The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-18
TILE FARMELL RnMP

CHICAGO, June 9.-The Pomeroy-
HOyt or Club wing of the Greenback
| Labor party, calling itself the Union
Greenback Labor party, met today at
Farwell Hail. Their candidates for pres
ident and vice-president, nominated nj
st. Louis last March, are Stephen ID.
| Dillaye and b. ii. Chamber, of Texas.
This convention is held in the interest
of party harmony to emphasize the de
ma1d for distInctiveiy Greenback can
didates TO express hostility to com
promise or a coalition with the Demo
cratic party managers which they have
feared would be attempted by the con.
Vention at the exposition. Hugo Pryor
lcalled the convention TO order, and Ralph
E. Hoyt took the chair. About 1OC
members were present. No important
business was done during the early part
of the forenoon.
Chicago, June 10.-The Farwell Hall
Greenbackers held lively session this
morning, the question under discussion
being whether they should remain a dis
tinct organization as against the conven
tion at the Exposition, and whether the
should be preserved. The former prop
OsItion was voted down, but the latter
was decided in the affirmative
In the Exposition the committee on
credentials reported GIT regular dele
gates entitled To seats, and PAL others, in
Ecluding the Farwell Hall delegates A
minority report was made excluding
these delegates, and a debate of some
length was entered upon on motion t.
Iadopt the minority report.
During the afternoon the confusion
was so great that several srrgeants-at
arms were appointed, with Dennis Kear
ney at their head, to help preserve order
which they managed 10 do at the risk OF
breaking up the convention. Finally a
permanent organization was effected by
the selection of T. X. Evellick, of Mich
igan, as permanent chairman. Late in
the afternoon session, the convention
adopted the report of the committee ON
rules, after voting down by hfge ma
IjOrity proposition To make a two thirds
vote Of the convention necessary TO Sc
lect presidential candidate.
A delegate from Massachusetts, moved
TO allow incomplete delegations to casi
the vote of their state. In the confusion
which followed there was a bewiIdering
entanglement of points of order, personal
explanations. amendments and substi
flutes, in the midst OF which The Chair
called on the delegates to take their seats
and announced he would tire them oui
and obtain order.
| CHICAGO, June 11.-Ahout one O'Clock
this morning the Grsenbackers began
presenting the names of candidates foI
the presidential nomination. The firsl
ballot was taken at 4:10, with the follow
ing results: Weaver, 226: Wright, 1874
Dillaye, III; Chase, 100; Butler, %
i Allis, Al; Campbell, 81.
In the first formal ballot most of the
votes were transferred To Weaver, and be
fore the close of the roll call, he having
received over 500, there was general
stampede to him, and the chair announc
ed that Gen. Jos. b. Weaver, of Iowa
was the nominee of the Greenback-L Labor
party for president, on the first bal
lot "
For vice-president there were only two
nominees, A. NJ. West, OF Mississippi
, and b. Chambers, of Texas. West re
ceiyed 800 and Chambers. Ala, and wa
declared the nominee OF the convention
The Socialists insisted on their resolu
ton regarding the inherent right of mar
/ TO the soil, and IL was adopted. Tn,
] convention was very turbulent through
! out the night, and adjourned at forty fiy
! minutes past six, q. m.
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