Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-05-22

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itself in seemingly inextricable tangle
Of amendments, points of order and ques-
tions of privilege. The first real excite
ment in the convention was caused by
no less person than Ignatius Donnelly
of Minnesota. He did it with harmless.
looking little suggestion. Everything
was sailing along in cnmbrous style, with
roll call following roll call on the ap-
pointment of committees, when Donnelly
quietly arose and moved that to save
time the appointment of committeeman
by each state be completed in lump,
each state naming all of it's committee.
men at once including member of the
national committee. Instantly
THERE WAS AN UpRoAR
and dozens of delegates were on their
feet shouting for chance to strike the
first blow in the fight for or against the
immediate organization of national
third party. If Donnelly's motion was
carried, the convention was implicitly
committed thereby to an immediate Or
ganization and all hope of postponing
such action was throw to the winds.
Gen. J. B. Weaver of Iowa was the indi-
vidual whose lungs proved the strongest.
Striding down the aisle, bis white mus
tache quivering with pugnacity, he point
ed his long arm at Donnelly and hotly
denounced the latter's proposition as an
attempt to pledge the convention, on the
sly, to the most vital action without one
word of discussion. Donnelly's sturdy
figure, bold and upright, could be seen
among the Minnesota delegates, his blue
eyes flashing, while Weaver stormed.
The celebrated originator of the Shake
speare-Bacon cipher restrained himself
with difficulty under the ashing of the
Iowa man, snd when Donnelly finally
got chance to edge in word of reply
his smooth shaved. clean-cut counte-
nance was flushed with passion. He dis
claimed any intention to take undue ad-
| vantage. Again there was a prolonged
hubbub and ended at last by the bald
headed, silver-bearded, genial chairman,
Cunningham, dexterously putting off, for
the time being, the inevitable struggle by
declaring
DoNNELLY'S MOTION OUT OF ORDER.
A motion to adjourn until 7 p. m. did
not prevail and names were adopted
as members of the committee on resolu-
tions with instructions to go into ses.
sion Immediately and prepare the con-
vention's platform. The convention ad-
journed till tomorrow at 8 a. m. The
committee on resolutions met after the
adjournment Of the convention this
evening and organized by making Ig.
nautis Donnelly chairman. The COM
mittee did not get to work in earnest
for considerable time and no one ap-
peared to know how long it would take
them to conclude their labor and recon
cile if such thing were possible the con-
ficting elements with which they
had to deal. General Weaver and other
members of the committee
who emerged at in
tervals from the committee room
predicted the committee would do its
work harmouiously, and said the St.
Louis platform would be taken as the
basis upon which to proceed. There
were all sorts of planks to be proposed
and each one would have to be fully
aired. The third-party n-the-spot en-
thusiasts tonight blossomed out many
pieces of blue ribbon about an inch
square on their white badges. One of
them said when asked it's meaning: "The
child is already born, and we mean to
put clothes Ion it right away
intimating that the growth of the new
party spirit had been such that those
who had been concealing their real senti-
ments from prudential motives are in
clined to throw off the maskfand wage
immediate action in the matter. The
committee on permanent organization to.
night selected Senator PETER for per-
manent chairman. and there was much
rejoicing over the result which came
from it. Peffor was chosen on the second
ballot, and then all the other applicants
for honor were made vice-chairmen.
| AGITATING THIRD PARTY.
Tonight the big Music hall was again
filled for mass meeting, which opened
with popular airs by brass band. The
chief speaker of the evening was Senator
PETER of Kansas, who argued for new
party called the Nationalist party. The
other speakers followed in the same line.
Powderly was favorable to new party,
but did not want it formed too hastily.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTION.
It is understood that when the states
we're called in the committee on resolu-
tions tonight, Congressman Otis of Kan
sas proposed that this conference reaffirm
the Ocala and st. Louis platforms and
appoint national committee consisting
of one person from each state, to confer
with the members of the meeting to be
held in Cincinnati February %, 1892, at
which DR.. McCune, l.. F. Livingston, L.
L. Polk, Jerry Simpson and others who
are not favorable to a new party will be
the leading spirits. The Otis
proposition, it is said, was
warmly supported by General Weaver Of
Ohio, and Ignatius Donnelly OF Mime.
sofa, and it will probably form the basis
upon which the committee will perform