Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-28
THE THIRD PARTY.
The Cincinnati Conference Declares
For a Third Party.
It II 'sThe Peoples Party of the United
9tates"!The Platform Adopted-Na-
tional Executive Committee-FInal
Adjournment.

states"-The Platform Adopted-Na-
donai Executive Committee-Final
Adjournment.
CINCINNATI, May 21.-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, com bined 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-
coded 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
rangements 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
IDENTIFY Spoilt when the committee an
nounced that any delegate representing
several organizations could cast only
one vote. This created quite a sensa-
| ton and many significant giances were
exchanged among the delegates. When
the size of the larger delegates were
announced there was loud cheering,
| the figures being Indiana, 154; Kansas,
4O7; Ohio, 317. The actual total num-
Der of delegates reported was 1,417.
The report was unanimously adopted.
| A terrific uproar was suddenly caused
! at this point by Grover, of Wisconsin,
mounting a chair in the very center of
! the hall and starting harangue in op-
| 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 a 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 hattering reception. He de-
| clared in SOnorouS tones that to be
! called to preside over a body convened
under such extraordinary circumstances
was most distinguished honor. The
! assem- blage before him he proclaimed
one of the most important ever con-
vened on American soil. They We're
upon the eve Of an epoch more impor-
tant 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 [cheersl to speed the
main issue. In conclusion, Mr.. PETER
declared he was not the man that de-
feated ingalls,. 1t was the men and
late senator from that state.
The report of the committee on order
of business elected applause when the
programme outlined show ed place 70,
the appointment of members of the
manifested at once to object to the
proposition to limit all speeches to five
minutes. A lady delegate from South
| nolyO TO f1,caf nd nj 6a6
the men folks to please not to try to cut
things off so short. Cries of 1--WE are
here for business was the reply from
score and attempts of male delegates
to debate the question were howleo
down in short order. The five minutes
rule carried the day.
ON REAssEMBLING.
, CINCINNATI, May 21.-When the con
, vention reassembled in the afternoon {
! letter 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 {
: motion to refer it to the committee OF
; resolutions was carried there was
. loud demand-notably from the Mime
: sofa delegation-that the negative b.
, put more forcibly by the chair. Thu
demand was renewed and continued
, from time to time during the reading
{ of number Of miscellaneous tele
! grams.
Mr.. Fish, of Minnesota, argued tina
: Mr.. Folks letter was ill-timed ant
claimed that it showed how useless i
! ! would be to refer the third party ques
t ton to the meeting in 1892 at which b.
, and his followers would be leadin.
r spirits
Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of tn
: committee on resolutions, elm bed upol
, the rostrum at this juncture and almos
! his first words caused a whirlwind O
$ excitement. The declaration that h
was there to report that the committe
/ on platform was unit for the organi
q zation of the third party. Two alter
= natives were presented, he said, eithe
! to ignore third party Or divide tn
: friends of reform.
= Mr.. Donnelly then gave way to Rot
= ert Schilling, of Wisconsin, secretary G
the committee, who read the platforr
. as follows:
e Your committee on resolutions begs I
: submit the following:
); First-That in view OF the great social, II