Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-21
Born at Cincinnati Yesterday.
The accouchment Easy.
MOTHERAN BABE DOING WELL
Unit Rule Defeated-A National Committee
Agreed Upon with Power to Act in 90.
4 Texas Ex-Confederate Cuts a Wide
n-Uniyersai Suffrage Recon-
mended-The Platform Adopted.
Wild Scenes.
The Committee agree.

I national conference remained in session
! until $50 O'Clock. when they adjourned ~
meet al 10 O'Clock this morning During
{ the session they voted 10 preserve absolute
. secrecy in regard 10 the result Of the work
! until it WIS Officially reported 10 the
| convention. The statement was made % =
{ representative OF the press by Secretary
4 Schilling. Congressman Otis and Gen
( Weaver. They stated. however. they mad
| made no platform on which the committee
| was unanimous ana that he meeting n 10
! o'clock today would require several hours
! TO complete the work
t Among the matters nat Will occupy All
tention on The meeting this forenoon viii be
/ action at the Worlds iair. The directory
! Al Chicago a It's meeting last night
| refused TO grant a minimum rate
! OF wages as requested by the labor organ
iZatlon, and insist upon unrestricted com
/ petition in labor.
| SENATOR PETER
| has been made permanent president OF the
| convention He proclaimed the aSsembage
! before him one of the most important ever
| convened OH American soil. They were on
| the eve OF an epoch more important 10 tie
/ interests OF people OF tins country than
| probably any that had ever confronted
| them. They had before them the power
| which was crushing. not only the people III
/ America. out IN all tile world. They
! are divided upon some MINOR matte1S. but
| thanks De 10 God They were united on
/ thlS-the money power must be depoSeu-
! here was no SGch tHlhG now as stopping
| the ava!anche- Lei taem ONLY Keep II,
I however III The middle OF the road Lee
, them not stray alter thiS iSom Or That
/ lSom. nut peSlu TO-DAY ithferS 10
speed the nam lSSue. In conclusion
| PETER declared lie was not the man that
defeated ingalls,. IL was the men ana
women OF Kansas thdt defeated NM ne
platform committee mas not Yet reported.
SOME NEAT LITTLE i HEMES
were evidently Spoil' when the com mlttee
announced that any delegate representing
Inc several ORGANIZATIONS coulu cast only
one vote. inns created quite sensation
and many Significant @ianceS We're eN-
changed among the delegates When the
size OF delegations We're announced there
was loud cheering. the hgureS being:
Indiana l:li, Kansas 40, ONO III The
actual total number OF ueleSlleS reported
was lfli. Inc report was UNANIMOUSLY
adopted.
terllhc uproar was SqddehlE caused al
TINS point oN hfoVet OF Wisconsin mount
ing chalr IN the very center OF the hali ana
waving his hands like WIND mil. starting
4 harangue IN opposition 10 ofgahlzatlona OF
new party 1euS OF SIT down. put
MN out ana SIllIar SHOUTS from me HoOf
and gallery mad no elect
NliklnS OF Kansas shfleked from the
platform: Arrest MN. Whlie TIE cnait-
man pounded wildly with nus hammer. Inc
tall WISCONSIN man was hnall% hustled
down by the sergeant -at-dfuS ana fdmmed
INTO setting posture
When order hau oeen restored the report
OF the committee on permanent ofSanlZa-
ton was heard
Then Mrs Helen Ocular OF Indiana was
Drought forward anu gwen an opportunity
TO express sympathy with the movement
and plead TO- prohibition planks in the con-
ventlon platform. she was generously APP
pIauded
United states Senator PETER was at
this point introduced as permanent chair
man OF the convention and was gwen 4 flat
terlng reception. tie declared III SonorouS
Terms that to be called to preside Gvera
bodN IKE thlS convention under such UNI
usual circumstances was the most distin-
guiShed honor. Inc aSsembage before
him he proclaimed, was one OF the most
important ever convened on American soil.
They were upon the eve OF an epoch or
more important interest TO the people OF
TINS country tnan ever was presented TO
the pubic
Mrs. Marion Todd of Chicago, in an eLo-
quent address ON behalf OF the convention,
presented PETER with a basket OF flowers.
Here came scene PROBABLY III no other
national convention except tnlS one. An
appeal was MADE on the platform tor 1unuS
TO pay the nome ldfe OF q coofeu delegate
from South Carolina,
DELEGATE SAVAGE
by name, who came forward personally anu
III really clever speech sad the reason so
lew OF the colored organizations were rep
resented was that the colofed people were
too poor 1t was perhaps as well for the
convention. he added nalveiy, cycling the
hats that were being passed around for his
benefit. that so few of the colored dele
gates came He was handed L hat full of
small change, and retired amid great cheer
ing for the Colofed Alliance.
The report of the committee on order OF
business elected applause when the pro-
gramme outlined showed a plan for the
appointment of members of a national COM
mittee.
Opposition was manifested at once To the
proposition to limit all speeches TO five
minutes. A lady delegate from South
Dakota got the floor and pleaded with the
men folks to please rot try to cut things Off
SO short. Cries of We are here for bust
ness" was the reply from score and al
attempts of delegates 10 debate the question
was howled down in short order. The iva
minute rule carried
An attempt TO modify the reports so as
to practically make unite rule get tho
convention into d marvellous parliamentary
tangle. Hardin of South Dakota argued
that the enormous power given to the COM
paratiyely near by states was grossly III.
fair TO such communities as California.
which had only two delegates present. The
unit rule was Overwhelmingly defeated on