uly 3O 1896.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
V
NATIONAL CONVENTION
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va and gathered around the Nebraska
luelegation. Then a march was madje
around the hall, all the time the audience
yelling like Camancnejlndians. inisaem
onstration, which was never surpassed
1 in any convention lasted for 22 minutes,
and it was some time after that before
the chairman could be heard, when he
recognized Lab Pence, who is a delegate
from New York.
Mr. Pence moved that a committee of
three be appointed to escort Senator
Allen to the chair. Messrs. Pence, J. H.
Davis, (Cyclone) and Ignatius Donnelly
were named as the committee but Mr.
Donnelly was absent on a committee.
In a minute or two tbey appeared on
the platform with Senator Allen and
theu there was another burst of ap
plause. When this died away Mr. Davis
said: . '
Vnw. mv fellow citizens. I want to
assure you that for four long days and
four nights I have done every honorable
the Road" man, but I have never done
one dishonorable thing against any man.
(Applause.) And when the populiet com
mittee and the populist convention
chooses the distinguished senator from
the western plateau 1 bow to tnat action
and reach out from the south up the
Mississippi valley and. give you your
Chairman from the plateau, Senator
"Allen." (Prolonged applause.)
Senator Allen spoke about an hour.
The sensation of the speech was when
some one sent to the platform a clipping
from a populist paper accusing him of
advocating paper money redeemable in
coin.
The senator replied that if the writer
of that had taken the troubled to read
the speech which had taken him fifteen
hours to deliver, he would have known
that from the time he had first appeared
on the floor of the senate, be declared
with Aristotle that money was not by
nature but a creation of law. Then he
said "I believe in a limited volume of
paper money redeemable in nothing but
the revenues of the government"
The senator did not finish the sentence
or if he did no one could have hearlthe
words six inches from his lips, for the
tornado of applause that followed.
After some minutes when quiet was
partially restored, there were cries of
"say it again! say it again!!" The sen
ator did say it again and the storm of
applause was repeated.
Then he went over the whole matter
pretty much as it appeared in the col
umns of the Independent a few weeks
ago.
A committee was appointed to confer
' xoifh n similar committee of the silver
was carried until iu a. m. tomorrow.
The Third Day.
St. Louis, July 24.-(Special)-Tbe
convention , was called to order and
opened with prayer at 10:10 a. m.
Mrs. Marion Todd introduced a res
olution in memory of Mrs. Emery, the
author of the Seven Financial Conspir
acies. It was adopted by a rising vote.
. X. V WltUCI V t gijl w f
to the convention. It Had 48 ainerent
kinds of woods, and the gentleman who
presented it said he did not have to go
to Europe for any of them either.
The state of Arkmsaw was given the
stage to exhibit a man and woman
dressed in red, white and blue. The
woman wore a low neck dress and sang
a song. The whole thing was disgrace
ful and those responsible ought to leave
politics and go into the dime show busi
ness. , . ,
The roll call of states was had for
members of the silver conference com
mittee. The Texas delegation re
fused to name a man for that committee.
The convention took up the report of
the committee on rules. The majority
report was read last night, the minority
report was now read. It recommended
the nomination of vice president first.
Altogether there were three minority re
ports making minor changes in the order
of business.
Again great confusion arose because
the delegates could not hear. Senator
Allen called the gentleman who had been
repeating for the west end of the hall to
the stand to repeat from there. He had
a voice like a fog horn. He was received
with cheers. What was done next is
only known to those within four feet of
the chairman.
The chairman of the committee ex
plained the differences in the reports,
after which Ignatius Donnelly made a
few remarks in which he favored letting
the national committee name its own
chairman instead of leaving him to be
named by the candidate.
1 Judge Greene of Nebraska then ad
dressed the convention but the middle-Af-tbe-roaders
howled a good deal,
f Then Congressman Howard made a
speech in favor of nominating a vice
president first.
Gerry Brown, of Massachusetts, made
a short speech which all could hear, fav
oring the nomination of vice president
first. It was a good speech a speech for
harmony.
Then followed speeces by Capt. Barry,
Neb.; Mr. Abbott, Beatrice, Neb.; Barn
ney Gibbs, Cyclone Davis, Tom patter
son and Jerry Simpson. Mr. Abbott
said that he was with the south in their
demand that the convention nominate
Bryan and and a populist for vice presi
. dent. He said he took that position be
cause Bryan was a populist and
that national banker down in Maine was
not.
Jerry Simpson's voice seemed out of
whack, perhaps from too much open air
speaking. He said Kansas stretched
out kindly hands to the south and he
pledged ninety-two votes of Kansas for a
populist vice president. It was received
with storms of applause.
Senator Allen called Mr. Washburn to
the chair about 2 p. m. and went to get
lunch. The convention got into uproar
about points of order. The difficulty in
hearing made it imossible to find out
what it was all about.
Finally there was a call of the states
whether the vice-piesident should be
nominated first or the president.
It was decided to nominate the vice
president first. The vote was close. At
the close of the call it stood in faver of
nominating the president first. Before
the vote was announced there was a
good deal of uproar and North Carolina
changed its vote, making the
order of business, vice president first.
Several efforts were made to adjourn
but failed.
The committee on platform, Gen. Wea
ver, chairman, then reported. There
were several minority reports, signed
most of them by only one member, Gen.
Coxey among them with bis non-interest
bearing bond scheme, but they . were all
laid on the table and the platform as re
ported by the majority adopted.
One of toe cranks, a leiiow irom unoae
Island, bad a long minoity report mak
ing several pages of type written matter.
He tried to introduce it with a speech
and was called to order. It began by
reciting the Declaration of Independence.
The convention listened for a while and
then ordered it referred to the committee
on resolutions, whereupon the little chap
got mad and insisted on going ahead.
Senator Allen and the man's friends tried
to get him to stop, but he wouldn't.
Then the police stepped in and took him
out by force. He fought like a wild cat.
It made quite a sensation.
Alter a little more routine business the
convention took a recess nntil 6 p. m.
having been in session seven hours.
evening; session rmra vay.
St. Louis. July 24. (Special.) It was
6:30 p. m. when Senator Allen rapped
for order. The first thing was a mes
sage from the silver convention. It con
tained the platform just adopted by
them. The reading of it was received
with cheers.
There were a few in the convention who
did not seem to know what the ordinary
courtesies of decent civilized life demand
ed. A motion was made that the nomi
nating speeches for vice president should
be made and then a vote by states
should be had. The motion was put
and declared carried.
Then the usual rumpus occurred be
cause the delegates could not hear. Bob
Schilling whose delegation was "away
out west" put in a vigorous kick and it
was again announced that the "repeat
er" with the wonderful voice would re
peat. Col. Bowman of Alabama presented
the name of Harry Skinner of North Car
olina in a neat speech, as candidate for
vice-president.
Congressman Howard presented the
name of Tom Watson. It was received
with long continued cheers.
J. R. Sovereign, Master Workman of
the Knights of Labor, seconded the nom
ination of Tom Watson.
A delegate from California also favored
Watson. Colorado yielded its call for
nomination to New York and Lafe
Pence presented the name of Sewall, the
democratic nominee, and made a splen
did speech.
Mr. Murphy made a telling speech for
Tom Watson.
Mr. Stockwell of Indiana was for Wat
son. Another delegate followed. What
he said, no one will ever know
except the stenographer who sat
by his side and it is doubtful if be heard
it at all. All the members of the press
heard was Frank Burkett of Miss.
Ex-Congressman Harris of Kansas,
favored Sewall.
He was followed by another Kansas
delegate who made a good strong speech
in favor of Watson.
It was nearly 9 p. m., and
these nominating speeches were getting
to be just as great a bore as they were at
the Omaha convention. Many of the
speakers had weak voices and the au
dience only saw a pantomime of gestures
and heard nothing. It was an intoler
able bore. Why men will persist in talk
ing to an audience .that cannot be in
fluenced, and does not want to hear, is
past comprehension.
There were two or three good speeches
which followed, ,the best was by the col
ored delegate at large from Georgia. It
was brilliant, refined and pointed.
Most of the speeches injured the side in
the favor of which they were made.
Mr. Abbott of Beatrice, Nebraska
made a taking speech in favor of Tom
Watson. There was continuous laugh
ter and cheers.
After this there was a rumpus and row
for an hour a disgraceful scene. Sena
tor Stewart was given five minutes. He
had not spoken three minutes nntil
hoodlums began to howl, and the sena
tor retired. Senator Allen said he re
gretted that they would not hear this
venerable man. The audience approved
Senator Allen's remark. Senator Butler
also protested, sayiag that while he was
opposed to the nomination of Sewall, he
regretted exceedingly the conduct of the
audience. Mr. Bateman of Maine gave
Sewall an awful roast and nominated
Man Page of Virginia, and the nomina
tion was afterwards seconded by Gen.
Fields.
Several speakers referred to the treat
ment of Senator Stewart in very cutting
words. It was the one unpardonable
thing the middle-of-the-roaders did.
Cyclone Davis made a Bpeech for har
mony and was for Watson.
Dr. Kent, the populist minister of
Washington, D. C, made the best speech
for Sewall that was made during the
whole evening.
A roll call for a vote on vice-president
was then taken. Messrs. Mima and Bur
kett withdrew before the vote was an
nounced. Then there was a stampede to
Tom Watson, and his election was de
clared unanimous. Just at that moment
the electric lights went out and the con
vention was left in darkness. The writer
was near an exit and escaped. How the
immense audience got out he does not
know. It was 12:10 a. m.
' The Fourth Day.
St. Louis. July 25. (Special.) More
than naif of the delegates were in the
hall at 9:30. Ten minutes later Senator
Allen rapped for order. Rev. Dr. Kent
of Washington offered a very eloquent
prayer. Then followed the election of
three members of the national commit
tee from each state.
A committee was also appointed
to notify the president and vice-president
of their nomination.
During the sending up of the names
Mr. McDowell, sergeant-at-arms, an
nounced that the national committee
had a contract with the businessmen's
league to furnish music during the con
vention, but the leader of the band had
informed him that they were last night
ordered not to return, so there would be
no music, at which the delegates shouted
"good!" "good!!"
A resolution was offered, but it was
laid on the table without reading.
The chairman then said that the next
order of business was the nomination of
president. W. L. Greene of Nebraska
was recognized. He came to the plat
form to speak. He had spoken but a
few words until some one raised a point
of order. Mr. Green said if technical ob
jections were to constantly be made he
would not continue, and attempted to
go back to his seat bnt was forcibly pre
vented by his friends.
A motion was then made to hear Mr.
Green, and carried by a very large ma
jority, but Mr. Green replied that he
would not address an audience where so
considerable a minority objected.
(Jo the roll of states, Alabama comes
first and a delegate from that state took
the stand and said that Alabama yield
its time to Gen. Weaver to make the
nominatibg speech for that state.
There was no flights of oratory in that
speech, there was no attempt of that
kind. He read it from type written pages.
It was a cool, dispassionate, logical ar
gument, and statement of the reason
why Bryan should be nominated.
Then followed another such a scene as
was enacted at Omaha when the plat
form was adopted and it was made by
the delegates for the galleries were nearly
empty.
Ibe standards were pulled tip and
forty-three states joined in the march
around and around the hall. A Bryan
portrait was displayed and husky voices
worn out by four days of previous
shouting brought forth new energies.
It continued for twenty minutes with
vain efforts on the part of Senator Allen
to get order. But the delegates just
yelled and yelled and yelled until their
voices were gone and they fell back ex
hausted in their seats.
Gen. Field got the floor and on the
part of Virginia seconded the nomina
tion, i
A motion was made to nominate Bry
an by acclamation. Senator Allen put
the motion. There was a tremendous
yell of aye, but the "Middle of the Read
ers" got in a long continued "no."
Indescribabel confusion resulted. The
only words of Senator Allen that could
be heard at the press seats was: "All
parties will be heard if it takes all day."
Stump Ashby was given the floor and
said Texas was willing to stand for Bry
an if Bryan would stand on the platform
adopted. Then there was more confu
sion. At last, through the man with the won
derful voice, it was learned that the par
iamentary situation was this:
A motion was made to make the nom
ination of Bryan by acclamation. On
the call for ayes and nays the chair re
fused to decide and ordered a call of
states to decide it.
Then there followed, no one knows
what. Some were trying to work up a
boom for Debs. Shortly a telegram
was read from Debs absolutely refusing
to be a candidate.
Then the whole proceeding was with
drawn and the roll of states was called
for nominations, and the same old bore
of speeches . from every state were in
flicted on the convention.
The only speech that caught the con
vention was by Gerry Brown, of Mass.
It was full of sharp turned phrases. One
of which was, "The choice now is, either
W. J. Bryan or hell and damnation."
He didn't want his children to see Brit
ish war ships sailing into Boston harbor
to collect interest on gold bonds as they
now do in Egypt.
Donnelly came to the stand and sur
rendered. He said that atthelast analy
sis the voice of the people was the voice of
God, and it was evident that the voice
of the people was for W.J. Bryan.
Senator Allen said that he would in
troduce a delegate of the United States
of America, and anuounced Mrs. Lease.
There was no difficulty about hearing
her in the immense hall. No one can de
scribe the oratory of Mrs. Lease. She
made such a plea for unipc c was never
heard before.
A delegate from Missouri nominated J.
L. Coxey another delegate arose and said
that the nomination was not sanctioned
by a majority of the delegatibn. After
ward the nomination was withdrawn.
At last all the oratory was done, all
the nominations were made and nothing
was left to do but call the roll of states
and announce the result. But before
that was done several after meetings of
committees were announced and a resolu
tion passed giving the usual authority to
the national committee to fill vacaucies
and manage party affairs. The gold bug
dailies made a great ado about this
resolution, for which there was no foun
dation at all.
The roll call of the states resulted as
follows:
Bryan,
Alabama 88. 2ft
Arkansas 25
California 24
Colorado ....45
Connecticut 6
Delaware. .. 8
Florida 8
Georgia 6
Idaho 7
Illinois 89
Indiana 20 '
Iowa 29
Kaunas .....92
Kentucky .......15.5
Louisiana 80
Maine 8
Maryland.... P
Massachusetts ...21
Michigan.... 19
Norton
15.7b
12
15
10
6
10.6
11
4
e
32
Minnesota 40
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
NeTada
New Hampshire ,
New Jersey
New York .
..12
6
. 11
67
7
4
10
2
.84.75
9.26
North Carolina 70
25
North Dakota 12
Ohio 21
Oregon 9 4-9
Pennsylvania 35
Rhode Island ' 8
South Carolina (no delegation)
South Dakota.... 17
Tennessee 67
Texas
Utah 5
Vermont 8
Virginia 60
Washington .....11
West Virginia 5 7-8
Wisconsin 8 4-5
Wyoming 6
Arliona 6
District ol Columbia 8
New Mexico . 6
Oklahoma 9
Indian Territory 6
17
7 5-9
7
10
103
8
21-8
161-6
Totals.. ..j 1,042 340
Ohio gave Debs 8 votes, Donnelly 2
and Coxey 1; Connecticut, Donnelly 1;
Rhode Island 1 not voting.
As soon as the vote was announced,
nearly the whol e convention sprang to
their feet as one man, and a shout broke
out that made the very building trem
ble. Banners, flags, hats, and umbrellas
were waved and then they all sprang up
on the chairs, and yelled again. Ihe
state standards were pulled up and a
march around the hall was begun. Ihey
rallied on the platform, then broke away
and surrounded the Texas delegation,
then marched up and down the aisles and
shouted and cheered until they were ex
hausted. .
This demonstration continued for
nearly half an hour. Toward the last
Senator Allen made several attempts to
tret order, and the man with the won
derful voice tried his powers upon them,
all to no avail.
. At last partial order was restored and
some one made a motion to adjourn.
Senator Allen put the motion, declared
it carried, and the second national con
vention of the people's independent
nartv came to an end.
During all this uproar and enthusiasm
the Texas delegation, part of the Mis
souri and part of the Wisconsin delega
tion sat silent in their seats.
The Aftermath.
Immediately after the convention the
new national committee met fa the
Ladies ordinary at the Lindell hotel and
elected Senator Butler of North Carolina
chairman; J. A. Edgerton of Nebraska,
secretary and M. u. Rankin of In
diana, treasurer.
The democrats' held a ratification
meeting at Masonic hall on Saturday
night. Senator Allen was sent for and
spoke as follows:.
"1 have been introduced as a populist.
I plead guilty to the accusation. I am
a populist." An outburst of applause
greeted him, and the senator proceeded
to explain why be is a populist, lie de
clared that the populist party had driv
en a wedge through the democratic
party and bad cut it in two.
"Ibe populist party first taught the
democratic party to think and take its
stand where it is today," he continued,
and the democratic party sought the ed
vice of the populists in taking action at 1
Chicago. Now the democratic party has
been separated, and the Cleveland wing
has been driven to McKiuley.
1 be populists will not join the demo
cratic party. It you have hope of that
you will be deceived. You must come to
ub. But in the present campaign the
populiBts will co-operate with you and
form a temporary alliance to defeat the
republican ticket."
Ibe Texas delegation held a meeting
at the Southern hotel. At first they
were red hot. but flnallvcaine to thecon-
elusion to do nothing rashly but to go
home and await events and if Mr. Bryan
would endorse the populist platform and
deal fairly by Tom Watson in the divis
ion of electors they would support him,
otherwise they would not. That plan
however was not agreed to by all. Cy
clone Davis refused to take part in these
proceedings and went to the Lindell hotel
to take part in the proceedings of the
uational committee.
What Bright Eyes Saw
Having read of the confusion which
reigned at the republican convention
over seating the delegates, I was agree
ably surprised at the ease with which we
gained our seats and the order which
reigned over the immense hall. At 10
o'clock, reporters were already in their
seats here and there. Two telegraph
companies the Postal telegraph and
Western Union were represented and rep
resentatives of the Associated Press and
United Press were ranged on the right
and left of the speakers stand. The only
bust to be seen in the hall is that of
Grant, facing th speakers stand. The
hall is decorated with flags and state
banners. At half past ten the band
started up and delegates began to ar
rive and quietly take their respective
seats. It is pleasant to see the face of
ex-Congressman Davis in the Kansas
delegation. With such men in the con
vention one feels as if the convention
could not go far wrong. Ignatius Don
nelly with his striking head and face
quietly looks around for bis seat in the
Minnesota delegation. A lady delegate
comes walking coolly in and steers for the
quarters assigned the Colorado delega
tion, as though it were an every day
matter to be sent as a delegate to a
great national convention. The Nebras
ka delegation is late in making its ap
pearance. Its quarters are still empty
The Press reporters with their pink
badges begin to move around among
the delegates, buttonholing a member
here and there. One has his mouth at
the telephone on his desk. Another calls,
here Postal boyl Western union and tel
egraph boys came running up to take
dispatches. It is rumored that Marion
Butler is to be temporary chairman.
The seats assigned distinguished guests
are immediately behind the chairman's
seat.
A yell arises from the Texas delega
tion. Lincoln's picture is being hoisted
aloft in front of them. Another yell,
this time from the Nebraska delegation
on the entrance of the two giants from
Nebraska, Senator Allen and Governor
Holcomb. Another yell and a demonstra
tion from the Texas delegation. This
time they are reading telegrams from
Texas to keep in the "middle of the
road." The delegation is unusually
large and they make themselves heard.
One begins to take in the immensity
of the hall. For two hours the delega
tions have been filing into the hall and
it is lust beginning to look full.
Mrs. Anna L. Diggs passes along the
aisle looking cool and nice in her sum
mer dress.
A. veil. The Massachusetts delegation
is hoisting a banner with the words
"Spirit of 1776 inscribed on it.
Quarter past twelve. The national
committee have just come in and are
taking their seats accompanied by Sen
ator Marion Butler. The chairs for the
distinguished are filling up.
Senators Allen and Peffer occupy
chairs on the stand. Lafe Pence is shak
ing hands in the Colorado delegation.
One man after another comes up on
the stand to shake hands with Mr. Tau-
beneck the chairman, and Marion Bntler
who sits at his side.
After the opening exercises had com
menced, Mrs. Leese walked up to the
speaker's stand and cheer after cheer
arose. Men come up to the stand to
greet her and shake hands. She wore a
lovely grass linen shirt waist with a
neck band of lavender and carried a
little lavender fan in her hand. She
wore on her head a large black hat with
ostrich plumes and altogether looked a
different woman from the Mrs. Leese who
appeared at the Omaha convention in a
long trained black dress.
St. Loms, July 23.
T 'ale the roll was being called a band
box was brought up to the Kansas del
egation and eome one distributed palm
leaf fans to the delegates. The whole of
one side of the fan is covered with an
immense sunflower. These delegates also
wear sunflowers on the lapels of their
coats. A sunflower hangs from the top
of the delegation's banner post, the
whole surmounted by one of the fans.
Jerry Simpson is fanning himself vigor
ously with one of the fans.
At ten minutes of 11 o'clock in broad
daylight the electric lights in the hall
startup,
A few men came walking up the aisle
carrying a banner inscribed "Middle of
the Road Straight Populist ticket."
About ' one third . of the convention
cheered. Spectators pronounced the
demonstration "a fizzle."
One of the Iowa delegation stood on a
chair and made a protest against the
disorder saying they could not hear the
chairman. The chairman ordered the
aisle cleared.
Peter Cooper's picture has been hoist
ed up among the flags.
When the band played Dixie, Kansas
led in the cheering.
A man from Oklahoma sang a popu
list song at which therowas immense
cheering. Mrs. Hemenway of Arkansas
sang another to the tune of Yankee
Doodle.
Walker from Kansas made the motion
that the silver league delegates should
be admitted to the hall on the presenta
tion of their badges. Cries of No, Nol
and groans rose from all parts of the
hall. Jerry Simpson spoke in fayor of
the silver delegates. The temporary
chairman, Marion Butler, ruled the mo
tion out of order as violating the con
tracts with the ticket holders.
During the making of motions one of
the seargent-at-arma moved through the
aisle with a long wand in his hand tap
ping the members who were standing on
their feet, in order to make them take
seats and preserve order.
Another populist Bong. These songs
were both comical and instructive and
served to keep the audience in good hu
mor.
Allen makes a good presiding officer,
cool, prompt and decided.
senator rettigrew. one of our new pop
ulists sat by the side of Senator Peffer on
the speakers stand.
There were six populist United orates
senators at one time on the speakers
stand at the national convention: Sen
ators Allen, Peffer, Butler, Stewart, Pet-
tigrew and Kyle. John W. Hayes of the
Knights of Labor acted as clerk, just as
he did at the Omaha convention.
Looking down on the convention, it
was a sea of waving palm-leaf fans and
shirtsleeves.
The convention hall is an ideal one;
plenty of light and ventilation.
Uy the by, the illustrations of some ol
the populist leaders in the gold bug
, . i f a i i : I
oaines ui i no cuy are umipiy uuriuavureB.
That of Mrs. Anna L. Diggs is hideous.
As good representations of the individ
uals in question they are failures. If
any humorous or witty purpose were to
be served one could forgive them but
their evident object is to cast ridicule.
During the "Middle of the Road" dem
onstration when the "Middle of the
Road" men were trying to stampede the
convention for the Georgia platform, ad
vocated by them, the Georgia delega
tion had a struararle and flarht for the do-
seseion of the state standard. Part of
the delegation were for Bryan and part
for the "Middle of the Road." Some of
the delegation attempted to carry the
standard aloft in the procession and
others made a grab for it and pulled it
down. There was a short sharp strug
gle during which the standard was
broken. .
Convention Motes.
All the great eastern dailies, besides
scores of others are represented here by
special correspondents, and that is an
other thing that is different from the
Omaha convention. Many telegraph in
struments are put in on the stage and
within a few seconds after anything hap
pens it will be read by Mark Hanna and
the New York editors.
The pops are not spending much mon
ey on brass hands. Bo far l nave neara
only, one and that came marching up from
the Texas headquarters playing Dixie:
Several citizens have remarked that
there are more people here at this stage
of the affair than when the republican
convention was held.
All the great free silver democratic
managers, with Jones of Arkansaw at
their head, are here, and they are pretty
anxious too.
They say the populists are not qualified
to govern. If the management of the
two great St. Louis conventions is a
criterion by which to judge, the popu
lists know how to govern and the repub
licans do not. Lnder republican man
agement the whole thing came near be
ing a mob and ending in riot.
Under the populist management, Mc
Dowell, of Tenneeee in charge, every
thing went with the precision of a well
drilled military force. There was order
and not riot, business and not wild con
fusion.
The banner brought in by the Massa
chusetts delegation, with the motto
"Spirit of '76," was the same banner
they carried at the umana convention
Worn out with heat and tramping
from place to place, when stretched for
the first time on a bed for over forty
eight hours, and sleep bad closed the
weary eyes, we imagined that it would
take a noise equal to the sound of the
last tramp to wake us, but before lz
o'clock the windows began to rattle,
peal on peal of sound vibrated tbongh
the room, it came in claps and bursts
then in long rolls, then in more gentle
murmurs, and then again in volumes of
sound. There was no sleeping. A block
up the street a Texas pop was making a
midnight speech. Talk about Bryan's
voice! His loudest notes were as the
chirp of a cricket to the tones of that
Texas pop.
The difficulty of hearing was a great
nusiance. In the west of the hall there
were several delegations that could not
hear a word of most that was done and
wer debarred from any part in the pro
ceedings.
It was very plesant to meet all of the
old members of the 53d Congress and
many who were in Washington during
the Silver Session, whose doings we re
ported for the information of populists.
Mr. Bryan's two sisters were attend
ants on the convention, but tbey con
ducted themselves so modestly and
auietly that very few people found it out.
The man with a voice.at the end of one
of his announcements, called out: Do
you hear me, Wisconsin?" and the men
of Wisconsin answered back: "We do."
and the men of the gulf states heard al
so.
In the game of oratory that was
played for six hours in the nominating
speeches, Uoioraao sent to tne stana,
Mrs. Minnerva Koberts. lne tan sien
der young lady, with face aglow and
great dark eyes flashing, passed to the
stage. As she walked down the aisle
and ascended the platform her golden
hair shone in the sunlight. She wore a
white shirt waist and an attractive hat,
and as she faced the audience her radient
face brought .the audience to its feet.
Her first sentence, delivered in a clear,
musical and sympathetic voice, aroused
them to cheers. Her brief speech was one
of the most eloquent delivered in the
convention. When she finished, the
convention again arose and cheered, and
she was besieged on all sides of tbe plat
form with congratulations. Governor
Kolb of Alabama stepped gallantly for
ward as she passed down the steps, and
with tbe deferential chivalry of tbe south
escorted her to her seat in the Colorado
delegation, where she was again besieged
by delegates, whe offered their congrat
ulations. , ?
Tbe Missouri delegation waa divided
and when the grand march began after
Bryan's nomination. Mre. Dr. Shattin
ger, wife of one of the most pronounced
middle-of-the-road men in tbe state,
seized the guidon, and was buffeted
around in the liveliest manner imagina-
uib iu ius ngnt mat louowed. (She saved
the standard, but fainted from the effort.
Men were thrown to the flnnr nnrf
fast as one went down another waa on
hand to take his place. The scramble
became general, and stalwart. rwiiiim.
forgot their manhood in their frenzied
enons to carry off the signboard. Mrs.
Shattinger was thrown between two or
tnree men, but held onto the guidon un
til it was smashed into kindling wood.
The pole was carried off by the Bryan
men. but the broken Nt An tin ivl
the name of the state was held firmly in
mm granp 01 ine piucgy little woman un
til the middle-of-the-road men in tha lul-
egation were able to ririva nfr hi
assailants. When the scramhl warn all
over and Mrs. Shattinger saw that the
victory remained with her, she fainted
and had to be carried from the hall.
Ihe Daily Republic aaid of the chair
man ol the convention: "Senator Allen
made a irood chairman Mo 1ifinli.4
both nerve and backbone, giving his de
cisions pi omptly and crisply. He may
have been open to criticism sometimes,
the middle-of-the-mari man nraomnriarin.
ally of this opinion, but he was always
corteoua when firm. It was from beirin-
Ilinff to end a varv tnnirli Inh and hu
Senator, despite the rather unruly char-
ucteroime garnering ou,4UU people,
uevvr uuceiuBt nis temper, although once
or twice he crave soma hunt vwphu.1 hm
to transgressing delegates."
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NO CONFUSION IS POSSIBLE
'Coin" Harvey Explains How the
Fusion Scheme Could Be
Worked Out.
Suggests That the Electors lie Chosen
From the Three Parties In '
' Each Slate. -. .
Chicago, 111., July SO. What appeared
to be an irreconcilable confusion result
ing from tbe failure of tbe St. Louis con
vention to nominate Sewall is not such,
and harmony will soon be brought
about. The fact that Bryan's name is
to be on both tickets will bring about
fusion of electors in each state that will
draw a full strength of both the democrat
and people's party votes. To illustrate:
Illinois has twenty-four electoral votes. .
The democratic state convention should
name, say twenty electors. The people's
f arty state convention, lour electors,
n many states under the Anstralian
ballot system the same name of a candi
date or elector cannot go on two or
more tickets. This is obviated by put
ting the twenty democratic electors and
four people's party electors all on the
democratic ticket. In states where the
people's party has more votes than the
democratic party, and there are some
ten or twelve of these, tbe above plan
will be reversed, by putting the demo
cratic electors on the people's party
ticket. In tbe case of Illinois, as above
cited, a people's party man would vote .
his ticket straight by putting a.cross at
the head of it, but as the place for elect
ors on that ticket is blank he would
after voting his party ticket, go over to
tbe democratic ticket on the Australian
ballot, and cross the names of the
twenty-four electors.
SHARE FOB REPUBLICANS.
It is also worthy of suggestion that
in view of the large republican vote that
is organizing under the national bime
tallic party that they should also be in- ,
vited to name one or more electors in
each state, who will be recognized and
placed upon the ticket. If this combined
movement, now assuming form, should
be successful in November the results
would be as follows: . ;
If there were enough straight demo
cratic electors eletced to make a major
ity iB the electoral college it will mean
Bryan and Sewall. If not, Bryan and
Watson. By this plan it is not necessa
ry for Sewall to draw off the ticket, and
it may be better for him to stay on.
The people's party is given a hope of
('acting vice-president and a chance to
hold tbe party organization together.
It means the combined strength of the
organization of the two political bodies
in acommon movement. This plan would
have been readily understood at St Lou
is and all the anxiety experienced since
then would have been avoided if it had
not been for the fact that a few democra
tic leaders were there, selfishly disposed
from a party standpoint to crush out or
frighten all opposition to the democratic
party having the sole right of way.
Tbey know that there is a tidal wave on
and that the people are thinking for
themselves, but tbey have been immersed
in parties so long that tbey cannot accus
tom themselves to yeilding any of their
party organization. After a week or
two everything will begin to assume
shape and by September it will be read
ily understood by the people.
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