The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-05-28
IHEPEOPLE'S PARTY
A New Political Party the Outcome
OF the Conference at Gin
cinnati.
Its Birth Announced by Scenes of the
Greatest Confusion and the Wild
est Hilarity.

magnificent diapason in hymn to their
country, said together in reverential unison
the Lords prayer, and then calmly pro
ceeded to fight out as best their manhood
directed the question whether or not q
great new political party in the United
States should forthwith be given existence
The first real excitement in the conven.
ton was caused by no less person than
1gnatius Donnelly of Minnesota He did
it with Misunderstanding little suggestion,
that, to save time, the appointment OF
committeeman by each state be completed
in lump, each state naming all of its com,
mitteemen at once, including the member
of the national committee.
This led to a very warm discussion in
which Gen. Weaver of Iowa, wasted the
sage and charged him with trying to plodge
the convention on the sly to the formation
of third party. Donnely disclaimed any
intention to take an undue advantage.
The Chairman came to the rescue and
declared the motion out of order.
After the appointment of committee on
resolutions the convention adjourned un-
til tomorrow.
The committee on resolutions consists OF
one member from each state represented,
they met in the evening and organized by
electing Ignatius Donnelly, chairman,
SECOND DAY.
The convention amused itself while wait
ing Tor the report of the committee on reso.
lutIons in passing the hat to defray the ex-
pens es of the convention and to send col
ored alliance man home.
The report OF the committee on order of
business elected applause when the pro-
gramme outlined showed place for the
appointment OF members of
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Opposition was manifested at once to the
proposition to limit all speeches to five
minutes. A lady delegate from South Da-
kota got the floor and pleaded with the
men folks to please not try to cut things off
so short. Cries of 1--WE are here for business
was the reply from a score, and attempts to
debate the question were howled down In
short order. The tive-minute rule carried
the day.
1t was necessary to apply the previous
question gag before a vote could be OBJ
tanned on the report of the committee on
order OF business. Then tine report went
through like a cannon ball. How the con
yehtion did scrccch when the vote was an
nOpnced.
THAT means a thiFd party Eight now" shout
national committee, don't you see? And that
is what We have been after. We've won the first
victory, anyhow. HeoraV, l say-hoorayg'
Pandemonium broke loose from ceiling
ing thewindowsrattle Senator PETER opened
his powerful lungs and, with mighty ef-
tort, made himself heard sufficiently to de-
clare the convention adjourned till d. m
PROTEST FROM POLK.
When the convention reaSSembled letter
from l.. L. Polk was read advising this con-
ference to issue all address, and defer action
on o. "a third party until 1892. This caused q
Bree9e, and when . motioh-to refer it to the
committee ON RESOLUTIONS was dec 'ared car:
ried there was loud demand=notahlv
from the Minnesota delegation==that the
negative be put more foroibly by the chair.
The demand was renewed and continued
from time to time during the reading of
number Of miscellaneous kilograms.
Mr.. Fish of Minnesota argued that. Mr..
PoIk's letter was ill-timed, and claimed
that it showed how useless it would be to
re:er the third party question to the meet
ing in 1892, at which Polk and his follow
ers will be leading spirits.
Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of the COM
mittee ON resolutions. climbed on the ros-
trum at this juncture and almost his first
words caused a whirlwind of excitement.
The declaration from Donnelly, which set
the convention wild, was that he was there
to report that the committee on platform
was a unit for the organization of third
party. Donnelly evidently felt that his
moment OF triumph had como in the
struggle which he himself so deity began
just twenty-tour hours before: and ioF which
he l!t haa ae beer So .,, "
by Gen. Weaver of Iowa. Twe'alternatiyes
were presented, he said, either to ignore q
third party or divide the friends of reform,
lie gave way to Robert Sohilling of Wi
eonsin, secretary of the committee who
read the platform. The name of the new
party, tae peoples Party of the United
States, elicted a magnificent outburst of
applause, and, as each plank was read, the
cheering was renewed so frequently that the
great hall seemed to reverberate continu-
ously,
A plank recommended universal suffrage
to favorable consideration. and another de-
manded payment OF pensions on gold
reception, but the latter was FoHndly
cheered.
At tlis juncture a delegate objected that
the platform was one-sided for the Farm
ers' Alliance, but he met with little en-.
courasement, and Schilling declared that
the convention was for harmony, and for
the new declaration of independence"
He announced that the pension plank was
left to the soldier member on the commit
tee With an inquiry whether it was salts
factory, and, on his acquiesenee, 1t was
adopted unanimously.
The convention went wild and mounted
tables, chairs,
SHOUTING AND YELLING
like Comanches. A portion of the conven-
ton sang to the tune of Good -bYe'My
LoYe', Goodbye the words F9od: bye old
parties, goodbye. and then tho Dog
ologg." The tumult surprising In it's re.
mariable suddenness and vigors, anything
that had previously taken place In the con-
vention lasted fully quarter of an hour,
till il ceased from sheer exhaustion of the
delegates.
The platform proper, exclusive of the
resolutions, was then adopted by rising
vote. AT this stage the convention was
little better than bowling mob, and in the
fs ria Fl i aSm$ 0hiihSp d ,h5 NJ alsf ths brS
hibltion question, which had'hsen ign5fed
In the platform and resolutions, All Of.
forts to choke him off with points of order
were Intellectual. The resolution offered
by him was brie., but to the point. 1t said:
Resolved, That We favor the abolition OF
the liquor traffic
SOHLuStOH DeCdm0 WOrh9 COIlIOuhuou.
Fifty orators were clamoring for recogni-
ton, but the first to succeed was Schilling
OF Wisconsin. He declared himselfa strong
temperance man, one who neither drank
nor even smoked, but he opposed the dis
cussion OF the question of prohibition ut
this tima Mr. sphilling aeclaEed that the
resolution praposed BY Mr.. Miller had been
fully considered and voted down by the
committee on plat orn,, 10 spring itnpw
was plainly throwing fire brand into the
convention, and in his opinion II was dc.
liberate attempt
TO CAUSE SPLIT IN THE PARTY.
The pressure at this time for recognition
was extraordinary. In desperation the
chair proposed to give ten OF the most vo-
ciferous delegates, who were crowded about
his desk clamoripg far rapognitisn, ONE
pasS oa $ afe snre tSae nSne he
speakers exceeded The sixtY:seeonds limit,
Ihe pF9hihitjal Rmendment was oyer
WhelnlrnglF defeated.
frh IN rnur 80. a.. LII