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\ TWENTY-SECOND YEAH. OMAHA , MONDAY MOllNJING , JULY a , 3892. NUMBER 16
Presidential Aspirations That Will Bo Put
on Drets Parndo Today.
BUNDAY SPENT IN INCUBATING THEM
Promising Purorea for Diffident Champions
Carefully Nurtured and Expanded.
SENATOR KYLE IS EARNESTLY PUSHED
Couth Dakota's ' Preacher-Politician Given
the Benefit of Ardent Exertions.
BUT HIS CAUSE LACKS LEADERSHIP
Ho Ens Promise of Much Support from
Delegations Outside His State.
WEAVER IS STILL CONFIDENT , THOUGH
Iowa's ' Favorit3 Son Sees no Reaion to
Withdraw from the Raoj Yet.
RAPIDLY LEARNING THE LITTLE GAME
Intricacies of Practical Politics Becoming
Very Apparent to the Delegates.
WHAT THEY WILL STAND UPON STATED
Declaration of Principles Formulated for
Presentation and Adoption Today.
OOWN ON THE NEW PLAN FOR VOTING
Iliiny DcloKHtrx Kxpri'SH ThomnulirH Op
posed to tliu CiiimilittUi ! schmno for
KomlimtliiK ( iKiiurul Summing Up of
u Oonipllciituil Munition.
Who is to bo the candidate baptised by to
day's convention ns the tmtlomit lendi-r of the
now parly no ono c.m possibly prodiol.
' 1'bero nre mnny leaders in Iho now party ,
cut none so old or tiled us to bo unanimously
jccepteil by the various Industrial organ-
1iralions Hint make up tbo allied armies of
this reform movement. Only ono man
would bo uncomplainingly accepted by all ,
nnd ho is not a member of the now party.
Tbo great jurist of Indiana remains the pop
ular favorite , aim , although ho has staled
that ho would not accept Iho nomination on
any platform , Gresham is still tno candidate
of mi aggressive faction which Insists that
bo will accept the nomination if it bo ten
dered him. nnd that the success of the partv
demands Hint bo bo named. Thcro is every
indication that , despite nil that may bo said
bv Judge Urcsham or his authorized repre
sentatives , his name will yet DO prosenlod to
iho convention by bis admirers and an at
tempt made to force his nomination In the
nthuslnsm of tbo hour.
biiiiui of tliu Prominent.
Ttiroo men loom up conspicuously ns can
didates for the presidential nomination , and
all these nro members of tbo now
party. They nro Gonornl Weaver of
. " Iowa , Senator Kyle of Houth Uakoln ,
mid ox-Sonntor Vnn vVyck of Noornska.
With Judge Gioiham out of the race ,
Weaver and Kyle will load on the lirst bal
lot , and the strength of Vnn Wyck lies In
his peculiar popularity as a compromise can
didate in the event of a prolonged contest.
The ex-senator maintains that ho Is not In
any Bcnso n candidate for the presidency.
Governor I'entioycr of Oregon is much dis
cussed by tbo free silver men , und the 1'n-
clllc const delegates nro caucusing on the ad
visability of supporting him solidly. Ho wns
elected governor of Oregon on a frco silver
plntfotm and denounced the democratic
platform this spring nnd stumped the state
Jor the people's party candidate- . Senator
Btowurt of Nevada nnd General A. J. Wnr-
Her of Ohio nro also prominently mentioned
by the silver men , nnd John F.Villlts of
Knnsns , national lecturer of the alliance , nnd
1'uul Vmidorvoort of Nebraska nro also sug
gested by their friunds. Thoru Is every
proonblllty that at least n dozen candidates
will hu balloted for In tomorrow's convcn-
< y tlon , ns the list of favorite suns will bo un
usually laigu.
Si'ouuil riuru Not Sought.
Very Ilitlo nttonllon will bo pahl to the
vice presidency until the bead of the ticket
Is selected , hut n unlf-doion or moro prom
inent southern loaders have boon mentioned
In ibis connection. Senator Morgan of Ala
bama , Congressman Tom \VnUon of Govrgln ,
* > . Bon Torrell of Texas , General Kiold of Vir
ginia , "Cyulono" Davl * of Texas and Presi
dent McDowell of Tonncssou are ull In Iho
list of possibilities.
lloii't I.Iho tlin Nim I'liin ,
The peculiar complication ever the presi
dency may result In n con test ever the report
of the committee on rules tomorrow morn-
Ing. The report embodies n now-fungled
ichcmo of voting Uy which , If ndoptod , a
Domination for head of iho presidential
tlekot Is almost certain ou or before tbo
third ballot. Right there IB ttio trouble.
Friends of dark-horse candidates nnd fourth
and fifth choice men who hnvu contemplated
A. or mudu Ingenious tr.idos for Iho ilr.it few
ballots are In disgust at the prospect that
Iho return favors which they hnd hoped or
bargained to bo delivered Inter in the game
nri inado Impossible , should tbo scheme
carry. Kvcu the stronger favorite sonswho
might win on ono of iho first tbrco ballots ,
nro distrustful of a suddenly-sprung plan ,
w Ilh the workings of wuicli ihoy nro utifu-
inlllur , \\hicliuould probably necessitate
tbo laying out of entire now lines of balilu.
The piemen I of confusion tins Its source In
. Ur. Tuckormnn of Cloveluud , n Huck-
/ eye delegate , handed In the draft of thu plan
/ to iho committee , who It appears wcro In
clined to vluw It with suspicion , but uftor
eomo modlllenili n adopted It. Dr. Tucker-
iiiuu wiib not it member of the cuiiiiulttco
undU. T Ihitlor of Clnclmmll , who ropre-
icnti'd Ohio , disclaims any rcupotiflbllU.v for
Iho plnu. lu prlticlpul champion wns L. If.
i'-ijlorof Nuhviilo. Toun. , u furii.ers mil-
4 incumaii , whuknjs bo heard of it In the
\ coiiiimticofir the llrst time , and understood
thnt It wns In use in Knight * of Labor us-
icmbllos. General Seciolury Hayus of the
kulghu uys , however , thut ibo Kuighls of
Labor have no such device and that It Is en
tirely now to him ,
Ilicrc'n .Something In Tint.
Taylor of NaOivIllo declares that the plan
was accepted by the committee for iho purpose -
pose of preventing any dendlock , to allow
each dclccato a chauco to express his second
choice while voting for bis llrst favorite ,
and to avert long drawn out stiKo or opnor-
ttinUy for corruption. As first p/osented the
plan provided for the sending of the ballots
direct from tbo delegations to the secretary ,
but this wus filtered so that the result In
ouch state shall llrst bo read to the conven
tion by the cliahman of the state delegation
In order , as Hutler of Cincinnati naively expressed -
pressed it , that "there might bo no changing
of the llgurcs in the transfer. "
The fooling that a sinister design Is back
of the plan Is not confirmed by Inquiry. Dr.
Tuckcrman uppeara to have attempted Its
Introduction at least once before In a pcoplo's
party gathering , the last Ohio state conven
tion. It was defeated them as too compli
cated , onlv a small fraction of the 1)03 ) men
present being nblo to immediately grasp Us
lutricaeloj. With nearly Hvo times as many
delegates In the present convention , the
chances tor Us being understood or adopted
would scorn to bo oven loss , although the
fact that It was somewhat generally discussed
yesterday may make it friends.
Wi'inor'8 A-lli It.
General Weaver , whoso idherents nro per
haps moro thoroughly organized than tboso
of any other candidate In the convention ,
rcaa n copy of the committee's proposal
yestoulay with careful attention. In brief It
Is that if no nomlnoo recolvo n majority on
the tlrst ballot a second ballot shall at once
bo taken wherein each dolcgato must write
on his ballot the niuno ot bis Hist choice and
his second choice , the first choice to bo given
one vote and the second choice half a vote ,
the two candidates receiving in this way the
largest number of votes to Do the only candi
dates for whom votes would bo counted on
the third ballot.
"I don't think that will over bo adopted , "
was General V/oovor's comment.
itoo.n iuvivirni ) .
DIsp'itrlioH Purporting to HUM'Como fioni
tin * Kiiiliipiit .IiiilKu Drulureil Intentions.
The Gresham movement came up last
night sccmlnely stronger than ever. 1. N
binltn , an Illinois delegate , airlvcd from Chicago
cage , fresh from an interview with Otto
Cites Mam , the judge's sou. Immediately
after his arrival u meeting of the Illinoisans
was held , and after ho had unfolded his
news the delegates quichlv scattered about
the different hotels trumpeting the Judge's
nnmo with a vigor that took awny the
breath of these who supposed the Grosbam
boom had been finally disposed of.
T. Z. Magarrell of Chicago , who was ono
of ttie committee of forty that hua the mem
orable interview with Judgu Gresham Juno
J , was ouo of the foremost of the Gr.&ham
missionaries after the arrival of Uelccnto
Smith. According to Magarroll , Otto
Gicshara had assured Smith that none
of the authorized communications from the
people's party leaders hud yet reachca the
judge , but would bo presented to him today
If possible , by tbo son himself , who In leav
ing bmltb toolf the train last night from
Chicago to Indiana for that purpose. The
son was to first , see bis mother and enlist her
aid. Together wife and son would co over
the situation with Iho Jadgo , laying beforO
him nil messages. Mr. Mugarrcil declared
thu dispatches purporting to h.wo been re-
celcd from Judge Grcsnam to be inventions.
A'.Mission DUpiitvliiiil to Orchil.mi.
A rather sensational incident occurred
about this tlmo. Magarrcll made his way to
General Weaver's headquarters und taUne
the laitor iisHo boldly asked him to bo the
ono to place .ludgo Grcsham's nnmo boforu
the convention today. General Weaver is
too bright a man to be carried elf his feet uy
oven so remaikablo n proposition as that
made b3' Mr. Mngarrull. To have refused ,
however , would have placed him in an UWK-
\vard position In many ways. Ho adroitly
replied thin ho was willinc and ready to bo
.spokesman for Juilcu Greshum , but that ho
bad no .substantial evidence that the judga
would accept.
Prior to the arrival of the Chicago envoy
the Gicsharn-llrst-lasi-and-all-lho time men
wei o sorely pressed for means to btcm tnu
tido. Several caucuses were held , and at
Ins > t n plan of action was evolved. It was to
send u commlttoo of thrco Streoter of Illi
nois , Tcmploton of Indiana and Orr of
Colorado to llnd General Gresham and
obtain fiom himself an expression which
should ho wired In cipher to bo laid before
the convention. Tun airival of Delegate
Smith und the intolllccnco ho biotight only
strengthened tlio determination to have a
further expression from .ludgo Gresham
which would bo pond all doubt bo authentic.
As a result , Mosbrs. Strootor , Tompleton
and Orr loft Omaha last evening in quest of
their Idol.
Migpcrtuil "Siimotliliifj Wiis Wrong , "
The mooting wblcn authorized their errand
wns attended by upwards of " 00 delegates.
One of the reasons advanced for sending the
tt lo was the fact thut the chairman of the com
mittee \\liich win in conference with Judge
GrcHham Juno''U in Chicago claimed to have
boon assured by Him then thnt any further
communication from the Judge regarding
the nomination would bo made to thu com
mittee's chairman and thu latter bud since
received no word whatever. ' 1 Ills also was
partly the reason for the widespread sus
picion and unlimited lulu that there was
something both dark und vain connected
\vllh the difllculty of uecurlni ; telegraphic
communication with the Judgo.
It is notuwortny that two of the best
known man In the convention were among
the many who stubbornly declined to accept
the Grt'sbam telegrams as definitely settling
the miestlon of iho judge's candidacy
General Secretary John W. Haves of the
Knights of Labor and Marlon Cannon of
Cillfornln , who WHS chairman of tlio St.
Louis national conference. Hotti professed
to believe thut "something was wrong" with
the dispatches to and from Grosham.
llllnoU u Unit lor ( roiliiini.
Secretary Hayes was showing nround as
evidence-of the "something wrong" a telegram -
gram from Otto Gioshum which was re
ceived long after the mcssngn from Judge
Gresham , saying tbo latter woulJ decline
the nomination or. any platform. The Otto
Greaham telegram said : "Telegraph com
pany tidvlscs of failure to deliver last nlcht's
moHsaeu before father left French Lick this
morning. Will unduavor to got It to him at
Lur.csville , HurrUon county , where I think
ho must bo , but where there is no telegraph
oftlco. "
Mr. Cannon saldsTiiero is some crookedness -
ness about these Grcbtmm mes-sages. "There
bus evidently been tampering with our dis
patches. Wo shall wait until tomorrow at
least and learn moio befoiova accept those
messages as authentic. "
The cnpshcnf was put upon the rejuvenated
Grostium boom by the formal action of the
Illinois delegation. They vqtod ROlldly dur
ing tbo afternoon to stand uy the judge fiom
start to jlnlsli , If there should bo received thu
slightest definite Intelligence from him that
ho would accept the nomination. Added slg-
nlllcancu uus given by the decision of the
Illinois men from the fact that they consti
tute by liir the largest elate delegation In the
convention ,
A rtir iiudrr limn l'iiwili > ily ,
Latt thing at night , when most of the
Kyle und Weaver workers \\oro asleep ,
It was leportoJ thiil John Dovlin of tbo
gencuil cxt'iuitlvo board of the Knights of
Labor ucconipaulcd the committee ) of three
ulilcli liift tlio city to try to Induto Judge
Giushuin to accept the picslilonll.il nomina
tion , Dovlin , It ix said , curried In bin pocket
u letter from Gimerul Master Workman
Powdcrlv urging Judge Giv haiii to accept.
A promfui'nt ropublli.au , loug u frlcud ol
Grcsham , Is also said to have sent on n simi
lar letter.
The labor delegates held n Hireling last
nleht at which the sentiment was zahl to bo
unanimous to ostt him if ho would accept.
NOW IT'S
Antl-U > n\or MfiThriMt the Smith Diittntii
MMiiitiir Into the Itlng ,
With Grcst.nm out of the i.ico , the situa
tion had shaped Into Kyle of South Dakota
and Field of Virginia on ono sldo for president
*
dent mid vice pro Iclontand Weaver ot Iowa
and Terrell ot Texas on the other. Gradually
all the stragcling elements were centering
upon ono or the other of these ticket * , when
ever the outlook was considered with
Gresham In the shadow. The selection of
Kyle for llrst plnco wus taken to me.ui Fluid
for second place , whllo thp success of
Weaver , it wus generally conceded , would
put Torivil to tbo front for thu vlco presi
dency.
Georgia led off yesterday in n procession
for Senator Kyle. Under the Inspiration of
Delegates Jones , Iranch ) and Post Its dele
gation was thu llrst to hold n mooting und
declare in Kyle's favor Other states later
followed suit , including all or nearly all the
silver states.
The withdrawal of Mr. S. F. Norton of
Illinois from the presidential contest yester
day afternoon gave additional Ktrcngth to
tbo Kyle boom. At the Illinois stata con
vention , the delegates were Insl.'uctcd to
present Mr. Norton as a presidential candi
date and to USD all honorable means tosecuro
his nomination. Yesterday afternoon they
hold a mooting , and in a brlaf address Mr.
Norton stated thut ho doslrod his name to bo
withdrawn from all consideration in connec
tion with the presidential nomination and
urged that the state delegation suppoit Sen
ator Kyle of South Danota.
Conlliluiit Kjlu Will ( Jet HIITC.
Chalrmoi Tuuboneck , who is a member of
the Illinois delegation , says that Mr. Norton's
wishes will bo followed by most of the pr.ilile
state delegates. " 1 am impartially for Son-
ntor Kyle since Mr. Norton"bus withdrawn , "
said Mr. Tnuboneck , "und have not the
slightest doubt wo will take three-fourths of
thu Illinois dele ; tcs into iho Kyle camp with
us. I am conlldont that Senator Kyle will
bu nominated by the convention. The light
is really between him and Go'iotiil Weaver
of Iowa , as Grasbam Is out of the race ,
and the clTorts of this commltlco which
has been appointed to proceed to Chicago
and confer with him will prove entirely
futile. The llrst ballot tomorrow will show
Kyle and Weaver to bo the prominent candi
dates , with Kyle decidedly in the lead. I
think ho will bo nominated on the second
ballot , If not ou ibo first. "
The growth of Iho Kyle Doom during the
day and evening was quite ptonounccd. It
had an cnergotio manager In thu person of
\Vushbuni of Massachusetts , member of the
national committee , aided by Taubeneck of
Illinois , \\hllo Mossis. Branch and Post
looked nftcl1 iho Kvlo campaign among the
southern delegates , i'ho Massachusetts
men. and , indued , practically nil the New
Englandcrs , came into the convention in a
neuirnl fnimo of mind prepared to follow
the lead of the delegations from tbo western
and southein blatcs , wheio the party
strongtu is greatest ,
suppoi-lcrs of tlio South D.ikotii Snnntor.
Finding today that sentiment had not
ciyhtalizud strongly for any one availaolo
candidate the Now Knglunders believed
themselves to some extent the probable
arbiters of the situation , and being urged by
leading southern and western men to take amore
moro active part proceeded to cinvnss the
situation , and Senator Kyle was taken UP n < s
likely to prove tbo strongest candidate at
tbo polls. Weaver was objected to by this
element as being wcicbtcd with defeat a ? u
greenback presidential candidate and lixoly
to have his strength con lined largely to iho
old guard in iho independent movement.
The southerners to some extent , too , were
not altogether pleased with his ideas as to
pensions.
During ttio day a nearly continuous moot
ing ot Kylo's sympathl/ors was kept in ses
sion , the small nucleus of ibo morning being
systematically doubled and quadrupled as
thu da } ' wore on. The stronger men were
labored with llrst , und by night the list of
tboso who had coma into the meeting and
spoken In favor of Kyle included Ignatius
Donnelly , II. 1C. Tauhonocir , Davis of Texas ,
Uram-hana Post of Georgia. Wllklns of Oblo ,
Schilling of Wisconsin , Wilson and Field
ot Virginia , and Paul Vundorvoort of ours.
Ono of tbo ufKUiuojts that had considerable
uffnct was that the Gresham boom was being
secretly Kept up by Weaver's friends to.
frighten oft ether candidates and leave tbo
way open in the end to Weaver.
No Support Prom IIU Ou n Stiun.
A drawback to the Kyle enthusiasts was
the absence of support fiom Kyle's own
stato. Thu South Dakota men , of whom
Hov. William McCroady of Uuffulo Gap , an
intimate friend and old-llmo associate in tbo
ministry with Mr. Kyle , was a fair typo ,
seemed to fool that Kyle would bo moro val
uable to the movement if his elTorti were not
spreud over the nation , but. were kept for the
present In his own state , and particularly
thnt his career In the senate as South Da
kota's icproseutatlvo and tbo good ho would
undoubtedly do tbo state in congress should
not DO cut short. "While I do not spcaK by
Mr. Kylo's authority , " said Mr. McCroady
last night , "tboso nro the facts , nuvortneloss ,
and I think they should bo generally
known. "
Uuchannn of Now Jersey was outspoken
in opposition to Kyle and Intimated thut the
South Dakota senator wojld bo received
with lukowariniioss by tbo trades unionists
and labor men generally In the convention
und at the polls. The ideal candidate for the
luttor element , It was said , would bo Van
Wyck of Nebraska. Anollior circumstance
militating against the Kyle boom was the
fact thut bis candidacy appears to have been
started .some time ago by his congressional
associates ut Washington , and tbero is a
Intent hostility to anything having even iho
tinge of an appearance of dictation from out-
sldo tbo convention.
Kjlo's suppnrtcis at mldnluht were claim
ing that Now York hud voted to support tbo
South Dakotan and that his nomination ou
tnn llrst ballot was practically assured. The
New Yorkers hold a mectlne , but other re
ports had it that tboy were divided.
THINK WIAVIK : WJM. WIN.
I'rlciulK ol ( hi ) Olil-Tlmo ( irc-oiilmckcr Say
Tlii'.v Will Nomlniito Him Suro.
While the Kylo'inovomunt has received Its
accession today , the followers of Weaver
have also had muiiy reasons for encourage
ment. Mr. Blown , ono of the most prom
inent nfen of the Massachusetts delegation ,
who has , up lo this time , been Inclined to
oppose Weaver , suddenly came out In favor
of thu Iowa man last night , and Is said to boone
ono of the managers of the Weaver forces.
All thu reports of Weaver's withdrawn ! nro
evidently Inspired by iho enemy , and there
Is no doubt that ho is In the tight to utay.
Mr. Gillette of Iowa declares thut thu dele
gation from tbo Hawkuye state U solid for
General Weaver and that the reports that ho
Is to withdraw hla name from llie contesturo
ridiculous , If not malicious.
"If tbo convention were to ballot today , "
said Mr. Glllotto , "Weaver would bu tbo
nominee beyond a doubt , und I do not sou
nur evidences that ho is fulling In strength ,
lie bus mated that If Gresliam were a candi
date ho would bo glud to place thu Judge In
nomination and many people have accepted
this as un Indication that Weaver did not
doslro to bu considered In connection with
the presidential nomination. Hut wo expect
to present Weaver's name tomorrow and wo
think ho will bo nominated. "
WKitVKK AtiAl.N'sr THIS rilMiI ) .
riottliiKO mill Coiintoi-riottiiiKJ Tlio
l.u l Trjlni ; to ( 'apturn tlio South.
Caucuses woi o numerous last ultnt ? and tbo
now puny delegates were qulto us Industrl-
out , und considerably moro demonstrative ,
in their work than member * of the old Una
organizations coulu bo. Thu most outlvo
work wua done by tbo opponents of General
Weaver. It U Weaver ugamsttbo Hold , with
Inability on tbo part of the llnld lo concen
trate Iti strength , though K.vlo's friends lute
in the nlpht were clalWrifr thnt the following
states had voted to go subunnilully solid for
Kyle : Tennessee , Kontu'ckr , Virginia , Geor-
gln , Ohio , Massachusetts , Now llnmpsliho ,
Washington , Colorado ana half of Kansas ,
The effort to ftwlntr to ono man against
Weaver Is causing many ncv names to bo
suggested , and the geographical .scope of
these now tickets Is ni wide mtnu continent.
Thcso tlrkots. howevur , nro not received In : i
manner lo make thorn strong , und with thu
cxcopllon of Kylo. whoso nomlmitlor. bis own
stito oppose : ! , with lha sama objections
\\lilchlcnva raised against placing Holes in
second place at Chicago , namulv , n bettor
use for him In iho senate , no name bus yet
been brought foriuml which tins stioug ele
ments cl availability mid strength ,
It therefore sootns njuito likely that General -
oral Weaver will enter Iho convention today
with a following coiuideruolo larger than
thnt of iho other men , though the olTort to
Unit n ilval for him tulhu convention Is still
being ptifheil with unabated vigor.
'Iho mainspring uf the objection to General
Weaver Is his previous greenback record ,
with some minor matters , and in Now Kng-
land and Now York ah ) located the most no-
tlvo opponents of hU selection. Now York
und Now l2uglnndarj'notasklni ' ! anything for
themselves , but tire opposing General Weaver
because of n fear tbat.atiorhls nomination ho
will not grow In strength.
Tom Watson of Georgia for president and
Governor Pennoyor of Oregon for vlco presi
dent Is the ticket with which Now York ,
with aid from Nuw Knglnnd , last night
attempted to create a landslide that would
overflow the Weaver movomnnt. It locked
effectiveness and virility for the reason lhat
It wuseakcst whorcf In utder to win , it
should huvo boon strongest , namely , in the
homo of ils friends. The southern delegates
do not want tno first place ou the tlcKOt und
they say so frankly.
"Idi'iiN Ilnrcl to lU'itll/n Now. "
Delegates from Maine , Massachusotls ,
Connecticut , Hhodo Island und poasluly thu
ether two Now England states held a caucus
und talked the situation over. New York
also consulted about' tbo matter. Thcso
states reached the conclusion that
they would fuvor , a southern muii
for the presidency. Committees wore-
appointed and they visited the various south
ern delegations und urged upon them that
tlio south unite upon .n man , guaranteeing
that they could count on Iho aid of Now York
und Now ICnglund. Watson of Georgia and
Pennoyer of Oregon Wpro named as a ticket.
The a'rgu m out advanced was thnt four or
live western states could bo carried on the
principles of the people's party and Unit with
the additional strength there mt ht bo n fair
prospect of making it a national success. In
Gcoigm Ibo movement was not favored , nor
was It In Alabama. Virginia wai also
against the advisibillty of running a
southern man. Arkansas was favor
able to Weaver and so was Alabama.nnd this
In general , it may bo said , was fo ind to ho
the. sentiment of other southern status , \\itli
the exception of Georgia , which was strongly
in favor of Kylo. The southern delegates
asked to huvo a stronger man in the westurn
states than Weaver nunied , and the reply re
ceived did not convince them that a stronger
mim was available , although they admitted
that , Weaver was not their Ideal candidate ,
"but , " they added , "Ideals are hard to realize
now. "
N MV Yorkprit1 Mission Mlscnrrlcil.
In the Alabama contingent , Mr. Cunning
ham listened patiently , but ended by saying
thai Ihcv uero ugainst running n southern
man. The visit of the Jfow Yorkers to the
South and North Dakota delegations was
also discouraged , for they wore told that thu
two Dakotiis were almost to a man against
placing Mr. Kylo. , ou thu ticket and did not
want to sacrifice him. The * situation In Now
York Is nho at present fivorablo to Weavnr ,
as between bun andjvylo. Mr. Fiord of the
New York dologatlou last mgnt said that
while ho flavored the laitor the others were
against It. > < *
Several of the southern delegates as a
means ot beading off any southern talk sug
gested Mr. Powdcrlv. The Now Yorkers'
response wns that Mr , Powdorly hud posi
tively declined and thai his name would not
go before tbu convention ,
JIAUNING run < : AMI : .
( inllelosH Grangers Itupldly Upcoming
Adopts 111 Convention TiirtlcH ,
It's going to bo qulto n convention after
all. That much is already a dead moral cer
tainty and it's ' getting moro so every minuto.
The Kyle nnd Weaver forces have perfected
Ihclr organizations , and the canvassing ,
lobbying and caucusing that was going on
lust evening bore a strkiug ) resemblance to
what is expected , and Invariably found at
any of the conventlons"pf either of tlio old
parties.f1ho | now movement has at last as
sumed u really politics ! uspocl , but not until
jostorday did it take On this hue. In this ro-
spcct , at least , tbo third party folns arc mak
ing progress. The llr fcheers for Individual
candidates were board fast evening In the
Millurd rotunda , whore for sovciul hours en-
thushi'itio followers i'whoopod * 'or up" in
regulation style. >
Tbo Indications point conclusively to a rod-
hot contest on tbo lloqr of thu convention as
soon as the nommatloa of a presidential can
didate Is declaiod to Do In order. The advo
cates of the two leading candidates are
urging the claims of their rospoctlvo favor
ites with an energy and spirit "thut was not
deemed to bo ovun possible twenty-four hour *
nco. While It Is not boliovcd thin Iho fight
will take on an acrimonious tin go , such n
thing Is far from being outside the range of
rcasonaolo possibilities , and it in evident to
uycryono lhat today's suasion will be lively
enough lo turnlsli ample returns for ull In-
voilmoula ID convention tickets.
Starting tlip Kjlu Hoom ,
Immediately after the adjournment of the
morning conference which wns hold at 11
o'clock In room 100 at iho Millard , and at
jvhlch thirty dologutoi representing eighteen
"tales were present , the open light begun to
manifest Itself. Wastiburn of Massachusetts
was tacitly agreed upon by the Kyle men to
load Ihclr forces , and lo offset this , Drown ,
also of Massachusetts , was chosen by tbo
Weaver men to ouglneer their bide of ibo
light. Drown wus the only ono of Ibo
speakers at the morulng'conforenco ' who ad-
vacated Weaver , and the Kyle man used as
ono of their arguments tbo fact unit this con
ference of the tenders was practically unani
mous , and that Kyle iValhoonly man whoso
name has as yet becii succestcd on which
both north and south could unlto.
Ktlinglon of Georgia , wuols the temporary
chairman of the convt-tio'n , said thut the
Georgia delegation wblld | show up almost
solid for Kylo. At a1 mc tinir of the dele
gation late in Ibo afternoon at which forty-
six of tbo delegates wonip'rosonta ballot was
taken and all but twp voted for Kvlo nnd
these were not streiruousJy opposed to him.
Ellington said thut Wcnvor would bo a weak
man to taka before thd nedplo of Georgia on
account of iho old soldlrr resolution adopted
ot St. Lotus. j
t
"Tho democrats have ? , been fighting us on
that , " lie said , "Just u4 'they huvo used the
force bill uguinst the reVuplicuns. Wo have
staved it olT by suyinrf thixt It wus not In our
platform. Now , if wo n'nniinnUi Weaver they
will say It Is a trick ; that' wo loft It nut of
our platform lo rnlslc u n'tid then nominated
the daddy of It. Wonv'or Introduced n bill
In congress In 18S ( ) that was de
signed lo caver this very point. The mass
of our people don't euro anything nuout It ,
but it would bring defeat by alienating our
flouting vote. "
A ballot taken by the Massachusetts
delegation lust evening resulted Kvlo Iti ,
Weaver "
A Colorado member of the silver loacuo ,
when asked how ' Kyle and Weaver stood
with them , roi.llod ; "Kylo a thouxiuul to one.
If It's \Veuvcr wo'ro dumped , thut'tt all. Wo
Mould go homo with our Iioadu down unit
say nothing. Give us Kyle und we'll glvo
'om ' n mighty flow ! chuso liiColorado. "
"tNhy. " suld iif NnvodS slivjr man , who
stood his clbaW "If It's I
at , Kjlo can prom
ise our u tu to for him. "
( 'oiinuutli'iit ' Wimla a biiutlinrntir.
A Connecticut dulogatu declared for a
southern man , mid favored Macunoof Texas ,
as did two of the Malno delegates who wcro
uorklug with him. Tboy said that us n
matter ot expediency Weaver muni not bu
nominated , a > it would look too much llRu an
out nnd out greenback move and n revival of
an Jssue that was killed long iigo.
Kansas stands about ovonlv divided be
tween Kyle and Weaver.
Illinois is bonclo slv cut up bo wcon
Greihnm , Vnn Wvclc , Kyle and Weaver.
A Wisconsin dcicg.Uu objacto I to Weaver
because his fusion record would hurt him.
Hnrvcy of Florida depleted the light ever
Individuals. "What wu want , " ho said , "U
n man wuo stands on the platform , That Is
all thai should bo considered , and thU row
ovft men shown that thuro is something rotten -
ton somoxvhcro. Wo are doing Just what
the two old pit-ties did-lighting ever t o
men , nnd lluln'i Unlit. "
Potter ot Now Jorsvsild : "Wo came
hero tcnli/lns that wo couldn't east nn elect
oral vote In our stale , and agreed to support
any man the south und west wanted. Wo
favor Gresham and next to him Vnn Wyck.
Wi'.ivot would put us on the defensive
neainst iho cry of 'old greenback movo-
nionl. ' There Is an aching void in tbo old
parties , and millions of ila-ir voters nro de
manding n change , but wo must name a man
limy can havj some ovcuse for vollng fur.
Weaver would bo n dead load lo cairy. "
Kjlo on tlin I'li-nt Iliillot.
The latest report last night wns that the
Now York deliiiratlon would nupuortKjlo al
most solidly. S ild "Deacon" Hathawuy of
Kansas :
"Senator Kyle of South Dakota Is going to
bo nominated on the lirst buBot totiorrow.
Tto poculiuiitv about the situation is that
Texas Is for Weaver nnd Iowa is for Hen
Terrell , but from tbo telegrams sent to-night
by the different state delegations to Sonnlor
Kyle It Is evident Unit unless something ox-
lraordltmr > happen * ho will hnvo a majority
ot tbo votes In the convention ou the lirst
ballot. The 142 votes of Now York
will bo cast for him , as will thu votes
of the Now nntrlaml states , Ponns > lvanln
and all of the southern states except Texas ,
whllo the majority of Iho votes of Kansas ,
Nebraska , and the solid vole of nil the silver
states will go to him. It seems to mo thnt
nothing can now prevent the Humiliation of
Kyle on the ilrsl ballot. The candidate for
vlco president will bo selected from the
south , nnd probably from Toxas. So far na
the sentiment of the Kyle men goes it is for
Cyclone Davis n-id n tlekot which will nvor-
ngo six feet two Inches In the stockings. "
i'fiiTinii iMioi'h roit TIII : n.ATroitM.
SulifoniliiUti'ii AV1I1 > lul i 'somo IiittirostliiR
ItrcoiiimumliitloiiH I'oiluy.
The people's party platform will demand n
constitutional amendment limiting the ofllco
of piosident and vice president to ono term
and providing for the election of United
States senatois by direct vote of the people.
This wus decided upon by the subcommittee
on miscellaneous matters yesterday nnd will
doubtlobii receive the endorsement of tbo
main committee nt this moraine's session.
The subcommittee wus in suasion five hours
and considered vnilous planks which it is
proposed lo append lo ' .ho resolutions adopted
by the full cominitloe. Among the now
resolutions which It was decided to recom
mend to Iho main committee \\cio iho follow
ing :
"Wo regard Iho malnlonanco of a largo
standing army of mercenaries , known as Iho
Pinkciton Hjstem , ns u menace to our
liberties , nnd demand its abolition.
"Wo condemn the recent invasion of the
territory of W.vomlnir by the hired nssussins
of pltitociacy , nssislod by Ibu federal ollicmls.
Wmit ScnatoiH Klccti-d liy 1'opnliir Vott > .
"Wo favor constitutional provisions limit
ing the office of piesidont and vice president
to ono term , and providing for Iho election
of beimtors of tno United Slates by direct
vote of Iho pnople.
"Wo pledge ourselves to fair nnd liberal
pensions to ox-union soldiers and sailors.
"In a graduated income tax llos the true
solution of Iho vexed question of federal
taxation.
"Wo condemn the fallacies of protecting
American lubor under the present sjstum ,
which opens our ports lo the pauper and
criminal classes ot the world nnd crouds
out our wugoworkers. and wo denounce the
present inefTuutlvo luws uiruinst contrucl
labor as a subterfuge to calch the votes of
thu American \vorkiiigmun.
"Wo demand u frco ballot nnd n fair count
in nil election i and pledge ourselves lo so-
cuio it to every legal voter without federal
Interference through the adoption by ttio
states of ibo Australian or secret ballot sys
tem. "
TriMi llallot IMnnlt to lie Agiilti Cut Up.
The plonk quoted above referring to the
freedom of the ballot Is thu sumo plank re
ported by the main committee and subse
quently \ \ . The
subcommittee decided after discussion that
it was best to sland by ibis plunk und that
It be again recommended without unv
change. A canvass ol the members of the
main commitlco shows n clear majority in
favor of tlio adoption of this plaint without
change , so tharo is likely to bo very llttlo
discussion on tbo matter today.
The matter of the Rochester , N. Y. , cloth
ing manufacturers' combine , which locked
out a number of their woruinginon for bomg
Knights of Labor , was icforred to Iho gen
eral committee witn the request that Mr.
Wrij-'ht of the general executive- board of
tbo Knlchts of Labor bo allowed to address
the full committee on the uujcct. Mr. Pow-
derlv probably will also bo asKcd to address
the main committee in regard to Ibo same
matter.
The graduated income tux clause provided
for is not to bo in lieu of the ono adopted Sat
urday ovcuinc by tno cominitloe , but is
rather in explanation thorcof.
Immigration mill Klglit-Hoiir Day.
Hon. II. J. Schultels , lata member of Iho
European Immigration commission , guvo thu
subcommittee the benefit of his experiences
und showed the necessity of moro rigorous
linmlgiation luws. There scorns little doubt
thnt thu plank bearing on this subject will
bo adopted by tbo main commlttoo without
any significant alteration. The subcommit
tee wus unanimous in Its recommendation.
It wns decided to rufor to tbo main com
mittee the question of n plunk declaring that
eight hours ahull bu p. legal day's work. This
plunk declare * that thu people's puitv favors
the eight-hour day , recommends thnt the
various states enact legislation on Iho subject
nifd insists on Iho enforcement of the eight-
hour law enacted Juno U5 , IblW , and now on
the staluto books , but practically n dead
letter.
Mr. Kchultols expressed himself In favor of
tlin bill now pending before congress nnd ra-
ported by tbu houiu committee on labor , and
It muv Da thut tub moasuru will bo formally
ondorHCd.
It was also decided to rufor to iho main
committee tlio advisability of adopting un
educational plank designed to win the votes
of the dissatisfied social lans in various mates
whore the compulsory school law Is considered
unduly rigid , but the sense of ibo main com-
mllteu BO far ascertained docs not seem
lo bo favorably to tuo adoption of such u
plank.
i > ii.AitATioN ! ( H'riti.NOiri.r.s. .
XVIial Duliigiittiil Ki'prrNRMliitlxoi of tliu
" ' ' ' ' " HolliiMi
1'i'oplii'H 1'arlj" HIKI rromUu ,
Following U the toxl of the preamble and
declaration of principles formulated nnd
uyrojil upon lastulgbt by tbo subcommittee
of tlio committee-on tosolutlons , appointed
by the national convention of the people's
party , and whlnh will bo presented to the
delegates In convention today :
Assembled upon thu onu hundred and six
teenth nnnlvorjury of the declaration of
Independence , tbo People's party of America ,
In their Ural national convention , invoking
iioa [ tboir action tbu blosblug of almighty
God , puts forth lu the name und t n bohulf ot
Iho people of this country , Iho foi ow ag pro-
uinblo nnd declaration ot princlp ct :
The conditions nhU < h surround us justify
our cuopuialloiiVomuot In iho inldui of u
u it on bioiuht tulhu vortfo of moral , pu-
litlu.il und mutmlul iiiin ( -'on upturn
dominate * the bullut box , thu luKliluluruu ,
the conmvss , und toni-he * uvun tbu
erinlno of thu bunoh. Tim pcuplu are < | e-
inoriill/ml. Must of ilie states liuvu buun coin-
pulled to Isolate thu vutuiHitt thu polling place *
In order lo piovtint uimuiH'il ' Int. inldutlun or
hrlliuiy , Thu nununitpurd uru uutimilUud or
iniu/lud , pnlilld opinion ullenccd , hiuinuhi
proHiratoil , our liomu uovuiuJ wlt'i mort-
jjii.ua , .ubur iiupotcribbed , uuu tbo luud uou-
riMitrntlns In the hands of the capital ! ) C
The unl.in workmen uro denlcil t ,
right of or.nnlratlun for salf pr . .
tuftlon ; linnnrlvd p.iuiu'rlrcd lubi
l.o.its down tlii'lr W.IKOSS n hlrellnc stall tin
iirmv. iiiiioeiiiriiiZLMl by our Inns. N o'tnh
llshod to shout thuni down , and tlu > y are lap-
Idly divunur itliij Into Kuropu in conditions
The fruits of the toll of million * urn boldly
stultn lo build npcolkMil fortune * tor u fu ,
tinprucciliMtioil In the history of mm-
Kind , und tlio POS USSOM of tin-so ,
In tin n , dcsplso thu lepuhllo and
otulaneor liberty I'roni thu same prollllo
\\oiiibofgo\uriiiuiMital Injiistleu hrued the
iv o irronl iM mi's tranilis and nilllkmiUres.
The n itlonul | ) iunr tovii'iito inoncv Is appro-
pilitcd to rni It'll lonillioliloia A vast publlo
ili'in pnyiiblu In li-.nl tondi'r uiiiii'iu-y h.n
bi'on tiiiuliMl Into oul-buarlm ; bonds , thi > roby
adding tnilliotiM to the burdens uf thu people.
Tim Old I'.u lli-s Arr.iigucil.
Silver , which bus boon lu-coptod us coin since
tli ilnwn of hlstorj. h is boon dent metl/od in
ndil to the iiiircli.islni ; po\\ur of gold by de-
eii'.Tsinu' the value of all forms of property , us
\\ell im litini in luonr. and thu supply of uur-
luncy Is pin n si > ly uhiUUed to fatten usurers ,
b inurupt iMitrrpri-e nnd en luxu Indiistiy A
vast uonspli.u-y uitulnst inuiiMiid hashoun or-
uanlrod on tuo uontliu'nts und Is uipldly tuu-
Inu' possession of iho world , If not mut und
ovrrlhrown ut once It forol odes torrlhlo social
coin ulsloim , und destruction of ulvill/atlon ,
oi thu vstubilshiiiuntof nn absolute- despotism ,
\Vo h ixo wltni' < si > d for moro tliiin u lonttiry
the struggles of the two gri'.it politic il pintles
for POM i-r und plunder , w Idle grim Ions w roius
huvo been Inlllvtutl upon a siiirerlng people.
Wu cliar'e that tlio unntrollliitf IntliiiMices
doinlnntliii ; both those patties have pel milled
thu cxlstlne ( head fill eoiiilltlons todevuop
without M'floiiRniruits to pruvcut or restrain
them. Nullhordo they now proiuKe us unv
HUlistniitlul reform , 1 hey have ugruud to-
u'ethcr to Ignore In thu coming uatupalKii
uuny Issue hut ony. Tliuy propose to ifronii
thu outcries of n plundered puoplu with the
uproar of a Hliain balllo ox or Ihu
turllV , so thnt eapltallsts , nallonul hiinUs ,
rings , trusts , watered stock , Ihu dumomitlru-
llon of silver , and Iho oppressions of the
ustiiurs mavill no lost sl la of. Thuv pio-
UO50 to siicrlllou our homes , then und children
on tlio ullurof manimon ; to destroy the mul
titude In order to sucuio corruption funds
fiom thu intllloimlies.
Assembled on the annlvcrs'irv of thn 'jirth-
duv of the nation , and 111 led \\ltli tlio t-pltlt of
Ihu grand generation who I'stahllshrd our In-
depondL'tiL'c , wo seek our liidupeiiiluiiuu ; o
seolc to rustoio the Kovi > rniuuiilor thu lopuhllu
lo the h mils of "tho plain people" ullhwliuso
eluss It origin tied.
"I'lio Wur U O\er. "
Wu iisierl our purposes to ho Identical with
the imtpo.HH of Ihu national coiislitiition
"I'o form n moio puifcvt union , establish jus
tice. Insure domeatlu ti.iniiiilllty , provide for
tliu ( ' 0111111011 defense , promote thu goncrul
elfuru anil secure tlio blessings of liberty for
ourselves nnd our postoilty. " Wu iluulnru
th it this republic can onlr undiiro nsuficn
govurnmi'iit white bill , t upon the love of thu
whole people fur unuh other and for thu
nation ; that It oannol lie pinned together bv
bayonets ; lhat thu chll w.n U over , and that
every p isslon and resentment which prow out
of It must die with It , und thut wu must hu In
fact , us wu uio In name , onu biothui hood of
freenu'ii.
Uur country Duds Itself confronted by con
ditions for which tlicro Is no precedent In thu
history of the world our annual agricultural
prouuutlon * amount , to billions of dolluis In
value , which must within a few weeks or
months bo exchanged for billions of dollar- .
of commodities consumed In ihulr pi oil net Ion ;
the existing currency supply Is w holly Inado-
iiuato to iniiUu this cxohaiitfu : the rusuilH are
fulllii ! ; prices the formation of combines and
thu Irmiov ciNhment of tbo produchu
class \\o iili'dt'o ourselves thut If given
ponur wo lll liilior to loiruct these ovl s by
wlsu mid lunsonablu loxlslutlon In iiccordiincu
vvltb the terms of our platform. Wu 1'ullmu
that iho puwcis of uovoiiimcnt In other
words , of tnu pi-oplr should bo expanded ( us
In the ease of the postal suivli'i1) ) as lanldly
and as far as thu good scniu of un Intel Ijri'nt
iiuoplu und the teachings of uxpi'iluneo shill
Justify , to the end that oppri'sslon , liijusilco
und poverty .shall eventual ! v uuunu In thu
land.
Tin cefolil Iucluritl : n ,
While our sympathies as a parly of reform
nro nuturnllv upon tbo sldo of every proposi
tion whluli will tend to iniiku men intuilUcnt ,
vlituous and ti'inpcriite. we novurtliolms ro-
gaii ! those nuustloiis. Important lib they are ,
us subordinate to the grout Usuos now press
ing for solution , und upon which not only onu
Individual prosperity but thu very existence
of fiuu Institutions depend ; un l wo ask all
men to first hull ) us lo determine \vhuthuruu
uru to huvo a iiipublle to administer Luforu wu
ulfTur as to the conditions upon which It Is to
he uiltiilnistciu I , beiluvliig that the forces of
inform this dav set In i lotion will nuvei ueusu
to move fonviird until uxery wionst IK rem
edied mid equal rlithts and cqtml prlvllu us
ate secure y I'stiibllshed for ull thu men and
women of the country.
Witleclnre. tlieiotore ,
1'iisi , 'J hut thu union of Iho labor forces of
thu 1'iiltud Mates , tills day consummated ,
shall hu permanent and uerpotil il. Mav Its
spirit enter Into ull hu irth for tliu Hulv.uion of
tliu rupubllu und the iipllftlngor nrmicliul.
bocond. Wealth beloius lo him who viuiitos
It. unn every dollar taken from Industry with
out un equivalent K robbery. "If uny will
not wane , neither bhall bo oat. " Thu Interest *
of rural und olvlo labor me the sainu ; their
( iiiumles uio Identical.
OThlrd , Wo holluvo Hint Iho tlmo has come
whuti the railroad corporations must either
own the puoplu oi the people the corporations ,
and should HID goxuiiitnunt enter upon thu
woilc of owning -ind inaniKlni ! uny or ull rail-
loads we khouiil favor an anieniuiicnt to thu
conslitutlon that nil umployoi upon snub
roads shall foi the tlmu bislns forego thu e\-
erclsuof their right of sail rage , In uccoidnncu
with thu prucudont I'slabllshud by thu consti
tution of thu llintud h-tulos HS to the Inhabi
tants of thu District of Columbia.
WANT A .MAN 1'ItOM Till : NOIlTIMVr.ST.
Vlco I'rnnhloiitlal Probability I'lelil of Vlr-
Klnlit on tlio .situation.
Among these who have boon named for
vlco president Is judge J. W. Field of Albo-
marlo county , Vitginia , who was for live
years attorney gcnotal of the sUto of Vir-
ginlu , elected on the democratic tlekot , but
who loft his party und was chairman of the
recent state convention of Iho now party nnd
Is ho re ns ono of the delegutos-nl-largo. Dele
gates suy a number of southern states huvo
urged conslduratiou ot his name ns vica
presidential nominee.
SpuaKing of thu situation of affairs In the
southeast Judge Field said : "Virginia U
for any coed muii , but Htiongly prefers that
ho should bu tuiten from iho northwest. Wo
wcro nil for Greahnni because wo bclievo ho
would have brought great personal slrongth
to thu now movement and wns n man of
purity nnd uprightness , and in sympathy
with our principle ! ) . Weuvor would bu ac-
copiablo to us. Yes , wo would nil support
Kyle , but ho Is In the sonuto and we don't
thinlc It would bo good policy for us to take
awny u toldlor from his pot of duty nnd put
him In another place. Wo want , to keep nil
ivo'vo got nnd get ull wo can. Frunklv , I do
not think thai witli any man , unless it
bu Judiro Greshnm possibly , Hint wo
can elect our man , hut 1 think wo
muv curry enough states to throw the piesl-
deuuv Into Iho house and also elect enough
congrunsmen lo iriuko ibo people's party rep
resentatives u balance of powor. and hold
thlnp * unlil wo can 30 back lo Iho people , nnd
let thorn see to it that llicir ropro < uiilntivos ,
who under the caticiu decrees of tliu old
purlins no longer represent thu people , , do
what tbo pooplu wnnt. " *
They Wmit Itiipri'Nmitiillon ,
The French Motis nro represented In the
convention , or will bo If n mujoritv of the
delegates aiu willing. There nru llvo of Ihu
would- delegates Honoro J. Jaxon , Moiso
Qucllotto , Gubriol Dumont , Michael Dumas
and Napoleon Naull. Tnoy uro liulluns und
nro he ro to piotont nvalnat thu Churokcu
action lo going to tlio republicans. They
claim thut neither of iho oldpirticu ropiu-
seat thu best Interests of the Iiidlun , und
thai Ihn peoplu'b imrlv will coino nearer Illl-
Intr thu hill. Whllo tiioy belong on Ihn ether
tilde of thu line , they insist that iho forty-
ninth parallel division Is u criino uyainst
natural and constitutional right. They hold
that they urn naturally tributary to thin
country , mid thnt IJnglnnd should keep her
huiuls off.
Tlio delegation rcproionts the Louis Ulnl
rebellion in tin Saskatchewan valley of
seven yuan ago.
mill Kaiu IK Together.
The Kansas and Nobruska dolo/atlons rnot
hi caucus Innv night und the former made an
utgcnt pleu to'tbu luttor to permit the use of
Van Wyclc's immu lor tbo presldcuoy , urging
combination on a ticket made up of Van
Wyck and Field of . Vlruiulu , a aoldiar frtim
unub urtny , and a farmer ut the bond of tbo
ticket. The Nobruskuns were at Inst per
suaded uud said thnv would yield any of
tholr sons ns a candidate to tbu good of the
party , but then one man suld Van Wyck to-
dav positively declined , nnd so the meeting
uujournod unlil this morning , when another
mooting will bu Uitld und an olTort made to
niaku n wiuutug Uokot unulnst Weuvor ,
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opaiulentg Gntltor to Pny a Tribute t
the Lately DOCSOJO 1 Prcsitloat ,
FITTING EULOGIUMS ABLY PRONOUNCED
Weaver , Powtlorly , Loasa anil Donnollj
Four Out Words in His Honor.
SINCERELY MOURNED BY HIS FOLLOWERS
Men Who Looked Up to Him in Life Reverence -
once Him iu tha Grave.
SINGLE TAKERS HOLD A HUGE MEETING
Hamliu. Garland nnd Mrs. Loose Push the
GoDrgo Idea Porward.
DOCTRINE OF DISCONTENT EXPOUNDED
Woes of the Workers Contrasted with the
Ideal Existence Longed For.
BELLAMYITES HAVE A LOVE FEAST
Nationalists Getting Acqmiated and Ex
changing Notjs on Experience.
THEIR HOPE OF SUCCESS UNBOUNDED
Reports from Various Sbt3S to the Effect
That Bollamyism is Winning.
OTHER MASS MEETINGS HELD YESTERDAY
( .mini Muster Workman I'owtliirlyAililrcusrv
n Wonmii'N lloinn ( Jatliorlnj ; How
thu Oil Day U us Spunt In l''urtti-
urlng Various Cau ei.
Tbo vast assemulago which attended thi
second day's session of iho pooplo's party
unordud n stnklni : pioof of tbo res poet m
which thu memory of thu Into Colonel I'olk U
held by thu supporters of thu movement
which ho wns Instrumental in founding.
The session wns devoted exclusively to tha
delivery of addresses eulogistic of Iho dead
champion of reform und uxprcssivo of the
rovcronco in which his name Is hold. Though
Iho speeches couluir.ud many Inspiriting sen
tences as \ < f Iho future of tlio fight In which
the independent party is engaged , tbo recog
nition of iho loss which Ihu party has sus
tained in thu death of its leader seemed to be
the uuo tnougbt which occupied tbo minds ot
the delegates , and r&rolv was there a do *
parturo from solemn silence , which gave to
the gathering moro the air of a church sorv
tea than of n grual national convention.
Alter prayer by Chaplain DifTeulmclior ,
the opening address wns delivered uy Mr ,
II. L. Loiioks of South Dakota , who has boon
selected for the permanent el.alnnansliip of
the convention. Tlio speech was maruod by
n sympathetic feeling , which caught ovor/
Individual of the vast audience , which re
ceived it with a silence tnat bore testimony
to the respect In which tbu mumory of tbo
Into president of the fanners nlllanoo U hold
by tboso In the movement with whloh ho bad
been identified.
Dli'il ii Alurtyr to Iho Cause.
Ono of the soiitoncos which broke the pain
ful stillness of tha gathering was tbo decla
ration that the people of tlio now movement
looked to L. L. I'olk ns thu Lincoln of an era
of freedom. "Rrothor I'olk , " the speaker
concluded , "was the ono man whoso plaoa
cannot bo tilled. He was the one urouutl
whom nil our hopes contoreil as they oia
around no ether man. It Is moot that wo
should pay our respects lo bis memory. Ha
died n martyr to our cause from overwork.
His klndlv spirit looks down upon this meet
ing today and will remain to puldo It uutll
our proceedings are ended. "
JCdltor Mnr.uuii followed. "I know our
lost file-nil , " ho said , "und II Is a prldo nnd a
pleasure lo mo lo bu ablu lo say I know him.
To know him was lo love him. Tboso who
knew him best loved him bast. The noble
soul , the inuenitlcant brain , the wonderful
oratory of L. L. Polk were given to the
cniiso of our movement. Ho devoted him
self to tliu destruction of sectionalism. The
cause whloh Colonel I'olk led meant the
freedom ol labor , tno triumph of thu people ;
It meant lhat this country would coma buck ;
to thu principle ! ) of those who founded It
nnd incorporated in Its constitution the
principle of government of tbo people ,
uy thu people and lor the people.
Inspiration ul HU Mmnory ,
"Hnd ho beoii hero tomorrow , " declared
tbu Hpudltor , amid thu roiulnif ohoors of iba
assembly , "ho would have boiui selected to
boar your banner , uloft. His memory In-
biili-Oh us with hope ; it lumlnds us of n duty.
Liu us ho carolul how wu discharge that
duty. Lot us discharge It us becomes our
manhood by Hooping In view the example of
our lost lou'dor und by determining lhat wa
filial ! not lag behind until iho cause which
hu championed shall bu carried to success. "
MM. Todd of Michigan paid a touching
tribute to thu mumory of tbo deceased
leader. His attlludo touard Iho debauchery
of Ibo present system of government gained
for him pomocutiun anil villainous ilander.
Shosaid ho wu crucified ai the saviours of
the people have over boun crucillod In ono
form or another. "liut ho is not dead. Hu
never lived till now , and the recollection of
his deeds will over uut UK an inspiration till
iho victory of our cause Is proclaimed. "
IllH Family Tliulr Caru.
Ciouoral Wuavor was the next speaker.
Ills bpeecli won brief , und summed up In wet ?
chosen mid pathetic words iho publio llfv
nnd deeds of Colonel I'olk , Hu loved hlA
race , bo declared , "and dosplto ibo fact that
hu hud u full kuowlodgo and complete under ,
standing of the great wrongs uudur which
thu people of this country wcro suffering hit
faith rose superior to all dilllcuUIoa , nnd b
fult certain of the ultlmalo tilumph which U
certain to como to u movement which shall
free the downtrodden people of this nation. "
Thu Kcntonco received with the louden t nnd
longest chorus of cheering was a quotation
from the dead southern reformer , "I am
standing now ] uat behind the curtain and m
the full glow of thu coming nunsot. Itohind
mo nro thu shadows on Ihu track ; before ma
llos tbo dark vullov. When I inlnglu with
Us durk wulors I wt.nt.to cast no llngoriiiK
look upon a country whosov'ovurnmonl Is ot
thu people , for tbu people and by the pooplo. "
"Tbu iiuiiu * ot Colonel I'olk , " thu speaker
concluded , "will remain for a 'cii a monument
of power In this uounliy and n treat bul
wark ngiilnst iho hiirKing lidos of hatred and
politlrul unlmoslty. May wo cherish tilia
fotovor , and may wo see thnt his family , who
huvo lost n bo ad und a father , shall bo oared
for. "
The reference lo the family of the do-
U'.iiod wu received with u respontto wblob
that the pooplu'i purty delogalci ar
