Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-21
BRIDGING THE eLoooY cAAsM.
A Great Time Over the Adoption of the
COmmittee's Report,

NtpoEts
I. II. Davis, Of Texas, an exc oufeder-
ate officer aud typical southeraer.
moved the adoption Of the platform and
resolutions in their entirety, declaring
that 1t was time that the farmers Of the
south and the la5oring men of the north
c!asped hands across the chasm and
buried the bloody shirt forever He was
followed by Union soldier, Gen. John
Wadsworta, Of Fort Wayne. Ind, who.
toward the close Of an imprisoned ad-
dress, callei upon the Texas ex-Cons ed
crate to return TO the platform. Davis
complied, b inging with him Col K ".
Humphrey, the leader OF the coiored All
ance of the south, which boasts OF a II, NJ
bership Of |, 80, 0J0,
Triangular Hand shake.
The three men clasped hands, and each
uttered a fervent God bless you The
sight moved the delegates on the floor TO
a frenzy Thew broke from their seats,
bearing aloft the banners designating he
respective states, and crowded upon and
around the stage. The ex-Confederate
seized one OF the American flags that &C.
GRATED the desk Of the presiding officer
and waved 1t in the air and Wadsvorth
and Humphreys followed his example,
The delegates were short Of bunting, so
they tore down the flags from the gal
leries and organ loft and literally wrapped
the three men in their folds, while cheer
after cheer echoed in the rafters For
twenty minutes or more it was pande-
monium of enthusiasm.
A Regular Love Feast
Ope-half the audience sang the Star
Spangled Banner while the other half was
rendering America, and the men from
Kansas and Texas Rugged and embraced
their colleagues from the west and north
west. Order was restored only when
every body was exhausted, and then the
debate Oh the platform was resumed oy
ex-Cong gresham Boyuton, OF Nassachu-
sets He was followed by representatives
OF all the organizations that composed
the convention, and everything was hsr-
monious until ,. G. Miller, Of California,
came to the front with a proposition to
add strong prohibition plank to tie
platform.
The Apple OF Discord.
Just as soon as he had made known his
intention the convention was in an w.
roar, and for half an hour there was
monkey and parrot kind of tina.
Miller held his ground while Senator
PETER splintered the lid OF his desk with
his gavel in fruitless efforts to restore
order. Above the din could be heard tie
voices Of John McGovern. of Chicago, aud
Robert SchIliing, the former trying to
squeIch the California man on points Of
order, and the latter declaring that he
was a tirebrand and the tool OF outsid.
enemies OF the movement who sought to
destroy it al the start.
PETER VIII Have Fair Play.
Quiet was only secured after Senator
PETER had managed to nake-rhe couyep-
ton understand that if the session con-
tluued all night no motion for an ad-
journment would be entertained until
the Californian had been given a fai-
snow, and the latter was then allowed to
continue. Ga being put 20 a vote, how
ever, his plank was showed under by an
overwhelming majority, and the resoln.
tluus, without addition or alteration, were
adopted. After this the roll waa ca!lel
Tor members Of the national committee.
Western Members of the Committee.
The western mem oers Of the commit tee
are as follows:
Iowa.. 3. Weaver. VI. L Wheat, A,
J. Westfield
Illinois,. 7. Norton, A j. Streeter
Il. +. Iaubeneck.
kansas-P. P Elder, Lew Dumbald,
r ;. Osborn,
Michigan-Ben Colvin, Mrs. ; E.V.
Emery, John o. Seabell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Donnelly. c. y.
Perkins, Andrew Stevenson.
Mssouri-.'aul J. Dickson, ]. W. Rod.
gers, w. o. Atkeson.
Nebraska-J. H. EImeston, William
D ysart, W. H West.
Onio-Hugo Preyer, J. c. H. Cobb H.
F. Barnes.
Observation-Disclosures Schilling, Alfred
Manhermer A. j. Phillips.
1aubeDeck Makes the Closing speech
When the name of Representative
Taubeneck was announced by the Illinois
delegation there was cry from all parts
of the hall for his appearance on the
stage, and thee cheers were given for A
j. Streeter, who was seated IN the Illinois
delegation. Taubeneck responded in a
brief speech. He said: you see before
you about al that is left of the celebrated
Independent party in the Illinois legisla-
ture, SO often called the Big Three We
are standing on the brink OF conflict be-
tween capital and labor, and the longer
that conflict is postponed the worse it will
be, and our politicians might as well de-
eide TO stop a cyclone or the movements of
the stars as to evade this issue" At $50
the convention adjourned sine die