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THE OlsrAHA JXAILTn EE : "FinDAV , JULY 24 , 1890.
and Uov. Mr. Smith ottered the Invocation
for blcsilngs upon the common country.
After an unheard anil unnoticed announce
ment by nn Illinois elelpRate the report of
the committee nn credential * was called for ,
bill no ono responded nnd the states wore
cftllfd for members on permanent organisa
tion and rules The delegates sit In the
sweltering hent while the announcement *
were being made. Almost every one In the
hall had supplied himself with a palm-leaf
fan and the 1,000 or more fans waved con
vulsively In the pit like the wings of mjrlads
of yellow butterflies hovorliiK about a clover
patch lilg Minflrmcrs adorned the fans of
the Kansas delegation There were at times
Ions delajs and the delegates grew per
ceptibly Impatient The tnlddlo-of-thc-
roadcrs were extremely suspicious They
intimated that It was part of the plot to
Defeat him
himrAit.no
rAit.no TO STAMPED ! :
After the announcement of the committee
on permanent organl/atlon the members
retired.Vhllo other announcement * were
being made a middle-of-the-road man at
tempted a demonstration It vvns dramatic
ally arrangul , but It only served to demon
strate the hopeless minority of the slrnlnht-
mitn A squad of middle-of-the-roaders ,
headed by Delegate Draneh of Georgia , sud
denly plunged Into the ball through the
main entrance and came whooping Ooun
the center nlslo Mr Ilranrh bore aloft a
Idg white banner with the Inscription ,
"Mlddlc-of-the-Uoad A Straight Ticket "
At the sight of It the Texas Georgia.
Maine , Missouri and Mississippi delegations
mounted their chairs nnd jelled at the top of
their voices At the same time a middle-
of-the-road delegate , stnttcncd In the gallery -
lory over the platform , hurled through thu
nlr about a peck of small green tickets ,
which broke nnd fell like h cloud of stage
snow over the pit The four delegations
gave cheer after cheer , but the others sat
stolidly In their seals About one sixth of
the delegates joined In the demonstration
The green tickets , when examined , con
tained the following
"Middle-of-the-road Our financial plank.
Wo demand a national treasury note Issued
by the general government , received for all
public dues and a full legal tender In pay
ment of nil debts , public and private , nnd
loaned direct to the people through postal
nnd other government banks nt cost for the
bonflt of the people , and the purchase
and coinage of such an amount of gold and
silver bullion nt the ratio of in to 1 ab may
be necessary to pay the debts of the gov
ernment which are made payable In coin
Wo demand that the volume of money shall
speedily Increase to an amount necessary to
transact the business of the country on a
cash basis.
"Respectfully submitted for the considera
tion of the populist convention
"onouon M. JACKSON ,
"J W DOLUSnN.
"ISAAC M'CUACKEN , Arkansas. "
There vvas a ripple of applause and a few
shouts when the name of Jacob S Coxcy
was announced as a member of the commit
tee on platform from Ohio There \vure
also demonstrations for Governor Holcomb
of Nebraska , General Weaver of Iowa and
ox-Govnrnor Levvelllng of Kansas when thejlr
names vvores honied out Conspicuous on
the floor vvati a lady who sat with the Ken
tucky delegation She was dressed In
virgin white and above her dark drcsscb
.floated bcvui.il long while ) plumes She
proved to be the newly wedded bride of Dele
gate Taylor , editor of the Pndueah , Ky ,
Hciald
The announcements were completed at
11:45 Delegate Dlxon of Oklahoma then
mounted the stage , nnd , after abjuring the
delegates to be quiet and not Intcirnpt , intro
duced Clarcna A Comely of Oklahoma , who
rugaled the convention with some campaign
songs lie "was small of stature , but be bad
a good baritone voice , and the words of bis
songs tickled the delegates Immensely and
they applauded with every opportunity de
spite his deprecating gestures The words
of the song dealt with the wonders of the
Iloentgcn X ray They made sovtial al
lusions to Mr. Cleveland's fibbing and duel :
hunting trips and concluded with a piedlc-
tlon of the defeat of the "gold bugs" In
'November An Alabama delegate then in
Induced "Mistress Pennington , " the bvveet
campaign singer of Arkansas. She sang In
a pleasant soprano a parody on "Yankee
Doodle Dandy " 1
Delegate Crawford of Kansas moved that
the delegates of the silver convention ho ail-
nilttcd 'on exhibition of their badges There
were many cries of "No , no , " fiom the mid *
dle-of-t ie-roailers , who evidently thought
they saw in this a move to pack thu gal
leries with Brjan shouteis Sc-rgeant-at-
Arms McDowell got on the platform and
said It was Impossible to parry out such
Instiucllons. Thereupon Joiry Simpson
mounted a chair and said that It was no
more than common courtesy to extend to
the other convention , which was here in a
common cause , the same privilege which It
.had extended to the delegates to this com
vontlon , After some wrangling , Chairman
Butler , amid howls of delight fiom the
straight-outs , ruled the motion out of order.
STARTED ANOTHER HOW.
Washburno of Massachusetts from the
stage announced that he had an linpoitant
resolution to offer It proved to be ono dep
recating the talk of a split In the convention
It was intended to bind the convention and
was as follow B-
"WhereasVe are all populists and dep
recate the talk which has appealed in some
of the nc-uspnpeis that thcru U a disposi
tion on the part of any poition of Ihit ,
rouvcntloii to lefuse to abide bj the action
of this coin en lion , thcicforo , be It
"Iccsolved That wo repudiate all buch ut
terances as a i enaction upon the fidelity of
the mambeis of this convention , and of the
people's party "
Mr Washuuin said the question of prc-
scivlng the organisation of this "grand
party"was vital and called foi a full dis
cussion. A stoim of piotests came from the
jnlddlc-of-thc-roadera and one of them made
the point of order that before the conven
tion was pt-iinancntly organised no such
resolution could be acted on An angiy
Coniic-clleut delegate , immcd Homy C. Ilald-
win , Jumped on n chair and Indignantly
shouted "If the papeiia say vvo are .ISSCH
uhall we pass n resolution .snjlng we air
not' "
Chahmiin Unller lulc-cl that dining the
temporary organisation a lesolntlon could
be paused expi casing the SCIIM > of the con
vention Thereupon Congressman Howaid
of Alabama moved to refer the icsolutiou
to the comntlttcn on i solutions. .Delegate
Hranch of Georgia iollovvvil with a motion
to tnUle thu vvhulc subject Theio was n
great deal of confusion ab thr vote wax
taken , viva vocu , Chaliman Duller deciding
that the motion \an canlcd Ibis disturb
ing nucMlon out of Diti way. Delegate Wllllt
of Not Hi D.iKciU moved to taKe n rcce-i > 3 ,
but the delegates debited morn music unO
tpnochcs , ami piuntptly voted the motion
down
Thu Aikiinsa-i member of the commltlre
nn ct orient hils said It viuuld take until i
o'clock for his committee to re-pint , nnd
moved to adjourn until that tlinu , but the
motion VMIS ruled cut on a point of order
Complaints vvc-iu inadn by delegates on
account of their inability to hcai nnj thing
ivhoro thej were suited Ono fiomVlseon -
Bin wanted repeaters placed wluro the outu
fringe of delegate,1 * ) entile ! hear tlu < mollunt
made A motion to that effect , bow ever
\\as proin.ptl > voted down.
There wan foino bquabbling as to tin
time when the convention should adjoini ;
end although thefuithc'r announcement w.
made Unit it would br 3 o'clock be Ton1 Uu
rnmmlttio on rrertc-ntlHh could irport , tin
convention n-fubc'd to inko a lee-pub aw
another BOIIK wna sunn fiom tin * platform
The hand thin occupied the time vlilln the
delegates funned and bought the water bar
rcls.
rcls.At
At 12-42 another motion In taKn a recou
until 3 o'clock vvaa made nnd It cairlrd.
The delegates worn prompt ! } on hand foi
the pft'iiinoii session. JiiKt before thi
hour of 2 o'clock a delegate cllmhci
laboiiously up the steps of tlio platfoim
Ho was plainly % urj wear ) from the rfforti
of several da ) a hard campaigning Hi
Htr.ilRhtened himself up with homa Oltlloult :
and biou&ht bin umbrella bandit- down will
a crash on the chairman's table. "If thli
la a populist convention , " liti shunted li
a lituky , unsteady volio , "for God's eal.i
don't Kill Into the democratic hand wagon. '
Tlic crowds laughed and thu uilddlo-of-tho
raider let himself down fiom the platforn
and dliapprorcd iu the dlicctlon of tin
Texai delegation ,
SIATID : WITHOUT A FIGHT.
A mini n ihu dlutlnguUhed Ut > i > U nn the
platform thli aflrrnmm was Mrs , llardln
wife of tliD national roiuuilltfeniau ( ran
J ? ntucty. Sbo vva a veuy cliaruilne vvonu-it
end utltaUcd much attention. Shu t-umi
Loru to oppu.-iii a woman xnffiaca plank li
ilia jdaUorm , but did not co huforn tin
otn > nlttec on resolutions , UK thr suffragUt :
tbctuocluii ) decided not to ninhu the fight.
l' r/c'ct order nan imilntaliicd vvhllu tin
vvtic KutUtrlUi ; ill their placet
and there were no demonstrations nt the
leaders entered. At exactly 3.30 Temporary
Chairman Hutlcr rapped the convention to
order and announced that the committee on
credentials would submit ft partial report.
tils announcement was taken up and re
peated by the subchalrmen stationed In
various parts of the hall , delegates In re
mote portion * of the Auditorium having
complained that they could not hear what
was going on. Delegate Vardcll of Cali
fornia , chairman of the credentials com
mittee , read the report The portion of the
report relative to delegations whcto there
were no contests was .agreed to and then
the trouble began The delegates fiom several
erled out In
eral middle-of-the-road states
protest and when Mr Pallet son of Colorado
moved that the convention tal.o up the con-
lests In alphabetical ordei of states Harry
Tracy of Texan took the stage and objected.
Ho wanted them taken up in the order re
ported by the committee Mr Patterson
drilled that the committee had mibmltlevl
them In any order The conimillee , be said ,
had s I in pi > enumerated the cases
Mr Brooks of Missouri drew a howl of
appioval from tlio straight-outs by the point
of older Ihat as Mr Palterson's seat was
contested he had no right to the privileges
of n member of this convention until his
llllo to a seat was confirmed The IJrjnn
shouters , however , got their chance to shout
when Chairman Hutlcr overruled thu point
of order , saying tlat Mr Patterson's name
was on the temporary Toll and ho v\as en
titled to all the privileges of membership
until he should be unsealed Delegate
Webster of Missouri , who had seconded Mr
Patterson's motion withdrew his ccond and
said he did It under u misapprehension of
Us effect. If the Coloiado delegation , which
came first in the list of contested delega
tions , were sealed , they Would have an
Important Influence In the determination
of Iho olhcr cases
Mr Patterson nut Ibis by sajlnc ; that the
reason why the1 Colorado contest should bo
first decided was because It was the only
de-legation contested as n whole. His motion
was put and declared carried. When Stump
Ashby of Texas attempted to secure a divi
sion the chair ruled that his demand came
too late.
The Colorado conte-st was then taken up
and a motion made to adopt Ihc report of
the committee recommending the seating of
what Is known as thu Putlcrsou delega
tion.
tion.W.
W. J Carter of Georgia demanded a vote
by states.
PATTERSON IS MAGNANIMOUS.
.Mr. Patterson said that he was unwilling
to have a vote upon the question until the
mlnoi ity could bu heard. The minority had
not prepared a repoit and Mr Patterson
wanted them to have an opportunlt ) to pre
pare and pioscnt a report. He offered a mo
tion , In defurcncfl to Ihe wishes of Iho Te as
and Oregon delegations , which were opposed
to the sitting de-legations , that the Colorado
contest be postponed one hour. This was
carried.
"This , " said a Texas trail , "Is magnani
mous , but lorn Pa'terson can't calcb us wllh
mi > such taffj. We will travel iu the mid
dle of the road. "
Th Illinois ease vvaa then taken up. The
majority report recommended that the two
delegations fiom Cook county be seated and
thu vote divided The minoiit ) report , signed
byfourtccii membcis of the commltte'c , rec
ommended that the Ta > lor delegation ho
seated A 'Virginia delegate moved the
adoption of the majoiltj icport , and Dele
gate Jloian of Nebraska moved to substitute
the minority foi the majority icport After
E.OIIICwrangling It was agreed that theio
should be llfte-cn minutes foi debate on each
side. Chairman Palmer of the Illinois dele
gation spoke In favor of the Taj lor dele
gation. Stump Ashby of Texas wanted to
know It the Norton delegates were ar
raigned by the Taylor ciowd as anarchists
"No ! No ! " cried the- Illinois delegates , and
Mr. Palmei turned upon him and shouted
"I called no man an anarchist. I made
no snub imputation. "
C. S. Darrow of Illinois defended the
majority icport A roun 1 of applause rip
pled ever the delegates when Jerry Simp
son made a bilef speech in defense of Ihc
Taylor delegates to the beats
S. II. Norton of Chicago closed the de
bate for the majnrlt > . He Irlcd lo pour
oil on Iho troubled waters
Mr. Palmer closed In Dehalf of the Tay
lor delegation and the vote was taken by
states.
There was much confusion while the
states were being polled. The vote was
taken on the proposition to give the seats
to the Taj lor delegates It was not'a test
vote In any respect. Alabama , which Is for
Br > an , for Instance , cast half her vote for
the majority and half for Die minority.
Georghi , which Is opposed to Diyan , cast
sixty-one votes for the majority repoit , while
Kansas , which Is solid for nrjan , gave
nlnetj-one votes for the minority and twofer
for the majority report. Delegate Wllklns
of California challenged Colorado's light to
vote , but the chair ruled that the delegation
could voto. Her fort > -flve votes went for
the minority report. The antl-Brjan dele
gates voted solidly for the majoilty report ,
but some of the lliyan delegates also voted
that way. When Texas cast her 103 votes
for the majority icport , which gave half
the contested seats to the Debs delegates ,
the mtddle-of-the-roaders howled themselves
hoaiBC
ANTI-BRYAN VICTORY.
At the beginning of the roll call , Illinois
appealed from the decision of the chair
permitting Chicago to vote , but the chair
ruled that the appeal came too late. After
borne delay the portion of the Chicago dele
gation whoso scats were not contested were
allowed to vote Tind the vote of the delega
tion stood 29 for the minority report and 5
for the n'cjoilty The result was annouuced
6G5 for the majority report and 042 for the
minority
The antl-Drjan delegates balled the an
nouncement as a victory for Ihe mlddlo-of-
the-road element and they were \ery jubi
lant.
lant.A
A Kansati delegate challenged the correct
ness of the count There was a good deal
of excitement. Delegates ciowdcd up to
the foot of the platform and the assistant
hcrgeant-at-urms could with difficulty pre
vent them fiom climbing up to the secre
tary's desk. The greatest confusion pre
vailed. It was at last decided to recapitu
late the totals Thu error of the Kansas
man was discovered. He had placed the
vote of Indiana in the wrong column. The
vote was again announced , COS to 642 In
favor of tlio majoiity report.
The mlddlo-of-the-ioaders again jelled
with delight.
The Patterbon Coloiado delegation wae
then Bi-aied without division
The Mlssouil contest was withdrawn.
Fho minutes was given each side in the
Wisconsin cato Involving DUO scat. Mr.
Cole , who had been seated by the national
committee , stated.ho was a Ilj-jan man and
for that ICHSOII was not to bu allowed a
neat. He appealed to the fairness of the
doutlu-in de-legates to sent him. Tlio an
nouncement of the prefeiencu of Cole for
Itryan was greeted with cheers by the
Ilryan men. Tlio majoilty report unseating
Coli < nnd se-ntlug Isaacs was adopted ,
Lafo Pence , the former congressman from
Colorado , calli-d for tlio repoit of the com
mit tion permanent organisation In doing
so ho made * eomo lather uliurp comments
about the tlmu the convention iliad frittered
away Seveial dele-gates attempted to move
nn adjoin mnenl until S o'clock , but Mr
Puiuo lefiihcd to jle-ld the floor for such o
motion. Hut when Mr S A. Cocko ol
Virginia , chaliman of the committee on per
manent organization , came forward to make
his report a dozen de-legates Jumped to theli
fret and juotrbted that a report from an
other committee' was not In order until
the report of the committee on credentials
u a whole , had been agreed to Mr Wash-
buruo of Mnesachubotts , who was tem
porarily in the chair , luled the point was
not wtUt taken. Hu aUo declined to en
lei thiu an uprcai ,
AIA.UN VOll CHAIRMAN.
The icport of the committee on per
manent organisation wna then read An
nouuci'iiient of the tielcclion of Senatoi
Allen for peunaiipnt iluilrman was a slg <
nal for a dfiiioiibtratlon lasting scvcia
minutes JV Hajrs of New Jc-itoy was
MilertPd tor secretary nnd the other tern
POIUIodlceia weio made permanent , The
mlnoilty teport , naming James 15. C'amploi
of Maine for permanent chairman , set the
middle of-tho-road men on flio Tim Tt-xu ;
and Gcorplu delegates rllmbe4 into tboli
chairs and yelled llUev Comauche Indians
Several laigo middle-of-the-road barmen
nero paraded through the aisles. The
vvc-stcm delegates , an a rule , took no pari
In Ui demonstration. ( ) uo of the GcoiftU
dele-gates pulled up bU slatu standard ban
ner , which vvas held aloft by two niembcn
of the delegation , one white and cue
colored. The standarda of Texan , Arkansas
Ohio , MlKslsslpiii , .Missouri and sen era
olhe r states Joined the moecsslem. Iu c
souflln for the possession of the Alabanu
jjuldou tb staff VM bruUn and a lux
fight almost precipitated Pandemonium
reigned for ten minutes When order was
at last restored the names of the sinners
of the minority report were read. When
the name of the Illinois member of the
committee was read the delegate Jumped
up and announced that his signature was
forged. His name was withdrawn.
Delegate Blazer of Texas moved that
Campion's nann bo substituted for that of
Allen for permanent chairman.
E. Gerry Brown of Massachusetts moved
to lay both majority and minority reports
on the table pending the report on Iho
rules commlltce. He said he made this
mellon In the Interest of the compromise
There were cries of "No. no' " from all parts
of the hall. H was evident the temper
of the convention vvas for action.
VOTK IN THE DARK
Mr. Pence , a Ilryan mm , moved the
previous question It was ordered amid
much confusion nnd the loll of the stnlcu
was called on Ihc question of adopting the
majority or mlnorltv reports The parlla-
mcnlaiy sltuallon puzzkd Ihe delegates
Th"j wore finally made to understand that
an a > e vote was for Allen nnd a nny vote-
tor Campion Meantime night was falling
Hut the electric lights were not turned on
lo dlspe-1 Ihe gloom and Ihcre was appre
hension of a lepetltlon of the experience
of last night when the convenllon sat for
an hour In total darkness Several candles
v.ere brought in and placed on the press
table's. The oxcltemenl vvas Intense There
was a realization on both sides that an
actual test had come. When Alabama , the
first stale , was called , n low was In progress
and Alabama vvaa passed Arkansaa' vole
was challenged In Alabama Iho division
showed sl\ more votes for Allen than were
cast In the Illinois eontosl em Ihe side of
Bryan and In Arkansas four more In Ihe
gathering gloom Ihere were loud cries of
"Tuiu on the llchts "
Some ono announced from the platform
thai the electric light lamps had not been
" "
"trimmed
' That vvnu't do1" cried the Irate dele-
gale-s , and serious trouble was Imminent
when suddenly Iho electric lamps slz7ed
and the hall was flooded with a blaze of
light.
The Bryan men gained eight votes In
California , five in Connecticut ; Georgia , 2 ;
Idaho , 7 , Illinois , C ; Indiana , 10 ; Kansas , 1 ;
Kentucky , 21i ; Louisiana , n , and Maine , 1.
The constant gain made the Hrjan men
enthusiastic and they cheered lustily at
every announcement
The ) middle-of-the-road men did not make
a gain until Mississippi vvas readied , when
a gain of two was made , reckoned on the
foimer vote. They got a good chance to
cheer , however , when North Carolina , which
divided 75 to 20 on the first vote , divided
her vote equally between Allen and Campion.
While the cleiks were figuring up the tallies ,
it became noised about that the result
showed an overwhelming majority for the
and the mlddle-of-the-roadors
Bran forces - - -
were very much downcast
One of Ihe Texas delegates shouted1 "Per
haps we misunderstood the question "
"No , > ou did not1" shouted Jerry Simpson ,
across the hall. "We knew whore we were
at all the llrne' ' "
BRYAN OVATION.
The Bryan people laughed wllh glee ul
this rejoinder. A moment later the chair
man announced the result as 758 for Allen
and EG4 for Campion The Bryan men
screamed with Joy. They got on their chairs
and cheered. They whirled their coats , um
brellas , hats and cverjthlng movable aloft.
They uprooted their state guidons and pa
raded them about the aisles. Another row
occuircel over the possession of the Alabama
standard , but the Bryan men at last caniod
It off victoriously Only the Texas and other
middle-of-the-road southern delegates sat
silently in their seats during the wild dem
onstration. The guidons of the Bryan states
lanced for five minutes about Nebraska and
.hen In Indian file they wcic borne about
he delegates' enclosuio. The band plajed ,
nit it could only just be heard. Tour col
ored men with banjos got near the stage
and sung n Dryan song. The scene , with
he exception of the fact that the galleries
did not participate in the demonslratlon ,
very much resembled that at the Coliseum
in Chicago , when Mr. Brjan was nomi
nated. It lasted about eighteen minutes
After oreler was restoicd , Delegate Wll-
llns of California climbed on to the stage.
'Wo ha\c made a bquare fight , " be
salel ; "wo have been fairly beaten ami in
the interest of peace and harmony I move
that the election of William V. Allen 05
permanent chaliman be made unanimous. "
His mellon was carried with a bun ah ,
: iul there were loud cries of dissent from
Lhe direction of the "Lone Star" delegation.
On Mr. Pence's motion a committee con
sisting of himself , "Cyclone" Davis and Ig-
lalius Donnelly was appointed to escort
Senator Allen to the platform.
The committee was out but a short time
"Cyclone" Davis made a speech in which
he said borne nice things of Ihe permanent
chaliman.
Senator Allen spoke at some length , being
listened to with a great deal of Interest
The delegates all rcincmbeieel that during
the debate on the Sherman law he spoke
a long time against time. He is a long
man with smooth-shaven face and of com
manding presence. He always begins
speaking with a low , well modulated tone ,
which , for a moment today , subjecled him
lo the usual cries of "louder. " As he pro
gresses he warms up and speaks loudly ,
clearly aiU In an imposing tone. Senalor
Allen spoke extemporaneously , not having
had lime lo prepare himself. In Iho senate
ho never reads a speech and tonight his
utterances flowed freely. He was fre
quently Interrupted with applause. In In
troducing him to the convention , "Cyclone"
Davis said-
Now , mv follow citizens , I want to as
sure you that for four days mid four
nights I liiive > done pvt-iy honorable thins
I could to elect n mlddlo-of-the-rond man ,
but I h.ivo never done ono dishonorable
thing against nny man ( Applause ) . When
the populist committee and the popull.it
convention have- chosen the distinguished
senator from the we-stein plateau duel I
have been selected without my knowledge
until mv name WHS uallod to notify him
of the fact I bow to tlio commltte-o. I
now roach oul up the Mississippi vnlloy nnd
clvo you your chulim.in from the > nl.iU'.iu ,
Se-nntor Allen ( Prolonged applause )
SENATOR ALLEN'S SPEECH.
Senator Allen after thanking Iho conven
tion for Its mark of confidence and esteem
and after complimenting Senator Bullcr on
Iho faithful discharge of his duties , as tem
porary chairman , spokeas follows-
Gonllome-ii of the Convention On occa-
sloiiB of thin kind , It li Bometlnie-s supposed
the presiding olllce-r will outline , to Home
extent , his CVVB , If not the views of the
party lies le-presentH , as to Its principles
and thu policy It should purnue , and lunmlly
a npeejoli of aecoptanco of a position like
this IIIIH boon picp.ired , possibly n week
or two before , nnd then , oc-cn.slonallv. It
Is spoken to the convention as though It
vveio Impromptu If you had notltie-d me
u week or ton elajs ago thai It wan your
purpose l m.ikei inu your Icmporury or
permanent chairman , I nssuio you 1 would
have hnel a reawonably fair Impromptu
spppch piepared. ( Laughter ) , nut > ou werp
not kind enough lo do Unit. I will be
obliged to rely upon tlio moment and the
occasion for the promptings of wlml I
may nay to jou ,
Let It now bu undorslood Ihat wo nro
all populism. ( ( Applause ) , If nny delegate
in this great convention nan across hla
mind a mi.splclon that the grout majority
of the de logate-B here are not truepopu -
llstn , lot him In a spirit of charity and In
vlndle-atlon of the truth , dlsxlpito and
loilnqulsh n suspicion of that kind. I
load Iu ono of thu local papers , I think
ypstonlay It would bo Invidious for mete
to mil the name , but It wan evidently n
Mc-Kinley paper a statement that the
populist convention In this gicat metrono-
Us eif thu Mississippi TUllnyvvaH preparing
to die I have not the Hllghtest eloubt but
that thei t'xpieaslou wax prompted by elo-
sire- upon the part of the golel power and
ItH representatives upon thn republican
tlekul that the populist parlywould per-
Inli from the facu of the earth ; but If the
editor of thai paper is In this convention
If ho has -ultra-sued the u outburst * ol
tnthusluBm. these noul-HtlrriiiK scenes ol
patriotism , J beg him to mutonally change
bis opinion respecting this great party ( Ap
plause )
In thn populist party wo know no section
wo knowno noitli , no south , no cast , nc
vvost. ( Applauxo and cheers ) The man vvhc
lives upon thn Oulf of Mexico , or In Flor
ida , Is aa Hucied to us us the man whc
llvc-B on the border of Ctin.ula. The
in.ui who duelN upon the Atlantic coast
c.ui hu a populist and a true patriot nt
much as thu patriotic i-ltlzcn who dwell *
upon Ihu Bhoros of the Paelllo oceun ( Ap-
plnuso ) I thank C2od it was ono of the
uri-at mlhslons of this great party of the
people to destroy sectionalism ( Applause )
und H onii citizen of northern birth am !
raising , I say In this great presence. 1
have an profound rc-spt-ct for the rights
the clllze-nshl" of the man who dwells In
the south ns I have for my own neighbors
Tlio old political parties have been gradu
ally dropping sectionalism in this coun
try nnd dividing north and south of Mason
nnd Dlxon's line , Our fellow cltlzem
iioi th were told that all that was required
for the clrotructlon of the union vvas tc
route Uielr brethren of toll south of Mason
and IMxon's line to come In "this union'
The aamo tlilm ? in substance vvua repeated
In the otafK/pHlon-f of our country. And
nil thl * inf./while . we were carrying the
banner of the republican party on the one
linnd , nnd the bantu r of the m > urbon de
mocracy on the other , the gold power of
Kurope , rejiresuiled by HH agents In the
t'nltcel Stitc-t wns fastening such chains
of Industrial slavery upon the people thnt
It would take nlmost n generation to
strike off ( Applause ) .
MISSION OP POIM'LISTS.
It was a. part of the mission of populism
to free tht- people from this sectional piej-
Uelle-e with which we- had been Imbue.1
Now we can me-c-t Iu a Rreiit convention
like this.Jiiinsonlcel bv some l.COl elclo-
Kntes from rony-tlvo states of this union ,
nnd the vnflorn te-rrltorles , struggling and
contending , f | > r the mastery unions oui-
selve.s. and when the majority has spoken
Its will wo liliw with n determination to
cnrry It Into oxoe-utlon nt the polls if
any innn who has rome Into this hoimo or
llic-sp giillc'rlos suspects that there -will
be n bolt , as It Is called , from the notion
of this convention lot mo say to him that
ho Is mistaken ( Loud eheorlnitlvn
every uproMpntiitlvo nnd ever > state and
teriltor > shall liuvo boon lieinel he-re , vvhon
Iho result shall bo known anil illsjasslon-
ately considered , If nnv such thlnkt r bus
uiy suspicion that there will be a boll , I
can say for my friends from Texas and
Maine Unit they will all bow to tlio will of
Iho convention as centralized by the nm-
lorlly e-xprrssed upon Iho llnor ( Appl umo )
I have no doubt that In Wall street this
moment theio Is a hope that this gre.it
convention will split to pieces , nnd Hint
Lhe1 populist p irtv will IIP disrupted ami
absorbed prliirlpxlly by the li-publlenn
inrty , becMUsp this Is the party that will
10 supported bv Wall stioet Ibis full ( C'rh a
of "Good That's right' " ) 1 have no
doubt lhal In this building at this mo
ment Ihe minions of Wall stteet can bp
found ( Cries of "That's rlulil ! " "Good
mv1" ) The-v hue gone 16 Hie hotels at
nlebt clothuel In bidces wllh u lie upon
their" lips , sa Ing they wore dele-Rates
loprosoiitliiR souio stnto In this union In
: hls convention ( Applause ) They were
uid uie the purchasing agents of the Ullt-
sh gold power They me tlip minions of
: hal power that has enslaved our people
or a eiuarler of a century , that would fusion
Iho manacles of Industiy and servitude
Upon Us so strong thai wo could not fore-e
them from our limbs Hut , my follow
e-ltlzoiis , WP have boon able to ellsoovei
.hosp e-roatures The good souse , the pa
triotism , and good judgment and the bon-
ostv of ilelegaies has e-ause-el them to avoid
my ereatutes of this kind. And when this
convenllon has spoken Its will , when It has
mined tr < u next resident of Hie United
Stales ( liomendous cheoilnu ) , and shall
nave put a ticket Iu the Hold that will
ichlevo a great victory Iu Novotnbe-r , those
croatuies who have prowled around like
Indents uioiitid a giavoyard will go b ie-'c
; o their homo without any of tlio fiult
it Ihu victory from their mission In St
Louis ( Loud che-eriliK. )
ALLKN DISCLAIMS ANARCHY
My follow citizens , lot me say to you , and
especially lo those1 of you who are not
lopullsts , it has boon a common expres
sion of our enemies that the populist p.irt >
was a party of anarchists ( fnoors ) \ \ >
sue It In the public prints In the poldbug
press , In that Und of press which has a
gold band around Its neok wllb a chain
itluchecl lo H and lhal chain hold by Iho
Icothchllds qr their ngents ( applause ) , \\e
u-.ir It upon the lips of Ignorant partisans.
We mee-l the ojqiresslon atnonir men who
vole Iho re-publlcin ticket bee ittse their
'atheisoloel it n quailei of .1 eonliitv
igo ; we moot It mv fellow citizens heie
mil there nmon ; ; both of the old political
> artles When I first entered con-jie-ss I
round It was a common thing to spo ik of
: ho populist party as anarchists. I dedal c
to you , my follow citizens , as 1 undoistand
lopullsm anel pcvnillstlr- principles , they
moan a just 'md enlightened government ,
vvluMO there Is protection of person and
property , .v Kove-inmont whole eveiy man ,
woman .mil child can stand beneath Un
folds of the American 111 ? and say Unit
ils , her or Us rights arc piotecte-d ( Cheers )
If any man liasentered this gioat conven
tion hall wlio wanls lo ele-stioy the gov
ernment ami to * destrov propel ty , who Is
ill enoinv to social order or who opposes
wealth from those who an- acquiring
wealth , be Is not wauled hpic The populist
nnily. as I understand it , lias nothing
here- for him.
Unt our 'friends are getting over this
somewhat now. ' It Is not so common as
It used lr > be rte ho.n this talk about
anarchy and revolution The inembeis
of thu other. p.utes | aie beginning to recos-
nlzo the Inevitable. In the senile , where
wo have the' balance of power , it is no lon
ger hoard ' In those states where wo ha\e
the hil.mce ) of power and can cnn > de
feat bv our volewo aie no longer assailed
with these opnidhrlous ephlth ls On the
contrary , -we nite addressed In couiteous
UinKUiiBu and wo himr the lemark when
any important .measure Is under considera
tion , what wll ) our populist filends hnve'
Wttiit do ilier thinlc about thai ? ( Ap
plause ) '
My fellow citizens , ns woihnvc the bal
ance of power In the senate and have
forced from thai gie-at body respectful
treatment , wo may us well li.no the bal
ance of power , between the democratic anil
republican parties in this nation It lies
vIthin our ic > ach. ( Appfau.sn ) Now what
course shall v.e pur.sue" What shall be
done ?
WANTS A niO MIDDLE.
t see hero in our midst two or three ban
ners on which .ire the vvoids , "Keep in the
middle of the road " ( Applause1 nnd Inuch-
ter and a voice "Keep light in the middle
of the road' " ) My friend In front sajs
"ICocp light in the- middle of the I oad "
I s ijnmon to thai ( Laughter and cheois )
My friends. I only want to keep In the
middle of the road. I not onlv want the
populist partv to Keep in the- middle of the-
road , but I want to t-ee you take
iill of the middle ) of thp loud find
force every one eJso out of It. ( Laughter
anil applause ) Wo never want to KO !
Into that stupid attitude whorewo will
stand so eloseb In the middle of the road
thai the procession will pass us Let us
keep out position In the middle of the
load Lot us keep the others on their
side of the road Lei us preset vo our or-
Minlzatlon. perfect it so thai II will force
the two old parties to go Into the tie-Ids
outside of the load ( Lau-jbtor and cheers )
No man has vet ever detormlne-d or dellnod
what the middle of the loid moansVe
can Inscribe It upon 0111 banners , but yet
ask any two men In this convention foi an
explanation of that oxpiesslon and the- )
will novoi- agree As I nndi'i stand the o\-
prcsslon "The middle of theload" It moans
this and nothing more , that the old partj
methods ot coiruptlon and billet box stuf-
llnB , which have boon resorteel to In secur
ing eliH-tlons in the past , must be aban
doned ( Applause ) ; and in lieu of that , my
fellow e-ltli'ens that which Is powerful ,
that which 1 % pntilotle , that which Is just
nhall bo adopted. That Is the middle of
the toad ( Applause ) Wlml v.e require is
the exorcise of good SOIISP You under
stand that n busiiips-i man must apply
common sens-o to his affairs. Common
sense , business judgment , business methods ,
must | > o applied In politics ns In the dls-
chatKO of any other undertaking or iluty
Wo have , my fellow citizens , iirosenleel to
un today , an anomalous condition. The
republican p.uty has eleelaii'd fiom lime
to llmu its nllc-Klaneo to bimetallism , In
1SSS it condemned the eleinoeiatlc party for
the demonetization of sllvei. In 1S9J It
declined Itself In favor of bimetallism and
tlio coinage of gold nnd Mlver upon te-ims
of pquallty. In ISM , In this hall , if I am
nut mistaken , It surrendered its existence ,
its manhood and all it held trim and saoieel
buforo Into the absolute control anel keep
ing of thu Ilrlllsh gold power ( Applause )
Notwithstanding gold and silver vvas , and
Is , the money of HIP constitution ; notwith
standing thu fathers recognized gold and
sllv-ur us money metals ; notwithstanding
tlicsu motnls had been uspd for eighty
years In this country before tliuy vvcie
demonetized , notwithstanding the repub
lican party ht'd eb-clarcd in favor of bi
metallism trom that tlmo to this , the next
convention of the republican party was
ovcrrldpn nnd overcome by the InlHieneeH
that control llllf tttndltlona In this country
\Vo are told ( yfii must take thu slnglo gold
standard whether wo will or not that
vv must take It with Its enhanced viilnu
of 100 per cent : tnkii It with all the ovll
consequence-rt.pf Vie existing fulling prlce-n
and thus enforce ) idleness and misery upon
many of our peoplo. Wo nro told wo must
take ) II bee-aiiBeV the holders of American
securities mitet liuvo Ihelr pay In honest
money. i i
NAPOdliON AND HIS HAT ,
Who Is thu- roan who represented this
great power ? The man who has declared
In favor of , Jmetalllsni ) | In congress r - -
pentcdly , thl3 iiuQilcrn Nupoluon ( laughter
und clieois ) , Minna solo reseinlilanco to
the Napoli > err vvhom we all know and ndi-
mlre > Is the fact 'that ' ho wears a hat of
n vintage of. about a hundred years ago
( Applause and 'linitehter. ) rhH is the man
who dechiros < irilvi' ' shall nn longer be thji
money of the cpsUtutlon | | Ho bad already
e'.eclarpd this eii-mpnotUatlon vould bu un
just and vvoiiM bi'lng ' want nnd misery to
the people. And jut , my fellow cltl/cns
because the presidency was offeired him al
Iho bunds of thin Hrltlsh nnd American
gold power , ho told us lecently Ihat the
only honetst money in this country Is gold
My friends , they say to us that his nomi
nation was brought Hboul by u feeding
that Bhowe-d Itself spontaneously In the
convention that presented his name
( Laughter ) Th y want us to believe that
thu in-oplu rosu up unnmssu and demanded
his nomination Did the laboring men want
his nomination ? They tell us the laboring
men nnd bankers ugroed on that occasion
( f iiiBbter ) The-y te-11 ira that Ihoy agiopd
with the manufacturers on thnt occasion
They tell us his nomination was a spon
taneous rising clear across the continent
In favor of the republican nominee Why
is If Does any man or woman In this
audience doubt that the gold gamblers
und brokers of Wall street and of Lorn-
bard street and the high protectionist
raised a million of dollars to secure his
nomination ? ( Crlca of "No : no ! " nnd
cheers. ) The enthusiasm that was bhown
he-re on that occasion , my friends , was u
purchased ewthUBiamn. such us has boon
suhl and felt in certain quarters in thU
city during the existence of this conven
tion. ( Cries of "Good ! " )
fNOw , my friends the great Napoleon of
1 ; ranee , Ihe favored son of Corsica who
dnzrled the world with his military Remlus
and who threatened lo change- HIP map of
Luropo , rnuelp two vital mlstnki s. He made
Ills ilrst mistake when ho left the provinces
of KraiH'p and went south to the Pyrenees
nnd over the mountains lulo the provinces
of Spain lie made the second great mis
take when he Invnde-d Ktlssl.t and vvas
driven from Moscow with his army broken
If not absolutely destroyed
What Is to become of this simulated Na
poleon of this Napoleon of Canton , O
and applause ) No . mj follow
citizens , he has made two mlsta'ces anil
his party has made two mlstake-s that
were rre-ater than the mistakes of the
real Nai olt-on When Mr MeKlnle-y de-
dared the onlv way relief could como to
the ppopleof this count ! v was by eloubllng
HIP taxes upon the al tides that thev ron-
mimed that was a mistake. ( Apphuso )
According to tin- logic of this modern Na
poleon , when jou are eirrvlui ; a linrele * i
of 200 pounds thp waj to llglite-n that bur
den Is to Increase It ( t-aughtor nnd ap
plause ) And when von arepavlntr On an
average a tax of $10 a head , the vva > to
lighten thnt burden Is to eloere aso the volume
umo of money and elolible the volume of
taxation ( Applause and l-iughtor ) At
that point , mv fellow citizens , HIP mod rn
Napoleon lias made annthoi mist i' e It
Is as vital an themlsliJto made bv the
genuine Napoleon when be Inviid el Mos
cow
MKHTS "ALLlnn KOIICKS "
Thu ancient or rather the soiiulm- Na
poleon , who challenge's admliatlon iiotwllh-
stnmilm ; Ills mistakes , maelo another mis
take Hint cost him his life 11 cost him a
crown and Kiancp U cost him n crown and
Km ope , 1 might snv That was tinmis -
tnho hu made nt Waterloo , when IIP met
Wellington and the iillle-d forces ( This
allusion to the allle-el forces vvas e-aally
caught by the audience' , snmo of vvliom
ropentc-d It and shouted Gooil uoeiel " )
Wellington had fought but a ft vv battles
up to thai lime He vvas e-ompiratlvoly
unknown lo Iho mllitaiy vvoild lie was
compatallvoly unknown at that lime , lie
had not ebi77leel the world with nnj special
genius Hut at Wntt-rloo tills obsr-uro
man who subscquentlj became the Iron
Duke of Knghiiiet met and ovoi threw the
genuine Napoleon , whn was banished to
SI Helena aril there held ns a ptlsoaor ,
und Ids ciovvn and countiy destrojed
Some-wheti1 In this land lodav , either In the
cast or In Iho south , or In the- not Hi oren
on the gn-at plains of the northwest. Is
to bo found Wellington who v , 111 over
come and overthrow this modern Napoleon
In November. ( Loud and onthusIa-HIc
chee-rs ) That losult , gentlemen of this
convention , will bo an occasion of great
Impoi lance- .
1 iciillzo that this parly stands todnv at
the most critical point it has loiehed In
Its blslorj. Phall It liveShall It continue
tinueCilcs ( of "Yes" ) Shall Iho great
principles of populism that are as eUrnil
as the rock of ages and us undent us the
sun , continue to exist ' Shall HIP gre-at
tiilnclplcH that lecoculzp no distinction be
tween nan and women under a Just sj.ttem
of govoiiimenl continue ? Shall this gloat
putj In its national convention bo vvlpul
out of existence 01 shall It st.inel an tin
beacon light foi tlio llbertv-lovlng people
all over Hie face of thp globe'
Mj- fellow citizens It must live1 It will
promulgate * its platform bofote tomorrow
night ( Applause ) 'It will be a plitfoim
that will embrace the lie-st populistlc
thought of our countiy Wo hiivo made
mistakes bufoie * . they will bp e-orrectcel
whether of omission 01 commission , and
we v lll dedal o to the world that th.it Is
the platfoim upon which we must suecoe-d
01 fall We will place men upon that
platfoim as nominees foi piesldont anil
vice pre-sldont who will aeeent the pilncl-
ples in It ( Prolonged applause )
lieforo I left eongicss a few weeks ngo
several distinguished gold inoiiometalllsts
ollloots of this government occuivlng i i1 h
positions , said to mo "Why , Mr Allen
von are a populist7 You have talked popu
lism ever since you have been hero You
will go homo and keep the party In Ihe
middle1 of the road us near as jou can
won'l j-ou1' "
Now how ellil they become Inlpiostcd in
the welfare of HIP pomillst party' ( Ap
plaum- and laughter ) My follow citizens
It Is n safe rule to follow In business anil
especially In politics , to do Just the 10-
verse of vour political enemies. What did
tbej- want mo to do ? What clo thev want
j'ou to do' They want vou to nromnlvate
a wild platfoim that will bo the subject
of ridicule upon the pirt ot those poisons
they can inlinenetThen they wanl you
to take some man nnd nlace him upon
thai platform as a candidate for presi
dent who Is v.lllliKf to lun for the prosl
doney with certain defeat In store , for
the more cmptj honoi of running. ( Ap
plause and a voice , "Keep In Ihe middle
of the load' ' " )
MARK HANNA'S MONHY
Yes. tlie-j- want him to keep In the mid
die of the road I tell j-on evervboclj In
IMs dtjtonlcht with republican monoj
In his pockets Is talking "In the mielill > of
the road" ( A voice , "I thought you were
going to ki-ep In the middle of the road " )
I am , sir I Know when- is. too 1 know
where tin- middle of the load is ( AopTnu e )
1 will tell vou what I shall do I mnv toll
vou now and I mny nol but I will toll j-on
what I would do I would not become1 an
aeiossorv to Hie success of the single gold
standard upon the republican or nnv other
ticket ( Piolonifcd apidausp ) rjvciy man
that has dlstrlbuti-d Hanna's boodle fiom
1101 Hi lo south nnd from east to west In
Ibis country Is joining the honest repub
licans nnd Irving the middle of the reid
This convention , my follow cltUons , will
follow its deliberate jtulgment. its cool
ludgment and nol its passions. This Is no
time for sentiment and no time to give
wnjlo passion The in in who Is moved
by passion Is always a failure * , alwajs a
fnllmo A man who Is controlled by a clear
Intellect nnd a high sense of duty Is the
man who siicce-eds ( Applause )
This convention will phieo hi nomination
I have not HIP sllghtpst doubt a prosldpn-
tlal candidate and a vice * presidential can
didate. It Is for j-ou to saj- whom j'ou
want , not for me. As jour presiding olllcei ,
It is my dutv to recoznli'p the lights of
eveiy man of jou with ibsolute Im-ni-
tlalllv ( Applause ) It will be clonp my
friends , ns fur as I ain c ip iblo of doing
It , but lot me * appe-nl to you ns one who
sees tlio homes of Ills country imperiled
as one who sees the homes of thefnimor
and Iho laboring man Iu Ibis ponntij- passIng -
Ing inlo Ihe hands of lanellorels , as one
who foiosees Hip limp not far ellstant nn
less there Is a oluinge- , when there will be
a few landlords In this country and a
great mass of tenant peasuntrv
Lei mo appeal to j-ou not to suffer anj-
sentiment to move j-ou ronttaiy to the
Inteiosts of vour country , jour \vlf < j-our
children and jour God ( Piolonped ap
plause ) TiekP Into : u count this one thing
and It Is highly Jmpoilant What will be
Ihe effect In the e-loctlon In November
next If vou shall put in thei Hold n tblid
tic-kef Thai l < for j-ou to consider that
Is whore you should use voui highest Judg
ment and j-our greatest patriotism
Take Into account , my fellow elllzons ,
the fact niiel weigh It well vvholhpr vvo
shall unite Iho forces of tills convention
against pliitociacy or nol. ( Anplnusp )
Do j'ou want McKinlpv' ( Voices , "No ;
no ! " ) Do you waul a tulo of Hi Utah gold'
( Voices , "No : no ! " ) Do vou wanl moip of
Grover Clovebmd ? ( Voices , "No ! " ) Do jou
want } 2 < n,000ooo moie of gold bonds In a
tlmo of peace * ? ( Voice"No ! " ) Do j'ou
want Grove-r Cleveland nnd McKlnley to
lock nuns and walk Hhouldor to shoulder
In the Interest of this money power ?
( Voice , "Yes ; tbal's where WP want them ! " )
Isn't It a llttlo suspicious that Mr Car
lisle said In a lotte-r lo Mi Kostor that
If the domociatlc paitj' elld nol adopt the
golel standard ho would vote Hut repub
lican ticket' . ' Is It not n little suspicions
when you see Carlisle and John Sherman
together' ( Applnnso and laughtpr ) Isn't
It a lltllo bit suspicious wlipn vou see the
gre-al and good De-neon Dnnld and Hen
Most together upon the gold question ?
( Applause nnd laughter )
AND CmOVKK. TOO ,
Isn't It a little bit suspicious , my friends ,
when his oxcellenoy , Mr. Cleveland , fcajl !
Unit on the re-suit of Ibis convention he
will or will not bo a camlldulilor u tblid
term ? Isn't It a little bit suspicions vvhon
the chief magistrate of ll.mt.WO of people
causes a luttur to ha written fiom the
money ccnteis of this countiy to the
farmuis of the south and we-st and noilh-
vvost , threatening them , If they fall lo
vote for the gold .standard , that tin Ir sup
plies would bo taken from" them ? Aie
you suspicious of a man who n f w jeai-H
ugo said gold and sliver were money of
equal value and yet who today Is the out
spoken champion of a single gold stand
ard and accepts n prpsldentl.il nomination
on thnt kind of a platfoim ? Do you want
MoKlnley and bonds and national bank
Issues ( voices "no , no , " ) and high taxa
tion ( voices "No , " ) und government by In
junction ? ( Loud "noes ! " ) Do jou vvnnt
that or elo j-ou want nn unlargod volume
of monnv ( Voices "you , " ) by 1ho free and
unlimited colnngo of silver anel gold at Du
ration of 16 to I ? ( Applause ) Do you want
thn Income tax ? ( Mixed cries of "Yes. "
and "No" ) Do you want Iho man In Hie
chief executive otllco to appoint a feiw-
moro Blusters upon the supreme bench ?
( Voices "No" ) Do j-ou vvunt n man Unit
is In favor of lightening thei burdens of
taxation upon thn jieojilti ? Do you want
n man that Is in fuvor of government
ownership of railroads , telegraph end tele
phones ? ( Cries of "Yes" )
If jou were compelled to take j-our
choice between ono of thc o two men ,
which would you take ? I am not the
advocate of Mr Hryan hero ( A voice.
"It seems like It" ) Do not nilHiindemtnnd
mo , fellow citizens , that I am advocating
any choice hero for j-ou to make It IH
for jou to make this cholco and not for
mo. If. by putting u third tkke-t In the
field and this is ono of ton questions you
must consider you would defe-at fleet coin
age. defeat n withdrawal of the lusuu poivc-r
of national banks , defeat the government
ownership of railroads , te-lephone-a and
telegraphs , defeat the Incorao la' , ami
fUBtun gold monometallism and hlsli tux-
ntlon upon this people for n generation
to come , which woulet yon do ? ( Applause1)
It Is j-our choice to make , not mine When
1 go back to the- splendid commonwealth
that has so signally lionoreel me , beyond
my merits and beyond my nbllltj' , t want
to be able to sajto the people * that nil
the great doctrines we have prpncheel for
Jenrs are now maelc prssl | > lp hy your action
I do not want them to say to me- that the
populists of this country have bron ml-
vueate\s of reiorms when thej could nol
be * necompllsheel , but when the first rav of
Huh ! appe-ars , when the people ate looking
with e\xpcclancy and with anxiety for re
lief , the * party vvns not equal to the oee-u-
slon. It was stupid , It was blind. It "kept
In the middle of HIP rond" ind missed the
opportunity ( Prolonged and deafening
applause ) .
MAKHS AN EXPLANATION
Al this Juncture * a volc-p In HIP gallery
called out "How about redemption'1'
nnd tinsjwakpr was fem-ed into ivu expla
nation of his Mttltudi- to the gre-onlmok
lie be-Riin bv criticising popullsis who
Vv-i nt to gold sfindnrd pipois for their
Information He said ho knew thoto was
an opcnilnnnl pnpullst In Nebrnski "who
nlvvavs gois to the leitte-ne-st gold stnnelarel
paper he- can nnd feu his Information "
Continuing. ) if. staled that It had boon
1 lid that heiiindo a speech In congress a
slum time ago In which lie ndvoe-utod tbo
rodo'iiptlon of paper mnnoj In coin He
iisvcite-d that If his critics would read bis
speech llu\v would see that ho declined
in the language of Aristotle and e-vorv
gloat phllosphor slncp his day that money
was In the creation of law "
Senator Allen de-clareil that ho stood
upon the Omaha platform and tli.it tln-rc
was not n worel In It about an It redeemable1
currency As to Ills own opinion , he be
lle veil I'l "n limited volume eif paper cur-
tenej , of full lorul tender , redeemable In
nothing but the revenues ot the govern
ment "
Dr Klmttlngor , a Missouri dolcgatp , hpre
eiinip Tot vv aid amidst piles or "Who me
jou' " and "Put him out , " and pirse-ntod
tei thespenke r a ne-wspnpor clipping refer
ring lo the seme m-ittor
Senator Allen spoke deprecatlnglv of the
attempt to bring In garbled newspaper
statements of his speeehe-s and again stated
Ills attitude as lo greenbacks
Senator Allen Improved Ihe opporlunllj
alTorded by these Interruptions to again
plead with bis hearers for forbearance nnd
deference to the will of the mnjorltj He-
dwelt upon the low prices of labor and farm
and factory products all over Hu * country
and of the hardships Imposed upon the pro
ducing classes and asserted his belief thai
Iho convenllon would be true to the Inter
ests of the people nnd Ihat the doctrines ot
Jeffoison and Madison and Lincoln and "of
all the great fathers of the republic , who
declared that this government was founded
upon popular sovereignty nnd equal and ex
act Justice to all" would prevail Hu
pleaded that the- convention should so act
as to bring the people Into the Inheritance
of their own , lhal It should not follow the
brass bands and the torchlights fmulshed
by the money of corporations anel the gold
power , but that It should take up the
"humble banner of the people , lowlj as It
might be or seem to be * , and follow- thai
banner to victorj- "
COST OF Tin : CAMPAIGN.
Senator Allen concluded ns follows
Thej sav we * elo not know eliouph to eon-
duet public affairs My fellow citizens
vvo miiy not bo equip led with Iho intellect
of someof tlie-se goldbugs , but we aie
equipped with bottoi he.uts and the beaits
are the things to Invo ( Applause ) When
Mr Whltnej- and Goveinor 11111 and Sen-
atoi Giaj- wont out to Chicago with their
ennipiign of education , they went back
poxslblj- with It unopened ( Laughter )
These wise men stinteil from the- cast ,
going to Chicago to meet fiontlersmen who
are Ignoiant anel to distribute tracts unions
them , giving them valuable intoimatlon
upon economic subjects It Is not recorded
Ihat thej got an oppottunllv to distribute
them to unj * e-ITeet II is unknown even to
this day whether thai education was con-
talne-d In hatreds 01 in boxes ( Liuubtor )
We- are to have a campaign of education
Ibis fill , anil already HIP republican pie-ss
nnd Ihe goldbup democratic press an- Im
pudently b.iving it win cosi js.coaooo 10
cnrrj' thu election of McKlnley and no-
bait. Yes. some put It as high as $50000-
000 or $10000000-0 My follow citizens , are
Hie Amoiienn people to be boughl and
solel like ealllo anel sheen ? ( Cries of "No ! " )
These men think thej' c-an buy j'ou I am
sorrjHi it once In awhile thijcan find
a poor mentally anel morally deformed
creature whom tbov e-an buj' , but usunllj"
he Is of huch despicable material , so con-
lempllbie lhal he Is a stench in the HOS
tills of all good men and women , and it
will not do much harm Whoever cannot
go lo Iho polls In November and In the
light of his rcsponslhllltj' to Oed cist a
pure and Incorruptible billet In the Inter
ests of the peopleIs a traitor to Ids homo
nnd family The supreme problem is lielorej
the American people , whether tills reoublic
shall go up 01 go ilown It Is thu great
question of the age Shall we follow the
course that was pursued bj- the Itoni in
republics' Shall we go down In hopeless
night' Shall wo turn back the dials of
civilization' Or shall wo lift our civiliza
tion up higher to a grander pedestal , n
moiu pel feet pen eminent that chilli stand
as the monument und wonele-i of the a e"
( Prolonged npilause )
It was ' ) -3 ! wlipn Senator Allen con
cluded , Povoral attempts were made to
secure an adjournment , but Scnnlor lint
Icr , acting cs a delegate , mnvee ) tlio ap
pointment of a committee to confer with
the committee of the sliver convention
There wore many and loud cries of "No1"
nnd Jlr llianch of Georgia moved to table
UIP motion.
Th" "HOCB" sremed to IIP In a large ma
joilty and the motion lo table was de
clared losl Senator Hullcr's motion was
can led with a loud cheer. The Ihjan men
were apparently In full control of the con
vention
The committee on rules then made Its re
port Llttlp Interest was manlfe-stod In it
nnd before the convention had acted 'upon
It Lafc Ponce * moved an adjournment until
10 o'clock tomoiow morning And then , at
10.03 , the convention adjourned.
lovvii neiiiix-rnH ( llnlj HJ-J 11,11 ,
WATHULOO , la . July 23 ( Special Tele
gram ) The niack Hawk county democratic
convention hoio toelav resulted In n split.
The gold men wore In a majority at a ratio
of 28 to 36 After the spilt each faction
bold its own lonve-ntloii. The gold men c-n-
dorbcd Clevcland'b nclmlnUti.itlon and ashed
for another national convention The silver
element endorsed the Chicago platform nnd
the ticket.
Ml STIJHY OK Ull i\-MS.
They Mm lie Minilimj Tli-moi-lrs of 11
ITeIIIIIN i\l ! i-ni-i' .
Ill a thoughtful , well-written article on
"Dreams and Their Mysteries , " In the
North American Ilcvievv , ElUaboth His-
land reminds us thai wo are so familiar
with thu phenomena of Bleep that thr
strungobt dreams coino us > no surpiise * . She
"Piovo that j-ou have the hjpnnlle power
to make a man feel pain or pleasure with
out material cause ; that you can force him
to belluvo himself n soldier , say , or a
woman , or thai ho Is three feet high , or two
pnisonn at once , and ho will gape upon tlilb
occult mystery with avvo and wild smprlsu
ho who uvory twenty-four hams of his
life , with no roo-o magic pinion than
healthy fatigue , with no gi eater wcmdcii-
vv 01 king weapon than n pillow , may create )
for himself phantaHinlral delusions brMde
which all mesmeric suggestion * aie but the
flattest of dull commonplace- . "
llecausu people me afraid of being thought
superstitious with regaid to dreams , cum
monts the Now Yoik Aelvortlser , there has
lu-i-n on unae-lentllle avoidance r/r tnu whole
topic , which Is no less superstitious and
pucrllo The coiu eimeiico ) of which foolish
l evulsion has lienn that 0110 of thei most
curious functions of thu brain Is still In u
purled of unlveiual Investigation , left IIIIPX
umlncd ; ind unexplained Some dabbling
thuro has been In the matter , but so fai no
tenable e-xpliinatlon has be-i-n offered of
thosei utrango Illusions of sleep with which
all mankind IH familiar The results up to
this tlmo of thh dabbling arc for the most
part of llttlo mora vxlun than the conte-ntH
of the greasy , well-thumbed dream hooks
that formed the only and dearly beloved
library of eighteenth cenlury milkmaids and
apprentices. Iho greater portion of aich
labor an has been bestow pel on thu subject
has been mainly directed toward effoits Iu
prove the extreme rapidity with which the
dream passes through the mind and tlui' It
Is omo trivial outward caupc , at tlm mo
nit-lit of roiiulnu from slumber , such as a
noleo , a light , or the like which wakes thu
brain to this miraculous c-clc-ilty of Imug
Inutlvo creation
The general conviction that dreams orcui
only at the Instant of the awakening slious
how llttlo i cat attention has been bestowed
upon the mutter , since the moat casual oh
sorvatlon of "tho dog that hunts In dreams-
would show that ho max bn chasing the wild
deer nd following thu roe In thn gray King
dom of seeming without breaking his slum
bers. Ho will Blurt anil twitch anel give
tongt-o after the pnantom quarry ho dreams
hi in self pursuing. Hut given the truth of
any euio of these nnnertlouM. J.II1I thu heart
of the in > * ti.-ry has cot yet been
out , since It Is nol explained why noise
or a gleam of light such as the ncnueii MO
quite familiar with In vvflkliiR consciousness
should , nt the moment of rousing cause
the brain to create with inconceivable ra
pidity a Re-rles of phantasmagoria In order to
explain to Itself the familiar phenomena of
sound.
It Is broadly asserted by many that tb
memory retains each nnd every experience
which life has presented for Its contempla
tion , but this Is hardly true. It makes to n
certain extent n choice , and chexwcs oile- > -
tlmes with apparent caprice To demon *
Rtrnte Ihe truth of this. let one endeavor to
recall the first Impression retained by hla
childish mind and It usually proves to bo
something extremely trivial A ladv Inter-
regaled ns to this , declared her first clear
memory was n sense of comfort to her tired
lltllo 2-je-ar-obl body of Iho clean linen
she-pts of the bed nt the end of the * moat per
ilous and adventurous Journey nnd of whoso
stuitllng Incidents her memorv bad pre
served nothing Again thin rapildous fac-
nil ) will selre nn some few high lights In rt ,
vlvld picture and reject nil the * unimportant
details As a rule , however , It Is the pro-
fot'iid stirrings of the emotions which wnkes
the memory of nctlvlly A woman never
forge Is her first lover A mnn to thu end
of his llfu can it-call his first triumph or his
most Imminent danger , nnd n Irllle will
often , after the ) lapse of halt a centtirj fill
the eves wllh lenrs , make Iho cheeks burn ,
or Iho hcnrl to beat with the * power of the )
long-passed emotion preserved living and
fresh bj the meniorj
Mnnj times n man has felt n familiarity
vv Ith an Incident or arum * broiiKhl to hla
attention , nllhough H has had no former
place in his own expeilonee nnd ban found
It Impossible to offer any explanation for
the feeling Coming suddenly around a
turn of a hill upon n fair and unknown
landscape , his he-art mnj bound with n keen
( sense of recognition of Ils unfamiliar out
lines In the midst ot llngllng sense of
emotion n sensation of the whole Incident
being a mere dull repetition will lob It of
Its joy or pain A sentence ) begun by n
friend Is recognized ns trho and old before
It Is halt done , though It rofeis to matters
new te > the hearer A sound n perfume ,
n sensation , will awaken feelings having
net connection with Iho occasion
A man going back but to his grcal-grnnd-
parents has already fourteen direct progen
itors , and IB heir of such strange or striking
episodes eif their fourteen lives ns were
suniclentlj Impressed upon their memories
to be transmttable- Tilts alone Is enough ,
ono would think , to provide nil the nights
with mnlcrlal for the queer kaleidoscopic
jumbllngs of leavings with which the nimble
wind diverts Itself while Ihe sluggish com
rade snores tinning over the loaves ot Its
old picture book alone In the dark , but there
Is no reason to bclle-vu that there Is a limit
to these Inhci Itanres
When Ihe words bcicdltarj or instinct
are eontomplate-d In their broad sense they
mean no more than Inherited nicmorj The
experiences of man } generations teach the
animal Its proper fooil ami methods of elo-
feiibu The fittest survive , because they
have inherited moat cle-.irly the memories
of the bcsl means of seeming noin lahmcnt
and escaping enemies The marvelous fa-
clllly gradmlly acquired by artisans who
for gcneinllons pinctlc-e a slmllai craft IB
but the direct transmission of the brain's
treasures
In sleep the brain Is peculiarly acllvp In
ce-ilaln directions , not being distracted by
the multitude of Impressions constantly con-
ve-jed to It by the live senses and experi
ments with lijpuoUc slecpcis prove that
some of Its functions become In sleep ab
normally acute and vigorous \Vh > not the
function of memorj ' The possessions which
during the waking houis were useless mid ,
therefore , rejected b > the will surge up
again , vivid and potent , and troop before
Ihe perception unsuinmoned , molley and
fantastic , serving no purpose ) more apparent
than elo the Idle , disconnected recollections
of one's waking moments of dreaminess
und yet It may hap , withal , Unit the tireless -
less brnln forever tinning over and over Its
heirlooms In thenight. . Is seeking hero an
Inspirallon or there a mommy to be Uhod
In thai fierce and complex sliuggle called
lite.
Congress of WIIIIIIIII'M CIiilis.
The congress of Ihe New Yoik Slate Fed
eration of Women's Clubs mid Societies , held
at Saratoga , linn been n great KUOCCRS. Mis.
Jennie C Croly presided -with n queenly
grace. Among .some of the most profltnblo
and Interesting papeis read were tlio fol
lowing "History of Haraloga , " by Mrs , .
Mnrv S Lock wood of AVahhington , 1 > C. ,
president of the AVonien's National assoc-la-
Uon , "Illstorj' of the Ladles' Health Pro
tective Asbociation , " bj the president Mrs.
M. U Trautman of New York , "Woik of
" ' ot New-
Ihe Profeshlonnl "Women's League
York Citj , " by Mis. Laura A Palmer , presi
dent of the leaguu , and "Art mid Science
In Summer Clouds. " by Mrs Ullcn Hardln
Walvvorth of Saratoga Springs.
rouijr.wr or A\
riiiiiilx Will < It'll r < > ir I" nnsl.-rii Vc-
1iriihl.il Diii'ltiK Hie Unj.
WASHINGTON July 23The foree.ist
foi Tildny Is
prce-edr-d by shovv-
Tor Ncbi.isUu rnlr ,
ei.s In the- eastern poition , noitli winds
For K.iiinns-ralr. proeedod b.v showciH
eoolei In the * southern -
in the o.isti-m poition ,
e-rn portion , nortboily winds
Toi rolor.ido rulr ; vv miner In the north
ern portion , v.irlnlile winds
Tor Wve nilnis-Fnli. vaiiibh vvlndu
Kor Monlana 1'nii. winds becoming
* " " '
"i"oi 'south Dnliota Slinvu-iB Trlel. 5 mom-
in _ ' : HlK-htly waiim-r. v.iiiible wine s
Toi Iowa Shovvem ; noitli'.ist winds
Ilie-ill HiTiiril.
orFici : orriin WUATIIKII iirnnAU.
OMAHA Jnlj -Omaha ueord of te-m-
pei.itnio nnd inlnfall , comp.iteel with the
coricHpomllns elav of the P ist fem Ve.us
ivw isr. ivii is1"1 " ! .
Mnxlnium leinpeintnic . . Cj 71 ) W
Mlnlnnun tempera Hire . . ' \ ) M LI
AveniK" ti-niperaturo . . . . K" ( > ( - " > '
I'lee-iiiltntlon 1 " * ) IJI w " '
Condition of teinperatine nnel prec-lpltn-
tiein ut Omiih.i tor the daj.nnd Blnee Miirull
I. 1KB'
Nen mill lenipeintiiro
Oelle-le-ney fen the ebiy l.i
Accumuluteel CNCC-HH hlnceMnirh 1 '
Noimrel pie-c-lpltatlon 14 ' b
I : > USH foi the el.iy . . . . Sl"I" '
Total prcelpllntlon Blneo Mrli 1 VI Ui InihiH
i\e-oss slneo ijarch 1. lS' i il ln n
Deficiency fen coi iioilod , W > " < n Huh H
fo ! cor. peiloel. IVII ! % incheJ
IlC'iieirlM frniii SliiiliniM al s 1' . M ,
STATIONS AND .STATK _
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dilu. 'Jliey will wpar nml pi-r-
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