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THIRD PARTY MEETS
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POPULIST
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Senator Butler la Chosen Temporary
Chairman Got Stone Delivers Wel
coming Address Delegates Manifest
Enthusiasm in Spite of the Heat
Opening Session
The national convention of the Peo
ples party was called to order in St
Louis shortly after noon Wednesday by
Chairman Taubeneck of the national com
inittee
The hall in -which the Populists met was
the same in which the national
convention was held last month
There were the same arrangements as to
seats The State delegations were
in the pit each marked by a guidon
The galleries reared themselves above
the pit on all sides The platform in front
was flanked by the press benches The
-decorations were not elaborate and were
practically the same as those of the Re
publican convention The delegates be
gan to come in before 10 oclock but the
spectators were slow in arriving
Among the first to arrive were the Kan
sas delegation with long yellow ribbons
-on their breasts and many of them with
reunflowers in their lapels Ignatius Don
nelly of Minnesota short and round with
ills small blue eyes a twinkle and his good
matured face beaming came in early and
-talked awhile with Sergeant-at-Arms Mc-
Dowell who stood on the platform sil
Vrrer baton in band surveying the final
PEKMAXEXT CHAIRMAN AIXEX
rangements Congressman Howard of
Alabama who wrote If Christ Came to
Congress was a striking figure in his
delegation He is tall powerfully built
with a swarthy complexion and long
-straight black hair that gives him almost
the appearance of an Indian Buffalo
Jones of Oklahoma sat with his delega
tion stolidly reading a newspaper Here
and there was a dark face There was
one colored delegate each from Colorado
and Georgia ien Coxey of the famous
commonweal army and his son-in-law
-Carl Browne came in together
As the air in the hall grew oppressive
the delegates did not hesitate to shed their
coats There were several woman dele
gates on the floor among them Mrs J O
-A Bush of Prescott Ariz Mrs Jennie
B Atherhold and Mrs lies of Colorado
Senator Allen received the first person
al ovation The Texas delegation grew
demonstrative A woman posed with a
middle-of-the-road streamer pinned to
her gown and they cheered wildly She
waved her handkerchief frantically in
and the enthusiastic Texans
crowded about to shake her hand She
proved to be a Mrs Jones of Chicago
The day for the opening of the two na
tional conventions broke clear and bright
in striking contrast to the dark and drip
ping skies which stretched a shadow over
the preliminary days of the conventions
The Populist crowds were abroad early
The crowds in the corridors of the hotels
where the delegates headquarters were
Jocated were dense and noisy but there
was a striking absence of the brass bauds
which at the conventions of the old par
ties jarred the air with their clash and
-clamor
Before 10 oclock the crowds and dele
gates began moving in steady streams
toward the convention hall Bryan and
the middle-of-the-road factions were
both girded for the fray and both claim
ed the victory The first test of strength
was eagerly looked forward to
Welcomed by Governor Stone
It was just 1237 when Chairman Tau
beneck called the delegates to order Rev
R Hill Smith invoked the divine blessing
after which Gov Stone was introduced
who as the chief executive of Missouri
and not as a member of the Democratic
national committee made an address wel
coming the Peoples party to St Louis
Gov Stone only hinted at the past differ
ences of opinion between the Democrats
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HEEMAX E TAUBEXECK
and Populists and hoped that in the
future they would unite for the welfare
of the country This allusion to a Bryan
indorsement set the Nebraskans friends
on the floor to cheering
Ignatius Donnelly replied to the Gov
ernors address in behalf of the conven
tion Mr Donnelly made a middle-of-the-road
speech in which he mentioned
the names of Lincoln Jackson Washing
ton and Jefferson thereby arousing en
thusiasm He paid an earnest tribute to
the Peoples party and in brief detailed
its doctrines which he claimed seek to
array the people against those who would
seek to deprive them of their rights
ilary Ellen Lease came into the hall as
Mr Donnelly finished his address and
was greeted with cheers She was
to a seat on the platform
Smri y -X V H I S S
THURSDAY
At 1012 the convention was called to
order and at 1242 took a recess till 3
oclock Shortly before 10 oclock
MDOWELL
ators Stewart of Nevada and Kyle of
North Dakota joined Senator Allen and
Gen Field of Virginia on the platform
The tall form of Cyclone Davis of
Texas could be seen on the floor tower
ing above the delegates Stump Ash
by of the South State held forth from a
rostrum composed of a chair At 1005
Senator Butler the handsome temporary
chairman appeared on the platform Sim
ultaneously the band struck up Dixie
and the delegates uncorked some of their
pent up enthusiasm Five minutes later
Chairman Butler called the convention
to order and the Rev Mr Smith offered
the invocation
The report of the committee on creden
tials was called for but no one responded
and the States were called for members
of the committees on permanent organ
ization and resolutions
There were at times long delays and the
delegates grew perceptibly impatient The
were extremely sus
picious They intimated that it was part
of the plot to defeat them
A Dramatic Outburst
After the announcement of the commit
tee on permanent organization the mem
bers retired While other announcements
were being made a middle-of-the-road
man attempted a demonstration It was
dramatically arranged A squad of
suddenly plunged into
the hall through the main entrance and
came whooping down the center aisle
Delegate Branch bore aloft a big white
banner with the inscription Middle-of-the
road a straight ticket The Texas
Georgia Maine Missouri and Mississippi
delegations mounted their chairs and yell
ed At the same time a middle-of-the-road
delegate stationed in the gallery over
the platform hurled out through the air
about a peck of small green tickets which
broke and fell like a cloud of stage snow
over the pit The green tickets contained
the following financial plank
We demand a national treasury note
issued by the general government receiv
able for all public dues and a full legal
tender in payment of all debts public and
private and loaned direct to the people
through postal and other governmental
banks at cost for the benefit of the peo
ple and the purchase and coinage of such
amount of gold and silver bullion at the
ratio of 1G to 1 as may be necessary to
pay the debts of the Government which
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THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLES PARTY IN SESSION
Chairman Taubeneck announced that
the national committee had named Sena
tor Marion Butler of North Carolina by
acclamation for temporary chairman The
fight which was expected on Butlers se
lection did not materialize Somebody on
the platform proposed three cheers for the
new chairman and they were given with
a will
Senator Butlers speech was long and
his voice was not capable of penetrating
the vastness of the auditorium The del
egates wanted to hear what he said how
ever and regardless of the protests of
the sergeant-at-arms and his assistants
ran into the aisles and crowded around
the platform The Senator closed with
an ardent appeal to the convention to
stand together no matter what might be
the result of its deliberations
The only routine business transacted by
the convention was the formation of the
usual committee after which an adjourn
ment was taken until S oclock A sort of
free-for-all meeting was held after the
convention proper had adjourned at
which many men prominent in the party
voiced their views The meeting lasted
for nearly three hours
No Nijrht Session
The attempt of the convention to hold a
night session was a failure Through
somebodys omission no provision was
ma le for lighting the hall and when the
delegates and spectators assembled there
the interior of the big auditorium was
dark The telegraph companies sent for
a supply of tallow candles with which
they lighted the tables of their operators
They also furnished candles to the news
paper correspondents and the flickering
lights burning in the two press sections
were the only illuminations in the hall
They served to throw fantastic shadows
across the floor where the delegates were
assembled but were not strong enough to
enable the convention to proceed with
business Chairman Butler arrived long
after S oclock and announced that as no
arrangement couldgat that late hour be
made for light the convention would ad
journ until 10 oclock Thursday morning
are made payable in coin We demand
that the lume of money shall speedily
increase to an amount necessary to trans
act the business of the country on a cash
basis
There was a ripple of applause and a
few shouts when the name of Jacob S
Coxey was announced as a member of
the committee on platform from Ohio
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN BUTLER
There were also demonstrations for Gov
Holcomb of Nebraska Gen Weaver of
Iowa and ex Gov Lewelling of Kansas
when their names were shouted out
Afternoon Session
It was half an hour after -the chairman
had called the convention to order for the
afternoon session when the committee on
credentials reported When the matter
of contests had been settled New York
called for the report of the committee on
permanent organization Some of the
delegates wanted to adjourn until S
oclock but the anti Bryan people ob
jected
Senator W V Allen of Nebraska was
named for permanent chairman by the
majority of the committee on permanent
organization This was a straight out-and-out
Bryan recommendation and the
Bryan delegates stood on chairs and wav
ed hats and handkerchiefs Then the mi
nority report was made It recommended
James E Campion of Maine as the per
manent chairman With a whoop and a
yell Texas 103 delegates jumped up and
Georgia followed and soon the middle-of-the-road
and anti Bryan demonstra
tion was in full blast Un motion the
previous question on the adoption of the
majority report was ordered The call of
States began in the midst of great con
fusion Before it was finished darkness
set in and after losing a quarter of an
hour the electric lights were turned on
and the roll call proceeded Many of the
States had their votes challenged and
each side watched the other closely
The vote as announced was 758 for Al
len and 534 for Campion indicating a
majority for Bryan Instantly the con
vention became a mob of howling shriek
ing yelling cheering men The sponta
neous outburst of Bryan enthusiasm put
the previous anti Bryan demonstration in
the shade
Colorado pulled its standard out of the
socket and started the march around
State after State fell into line until
twenty five States were in the procession
The excitement grew wilder and wilder
every minute men pulled off their coats
and waved them frantically Hats were
thrown to the rafters and men tramped
down the aisles with other men on their
shoulders The procession paraded all
over the floor and at last surrounded the
Texas delegation whose members sat si
lent looking out of sullen eyes
The middle-of-the-road men were
game however for one of them carried
a banner to the front and Texas Arkan
sas Tennessee and Ohio sent their stand
ards to re enforce it The excitement
reached its height at this point and sev
eral personal encounters took place At
last after a quarter of an hour of almost
riotous enthusiasm the delegates calmed
down and Senator Allen was brought to
the platform When Senator Allen ap
peared the Bryan men gave him three
hearty cheers He was introduced by
Cyclone Davis and addressed the con
vention in a speech of considerable length
It was nearly 10 oclock when the Sen
ator concluded and shortly after the con
vention adjourned until the following
morning
THE SILVER PARTY
White Metal Men Hold a Convention
of Their Own in St Louis
The delegates to the national silver
convention in St Louis were slow in as
sembling at the Grand Music Hall Wed
nesday and there were not enough visit
ors to fill the galleries when J J Mott
chairman of the national committee call
ed the convention to order He too was
tardy and it was long after 12 oclock
when he stepped to the platform and rap
ped for order It was not surprising that
Ue delegates the visitors and the chair
man should have been slow in coming to
gether The weather was intensely hot
It was of that variety of heat that one
finds in the steam room at a Turkish bath
The hall had been attractively draped
with flags and bunting but the atmos
phere was so close and hot that it was al
most suffocating When Chairman Mott
came forward to call the convention to or
der the delegates for the moment ceased
the use of fans and roused from the torpor
caused by the awful heat and indulged in
enthusiastic cheering Prayer was offer
ed after which Miss Lillie B Pierce of
St Louis read the declaration of inde
pendence This caused another outburst
of applause
When the call for tae convention had
been read Congressman Francis G New
lands of Nevada was introduced by
Chairman Mott as temporary chairman
of the convention and the delegates gave
him a vigorous reception In his speech
he urged the silverites to support the nom
inee of the Democratic party
The Democratic party Mr Newlands
said has declared for the free and un
limited coinage of silver at a ratio of 15
to 1 without waiting for international
action Whilst it has made other declara
tions in its platform it has announced
that the silver question is the paramount
issue of the day and that to it all other
questions are to be subordinated It has
nominated a candidate of unimpeach
able character of exalted ability of in
flexible integrity of high purpose who
has never faltered for a moment in his
devotion to the cause of bimetallism
Firm but not headstrong confident but
not self sufficient near to the people but
not demagogic determined for reform
yet without a single incendiary speech or
passionate utterance to mar his record
possessing a happy combination of the
oratorical and logical qualities young
courageous and enthusiastic yet delib
erate and wise he stands as the ideal can
didate for a movement which though
termed a movement for reform really
means a return to the wise conservatism
of our fathers
Wm P St John of New Yort was
chosen for permanent chairman and
when escorted to the platform addressed
PERMAXEXT CHAIRMAX W P ST JOHX
the convention What he said was quite
in accord with the sentiments of the as
semblage and he got several salvos of ap
plause
The platform declares in favor of a dis
tinctly American financial system op
poses the single gold standard and de
mands the immediate return to the consti
tutional standard of gold and silver by
the restoration by this Government inde
pendently of any foreign power of the
unrestricted coinage of both gold and sil
ver into standard money at the ratio of
1G tol and upon terms of exact equality
as they existed prior to 1S73 the silver
coin to be a full legal tender equally with
gold for all debts and dues public and
private and we favor such legislation as
will prevent for the future the demone
tization of auy kind of legal tender money
by private contract It holds that the
power to control and regulate a paper
currency is inseparable from the power
to coin money and hence that all -currency
intended to circulate as money
should be issued and its volume controlled
by the general government only and
should be a legal tender The declaration
unalterably opposes the issue by the Unit
ed States of interest bearing bonds in time
of peace and appeals to the people of the
MISS TLILLIE B PIERCE
United States to leave in abeyance for
the moment all other questions and unite
in one supreme effort to free themselves
and their children from the domination
of the money power
Report comes from Pike County Ky
that in a fight between a party of revenue
men under command of Kid Greer of
Floyd County and moonshiners on Elk
horn creek three of the raiding parcy and
two of the shiners were shot though how
badly is not known
SENATOR BUTLERS SPEECH
Stirrins Address 3Iadc at the Popnlist
Convention in bt Louis
Senator Marion Butler of North Caro
lina on being introduced as temporary
chairman of the Peoples party conven
tion in St Louis spoke in part as fol
lows
Two political parties have held national
conventions this year Both have had their
say made their promises and put forward
their leaders Another political party young
but a growing giant of strength applause
has assembled to apeak to the American peo
ple at this Important and critical hour Wo
are here because there Is need for us to be
nere The two parties that have already
spoken have between them had charge of
2e machinery of a great representative gov
rnmenf In which kind of government there
re the greatest possibilities for good and
or evil the kind of government where the
prosperity of the people or their misery can
be affected to the greatest degree The two
parties have between them had charge of
your government for over twenty five years
and during that time a great and prosperous
people a people laboring to carry out the
Injunction to make two blades of grass grow
where one grew before have performed their
iuty In the eyes of God and man and have
made this country blossom like a rose as far
as creating wealth was concerned yet dur
ing this time of unexampled creation of
wealth of unexampled Industry and econ
omy on the part of the people these two
parties have succeeded In bringing this great
uutlon to the verge of ruin
Did they know better or didnt they know
better Were they honestly mistaken or did
they do it on purpose In either event their
leadership Is a discredit to the existence of
the party and the necessity of this organiza
tion Is proven Every candidate put before
the American people since the war by both of
these parties has been a man whose nomina
tion and election has carried joy to the
hearts of the aggregate capital and combined
creed The yhave selected the men who
nave stood in touch with and been the allied
agents of the elements of powers that have
brought this country to the verge of bank
ruptcy and those powers which have de
stroyed every republic In the past and will
destroy this one unless checked
These two great parties under false leader
ship have succeeded In keeping from the
people the grentest Issue In American poll
tics They have managed to array the great
masses of the American voters with frenzied
zeal on two sides of a great national cam
paign when the Issue was a sham put up for
the purpose of dividing the people It made
no difference which side won the people
lost Wall street In the United States and
Lombard street In England won While
these things were going on the great Ameri
can heart was wrapped In prejudice of party
It was not until they had awakened from
this condition and aroused themselves that
they began to think upon these questions
Then It was that the great middle classes
began to put their heads together for the
common good and when that small cloud ap
peared upon the horizon the hearts of the
people of the country went forth and the
light of this great doctrine spread through
nit the land The minute that all bitterness
was laid aside and the great heart of the
people beat as one that very minute tho
American people began to move for them
selves Then it was that the people of the
South and West who had been trodden Into
the dust and loaded with great burdens
knew that their Interests were the same as
the people of the North and East That very
moment they placed themselves upon the
same platform of principles founded by
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln In
1S02 we went down to defeat but our prin
ciples grew and flourished they could not be
trampled down They were eternal they
were right and from that hour to this they
have continued to grow throughout this
broad land
A few weeks ago the great national Repub
lican party met In this city The politicians
wanted to straddle the great Issue again that
was before the people but the Peoples party
had exposed the straddling treachery The
logic of events caused them to express them
selves clearly upon the question of the day
and consequently they went over bag and
baggage to the great money kings of Wall
street and of Europe A few weeks after
that the great national Democratic party met
in Chicago and was forced there to take a
position for It could not evade the Issue
longer the delegates were frightened they
were so alarmed and some of them no
doubt so conscience stricken that they for
mally decided to deliberately commit petty
and grand larceny by stealing the Peoples
party platform almost entire They almost
tried to steal Into our party I am reminded
of the old fellow who had his Bible stolen
He said Faith and I hope It will cure the
disease My friends I hope It will cure the
disease My only surprise is tnat wnen tney
were stealing they did not steal all the plat
form If they had been frightened a little
worse I think they would
The Peoples party came Into existence tc
perform a great mJsson There was a neces
sity for It and It Is going to stay here as
long as there is any necessity for It Aa
long as the American people need an or
ganization that Is true and one that will
stand by them under all circumstances and
and give them the rights to which they are
entitled this party will continue to exist
We have done a good deal No young party
has ever accomplished so much In the same
length of time as we have done We have
endured the bitterness of denunciation and
the abuse and malignity of party feellnjr
Right here comes upon us the greatest re
sponsibility that has ever rested upon any
party We have raised an Issue so universal
so great so Important that we have split
both of the old parties In two Now we
have either to save that issue or to renounce
what we have gained and lay It down in de
feat No greater responsibility ever rested
upon any convention
Shall It ever be said In the future that this
great band of patriots who have had the
nerve and the courage to leave the parties
of a lifetime this great band of patriots who
have broken every tie that bound us and our
fathers and our grandfathers In political or
ganization shall it be said that we who
have forced this issue to the front that we
at this trying and critical hour shall our
selves be controlled more by party prejudices
than by patriotism The only way you and I
have to build up this party Is by appealing
to the best element of the old parties and
appealing to their patriotism by telling them
that this Issue Is greater than party That
is the only way we have ever taken a single
man out of the old parties who was worth
having and It Is the only way we shall ever
take any man out of them in the future who
is worth having In this solemn hour let us
drop the bitter feelings that may have been
engendered since we came here Let ns
stop believing that In one small head all of
wisdom and patriotism Is contained
My friends I have enough faith in the
faces before me and enough faith In the God
above me to believe that this convention
will not turn Itself into a Democratic annex
I have got too much faith In its patriotism
and in Its sense to believe that it will turn
Itself into a Republican annex There Is
your danger There stands one danger and
here stands another and one is as big as the
other It has been a part of my experience
that whenever you see some good men going
to one extreme and other good men to the
other extreme the path of truth lies between
them What is our duty It Is to indorse and
approve what is right and condomn what Is
wrong Any other course is not true Popu
lism The mission of the Peoples party has
been to strike down what is wrong and to
hold up what Is right and we have appealed
to patriotism to rise above party to do this
and our appeal has brought forth 2000000 of
patriots and there are 2000000 more patri
ots coming sweeping Into our camp
Tho doctrine I am now preaching is the
doctrine we built the party on and I tell vou
to day If you waver from your position of
consistency from this high patriotic position
your party is built on you be no better than
the old parties that you rose up to destroy
I believe that this convention is going to do
what Is wisest We split both of the old par
ties and we split them on principle We can
not split because we all stand for the same
principles And of course a party that has
raised up a great principle and split two old
parties Is not going to be foolish enough to
allow itself to split on method and detail
We will stand together and we will go home
from here a united band of brothers We
will strip our coats for the fray and see the
minions of organized capital and gold monop
oly stricken down in this country We -will
do more than that We will show you that
this young giant the Peoples party comes
out of that campaign stronger than It went
into It Remember that you are Peoples
party men that you have accomplished more
3n four years than the old parties have ac
complished in a hundred Reoember that If
we do our duty at this hour the time Is not
far distant when we will he the majority
party In America
TRUMPET CALLS
Barns Horn Sounds a Warnlug Note
to the Unredeemed
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sin suffer
ed to remain ia
the heart raises
Urin
i family
The Lord gains
nothing whea
trood men w
Innc fnpos V V
A s v
Adam named
animals he bad a
language
The love of the
beautiful is a gift
that comes from God
In one way the egg of a wren Is
bigger than a turkey cock
When the mother of Abraham Lin
coln took her babe to her breast she
lifted a race
The Bible is the most attractive book
In the world when we know how to tell
what is in it
Men are alike in nature but different
In character They are one family but
many children
To make home a dismal place on Sun
day is to invite the devil to come and
get the children
The man who has no use for the gold
en rule in a horse trade had better be
watched everywhere
One shot in the wing means a wound
ed bird no matter how fast It may be
flying when it is hit
Love is the greatest thing in the
world and yet nine people out of every
ten are after money
The man who can say The Lord la
my strength will always be able to
easily carry his burden
The acorn that makes the forest la
bigger than the forest but we fail to
realize it as we pick it up from under
our feet
Some parents fail in leading their
children to Christ because the subject
of religion is never mentioned in the
home except at prayers
Jesus never preached any higher
about anything that he lived He em
phasized every sermon by showing
what it meant in his own life
A star is added to the soul winners
crown when an old man is saved but
when a child is put into the arms of
Christ it may mean a whole Milky
Way
THE TRUE HERO
Brave in Presence of Dancer but
Careful of Human Lfe
Mr Archibald Forbes in his biogra
phy of Lord Clyde better known as
Sir Colin Campbell the hero of the
Sikh wars draws unconsciously a
sharp contrast between physical and
moral courage Sir Colin was the son
of a carpenter in Glasgow named Mac
liver His mothers brother Colonel
Campbell took the boy at fifteen to the
Duke of York and asked for a com
mission for him The duke assented
and remarking Another of the clan
I suppose wrote his name down as
Colin Campbell
When they were in the street again
Colin anxiously said He did not get
my name Macliver
Bide a Campbell said his uncle
gruffly Itll pay better among fight
ing men
And Colin Campbell he remained
while he lived
The lads strongest wish was to prove
that he had courage enough to do honor
to his Campbell blood and adopted
name
His first battle was at Vimiera when
he was sixteen His battalion halted
under a fierce fire of artillery but his
company was protected being in the
rear of the column His captain at the
lads desire took him out to the head
of the battalion and walked with him
through the rain of bullets for several
minutes It killed the coward in him
When he was an old man he told the in
cident saying
I have been grateful to that man all
of my life
At a subsequent assault he was se
verely woundedin both legs and sent to
the hospital but finding that a battle
was imminent he deserted from the
hospital and limped back to his com
pany taking command without leave
His courage was so marked in the fight
which followed that he was promoted
while he was severely reprimanded for
his disobedience
But Sir Colin grown old and wiser
and at the head of the English forces
in the Punjab was curiously tender of
human life He begrudged every man
that fell in a battle and planned so
resolutely to save them that he was
dubbed Old Kubberdar Old Take
Care by his officers
He was urged by the Punjab govern
ment to invade the Swat territory
where the number of the swarming en
emy would have brought annihiliation
on his troops
With reinforcements yes was his
reply
They were refused Then I will not
go calmly replied the old soldier
Lord Dalhousie branded him as a
coward but the stern veteran persisted
in his refusal resigned and returned
to England to receive the rewards and
honors of a grateful country
The lad marching aimlessly into fire
had physical courage but the old man
returning in disgrace rather than sacri
fice his troops to no purpose possessed
moral bravery and was the true hero
The Shahs Jewel Quart Measure
The jeweled quart measure owned by
the late Shah of Persia was sold in
London a few days ago for 2 The
Shah used to measure his diamonds
and pearls in it It is called in Persia
the dek tzaninek and was in the
royal family for ninety years The
Shahs grandfather had another one
but lost it overboard together witU
quart of rubies and emeralds
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