The Globe-republican., 1891-05-27
THIRD PARTY FORMED.
Work of the Cincinnati Conference
Completed
Hhe Peoples Party Declared For Amid
Much Enthusiasm-PlatfOrm Of Prin-
ciples Ad0pted-Final Ad-
jOurnment.

CINCINNATI, May ZL-Many worried
Anxious faces were in the convention
hall when the third party began yester
days proceedings. The uncertainty as
to the platform upon which it was gener'
ally thought everything else would
hinge, combined with the gloomy sky,
made a strong contrast with the scenes
of buoyant enthusiasm that were con-
stantly witnessed only twenty-four
hours previous.
A chorus from the Farmers Alliance
song book and three bangs from Chair
man Cunningham's iron hammer pre-
+ceded a prayer by Rev. Gilbert De La
Matyr, the ex-greenback congressman.
Mr.. De La Matyr was roundly applaud
ed when he arose to pray. Frequent
and earnest amens from the audience
punctuated the invocation. after which
the delegates seemed to feel better and
settled contentedly back in their chairs
while the Kansas Glee club RECALLED
them with humorous ditty.
Reports from the committee of ar
engagements and the credentials now
helped to kill time pending the exciting
developments that many look for when
the platform committee was ready to
report
Some neat little schemes were evil
IDENTITY spoilt when the committee an
E nounced that any delegate representing
several organizations could cast only
one vote. This created quite sensa-
<ion and many significant glances were
exchanged among the delegates When
the size of the larger delegates were
announced there was loud cheering,
the figures being Indiana, 1874; Kansas,
4o7; Ohio, S1Z. The actual total num-
ber Of delegates reported was 1,417.
The report was unanimously adopted
A terrific uproar was suddenly caused
at this point by Grover, of Wisconsin,
amounting a chair in the very center Of
the hall and starting harangue in OPP
position to organizing at once the new
party.
When order had been restored the re-
port of the committee on permanent
organization was heard and then Miss
Helen Cougar, of Indiana, was brought
forward and given an opportunity to
express sympathy for the movement
and plead for prohibition plank in the
conventions platform. She was gener-
ously applauded
United States Senator PETER was at
this point introduced as permanent
chairman of the convention and was
given a flattering reception. He de-
-ciared in sonorous tones that to be
called to preside over body convened
under such extraordinary circumstances
was most distinguished honor. The
lassemblage before him he proclaimed
one Of the most important ever con-
vened on American soil. They were
upon the eve of an epoch more impor-
-Gant to the interests of the people of this
country than probably any that had ever
confronted them. They had before
them a power which was crushing the
people, not only in America, but in
all the world. They were divided upon
some minor matters, but. thanks be to
God, they were united on this-the
money power must be deposed There
was no such thing now as stopping
the avalanche. Let them only keep it,
however, in the middle of the road Let
them not go astray after this meeting,
but begin to-day cheers to speed the
main issue. In conclusion, Mr.. PETER
declared he was not the man that de-
feated Ingalls,. It was the men and
women of Kansas that defeated the
late senator from that state.
The report of the committee on order
of business elected applause when the
programme outlined showed place for
the appointment of members of the
national committee. A disposition was
manifested at once to object 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 not to try to cut
things off so short Cries of ''We are
here for business" was the reply from
q score and attempts of male delegates
to debate the question were howled
down in short order. The five minutes
rule carried the day.
ON REASSEMBLING.
CINCINNATI. May 2l.-When the con-
~ention reassembled in the afternoon a
setter from L. L. Polk, which was read,
advising the conference to issue an ad-
dress and defer action on a third party
until 1892 caused breeze, and when a
motion to refer it to the committee on
resolutions was carried there was a
loud demand-notably from the Mime
sofa delegation the negative be
put more forcibly by the chair. The
: demand was renewed and continued
from time to time during the reading
OF a number of miscellaneous tele-
grams.
Mr.. Fish, of Minnesota. argued that
Mr. Folks letter was ill-timed and
claimed that it showed how useless it
would be to refer the third party ques-
ton to the meeting in 1899 at which he
and his followers would be leading
spirits
Ignatius Donnelly. chairman of the
committee on resolutions, climbed upon
the rostrum at this juncture and almost
his first words caused a whirlwind of
excitement. The declaration that he
was there to report that the committee
ON platform was a unit for the organi-
zafion of the third party. Two alter.