People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — Notes From the Front. [ARTICLE]

Notes From the Front.

Peoples Party News Bureau. j Headquarters National Ex. Com. v St. Louis, Mo. Aug. Id. ) After putting up a straight Bryan and Watson ticket of electors the Popultsts of Louisiana authorized the state executive committee to m h changes as action of the national executive committee might make necessary. The platform of the People’s party of Texas contains several ideas new to declared Populism, including a demand that all notes and other securities shall be rendered for taxation, and when secured upon real estate then the real estate shall be exempt frofn taxation to the amount of said security. The platform also demands an eight hour work day for artisans and mechanics and an amendment to the vagrant laws that will prevent the pros ecutior as criminals of laborers while in enforced idleness, and coudems the placing of raw materials on the free list. The platform of Pennsylvania Populists favors fusion with the free -silver democrats, but threatens repudiation of the state democracy unless the seventeen gold men cm the electoral ticuet are taken down. J. T. Ailman. of Juniata county and J. P. Correli, of Easton, are the People’s party nominees for congressmen at large in Pennsylvania. The People's perry of West Virginia nominated for governor Isaa« Cox Raiplisnyder of Fairmount, the free silver democrat, who seems certain of nomination by his own party. The nomination of Raiplisnyder was op posed by Judge J. A. Steady. J. Edd Leslie, state chairman

of the People's party of Pennsylvania, says; “The national leaders have a scheme to ‘dump’ both Sewal) and Watson. Joseph Sibley who refused the vicepresidential nomination at Chicago, will be agreed upon as a second place compromise. He has now made up his mind to accept and Watson is willing to quit if Sewall can be brought to see his duty. No information from any other source comes as yet to confirm the statements of Chairman Leslie. The democracy of Kentucky seems to be in sore need of Populist assistance to insure the success of the Bryan ticket in that state. Gold democrats are leaving the party by hundreds. In one county of the state 644 former democrats have signed a statement pledging themselves to vote the republican ticket. Logan Carlisle, son of Secretary Carlisle, is out in a statement publicly repudiating the democratic party. Populists of the Thirteenth Illinois district have nominated for congress Frank Palmer, of Clinton, who was previously nominated by the democrats. Noah Allen, the old chairman of the Kansas Farmers’ Alliance has been nominated for congress by the Populists of the Tenth Texas district, in which Galveston is located.

Dr. J. R. Borland, of Franklin, has been nominated for congress by the Populists of the Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania district. Populists of the First congressional district of West Virginia have nominated Thomas M. Stone, of Wetzel county for congress, f Senator Squire, of Washings ton, who has been one of the foremost republican leaders in the senate has publicly announced his intention of voting for Bryan. Senator W. A. Peffer, of Kansas, authorizes the statemant that he is a candidate for reelection. J. J. Sewall, of Marshall, has been nominated for congress by the Populists or the Nineteenth Illinois district.

The People’s party state executive committee of California • has by address endorsed the nomination of Bryan, but announces that it will have none of S<‘wuii. A committee has been appointed to confer witn the democrats to arrange an electoral ticket upon a basis of the p. upurtionate vote, the Populists electors to vote for Watson.

John R. Brunt the People’s party candidate in the Eighth congressional district of Indiana has been endorsed by the democrats. All employes of the Big Four railroad have received a long cir cular from M. E. Ingalls, president of the combany, “advising” them to vote for McKinley. S. F. Norton writes: At this writing nothing definite can be predicted. Our only hope is that such action will be taken that nine out of ten Populists can fe#l that the best course has been chosen.” He also says; I think that the Populists are all going to fall in line on Bryan all right The Texas men are still kicking, but they will no doubt all be in line. Bryan will accept the nomination.”

Jehu Baker, who, as a republican defeated William R. Morrison for congress in the Twentyfirst Illinois district, has been nominated this year by the Peo pie’s party, with which lie has been identified for several years. The democratic candidate in the district has withdrawn, being personally in favor of Baker, and it. is probable that no one will be but on the democratic ticket in his place. A full ticket of Bryan and, Watson electors has been put out by the Populists of Arkansas. Jerry Simpson has been renominated for congress by both' Populists and democrats *of the [ Seventh Kansas district. Engene V. Debs declares that j Indiana will go for Bryan by at i least 25,000. 1 j Georgia Populists have put a full state ticket in the field,

headed by Seaborn Wright for governor. The convention authorized the state central committee at any time that Arthur Sewall should be withdrawn from the democratic ticket to withdraw six Populist electors and place six democrats in their stead. Gold democrats will hold their national convention at Indianapolis, Sept. 2; for the purpose of putting a presidential ticket in the field. They have decided on the name “National Democratic” for their party. The democrats of the Twentysecond Illinois district have endorsed the candidacy;of Jqhn M. Hall, the People’s party nominee. Joseph H. Gage, of Houston, who is but 26 years old, has been nominated for congress by the Populists of the Fifth Texas district. The state ticket of the People’s party in Texas, as expected, is headed by Jerone C. Kearby for governor and H. S. P. Ashby for lieuteuant governor. At a Bryan ratification meeting recently held at Emporia. Kans, J. W. Leedy, the Populist candidate for governor, S. M. Scott, the People’s party candidate for congressman. Ed. C. Little, who, as a republican, held the post of consul to Egypt undei Harrison, and David Overmeyer, the last democratic candidate for governov, spoke from the same platform. Among the stumpers for the People’s party national ticket will be Miss Minerva Roberts, of Colorado, who created such a furore by her-beauty, logic and eloquence before the national convention. Hugo Preyer, state chairman of the People's party of Ohio, has issued an address warning the Popul’sts of each congressional district under no oircum-. stances to put up a deal whereby electors will vote for Sewall. In fusion with the democrats in Minnesota the People’s party will get the lieutenant governorship and the attorney-general ship and all of the electors save four. The official majority for Johnson, the dem’ocratic candidate for governor in Alabama is 41,889. Tweuty-or.e Populists will sit in the lower house and ten in the senate.