The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-28


At this stage the convention was little
! better than a bowling mob, and in the midst
| of it NJ. Miller of California came to the
| front on the prohibition question, which
| had been ignored on the platform and reso-
! lutions. All efforts to choke him of with
| points of order were Intellectual The reso-
luton offered by him was brief, but TO the
| point He said:
Resolved, that we favor the abolition Of
the liquor traffic.
The confusion became worse. Fifty ora
| tors were clamoring for recognition. and
when order was restored vote was taken,
| and the prohibition amendment was over
whelmingly defeated. The resolutions
were then adopted with only three dissent
| ing votes.
At this iuncture Gen. Weaver relieved
Chairman PETER, who was worn out with
his fruitless efforts to preserve order, and
he had, besides, to catch a train for Wash
ington.
The resolution against trusts was choked
off by point of order raised by Schllllngs
of Wisconsin, that all resolutions should be
referred to the committee on resolutions
without being read.
Then the convention got down to business
again, and the matter OF choosing national
committee was taken up.
Chairman Weaver declared welcome
recess to enable the over-heated and eX-
I
national committee from their respective
states.
After recess the roll of states was called
for members of the national committee,
and the convention adopted the innovation
Of appointing three members from each
state instead of one member, as the old
parties have.
Alliance Congressman J. G. Otis OF
Kansas nominated II. E. Taubeneck of
Illinois as chairman of the national eXecu-
tive committee: There was a great out
burst Of cheers when Tau5eneck'S name
was mentioned. W. r. Lamb of Texas
seconded the nomination, saying he had
watched Taubeneck's record and was salts
fed.
Taubeneck was chosen by reclamation.
Loud calls for Taubeneck finally brought
that gentleman to the roStrum, where he
made brief but very manly and modest
speech thanking the delegates. He said:
GENTLkMEN-YOu see before you all that
is left of the celebrated Independent
party in the Illinois legislature, so often
called the Big Three" He added that
while he heartily appreciated the honor con-
feITed upon him, he scarcely felt equal TO
.ioing the position of national chairman jus
tice, but he would do the best he could, and
would rely upon the assistance of other
members of the committee. In conclusion,
he said they were standing on the brink OF
Il conflict between capital and labor,
and the longer that conflict was postponed
worse it would be ''Our politicians said
he, might as well try to stop cyclone or
the movement of the stars as TO eVade this
issue"
\ few moments of confused preparation
for adjournment sine die ensued, then the
chairman's gavel fell, and the first conycn-
ton of the Peoples party of the United
States had passed into history.
The following is the national committee:
Arkansas-L. p. Fettherstone, Isaac Z.
NcCracken, j. o. A. Bush.
Standardization Cannon, II. C. Dillon,
A. G.. Hinkley.
CONGRATULATIONS PiQue.
Florida-W. D. Condor, l. D. Atkins, j.
d. Goss.
Georgia-C. C. Post.
CIowa-J' b. Weaver, N. L. Wheat, a. J.
Westfield
Indiana-C. a Powers, Leroy Temple
ton, j. d. COmsLock.
Kansas-P II. Elder, Levi Dumbould, f.
s. Osborn.
Kentucky-D. L. Graves, S. F. Smith, T.
G. Falling.
Louisi;na-J. B. Mills, Dr. R B. Paine,
John Pickett.
Massachusetts-G F. Washburn, E. C.
Brown, L. NJ. Boynton.
hlichigan-Ben Colvin. Mrs. 5. f. Ev-
meyer, John o. Seaball.
Observation-Disclosures Donnelly, G. y. Per-
kins. Andrew Stevenson.
Nissouri-Paul J. Dickinson, j. ". Rod
gers. w. o. Atkeson.
Maine-H. S Hobbs, T. a. Howard, u.
W. Smith.
Nebraska-J. H. Ednmson, William
Dysart, w H. West.
New York-Jacob II. Studer. Joel ].
Herty.
Ohio-Hugo Pryor. J. c. H. Cobb, H. F.
Barnes.
Oklahoma-Samuel Cocker, A. E Light,
John Hogan.
Pennsylvania-R A Thompson, f. r.
Agnew, Lewis Edwards.
South Dakota. W. Hardin, II. L. Lou
cas-, Fred Seeph.
Texas-W. Il. Lamb, Thomas Gaines, j.
Tennessee-H. P. Osborne, G. W. Kay,
John w James.
Wisconsin - Robert Schilling. Alfred
Manheimer, \. j. Phillips.
West Vmgina-Luther c. Shinn, George
". Hamment, Thomas ". keency.
Wyoming - II. Bretenstein, james a.
Smith, Ii. d. Merritt.
District of Columbia-Lee Crandall, S. A.
Bland, H. ]. Schulteis.