Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-20
That is the Way it Looks to the
Man in the Tree.
CHEERS FOR INDEPENDENCE.
The South Not Very Enthusiastic-pfeffer and
Humphreys are interviewed.
The Conference Resembles a Democratic
or Republican Convention Opened
With a Prayer and Song-The
Chairman Speaks-Orsanized.
!Apathy of the South.

| CINCINNATI. OHIO. May 19.-Ihe opening
\ day of the much talked of National union
| conference is blessed with mild tempera-
| ture. The feature that has attracted much
attention this morning is the apparent
| apathy of the South Their delegates are
not here in great numbers. This SparSity
of representation is not looked upon as
wholly accidental when it is known thai
such man as Congressman Livingston of
Georgia, is here. not as delegate. 1t is
said he is not even i'll sympathy with the
third party movement, but is here simply
to study the situation.
Senator Pfeffer is here. but noncom-
INITIAL. Powderly is here but not as a
delegate.
At p. m. the conference will hold its
first session.
Senator Pfetfer, who has been quoted as
opposing new party. stated that such
q course would be rather queer one for
him. taking the part he has taken in the
Independent movement and official position
he holds; but [ doubt whether it would
be wise for us TO 20 too far at present,
said he We should proceed cautiously;
but there will surely be Il third party in
1892"
THE THIRD PARTY FEELING Is GROWING,
and it is said that in the event that the ma
jority of delegates should decide against it
the minority viii withdraw and declare
themselves in favor of it. The claim is that
the conference is simply a mass-meeting,
and that such action by minority would be
therefore iustitable.
R. NJ Humphrey of Texas, organizer of
colored Alliances, claims Il membership for
the organization of about one million
three hundred thousand in thirty-two
states, and Instances $1,000 in Texas, l00,
0CO In Alabama, 100000 in Mississippi %
600 in North Carolina and 90 600 il Georgia.
1t is said an effort will be made to incor-
porate plank in the platform, or ''declar
alton of principles pledging the new
party. If formed, against supporting any
man for the presidency or vice-presidency
who has ever favored the liquor license
laws
The Kansas Knights of Labor selected p.
B. MaXon and w. E. Bush as their repre-
sentatives on the committee provided this
afternoon at the meeting of the Kansas
delegation.
THE SCENE IN TUE MUSIC HALL
when the delegates We're taking their
places was decidedly peculiar, yet an at
tractive one. 1t resembled nothing so
much as a big state fair, which in some
way had suddenly collided with National
Republican or Democratic convention. The
hall, in its great size and general appear
auoe, strongly reminding one of the i'm
mense structure in st. Louis, in which
Grover Cleveland received the nomination
for the presidency, and like that building
on the day of the nomination was filled
with ar animated throng, full of hustle
and hurrah.
While the main hall was rapidly filling. a
rouSing meeting was in progress on the
upper floor, from which stunning wastes OF
applause were breaking out every few mo-
ments causing many persons to wonder if
the walls of the building were safe. 1t
was a state meeting of the delegates from
Ohio, nearly three hundred strong, who
almost TO man declared itself. regardless
of what action was taken by the national
conference, as bound to have at once an In
dependent state ticket in the field in Ohio.
Chairman B. F. Barnes was instructed,
while the cheering became absolutely vocif-
erouS, to appoint a committee of five before
shutdown to draw up an address to the peO-
pie of Ohio, calling an Independent state
convention and fixing the date for it to as
semble. News that Ohio had declared for
immediate organization of national third
party caused a buzz of gossip on the floor of
the big conference hall.
Last night a similar action was taken by
the Kansas delegates. so that the convention
opened with two of the greatest delegations
in numbers Enthusiastically arrayed in the
fight on the side Of throwing down the
gauntlet at once TO all corners for national
fight to 4 finish.
The various states held a meeting at the
Music hall at 10 O'Clock this morning. The
attendance was large and business was
chiefly of routine character.
AT EXACTLY = P. NJ,
the hour set for the assembling of the con-
ference. a stentorian voiced delegate with a
big red and white and blue banner ad-
vanced and, accompanied by an organ, led
the audience in singing the anthem,
my COUNTRY, IT'S OF THEE
and the convention, probably the most