The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-22
DELEGATES GO WILD.
The Peoples Party is Born in II Cyclone
Of Enthusiasm.
NJ o PROFIT BlTlON INIT.


ton got together this morning a chorus
from the Farmers Alliance song book
preceded prayer 'ly Rev. Gilbert Delema-
ter, greenbact cX-congrcssman Dele
mater was roundly sPplanlcd when he
arose TO pray. Frequent and earnest
awons from the audience puuctuatcd the
iuvocaiioM and hon the Kansas glec club
rcgalcd them Hith humorous ditty.
Reports from the committees Of ar
rangemen: and credentials now helped to
kill time. Pending The exciting develop
mcnts tha; rlany looked for when the
l.laltorn committee was rc:,dy to report
collection was taken TO rci,nl.ur>e Chair
ran Power IF the arrangement commit
lee $f::,65 vhich he had expended, and on
accom-! OF which he had received only
$36. Report Of credentials committees
slowed IL. delegates present The lar
ger delegations we're kah>as. -i0i Ohio.
BIZ; Indiana. 81. Senator PETER WAS
thcn pycscntoL to The convention a. per
mancnt chairman IN appeal vas made
from the platform for funds to pay Tie
homo fare OF the coorod alliance delegate
from South Carolina Tive delegate.
Savage b, name, came forward personally
and in a clever speech said the reason 80
few G. the colored organizations were
represented was that The colorcd people
were 100 poor. IT was perhaps as well for
the convention he added. eyciug the hats
thit were being passed around Tor lis
benefit, that so tcw OF he coiored dele
gates came. lie was handed hat full OF
small change, aud retired amid great
cheering Tor The c0l0rcd alliance. The
proposition to adopt the unit rule WAS
Otcrw hc'min2jy defeated on the ground
that every man that came 10 the convcn-
zion should have vote and have il count
cd HE five minute rule for speeches WAS
adopted. y recess was taken until > p.
Iii. When the convention rcusScmb.cd.
a letter trcm l.. l.. Polk which was read
advising this conference to issue az adj
dress and defer ac:o on the third party
unit! ;c91 caused n breeze and when
motion 10 refer il to lie committee on
resolutions was declared carried there was
load dcinand-notabIy from the Mime
sofa dcicgaiion-iha; the negative be put
more Iorcihly by The chair. The demand
was renewed aMl continued from time to
time during The reading Of Il nuiabci ct
miscellaneous kilograms. Isnatius Don
llciiy, chairman OF the committee on res
o!G:;ons. climbed up Oh The rostrum III
iuncture amid Il whiriwind CT excitement
anu announced that he was there to report
tha; The committee Oh IlailUrnl was unit
ric organization Of third party. He
gave way 10 Rober, SchiliHg, of Wiscon-
sin, secretary o; the committee, who read
the platform.
Tie nanc Of thc party, "peopie's party
of the United States elected Il magnih-
cent cu,hurat Of applause, ami as each
plank was read tie cheering was renewed
30 frequently that he great hail seemed
to r"vcrbcrate continuously. When
resolutions recommending universal! stuff
rage to favorable consideration, and de-
handing payment Of bountics on gold
basis were read the former met with rat!i-
cr Il chilly reception, but the latter was
round!y chccrod
Schilling announced that The pension
plank was left 20 The soldier members Oh
the committee with an inquiry whcthe" it
was satisfactory and on their acquiesancc
it was adopted unanimously.
Davis, OF Texas. in ligh! suit, who had
electrified the convention during Don
nelIy's speech by Il long weird whoop of
cxultation, was conducted to the platform
TO the intense delight Of the convention
ana repeated the uncarhly lndian-like
trill. Then he announced himself rs an
cx-Contcderatc and declared himself for
the platlorm-cvcry plank and every rcso-
luton.
An extraordinary spectacle followed.
WaGsworth, of Indiana, an cx-unlon sold
Ter, rushed up TO cx-Contederate Davis in
full view OF the convention and the two
one time mortal foes graspcd hands.