Show NEBRASKA FREE t SILVERFORCES 1 Tripartite Alliance Given Good Headway Yesterday I 1 A FUSION V STATE j TICKET IS ASSURED A Three Conventions Met at the J Same Hour Three Conventions After Attending to Considerable Business Gather 1 I the State House Grounds and 1 Listen to Speeches By W J Bryan Bry-an exCongressman Charles A Towne General Weaver and i Gneral ad Others V ers Money Question the Paramount Para-mount Question Ltocoln Neb Sept lThe 1 Sept iTle tripartite allnmec of the Nebraska 0 te Nebrku free silver forces was ffiren good heY today by tlares lar large ll conventions held re 1 specUvely by the Democratic Populists PQDu t and Free Sliver V Fre ReoubHcans ReDUblc s These gatherings conducted grE8 cnducte under separate oreaffiizaitions acted in perfect harmony har-mony and wten routine work had bee 4 disposed of the representatives of the united parties gave their attention to addresses by leading free silver advocates advo-cates The nomination of a fusion state ticket seems assured Burins the morning the Democraitia state central committee agreed upon C A SehaJlenberser of Alma for temper ary ohacrman the Silver Republicans selected B P Loomis of Omaha for the same position and the Populist V State central committee daexded to leave cmtt d dtdto leve the election of a temporary chairman i to the convention The three conventions were called to order a 3 oclock this afternoon the Populists meeting in the LansIng theatre the Democrats in the Public te Publc hall and the Silver Republicans In the V Y il C A auditorium Ha there V been C hall in vise city large enough tO accommodate tile crowd the three conventions con-ventions one would have been merged into i ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS The Democratic convention was prcb ably the mot enthusiastic ot the three The hall was filled to its utmost ca pocay The f eacure f the opening was the declaration of the state chairman Dafoernon relative to > the terms f of fusion He said We want the Populiststo understand that the Democrats demand their share of the fruits of fusion We tatve conceded ceded the buiic of the offices to the Popultsts but we tfamtc we have aright I a-right 4o the supreme judssship and when this convention appoints its conference con-ference committee anti adjourns 0 tie I afternoon I insist on every delegate < working with the Populist brethren and urging upon them the necessity of i granting us this office V By ll se r rk it is apparent that Mr Dahlman ant atEd some dim cwt In effeatins a fusion that would 1 be satisfactory to his party but 019 I shared fears did not appear to be frenerattv TaTTrr hnr7 p made a lengthy speech He asserted tvrat t > a miasma of the Democratic V party is r oombut the doctrines of protectilwn and the gold standard and gld continued pltect n te an i For the past ten years the oldtlmo leaders of the Democratic party in this j state have te led the party away from j the principles and teachings of the get founder of Democracy and converted the name into a synonym for organised greed jJ Of office and into a bureau for the distribution and have tribution yf federal patronage delivered he rank and file either into other political parties or compelled tem to withhold themselves entirely from the councils of their own party I have been challenged to state any fundamental principle of the Democratic partly that 13 a living Issue today In answer to that I will sav that 2 years ago there were born two whelps of the Republican party overwhelmingly In While that party was V power the pry protective tariff and tho lwer standard So long as they shall exist upon the statute books of our country coun-try i shall be the mission of the Democratic Demo-cratic party to slay them both What is the position of our opponents the Republican iton publican party upon this great Question j What defense do they offer What answer con they make to our petitions for relief Not that it Is right not that it is just for today they have distinguished tinguished citizens of our country in foreign lands kneeling humbly at tho proud EnRlantT asking for the privilege of removing the evil that they themselves have fastened ui > on us We are told by V our opponents that the advance in the price of farm products with the prosperity f pros-perity that has come in its train rings the death knell of the cause of silver in Unofyg America but eli want to tell you that the fact that whatever measures of prosperity pros-perity we have will come from the increased in-creased price in the products of the fan i and is a complete confirmation of the claims made by the advocates oC bimetallism bi-metallism We are in favor of a 5 cent i dollar I a 50 cent dollar means anything 1 dolar thing it means a dollar with onehalf f purchasing price of a certain other dollar 1 dol-lar The doubling in price ot every bushel of wheat in America means that eveiiy dollar st far as wheat li concerned V con-cerned has become a 50 cent dollar and that the Republican party is rejoicing with the rest of the country over the Wtl fall in the value of the dollar and the rise in value of the farmers products V Bimetallists are advocates of high prices The gold standard carried t its legitimate conclusion as advocated by its most distinguished supporters mOans a dollar of the greatest purchasing power and consequently the lowest possible prices for the products of labor The Pcmilist convention was characterized char-acterized by confusion as the defecates Insisted on cheering for their party and V 1 their lea Temporary Chairman J Howe made a Short speech in which i he urged harmonious action by the all al-l parties and counselled a spirit a conciliation on the part of the Ponu > lists V lssTe silver Republican convention exhibited r ex-hibited very little soirit to exhausin their lung power and there were empty seats throughout the hal Temporary Chalrman F W Loomis made a short V speech urging the forces to keep together to-gether and join handa in cooperaUns with the other two parties in the convention vention V The three conventions then appoanteoi their committees and tooka recess tei ommtee res BRYAN SPEAKS At 4 oclcck the delegates gathered in the abate house and listened to a number of addresses by William J Bryan exCongresman Charles A Towns and General Weaverand others 1 Mr Bryan said in substance The Democrats Populists and silver Repufl1c were V led to coooeiraia V |