Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-28
CRAVING MICHIGAN, THURsDAY. MAY 2s. 1891

Kansas-P. P. Elder. Levi Dumbald, r.
8. Osborn.
Kentucky-D. L. Graves, s. F. Smith. T.
G. Fallin.
Louisiena-J. J. Mills, DIR. r. b. Paine,
John Pickett.
Massachusetts-C. f. Washburn, A. O.
Brown, +. M. Boynton.
Michigan-Ben Colvin, Mrs. s. f. V.
Emery, John o. Seabel.
Minnesota-Ignatius Donnelly, q. Nj. Per-
kins, Andre Stevenson.
Missouri-Paul ]. Dickson, j. w. Rodgers,
W. o. Atkeson.
Maine-H. s. Hobbs, +. A. Howard, ID. W.
Smith.
Nebraska--J. II. Edmeston, William Dy-
sart. w. H. West.
New York-Jacob II. Studer, Joel ]. Hoyt
Ohio-Hugo Preyer, ]. q. ii. Cobb, II. +.
Barnes.
Oklahoma-samuel CrocSer, A. f. Light,
John Hogan.
Pennsyivania-R. A. Thompson, F. r.
| Agnew, Lewis Edwards
south Dakota-J. w. Hardin, II. L.
Louclxs, Fred Zeppe.
Texas-w. r. Lamb, Thomas Gaines, J.
| ii. Davis.
Tennessee-H. i. Osborne, u. w. j. Kay,
John w. James
Wisconsin-Robert schilling, Alfred Man
| heimer, A. J. Phillips
West Virginia-Luther Q. Shinn, George
| W. Hammond, Thomas q. keeney.
I
Smith, II. ID. Merrett.
District OF Columbia-Lee Crandall, S. A.
Bland. II. /. Schultheis.
few moments of confused prepara-
tion for adjournment sine die ensued,
then the Chairman's gavel fell, and the
first convention of the Peoples Party oil
the United States had passed into his
tory.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
| ho nj long
est remembered by those who witnessed
il will be the unequaled display ol
enthusiasm by the big gathering at the
Joining of the blue and the gray with
the black, in the person OF an ex-Unior
soldier. a Texan ex-rebel, and the lead
er of the Colorcd Farmers Alliance
The significance of the incident wa!
little IL any marred by the fact that the
third of the trio was of pure Caucasian
blood.
An appeal was made from the plat
form for funds to pay the fare home OF
colored Alliance delegate from Soutl
Ge6ReliFR6f eGe6iRe FR6fwGfRG wGfRG befs8Rkiy yASHfs MA M PIX qs
. | clever speech, said the reason so rev o
the colored organizations were repre-
sented was that the colored people wer
too poor. 1t was perhaps as we'll for tn
convention. he a6ded, naively, eyein
, the hats that were being passed aroun
for his benefit, that so few OF the colore
delegates came. He was handed TN
: hatfuls OF small change and retired ami
Q great cheering for the colored Alliance
$ A sensational feature of the proceed
ings following Donnelly's announcemen
! came after the platform proper had bee
= adopted. California man was the II
a dividual that nearly rivaled the classi
| tKyh
Enhesian dome. The Californian's nam
4 was G. w. Miller, and he was Prohib
}. ZIONIST from the summit Of his steepl
: brushed hair to the very bottom OF n
2 boot heels. Apparently nothing Q
J. earth could disconcert that Californian
a Over /, 900 Thoroughly enraged and di
gusted brawny grangers and mechanic
d turned on HIM as II they could tear III
limb from limb, but he refused TO buds
> an inch.
i He worked his jaws without ceasin
y though every syllable he uttered WI
d lost in the hurricane of jeers and co
n tumely. The Californian wanted
d thrust before the convention resolutiC
: pledging the new party to the prohlbitiC
7. cause The convention emphatical
= did not want to submit to any such pro
= ess. But it lad to. The nerve al
N grit of one man against thousand ca
! red the day, and the Peoples party b
fore it was an hour old was forced to
i on record upon the young Westernel
le resolution.
Tho convention. however, instant
took its revenge. Like vicious YOU
colt it licked the resolution into kin
st dom come with sickening suddenne
IN and vigor that must have surprised ev
I'd Mr. Miller himself, though he manag
I'd somehow not to betray the fact II
w reported that many members OF I
r. national reform organization, headed
~ President w. w. Jones, of Illinois. h
Il. withdrawn from the party because
RS the defeat of the resolution.