The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-18
THE CONGLoMERATEs.

That was an interesting mixture Of
the odds and ends of creation at Chicago |
last week, calling itself IA "Greenback
What possible reason
there can be for such a convention |
now it is difficult 10 even imagine. Six |
and four years ago there was some de-
mand for the agitation OF the money
question. But we believe now there is
no field for what Is called the Green
back party, and we believe it is fair to say
there is no real Greenback party. 1t has
degenerated into cOnglOmerate organ
ization of the isms and views of q
lot Of crack Drained agitators and revO-
lutionists. On the question of labor and
finance no new ground is taken by
the platform, and outside of the
vagaries of impractible theorists it pre-
sents nothing not already in platforms.
The question presented to sensible
men who have been acting with that
party Is, whether they want to train with
the revolutionary and rebellious Brick
Pomeroy. and the wild-eyed Socialists
of the large cities. II they do not they
may just as well be Republicans or
Democrats i97 members of the Brick
ROmerOy clubs, and A Socialists were
admitted to seats in the convention. II
was boisterous gathering composed of
queer looking people with odd shaped
heads ,unkempt hair and wild eyes, with
sprinkling of short haired women
II, halI in he
crowds of men, all day long, dis,
cussing the wrongs of their down-trod-
den sex. Not man prominent for states
manship or patriotism took part in the
proceedings of the convention. Only
those who have been disappointed in
their ambitions in the other parties,
commonly depominsted "sOreheads,"
those who are seeking nOtorietY for the
advocacy of some idea or set of ideas of
their own, in the absence of ability TO
make 9 lasting fame, and the self-cOn
stituted refOrmers of all degrees were
there. 1t was u national gathering OF
men who came to talk about themselves
instead of the good of the country. The
1 aLC DuAGChCu Win oOA
rowfnl songs Of obscure cyclists,
who sought the occasion to
mouth their lamentations and
saw the air with their IN
couth GESTURES and wild Orations. AL
most every member of the convention
was an "OratOr," and each one, male and
female, had a mission" about which
they were anxious to talk, and would
have talked by the day had they not
been arbitrarily gagged by the trough
who presided, and the other rough"
Dennis Kearney. who acted as sergeant
alarms. Like the witches in Macbeth
they brought all the grievances, sore
leads, communist doctrines, isms, and
spiritualistic and iAfldel notions to
throw into the common cauldren.
"nOuble, double, toll and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldren bubble ."
To show the character of the cOnven
ton we quote from the proceedings al
item or two from the presiding officer
"Sit down." cried the chair. "Le
every one of you take their seats. YOU
can't get the floor. all of you, if you
should stand on your heads" (Sensa
tiOn)
The chair asserted his dignity
thus: Take your chair, sir. The ser
, gcantatarms will hush you up, and i
lie and his assistants cant, the police
will. (Cheers)
The chair demanded order from nois,
delegates. IF can't get you down II
! knock you down"
At frequent intervals the convention
was almost under the control of mot
! Such in brief are the leading fes
lures of the so called National Greer
j back convention. All who az
, piled were admitted as delegates
i whether they were elected under the ca
:, or not. The Pemeroy clubs compose
u about One-fourth of the delegates. Thes
clubs teach that the country northeast {
the Allegheny mountains ought TO pa
!. the national debt; that the CFubs mu:
have bayOnets in reserve. and advis
secession if Pomery's ideas of none
are not adopted advise every abb
bodied member of these organizations I
become efficient as possible in III
u manual of arms. The dangerous an
81 red-handed doctrines of the Socialist
i who took part in the proceedings, al
known. They came into the CONVEX
ton with their red flag floating. The
u desecrste the Sabbath with riot an
Is drunken rows In the vicinity of cite
L where they have organizations. The
u are generally led by foreign renegade
To this the Greenback party has degene1
IS ated, and it is a matter of surprise that s
c decent a man as Weaver, of Iowa ,shoul
y accept the nomination for president {
the hands of such a mixture.