Show firm in white metal convictions POPULISTS ABE AGITATED silver convention running very smooth prospects for a ruction in the peoples party camp yet it may come out all the sliver convention will await the action of tha populists and have appointed a conference committee for the purpose or getting together st louie july 52 both hie free eil ver conventions assembling here got andor way to a partial extent but neither advanced far enough to enable any cc forecast to be made of the probable outcome of i e proceedings the t national silver people in the music hall of the exposition building had ranch the boother mo other path to travel they met listened to an able address by representative of nevada its temporary tenpo chairman and antill more tallies speech by mr W lat johntae John the ys national banker ot newyork New York which airey airly captured the convention it ap poin teda committee to confer with the contention of the peoples party and started un thu preparation of a platform and of the inevitable address to abe american people thirty two states were represented on the floor ul alie convention by about delegates no art t doubt is entertained that the national silver convention con venton will indorse the nomination of bryan and sewall after waiting a decent time to obtain a report from their committee on conference with the course of the peoples party meeting inthe in the hall lately occupied by the as by the first days proceedings will not be nearly aa smooth the con no further than a temporary organization the youthful senator from north carolina Ms mabion butler being made ane tem coraly chairman threats uttered tle night before and repeated with emphasis id the early morning by the middle of the roal men that they would force a test vote by antagonizing the of mr buttler by the national cona cittee avith the nomination 0 judges Jud peS D jones of missouri straight ott anti bryan manau evaporated into air before abe convention met senate But lere speech acs for harmony act unmistakably indicated a leaning against be fore the temporary chairman euid iv apen upen his opening certain of the freely elated their intention to bolt if the Ghie ayo endorsed they privately abe absolute necessity of ni ain ta ining t io party orean intact in their respective etalee eo ae to control officers one th moet outspoken of sout liera re said he dared not 10 home to hie baite if ne carried with him of a democratic candidate at a he frankly admitted that it he and those who were acting with him could not prevent abb endorsement endorse menu of their purpose wae to kill off sewall to give place to a southern populist liet thua to so confuse the elect orZal to throw the election bilto the united tates senate they would have matters their ova way with all chett diac illies ahead ibbe deopke party coved very tue on credentials apparently for the purpose f training lime protracted aita deliberti zons over abe unimportant contested conte eted casee none of which would affect u at 4 la 15 p m he convention took a re cees until S pm p m and when it assembled eon Mione had ailed to isake the necessary arrangement for turning on the electric lighta under such circum stances the f business wag impossible and further was done at the invention adjourned until 10 tomorrow u me at which hour the efrer convention ako reassemble |