Omaha daily bee., 1891-06-04

Supreme judge ...........T l.. WILLIS of Page
DEs MONIES, Ia, June 3.-fSpecal Tele-
gram to Tue BEE The early morning trains
brought in the belatcd delegates to the inde-
pendent state convention and at 9:3O the
Grand opera house was thrown open to the
new party The majority of the delegates
were bronzed and bearded and bore evidence
of close familiarity with the plow handles.
There was a sprinkling Of miners and mer-
chants, and even an occasional white neck
tie could be seen among the delegates.
The decorations for the occasion were not
very profuse, but some of them were quite
suggestive. Over the stage were the words
from proverbs of Solomon: "When the
Wicked Bcareth Rule the People Mourn"
and this from the Psalm of David: '"The
Way of the Wicked He Turneth Upside
Down" Over the center aisle hung this
warning: ''The Storm Center is Moving
Eastward" From the eastern gallery, The
Country is Shenandoah Open the
Money Prison and Let the Eagles Flyr'
and over the head Of the delegates on the
west side of the parquet was appended the
eXhailaton in flaming letters: alliance,
Grange, Union Labor, Labor Unions-Wheel,
fall into line for the mighty battle against
| the PhiliStinesn ~
Promptly at 10 O'Clock N. H. Bowman OF
Pottawatomie, chairman of the temporary
central committee, advanced to the platform
and calling the house TO order named j. r.
Anderson of Winncbago for temporary chair
mar. Mr. Anderson stepped toward and ad-
| dressed the convention at some length. He
said
I'VE are the delegates of the people and
have met here today to lay the foundation OF
| political party that will wrest this country
| from the control of the money power gamb
| lcrS, spectators, rings and combines and the
| liquor traffic. CHEERS. We do not pro
pose to destroy the property of the rich, put
we do demand that labor shall receive Its
| justreward."
In closing his remarks he asked this ques-
| ton: Where is the country that George
| Washington establishedf'
| ''Mortgaged," shouted an enthusiastic del
| egate amid wild applause.
| There was hitch in the proceedings here
and no one seemed to know what to do next.
| The name of L. L. Willis OF Page as secre-
| tary and G.. II. Davis of Davis reading clerk
were finally announced and the convention
| proceeded TO appoint the usual committees.
The committee on resolutions was as fol-
| lows: First district, William Looms OF
| Hehry' second distrlct y a. WaiTod OF
| Clinton; Third district, Fred Aldrldge OF
| Wright; Fourth district Aaron Brown OF
| Favette; Fifth district, w. H. Calhoun of
| Marshali; Sixth district, Alex Brown of
UIft. ,;,th - I;.;t w II pIh of Ir;n.
MIL his,,iot 'uu 1nno Shaauo Of Mnmt
| Dnmerv. Tenth district M Cooner Of Winnie
| nnogo. tIeventh nistrict Il I, Roe of Mo-
| go ~" -'
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| onstrotnd ina, tbe conwnntion wo3lS he
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| in(r iiT nnn,, iJnntitied ,vith tbat ,novenoNt
| 1,wo oSditionoI mottnes ,yora snsnonded
| from the ua,Is"ono nf them readin@ ne foI.
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~ noo
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nbasy .,1Ihn nintoornts ,nnst a;ther ba douirnod
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| IonG I,nl, srnhrrred ds,a,ota y,oor
| o,sIv ohinctnd to this sentimenr Iia thomght
tbo ! ~ ,rnr,I we've airoady crn,vnad md
shonid m ha HnCro,,,ned ot onca sithor hr hai
Int. 90 hn,Ia,s N wv ~ "
notion to refer all ,esoIntions to the com.
mittea on resolutions was net with the crv
nf s,n,o rnIe >, b,,t after heinr amendad On
Tho sns,5ostinn Of GaueraI vVaayar i'v aaSiun
ion heiSr rood y ,yos odontod
n r P,ino nf Tnyettn thre,, - fre hr.nd
ipto the convention Nv nffcring The fol.
inr,;ror onS onl,ing that !; he rofarred 70 tho
'omm5, na tao on aevtionu tito ' " '''o
-, M. tI, ..
at i we are fro th .o
OF monono;v LET ms moi forget that the nro-
lection OF our boys and our homes demands
our first consideration, and we are therefore
oppose to tho repeal OF the prob bitory law
anu uehahu that IL oe iiiaue more RESTRICTIVE
Shouts OF approval followed, but q Sioux
CITY delegate promptly moved that the reso-
iutloh oe lala on the taole' IL was saved
from this fate by General Weaver, who
shouted IRON commanding position on the
stage mo! NO! Let the resolution be re-
lerrei.
Hon. Z. H. van Wyck ana Hon. j. f.
Nihts OF Kansas then appeared ana ad-
dressed the convention at length, both pre-
dieting bright future for the new peoples
party.
Cooper OF Winneoago, Mackenzie OF Harr-
son and other speakers made short addresses.
A recess was taken till p. m to enable the
committees to do theirwork.
When the convention reassembled the
delegates INDUCED in some vocal music. The
songs "America' and "Goodbye Old Party,
Goodbye" were sung, after which Hon. j. +.
Willetts of Kansas, national lecturer of the
southern alliance and eX-candidate for gov
ernor, was introduced. He said he came to
this convention 10 get his spiritual strength
renewed. He told how he had carried the
banner in the Kansas campaign, and "kept
in the middle of the road" and how he was
finally crucitied between two thieves. Great
applause.
He said the boys were beginning to find
out who was keeping house in this country,
and predicted that corporations, syndicates
and trusts would he dethroned in the near
future Comparing the producers to don
keys, he thought the donkeys in the plains Of
South America exhibited greater Intelligence
than the farmers OF this country; He closed