People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1896 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

question in its various phases. The Second Regiment band of Wichita, Kansas, composed of thirty-five musicians, are making arrangements to accompany the Kansas delegation to the national convention. A few populist newspapers have expressed alarm at the prospect of the free coinage democrats controlling the Chicago convention; but if the claims of the gold bugs can be relied upon, their fears are groundless. A late, careful estimate gives the “sound money” contingent a good working majority in the democratic convention; but even if the silver men should succeed there is not the slightest probability that populists will go to the democratic party with its inconsistent record and there is no reason to believe that free silver republicans will do so. The policy of both the old parties for many years has been in opposition to silver. J. C. L. Slavens, secretery of the state republican committee of North Carolina, says that the members of the party in his state will vote the silver ticket whereever they find it and will not endorse the national ticket. The people’s party convention of the Seventh congressional district of Kansas has been called to meet at Larned, August 9. Jerry Simpson’s supporters wanted an early convention but were defeated. Chairman Maxwell of the Illinois state committee has recently issued the second edition of a valuable little work on party organization, which should be read by all populist committeemen. By the action oi their state convention held at St. Joseph last week the Missouri republicans abjectly placed themselves under the absolute control of Boss Filley, king of the hoodlums, one of the most despicable unscrupulous and domineering bosses that ever disgraced a political organization.

A. R