special.]—The duty of a president to the people and of a
n< m nee to hi'party ha« been a r of frequent «liscu>*i«»n during recent years. The fol
lowing letter was rec. red by baniel It. Kdlev, of this citv, from Hon. William J. Bryan
some tune previous to the latter’s nomination :
"You may quote me as saving >n regard to the relation of a president to his party, the
president.' ke any ether public off.cer. is a public servant, and it is his duty to carry out the
pnre es I.nd de *o m the p'atform upon which he was elected, and taught by the party of
whienhewasa member. The president is not selected as a school teacher to instruct his
party, nor is he chosen because these who choose him are not able to think for themselves.
H is cr.osen by these who think as he does to carry out. in legislation and in the executive
departmentsof the gon rnment. the political principles and policies for which the party
stands. In the distribution of patronage he is in duty bound to recognize all elements of his
party in so far as he recognizes the party at all. To discriminate against a portion of the
party, wtiicn helped e'ect him is as indefensible as it would be to appoint members of another
party to offices to which the parry is entitled. The phrase 'a public office is a public trust*
includes it all. because the president is simply a trustee selected for a limited time to perform
a certain duty- ‘ WILLIAM J. BRYAN,”
I when the policy to be adopted is decided on.
I It Is well understood here that no mem
ber of the cabinet will apeak on the sub
ject until he hears from Gray Gables. Mr.
Cleveland has not as yet spoken and proba
bly will not for several days. In the mean
time the cabinet members are anxiously
waiting and as soon as they receive inti
mation from Mr, Cleveland it may be de
pended upon that they will follow his suit.
If he says bolt, they will bolt; if he says,
vote for McKinley, they will vote for Mc-
Kinley. and if he says organise an inde
pendent democratic movement, they will
take the lead on that line.
The attitude of the cabinet depends en
tirely ujs.n the movement of Mr. Cleveland,
and until he has definitely decided what
course he will take nothing need lie expect
ed from the cabinet and the Immediate
circle dependent upon Its members.
In the meantime it is significant that
newspapers which do not dare to openly
antagonise the democratic ticket are doing
everything in their power to convey the
impression that the party Is zplit asunder
and that there will be a general bolt. They
are sparing no effort to promote discon
tent and are lilwral in their use of space for
every item that tends to emphasize division
in the ranks of the party. Indeed, under
the guise of democratic newspapers they
are openly engaged In the work of stabbing
the democratic party in the back, and if
they keep it up there will soon l«- a general
demand from democrats that they either
take off the democratic colors or go openly
Into the republican camp, where they can
do less harm than by attacking the party
from the inside.
HERBERT LEADS THE BOLTING.
Secretary of the Navy Declares Him
self Against Democracy.
Washington. July H -Secretary Herbert
la the first memlier of the cabinet to an
nounce himself openly with resi»ect to the
Chicago convention. In reply to an Inquiry
today ho stated that he would not support
the ticket nominated at Chicago, but be
yond this brief definition of his position he
would say nothing. Other members of
the cabinet do not hesitate to say in pri
vate conversation that they cannot con
s< ientiouslv Indorse the platform, and it
Is not unlikely that others of the number
will a little later make these announce
ment* publicly. Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Hamlin talks freely against the
Chi ago platform and ticket.
WHITNEY BOLTS THE PARTY.
Leader of New York’s Gold Men De
serts the Democratic Ship.
New York. Job W. The following tele
gram. which Is self-explanatory, was re
eeived by the 1 tilted Press this evening:
"No. !•:•' Sixth Avenue. New York. July
. , th* I' - lit •••» Pre -. \V<'stc:
I nloti Building. New York Wil! you l>e
ki .d enough to correct the statement th it
I desire the indorsement by the state or
ganization Os the Chicago ticket. There
are no |s. sil.le conditions or circumstances
. to rata ’ ■■ I u
sistlt W. C. WHITNEY.'•
Olney Wants His Own Way.
Ix>n .«n. July I s -The Morning l ost, com
menting upon the corn s|>ondenee tietwecn
I Grvit Britain and the Vnited States anent
! the V. m zmlan lioundary dispute, s-iyz
that Mr Olney, th- American wscretary of
I state, is not ~o much anxious fur a settle
‘ ment of the qu< st ions as he Is for a chance
• of putting Ix.rd Satkbury in the wrong
Ttie Graphic, treating of the sain.- sul>-
{ jeet. says
-The attitude of tho I'nlte 1 States is
■ un>- impronir inn. Mr. Olm y wants his own
wax* or he wiil accept nothing.
Carlisle Like Cleveland.
Norfolk. Va.. July lx.-The lighthouse
tender, xlaple. having on board Secretary
: of the T -usury t'aiii ’e. Mr- t'arli.-Ie and
I Mrs. l-ogati Carlisle and children, put In
j here for a few minutes Hits morning for
I' ice and other supplies.
Immediately after procuring thewe the
party left f< r York Spit, where Mr. Car
lisle s| •nt tiic atterm ou fishing. The Ma
ple will ai.e her gi> sis to Washing
i ton tomorrow.
a.
BRYAN IT IS AND NOT O'BRYAN.
Records in Culpepper County, Va.,
Show the Name.
Ith-hmond. Va . July !••. A Culpepe r
speeiil to T! ■ n. pat h sax- fl at the
I s-.at< ment from J llarx.x o Bryan, of
Portland. •»t . to til. • fie. t that the name
ut the <l-mocrath- pr< >;<!< t>t 'al nominee is
really «>lity.in am! was charoi by him
ut the tim< h I.gan to practice law in
fan- <ln. Nel*., is wholly without found*-
t IU!I
It ili'air.- Bryan, th- great-grandfather of
{ tile liomili* -. ••atm- to till* comity tn ij'<2
j from the lower part of the state, acquir
: lug large tracts of land hero ami Ih
•joiiii: g | -ninitr-Hly i<lentifi«d with the
county. His i.am. in t to- deeds for these
lands i- I try a i r-nd ins last will and testa
ment. whieti w.c- .:<lm tied to record July
’ 21, !»■.•;. is signed W Ilia tn Bryan.
An old chur. h built by him U|H>n his
lard and known as the Bryan meeting
; house, is still Stand ng.
John T. Bryan, the grandfather of the
’ ca :at< . tm-ved from this county to
Illinois al- sit I*.'.'- or I'--*, when Silas Bryan,
the candidat* s father, was a ls*y about
twelve years old.
William J«nnings Bryan, his father, his
grandfather and It- great-grandfather
st-eil. ,1 th* ir nam« s Bryan. Tin Bryans
Int. rmarried with some of the prominent
fa mil >s "f this county and hav« a number
• «.f !<l«<ml relatives living here. This is au
' th*-title, having been taken fr-»m tin- records
j TURNER DECLARES FOR BRYAN.
Secretary of National Committee of
Populist Party Issues a Decree.
Was-i.ngton. July U - Mr. J. H Turner,
j- -rotary of the national committee of tne
populist party, issue l a mauife.-io today
I alvis:ng all the populists to ratify the
i >nvnatlon of Bryan at the populist con
; vention at St. Louis on July 22d n< xt. In
the course of his address he says:
"The truth of it is that th- only .point th*
j-e.uhsts now have to decide is whether or
not tmy will take Mr. Bryan, whom every
g Idbug in the i-oiintry has «ie:i.<un<-e<l. for
*..ir i• xt pr<-sident <*f the I'nP-d States,
lor wla ther they will take Mr. McKinley,
i who r<j>r*sonts'cverything that the popu-
I lists have d< nounced and just the opposite
«.! everything they have advocated since
they have bc*>i» a party.”
GLENNAN FALLS INTO LINE.
Editor of Tlie Norfolk Virginian Will
Support Bryan.
Norfolk. Va.. July 14.—The norfolk Vlr
' giniati. whose editor. M. Glenman, was one
! of th.- sound money delegate* from Vir
ginia. to the Chicago convention, and who
challenged every vote of the Virginia del
egation as announced under the unit rule,
xx ill tomorrow declare its support of the
I democratic nominee.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATEANT, j G A MONDAY, JULT 20* 1596.
WORD FROM GANTT
South Carolina Editor Writes a Strong
Letter to The Constitution.
DIAGNOSES THE SITUATION
Points Out to the Populists That Bry
an Is the Man To Be Elected
in November.
Spartanburg, 8. C., July 18.—Editor < on
atitution: 1 have just read an
from Hon. Thomas E. Watson In Ih* «
pie's Barty Bap-r. in winch he argues
against the populists Indorsing the ticket
nominated at Chicago last week.
As on- who has worked for and wit i
the alliance since Its first organizat.on
an«i is thoroughly rnlisU‘4 hi the cause of
our farmer* 1 ask the use of your columns
to lax my views before my populist
friends In Georgia I would hav- address. <1
this letter to Mr. Watson's paper, but for
the fact that through that medium I
would not have time to reach the people
until too late to accomplish anything.
I claim the proud distinction of having
edited The Athens Banner, the only paper
tn the United States that supported the
alliance cause when in its swaddling
clothes. I also had charge of their state
organ, and I believe that the farmers of
Georgia will b. ar me out tn the assertion
that I have laltored for their cause faith
fully, fearlessly and unselfishly. 1 could
have represented my district In congress,
but felt that I could do the cause more
good with my pen and working in the
ranks.
1 would have been living in Georgia to
day but for the fact that the alliance de
cided to align Itself with the populist par
ty, and while 1 felt that 1 could not op
pose my former friends, at the same time
I kn*'W it was political sui<lde for our
farmers to secede from the democratic par
ty and attempt to build up a new and in
d> iwndeiit political movement in the south.
With our late slave owning states the
word "deimxTacy” means more than party
allegiance; it means the political suprema
cy of the Anglo-Saxon race. For the
whites to divide in the south makes of our
ctdoH-'l voters political arbitrators And
I further knew that the controlling majori
ty of our black vote could be purchased.
The rni-n who constitute the alliance move
ment. and now the people's party, ar.
poor, and have no money to spend in tin
purchase of votes. Their opponents are the
men who have the "boodle, and that they
have used it to good purpose is * 1.-ally dem
onstrated by the fact that when 1 left Geor
gia the farmers controlled the legislature
l.y more than a three-fourths majority,
and had elected their governor, as also six
meml*ers of congress. But when tie-j
withdrew from the.r party organization,
turning all the machfm ry and the ballot
boxes over to those who had opposed tie-in
so bitterly, they simply played to the
hands of their enemies, and have lost
evryth'ng they had gained.
How Cleveland Was Nominated in 92.
And not only this, but the p.ipuiist move
ment in th. south is directly resp.*ns hie
for the nomination of Grover t’l. v. tan-l in
Had alliancemen gone into our
democratic conventions and dictated the
del. gates the friends of silver would then
have controlled the Chicago convention.
a< was done last week, and a man in full
rd and sympathy with the masses of
our |*opnlation nominated and elected. I his
1 know l<> be a tact. Senator Irby, of South
Carolina, stet.-d to me on his return from
Chicago th.i. had he the undivided del.■■•:<-
lions of Ge tgm ami Alabama at Ills Ua. k
Grover Cleveland would never have
be. n nominated as president.
I know that our southern populists are
a.'tuat* d by pure and patriotic motives,
and that "hope delayed tnaketh the heart
sick.” They have been so long dee. iv-d
that they were ready to follow any political
will-o'-the-wisp that they thought would
lead them to relief. The last work I did
on the press in Georgia was to appeal to
my alliance friends and brethren to be
ware of this |w>pulistlc mirage, and con
tinue to tight their battles Hom behind
Hi.- ramparts of democracy. And I xxill
lore add that I have accomplished in
SmiHi Carolina what I sought so earnestly
to accomplish in Georgia. In this state
the ftirmei s absolutely control tin Ir gov
.rnmcnt. they name every officer, from
tinted states Senator down to coronet,
and neither ar.- our voters manipulated
through eoart house mass meetings nor
■tat. lion- ■ «ot. vent ions, but we have direct
democrat . pr .n:ir;.*s, where every white
voter can repair to the polls and cast bis
ballot forth. men of his choice; and the
liek.t thus selected beeotnes the demo
crat ie nominees.
I Was in attendance nnon the late Chi
cago convent on. I heard Mr. Bryan's ad
•ire.ss, ant could my populist friends
throughout this union have be. n present
on that oe.asion. I know that they would
I e irtily and unanimously indorse our
standard Isarer. It was not so much what
Mr Bryan aid. as the eat itesi u.ss and
< loquence with which he uttered his words.
I Isdleve that God has raised up that
xoung man to bleak the golden shackles
which bind the people, and lead them to
victory and relief.
Vur South Carolina delegates went to
•'hi-, ago w ith Hie motto inscribed upon
tludr banner, “b'ree Silx.-r or Bust." We
went, hoxvever. as .leffei «i.ii \in J. inocrats,
but believed that bimetallism was the
fundamental principle of our party and
should a British gold standard platform be
adopted it would be a prostitution of our
principles and a betrayal of our party.
After casting her first vote, as instructed,
lor 1;. H. Tillnum the old FalmeltO State
vot. j unanimously for William .1. Bryan
until lie was ehos.-n as the standard bearer
' the . ilv, r lyH'.s am d such an outburst
of enthusiasm as we have never witnessed
before, and perhaps will never be witnessed
again.
Will Not Anchor at Wall Street.
1 have closely read Mr. Watson's able
ediUrials, and he has always contended,
and boldly asserted, that he was a Jeffer
sonian democrat, but withdrew from Ins
party because it was anchored to VY all
str. et ar.d controlled by the money pow< r.
1 admit that this lias been true in the
past, but last week in Chicago those free
is*ot« rs and pirates that had capture*! the
shii> of democracy were thrown overboard,
the decks scoured, our sails set to Ihe
silver hr. eze, and a commander taken fresh
from the ranks of the common people, and
in full sympathy with every interest of
H.e masses, placed in command. Under the
guidance of William J. Bryan, Mr. Watson
must confess that there is no possible
danger of anchoring at any Wall street
wharf. On the other hand, the British gold
•standard, so-called “democrats” have given
up all hope of regaining the pow.-r wrested
from them In Chicago last week, and are
now at work organizing a party of their
own. And just here let me say that this
Is just what we want those golbuga to do.
The advocate's of the robber dollar have
had the friends of silver divided all along,
and now if we can get the "sound money
democrats" to nominate a third ticket,
Bryan and free silver will sweep this
country in the ides of November.
But if the counsel of my friend, Hon. T.
E. Watson, is followed by the populists,
nothing but defeat Is in store for silver,
that 1 can see. Bead the columns of the
gold standard organs, and you will see
their only hope rests in the St. Louis con
vention of populists repudiating Bryan and
putting out a separate free silver ticket.
In fact, 1 believe that all this talk about
a gold standard democratic ticket is to
deceive the |>opulists and encourage them
to opi*ose the Chicago nominees, under the
hallucination that the adherents to the
financial policy of Fresfdent Cleveland will
not coalesce with republicans. But lay not
that flattering unction to . . , my
populist friends. Let your A *uexH COn
vention refuse to indorse BjLi’ y ou
will see the money power o agricul-'try,
without regard to party, flo just IIS ’‘ nll
supporting McKinley to a ....,0 "old
delators will then have the f«’’ ’ ‘ silver
divided, while the money ■ of
yore, will present a united I’le pi'clr <ken
front. For long years our sc. stlCcrt.demo
crats have been controlled tin . sham
tariff reform battle. But th.- tow
see what ails Hannah, and yoiOtß to, fool
them and more forever. p of
Mr. Watson acknowledges in lltorial
that the principal ]K>pullst d'. have
been engrafted into the <)<-n r * e plat-
form. and n<4ther can he say a-Tt tH'.'' igainst
W. J. Bryan; but uses our liaps •■■■ tor
the vice presld mey, Mr. pij booger
to affright populists from t ' l| l l j ! Qe«| o f ~n?
ticket, under tho plea that Sew ' a mil
lionaire. Koos not Mr. Watson t, ' , ' l *w that
on a party ticket the vice presb? sfa is but
as the fifth wheel to a wavon juajxke, for
instui ce, Mr. Stevenson. >ulxl he
do against Fresldent Clevelam' A few
weeks ago Mr. Watson w.’ boasting
through his paper about th.* '..ifljads that
P<>l ulism was making in the eaS', amt If
th.xt be true, win re is the harm I*l giving
to distant Maine a little rotten-end water
melon?
Watson Not Consistent.
But our friend Watson forgets his usual
consistency in the editorial to which we
refer. Mr. Watson ir. one paragraph says:
"Would It not be absurd for us to fuse
with the democrats on their national ticket
and fight Hutu on their state ticket?
"Would not such a position be ludicrous
to gods and men?
“Such a thing cannot be done, and ft ts
Idle to talk about it. If we support Bryan
we must support Atkinson. We must go
the whole hog.”
But immediately following this declara
tion. Mr. Watson continues:
"The hope of a general concentration of
the Silver forces pass..! away when the
democrats ignored Tell. r.
"Ther*. was :i mnn, high in position,
strong in talent, and blameless in char
a. ier, who bad just ent loose from the re
publican party on account of his loyalty to
free silver. ...
"Had the democrats nominated him. they
would have shown that they really put the
cause of silver ahead of Hie ..elfish interests
of their party.
"Carried forward bx- this mighty impulse.
II is highly pr..bal.le that the populists
would also have a.-eepted Teller, and he
would have gone into battle with the united
cohort* of silver behind him."
Now. let me ask my friend Watson If
there arc not many precedents where polit
ical parties, feeling that it would be unwise
to embark in a national campaign, have
maintained their state organizations and
sue 1 on presidential noiniuations with an
other party?
And again. Bryan is opposed to the high
protective ixleas of the republican party,
while Teller has never i. pudiatxd this plank
In the republican platform, and had his
rnnvi ntion indorsed sllx’er. an.l at the same
limo uphelxi M. lxilih V in his extreme tariff
Views. Mr. Teller would never have walked
out of that hall, but remained today a true
and loyal member of tho reptll.U. an party
Bryan not only r* presents th<‘ free and un
limited coinage of silver, at a ratio of If.
to I, but opposes the robber tariff laws
fixed upon this country l.y William Me
Kinley. an<l against which Mr Teller has
never raised his voice in protest.
But the Issue that my j.opulist friends in
Georgia must face is I*o they hold the
free and unlimited x-olnage of silver, at a
ratio of F. to 1. and xxl.i. h means emancipa
Hon for tho people from the domination of
tho money power, paramount to the plitlcal
success of their party’’ Ami do they not,
as reasoning and Intelligent rm n, know
that it is a matter utterly impossible for the
cause of silver to triumph with its frtenxll
divided and split in twain, while the advo
eates of th.. British gold standard are
united to a man am! pulling together" Mr.
Watson confesses th:! the populists hold
the balance or power, v. ,<cn be says:
"Ite.iueexl to its last analysis, the Chicago
platform is a prayer In these classic words:
'Help me Cassius, or 1 sink,'—populism be
ing the Cassius”
Patriotic Populists Appealel To.
But niy appeal to the patriotic members
of the populist party is not made in the
Interest of any candidate, but in behalf of a
struggling and long suffering people. I be
lieve that the St. Louis convention will be
equal to the x inergen. y, and like unto our
South Carolina demo. rats, hold fealty to
principle paramount to party success. If
Mr. I'ryun ami fr>? silver win the victcry,
am! w e can break the goklen shackles that
Wall street and l ombard street have fixed
upon us. then it makes very little diib rence
to the p. o .le what be the name of the party
under which they nave triumphed. TI •re
Is nothing in a name. Shakespeare tells u«
that “a H sc by any other name would smell
as sweet." What wx -. ant is a triumph of
our principles, and onxe fix bimetalbsmupon
this republic and we < an afforxl to disband
the republican, the democratic and populists
part l< s.
1 feel authorized In thus addressing th*
populists of Georgia, for they are my
friends of yore, and we have fought many
hotly contest, d political battles together.
Besides, I could but. sympathize with them
in their indignation, while dissenting from
the course that they pursued. And I am
also free to say that 1 ad the Chicago con
vention nominated a Wall street dictated
candidate, and adopt, d a British gold stan
dard platfoi m, and the St. Louis conven
tion selected Bryan as its nominee upon th*
platform adopted by our regent democratic
convention, then 1 would unle ’.atingiy
have given my earm st and untiring sup
port to the latter ticket; and South Caro
lina would also have given to the populists
li. r x leetoral vote. Ther. for... I do not
nsk of Georgia p*pulist friends more than
1 would have accorded then, had the situa
tion been reversed.
Let me app'-al to the form, r allinncemen
and the populists of the Empire State of
tin- South to lay aside, for this one tune,
their poli' eal anlmo tes and resentments,
and ,udn hands and forces with ill* friends
of silver. The money of the worlxl will be
turned against us, mid to win the light we
must present an unbroken front to the
to.- Remember that "Uni'ed we stand,
divided we fall.” Respectfully.
T L. GANTT.
Opinon of a Distinguished Populist.
Edit. " x'onstitution The action taken by
the demo, rats at th* t'hfcago convention
seems to me to be in .very way patriotic,
and as a |>opnlist I cm also say that it is
to m* 1 non partisan. The jiopulists them
selves could not have selected a better man
than Bryan to represent tludr demands
in favor of the restoration of silver.
1 eannot see how’ the populists will allow
tlvmselvei to be the willing tool bl tho
hands of the gold men to defeat Bryan
and Sewall and elect a geld standar I presi
dent, for it is now a question between Bryan
mid McKinley.
1 have been a populist from the begin
ning of the party and never a pronounced
democrat, but now that the democratic
party lias com* fr-rwarxl in a manly and
cmirageoiis manner and declared itself In
favor of the jieople, 1 for one can be recon
ciled under tbe broad banner of patriotism
of our country. But woe lx the day to our
institutions when all honest men ''ail to
unite under a common banner lor the
protection of our horn s against the per
nieiot’s policy of the single gold st indard.
I cannot believe that there is a pxipullst
in all this bro;. I land unless f'Jf' preju
dice or unholy purjxises—that •""> refuse
to support Bryan and Sewall. .yufre Is no
man, how’ever ignorant, but x. t knows
that a division at this time r In the
south or xvest means the x-ompl j e p übjuga
tion of the peo, le to the
Briti li gold standard with < i3 a t
tendant evils to the masses, rare di " s -'kc
of suffering humanity, and <1 nng we
ought 10 hold d. ar. I. t all i* 111 unite
mid rise above prejiu’ice, I’fcnsJ'
and old finds and rally to tl W_ " under
a common banner, mid let ll.ytTß’E he the
platform of Hie candidates ‘% ve3 ceil at
Chlcigo. \X e may differ on nJ entials,
but w hen it conu s to < ssr ntiaWPa. should
stanil as we did in 1776 and Iwje «
MIT.LER A. W HIT.
Cedartown, Ga., July 18, 1896.
TRY TO STEM THE TIDE
Some Silver Party Men and Populists
Silk To Fight Bryan.
TOWNE HAS BEEN PULLED IN
Minnesota Man Is Wanted as a Popu-
list Candidate.
TAUBENECK TELLS OF A PLAN HE HAS
Wants To Nominate a Ticket and
Then Vote for the Demo
cratic Electors.
St. Louts. Mo.. July 18—Delega'e* to th*
two national conventions to be held in
St. I.ouis next week have begun to ar
rive in bunches. Arrangements are rap
idly being completed, and by 'I ue*day
everything will be in readiness. The pop
•ilist convention promises to be the live
liest ever held, by that party. There is
every indication that the session will oc
stormy from beginning to end. The tight
will be over the Indorsement of Bryan
and Sewall. tho democratic nomin-“s.
The "middle of the road” populists will
want to put up a ticket of their ov.n,
but the rank and file of the party seem
to favor indorsing tho democratic candi
dates.
Chairman Taubeneck returned from Chi
cago this morning. It Is common report
here that his visit to Chicago was mainly
to confer with Howard Taylor relative to
the stand to be taken by the Illinois del
egation on the work of the Chicago con
vention. Sergcant-at-Arms McDowell said
this morning that it his information was
correct the delegation from Illinois, Indi
ana mid Ohio wero all to xote against
Brian and Sewall at the populist conven
tion next week.
About twenty-five delegate* to Hie popu
list convention attemi.d a meeting of tiie.
St. I.ouis Central Committee last night and
listened to speeches of Owen, of Tennes
see; Gelatrop, of Colorao; Reid, of lowa,
and others in favor of the "middle of ttie
road” course of action. After the speech
making, the committee held a secret ses
sion.
The national silver convention will be
held In the Grand Music hall at the exposi
tion building next WeJnes lay. The open
ing session will l ogin about 10 o'clock a. m.
Sergeant at Arms Dowd has completed ar
raiigttr.ents lor decGi'a’.lng and adjustii.g
the hall for convention purposes. A num
ber of employ's are engaged in fitting it
up for th* occasion. The telegraphic eom
p. nies strung their wires Into th.- building
yesterday. Mr. Dowd said today: "\Ye will
have a big convention here and place 111
nomination a state and national ticket.
Th. re will be Lilly 1.500 delegates and alt* r
nat.-s in attendance. 1 am unable to ay
whether ttie convention will indorse Bryan.
Tin ro is a strong sentiment in his favor
among the members of the silver party. I
wish it understood that the national silver
party will be separate and distinct from
the I'opullst convention, which convenes on
the same date.”
Mr. W. F. St. John, thx* gentleman slated
for permanent chairman of th* silver
party's convention, drew a salary of JlX.tiOO
a year for thirteen years as president of a
New York bank. When he gave up the
presidency and the salary with it last
mor.th, it was claimed that he could have
retained both by simply keeping his cur
rency views to himself. Francis I’. New
lands, who is to serve as temporary chair
man of the Music Hall convention, is th*
only repres*ntative of the silver party in
the fifty-fourth congress. His home is in
Nevada.
Hold Experience Meetings.
The populists and silver people held ex
perience" meetings at several halls and
hotels last night. At tho Laclede liot*l Mr.
I> C Cantwell, of Illinois , addressed as
large a crowd as could gather in the com
merclal travelers’ room, favoring the in
xlorsement of Bryan.
In the Southern hotel rotunda three
speakers were holding forth at the same
time. The most important gathering was
at the Lindell, where ten populists and six
silver men held a secret session on the
situation. Th.tr business was to stem tho
Bryan tide. It was learned that they had
upon Hon. Charles A. Towns, of
DulJtli. i-MJin., as a candidate tor presi
dent and had compacted to push him to
the front as against a Bryan indorsement.
Mr. Towne was a delegate to the republican
national convention and was an unobti u
sive bolter when Teller, Dubois and the
others withdrew.
Other booms were born last night, but
none’were so well incubated as that of Mr.
Towne.
Executive Committee Meets.
St. Louis, Mo., July 18.—The executive
committee of th* populist national commit
tee mid its meeting at noon today. Tilts
committee consisted of Hr. E. Taulicneck,
chairman; M. C. Rankin, of Terre Haute;
J H. Tanner, of Washington, D. C.; Igna
tius Donnelly, of Minnesota; George F.
Washburn, of Massachusetts; 1« wrcnce
M I’arlin, of New York; George F Gaither,
of Alabama, and V. 0. Strickler, of Ne
braska.
Thx' business transax-ted related entirely
to tin- preliminary details of the conven
tion. nil contests, discussions on temporary
organization, etc., being referred to the
meeting ut the national committee on Tues
day next.
A "mu.die of the road" headquarters
was opened today in the I.aclexle notel.
which, upon inquiry, was fount! to be an
tagonisHc to Cha'rman Taubeneck's “mid
dle of th* road” policy.
"You see," said the young man in charge,
"there are different views of the ‘middle
of the road.' Taubeneck's ni»tdlo is really
th* republican side, for he wants to nomi
nate Teller. It M no more 'middle' than
the view taken by those who want to In
dorse Bryan—that Is the democratic side."
"Who is your candidate for president?”
"We haven't selected one yet; so far we
have been engaged In trying to head off
the indorsement of Bryan or the nomina
tion of a republican."
In the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the populist national committee to
day there was some talk in the hotel for
Weaver for temporary chairman, but it
could not be learned that It was based on
anything sul*«tantial. 80 far little has
been said about the platforms of the con
ventions. Mr. Keeney, of the sllverites,
said lie knew nothing about the .natter,
but was of the opinion, so far as the con
vention was concerned, that if Senator
Jom s. of Nevada, were In tha city he
would have something to do with the prep
aration of It.
"Senator Jones," he said, "Is not only
one of tiie best informed men on the money
question, but he possesses the rare faculty
of being able to express himself clearly
and briefly in terms that are intelligible
and rightly related to the subject. It is
not everylxody who talks about the matter
who can xlo this or knows how.”
Taubeneck Tells of a Way.
After Hie meeting of the executive com
mittee of the national committee today
Mr. Taubeneck furnished the Southern
Associated Frees reporter a reply to sev
eral questions.
"1 ani not in favor of the populists in
dorsing the democratic ticket nominated
at Chicago. Under no consideration will
f vote to indorse Bryan ami Sewall at
the populist convention to bo held la
this city July 22d. That would mean the
surrender and destruction of the people's
party organization.
"I believe that the populist c< nvention
will favor the idea of nominating a can
didate for president and vice president
and then combine the votes of the two
parties on one set of electors. This can
be done without tile sacrifice of principles
or our organization and will also unite
th* elements opposed to the gold B'anJard.
"I do not believe that if .he people’s
party national convention s?. tid |r.< orse
Mr. Bryan that the entire v >l* of that
party would go to Bryan at the polls next
Novembx r. If th* people's party national
convention should indorse Mr. Bryan am!
Mr. Sewall the leaders could not deliver
more than 66 per cent of the ;>op'.dist vote
throughout the United States. The mem
bers of the people's party possess a strong
individuality and will not follow their
leaders if they attempt to lead them
against their will. The stay-at-home vote
in the people's party would be large
enough to defeat Mr. Bryan in many of
the western states.
"If the px.ople's party should nominate a
candidate for president and vice president,
and then combine on .lectors, the entire
vote could l>e polled for such electors, and
I believe that the full populist strength
could be polled at the November election
for Bryan. This, in my opinion, is the only
possible wav to defeat McKinley at tiie
polls next November. Since the Chicago
convention I have communicated with tiie
populists throughout tiie United States
and know that the democratic ticket nom
inated at Chicago will not be indorsed by'
our convention next week."
Mott Talks of a Plan.
Dr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the national
silver organization, approves the Chicago
nominee ami platform, and is confident
Bryan will be Indorsed by tbe silver con
vention.
"No basis of agreement between the sil
ver people and the democrats has been
agreed upon,” said Mr. Mott. "It has been
suggested that the relative strength of the
democratic, populist anxi silver parties in
the states b* estimated and Hie votes in the
electoral collegx- be distributed in propor
tion.
"Another plan is to give the democrats
half dear through the states anxi divide
th* other halt between the populists and
silver pex.ple. The democrats ar* striving
for the election of their ticket. By the
adoption of either of th.se plans, the
democrats would have everything to gain
and nothing to lose, and, I believe, the
success of th* democrats assured.
"In the event that the democrats re
fuse to make any l ono-sio: ~, 1 believe
that the silver people will name separate
electors.
"But our party is an intermediary—con
ciliatory party. We want to harmonize all
the silver factions. We shall not assume
the role of a dictator. We are fighting
solely a silver little and hope to win.”
Among the arrivals today was J. H.
Turner, of the populist national commit
tee. from Washington, D. C. He is act
enthusiastic indors- r of Brj an, but be
lieves the convention will nominate a
strung ticket.
The Senatorial Contingent.
Os the senatorial contingent which is |
expected to attend the convention Messrs.
Stewart, of Nevada, and Peffer, oi Kansas,
arrived here tonight. Both are for the in
dorsement of Bryan and Sewall by their
respective conventions Stewart I < ing a
delegate to tb* silver convention, ami Pef
fer. a delegate to the populist convention—
and they are industriously advocating and
impressing their views upon the delegates
and others about them. To a reporter for
the South.rn Associated Press. Senator
Slewart said:
"The nomination of Bryan was not ex
pected nor desired l.y the managers of th*
Chicago convention. He nominatx 1 himself
by that speech to the convention. But hav
ing been nominate.l and standing upon a
platform declaring for tho free and unlim
ited coinage of silver *t 16 to 1 by the Unit
ed States alone, he secured the support of
“ You shall not press down upon tbe brow of labor this
erown of tborns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a
cross of goldf'—yi J. Bryan, Democratic Presidential Nominee.
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all the silver men. 1 believe he'll be in
dorsed by both conventions."
Senator I’eff r said: "In the north and
west we populists have had to fig * repu
licans; in tbe south they fight democrat* I
believe with careful ami considerate dis
cussion there will result an agreement of
all anti-gold forces in the country, whien
shall tell at the polls against the candi
date of the gold standard policy and in
favor of one candidate upon a free silver
platform.’’
In Private Conference.
Toward midnight Chairman Taubeneck,
in company with Senator's Stewart and
Feffer, "Cyclone” Davis, of Texas, and other
leaders, went into private conference. Mr.
Taubeneck said he had no expectation that
any definite programme or agreement would
be reached.
Th* annoying complications over the fund
contributed by the Business Men's league
to cover the expenses of the two conven
tions was happily adjusted tonight. The
SIO,OOO fund was turned over to tho
chairman several days ago by the Business
Men's League, this being an acquittal Os
their contract. The national silver party
thus found themselves without funds or
guarantee of expenses. To met this exi
gency a score of priminent citizens tonight
subscribed to a fund to pay the silver con
vention expenses.
FLORIDIANS ARE FOR BRYAT7.
Ratification Meetings Show That the
Gold Men Are Getting in Line.
Jacksonville. Fla., July 14. —The state
democratic executive committee met here
today and organized for the campaign.
Resolutions were passed indorsing the
Chicago platform and Bryan. A majority
of the committee has l>een supposed to
favor the gold standard, but since the par
ty has spoken they have fallen into line.
The nomination of Bryan and the plat
form adopted have caused great enthusi
asm throughout the state.
Rousing ratification meetings have been
held at Lak.- City, Williston. Leesburg
and other points.
A big r.i I cation meeting will soon be
held it. Jacksonville. _
EGYPT IS NOW CHOLERA SWEPT
Nearly Five Thousand People Have
Died.
Tx>ndon. July IS. The Dally News pub
lishes a dispat. !. from Cairo saying that
since July Ist there have been 5.441 cases
of cholera and 4.< e deaths from the dis
ease throughout Egypt. The extension of
the scourge southw ir.l to Wady-Halfa serf
ously imi>ed<'s the Soudan expedition.
Lind Will Run for Governor.
Minneapolis, Minn . July 14.—The
Press announce this evening that ex-Con-
John Lind has consented to run
as the silver candidate for governor.
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