The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-12
ANTI-MONOPOLY.
The National Convention al CHICAGO.
JuIy Fourth.
Resolutions lpenouncing the Growth Of
Corporations and the Inactivity
Of Congress.

VI SVn9IOSSs
Forfeiture Of the Land-Grants Emphat-
ically Demanded---The Question
Of Currency.
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Woman Suffrage Ignored Proceetiiaes
III Fall.
The National Convention of Anti -Monopo-
lis.s assembled In Mccormick Hall, Chicago,
on Wednesday, July l. Edwin Lee Brown Of
Chicago, read the call, after which the fol-
lowing temporary officers ere appointed A.
Poo, Of Nebraska, Chairman: T. G. Post, Of
Indiana, Secretary; J. H. Buchanan, OF Colo
rado, Assistant Secretary. On motion every
delegation was directed to send in the
| names nf committeeman on credentials and
| permanent organization.
Determined to do business upon a new
! plan, the temporary organization proceeded
toappoint the following Committee on Resu-
lutions: NJ. G. Rankin, Indiana: H. Clark,
| New Hnmpshire;. 1h6mhs H. Gleason, Ohio:
J. IL Wait, Minnesota: Horatio Pratt, Michi-
gan; Z. n. Hill, District of Columbia; @. J.
Smith, Illinois: S c. Brown. California; j. F.
McFeeley, Kansas: A. A. Cursey. New York;
Robert Schilling. Wisconsin: J. Il. buchanan,
| Colorado: u. L Graves, kentucky; j. f.
Crews, Missouri; b. :. Heath, Dakota
| The questie Of Committee on Credentials
next came up and elected lively discussion
Mrs Marion Todd, of California, was heard
FROM, and some one stated that some of the
California delegates had never seen the
Golden State. This brought Dennis kearney
to the front, who denounced the assertion
as blackmail he had telegrafis as to the
credibiiity Of every man In that delegation.
The following Committee on Credentials
was appointed and the committee adjourned
Samuel Smith, Iowa: H. A. Coffee, Illinois;
J. r. Burnhard, Colorado; F. II. Gleason,
Ohio; J. II. Allen, Indiana
| IN THE AFTERNOON
The afternoon session was calleH to order
ct ?: 40 o'clock by the Temporary Chairman.
At the call OF Nj. Reynolds, Of Nebraska,
! the report OF the Committee on Creden ials
was read California sent delegates Colo
RADIO l, Dakota =, District of Columbia =,
Illinois u, Indiana s' Iowa IL, kentucky /,
2. Minnesota 2, Nebraska II, New Hampshire
2, New York 80 Ohio 5, West Virginia /, and
Wisconsin TX
Mr. Booth. of Illinois, moved that the re.
port OF the committee be accepted This
motion was scarcely seconded when Mr. Barr
Kearney and stephen Mayte.L He said
slt is to Denis kearney's opposition to the
thieves Of this country that we are assem-
bled here to-day as an Anti -Monopolisi
Convention fCries of @Sit down.
W. A. A. Carsey, Of New York, said that
the report of the Committee on Credent. .als
was false.
Mr. C. C. Post said that every bit of cor
respondence in regard to the conference
had passed through his hands, and he, II
anybody, ought to know al about it
He then read the names OF the Provisional
Committee
Denis Kearney called for second reading
OF the first'name on the list
John I. Doyle" said Mr. Post.
The millionaire banker?" said Kearney.
Mr.. Post then commenced to read letter
from gentleman in San Francisco, telling
1 how Denis kearney and stephen MaybeI
got together with four representatives oi
the Central Pacific railroad and nominated
He was stopped short in the reading b,
the objection Of J. W. keogh, of New York
st is a Know Nothing document" sait
keOgh. There was great excitement al
over the room, and kearney shouted from
the back part of tbs room, Give him rop,
to hang himself" In the midst of the ex
citeinent that followed a motion was mad
Mr. Keogh said: Il am not here to fgh
Denis keatncy's fight but l am here t.
protect my manhood. You should b
ashamed of yourself to bring In and read
Know Nothing letter like that"
Mr.. Post was allowed to proceed with tn
reading of the letter, and remarked tha
California had an organization as clearly a
Nebraska had. In addition, he read from
paper and another letter which said tha
Kearney and Maybell, two frauds, wer
coming to the convention. Mr.. Pest mad
another speech, in which he said: @Th
regular Anti Monopolists of California don
want to be loaded down with such men a
Denis Kearney. IL Is not the crowd h
ought not to be represented | believ
thero was time when Denis kearney di
good by breaking through the scum Of tn
inactivity Of men who were being oppresse
by monoIoliess
cannot discriminate between man and man
II Denis kearney were the devil himself
with the horns and the tail, l would allo,
him representation
Moses Hull, Of PENNSYLVANIA, moved tina
Denis Kearney be allowed speech in repl,
and the motion was carried.
KEARNEY $ SPEECH.
Mr.. Kenrney then said: ~Most of you
ladies and gentlemen, met me here at tn
convention OF 1880 i received the plaudit
Of the crowd when left q prison cell to al
following day ,0U0 people assembled on til
sand lots with cabbages, rotten Iotatot
and stones to drive me away. / thought
was right and am the same to-day. Nj
c. C. Post has blackmailed my character
the last issue OF his paper, and sought
where it belongs At the head I
his list Of the Provisional Commtte
is the name Of John I. Doyle, ma
who has gobbled up about a,t00 acres {
land through the Central Pacific railroad
Mr.. Post, will skin you from the crown {
your head to the sole of your foot Do 70
know. fellow delegates, the character (
DR. Washington Ayr? He is an abortiOn's
of the Anti Monopolist party. Mr.. Post has
lie in his lousy, black mailing concern OF
paper. He has read q letter from some man
California, whose name never heard befo,
In oil my life came to Chicago by urgcl
request when elected" kearney then spok
of organizing Santa Clara county and abuse
Gen H. NJ Naele, of that county.
Robert Schilling, OF Wisconsin, said kea
ney had come here In the interest OF I'll
Central Pacific railroad Kearney proceede
till Mr. Buchanan, of Colorado called Il
the previous question, and after great vel
ing kearney was allowed to 60 on.
The sweat strcamed from his chin over h
coat and on the paper he held IN his han
and he spoke with the accompaniment of
deafening noise He left the platform wht
told that he had spoken three fourths OF I
hour.
mr Mage. of Illinois. arose and tried
| OU0l uu uulcuUlHGHl W TIC iiilipu w ulS1
the report He wanted 10 include kearns
and Maybell as delegates, but there was Il
much confusion an he rat down in de
, spair.
Mrs Williams was called for and spok
She said: Mr.. Doyle is a magnanimous ma
y respected Mr.. Kearney in the early part
his career, but | am panied to know TIL
lately he has sold himself for gold"
A motion to put the previous questit
was carried You cannot debate now
said the Chairman, sand am glad Of it "
An amendment that the report
accepted and the names Of Denis kearn.
and stephen Maybell be added to the Ii
and the roll be called by States was lost
= The vote stood-yeas, "a; nays, lis.
The Committee on Permanent Organiz
q ton reported the choice OF the followil
officers:
- President, John W. Henry. of Brooklyn,
Y; Secretary, G. G. Post, Of Indiana; Rea
ing Secretary, S. II Buchanan, OF Colorad
Assistant Secretary, 4, W. St John, OF Nj
souri; Vice Presidents-New York, ID.
Hyde; Nebraska, j. II. Wicherly, fenns,