Telegram-herald., 1891-05-21
TALKING ON POLITICS
The Third Party Question 10 the
Bugaboo &C Cincinnati.
SylGS ENCOUNTERED At The outset
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CINCINNATI May so-Jus. IS had
been anticipated zoe committee on
platform Of the as.onal union confer
eaee has struck mag. The body met
TUESDAY night AID organised by the
selection Of ,gnalias Donnely. OF
Minnesota. 60 chairman. and
Robert schilling. OF >. Milwaukee,
secretary. At the very outset
the question was raised - TO
whether platform was 10 BE construct
cd for brand new party or whether Is
was simply intended 70 issue dec
laratioa OF principles without any
united q movements At tho back
Debate pro and con waved fast
and furious, Gen Weaver leading the
opposition TO the third party movement.
and when at 8 o'clock q m- 1.-THE menu
bers Of tho COMMITTEES. worn out and
sleepy. agreed 20 adjourn. the question
was still undetermined and not the
firss line Of the platform had been
framed Among the matters that wall
occupy the committees attention
viii bs the action Of the world 5
fair directors az Chicago AZ its meeting
Tuesday night in which lie refused TO
grant the minimum rate. OF wages as
requested by the labor organizations
and insisted on unrestricted competition
N labor -~---s~--as-~-s-
IL was after 10 o'clock when the con-
vention was called to order. Exon
gresham and Rev. DIR. Gilbert Della
mater offered q fervent supplication
for Divine aid and support for the new
movement, which was punctuated by
numerous ''amens" from the audience.
The report OF the committee on ere
dentialsl which was next presented,
showed that thirty-four states and ter
ritories were represented by 1.4l7 dele
gates having proper credentials Kan
sas headed the list with All, Ohio Sec
ond with 81. Indiana had ia, Illinois
IS, Kentucky 80. Nebraska %. Texas
%. Minnesota 80. Wisconsin, Il, Mis-
souri, IS.
A terrible uproar was suddenly caused
.. this point by Grover, of Wisconsin,
mounting a chair in the very center of
the hall, and. waving his long arms
like windmill, starting harangue
IN opposition to organizing at
once the new party. Yells of:
.-Sit down. PUT him out!' and
similar shouts from floor and gallery
had no effect. wilkins, of Kansas,
shrieked from the platform: ARREST
him. and while the chairman pounded
wildly with his hammer the tall Wis
consin man was finally hauled down BY
the sergeant-at-srms
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar pushed her
way through the throng from the In
diana delegation to the stage, and de-
handing attention on a question OF
personal privilege she proceeded IL
repudiate all connection with the con-
vention, although but a few moments
before her name had been announced
rs one of the national secretaries. She
did not propose. she said, TO be identi
fed with any movement that recognized
as a prominent officer of the local re-
ccption COMMITTEES n liquor dealer OF
permitted rum seller to act as chair
man Of its mass meeting. as was the
case Tuesday night The rum power
was doing more to impovcrish the tax,
payers than any other agency, and she
felt compelled TO disavow all connec-
ton with the convention until it had
repndiatcd liquor and declared for pro-
hibition.
There were mingled cheers and Kisses
as Mrs Cougar retired from the plat
form, but the scene was cut short by
the presentation of the report Of the
committee on permanent organization
naming senator w. A. PETER, of Kan
sas. for president
The new senator from Kansas. who
was given hearty reception. madA an
energetic address. lie said that they
were upon the eve of an epoch that was
more important 20 the people of this
country and the world than anything
that had transpired in century. They
were there to take hold Of. TO under
mine. TO dispose of forever the power
that was crushing the people all over
the world, the power that had in its
hands not only his home and theirs. but
the homes % So per cent. of the people
ot the entire world They might be di-
vidcd on many questions, but they
were all united on one-that the
money power must be overthrown. and
70 that end the people were gathering
strength like q torrent sweeping down
the mountain side. tie urged them to
keep in the middle of the road and not
g. insist upon ''isms'' that would
lead them into byways They
were not s'here to be tails TO either
the democratic or republican party
kites. but they were the great party of
the people-the people with the votes.
with brains and the courage and they
meant to capture the country in 1897
Long debate was oceasioned by tho
report of the committee on rules and
order which directed TO the question
whether each state should vote as a
unit or whether each delegate should
be entitled 70 n voice. The latter
method was decided upon by LARGE
majority, the result being victory
for the third party men.
There was only one incident in tie con-
ference Tuesday afternoon that was
significant Of what viii be done. When
the appointment Of committees was be-
fore the house Ignstlus Donnelly
moved 20 appoint member of
the national committee from each
state lie said be took Il FOR grant
ed that a new party would be organ
lied. This sentiment was received
with seafening cheers and twenty men
seconded the motion. Cen Weaver OBJ
S~...a<s D., tha eol,s-t<,- ~ such a COM