The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-28
NUMBER II

Ohio Hugo Preyer. J. C. II. Cobb. II. F.
Oklahoma Samuel Croker, A. E. Light
john Hogan.
rcnnsylvaniaR. A. Thompson, F. L.
Agnew. Lewis Edwards
South Dakot;t-J w. Hardin. II. l..
Loucks, Fred Xeppe.
Tc>as-W. X Lamb, Thomas Gaines, ].
II. Davis.
Tennessee Ii. L. Osborne. L. W. j. Kay,
John ". James.
Wisconen-linhert Schiling. Alfred Man
| hcimcr. A. J. Phillips.
West Virginia a-Luther e Shiun, George
| ". Hammond. Thomaa c. keeney.
| Wyoning-H. B,etenstein, James A.
| Smith, III. II. Morrett.
District of Columbia Lee Crandail. $ A.
| Bland. II. l. Schuthcis.
| a few moments of confused prepara-
| ton for adjournment sine die enSued,
! then the hairman'S gaNel fell. and the
I first convention of the Peoples Party OF
! the United States had passed into his
| tory.
| SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
| Possibly the picture that will be long
est remembered by those who witnessed
| it will be the une4ualed display of
enthusiasm 10y the big gathering at the
! DINING nf the blue and the gray with
| the black, in the person of an ex-Union
| StNliti. ItNdii fA-1tuti anu ttlt
or Of the Culored Farmers AlSance
| The significance of the incident was
| little if any marred by the fact that the
third Of the trio was of pure Caucasian
bio ,d.
| An appeal was made from the plat
| form toi funds to pay the fare home of A
! co!ored Alliance delegate from South
| Carolina The delegate, Savage by name,
came forward personally, and in really
| clever 50, cch. said the reason 50 few Of
the cu!orrd ORGANIZATIONS Mere repre-
scented was that the colored people were
too poor. 1t va, perhaps as well for the
| convention. he added. hai,ely, eyeiug
| the hats that.w"r being passed around
for his benefit that 80 few OF the colored
| delegates came He was handed the
| hat1ul> of small change aud retired amid
| great cheering for the culored Alliance
A sensational feature of the proceed
| ings follow II, nonnclls's announcement
| came after the pa form proper Ina been
| adopted. a alii"rn Il man was the in
diNiduai that nearly risaici the classic
| youth uf ant lent rrnDWu who fired the
| Ephcsian dome. The aiif"fmian' lame
| was e. W Miller, ami he wa> IA Prohibi-
| ZIONIST from the summit of his Stceply
| brushed hair to the Very bottom of his
boot heels Apparently nothing on
earth could disconcert that Californian
Over l.tuD thoroughly cnragcd and dis
| guStcd hrawny graugrrS aud mechanic
turned On hlm a if they could tear him
limb from limt, but he refused to bulge
| an inch.
He worked his Jaws without ceasiGg,
though every syllable hr uttered was
lost in the hurricane Of jeers AMI con-
| tumely The Californian wanted to
thrust before the convention 4 resolution
plcdgihg til" new party to the prohibition
| ca,lSe. The convention cmphat!caily
| did not want IT, submit to any such proc
ess. But it had Ia. The nerve and
grit of one man against a thousand ear
ricd the day. and the Peoples party be-
fore ii was ali hour old was forced to 20
on record upon the young Westcrners
resolution.
The convention, however. instantly
took its revenge. |. ke u vicious young
colt it kick' q the resolution into king
dom cone with a sickening suddennesS
and vigor that must have surprised even
Mr., Miller himself. though he managed
somehow not 10 tetruy the fact 1t is
reported that many members of the
national reform organization. headed by
| President w. W. Jones. of Illinois. had
withdrawn from the party because Of
the defeat OF the resolution.