Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-21
the convention in laundering chorus sang to the tune of
 Good bye, my lover, good bye"

SA@S~ S~~A& S to the tune of Good bye, my lover, good bye" The words
 "Good bye, old parties, good bye" Then followed the Doxology. In the forest of flags and banners that had gathered with bearers around the two colleagues standing on chairs raised the Kansas banner and held it aloft just above all the others. The tumult lasted fully quarter of an hour, till it ceased from sheer exhaustion of the delegates.
 Several delegates moved the adoption of the report, one suggesting that it be by rising vote. Question, question:" came from all parts of the hall. But the pent up enthusiasm had to have vent and one after another of the craters relieved them selves, the delegates from time to time calling on the prominent men in the con- vention-Weayer, Willetts and others.
 Previous question:" shouted the dele gates, but it had no effect on the irrepres- sible Texan, who was bound to speak his piece. When he had finished the chair mans gavel fell like trip hammer and order was finally restored. The platform proper, exclusive of the resolutions, was then adopted by rising vote.
 At this stage the convention was little pottcI 1udn uoWlluS AoUy anu III eAAo midst of the confusion G. M. Miller of California came to the front on the prohi bition question, which had been ignored in the platform. All efforts to choke him of with points of order were intellectual. The following resolution offered by him was brief, but to the point:
 Resolved, That we favor the abolition of the liquor traffic.
 Confusion became worse confounded. fifty orators were clamoring for recogni- ton, but the first to succeed was Schilling of Wisconsin. He declared himself a strong temperance man, one who neither drank or even smoked, but he opposed the discussion of the question of prohibition. proposed by Mir Miller had been fully con- sidered and voted down by the committee on platform. To spring it now was plain ly throwing brand into the conven- ton, and, in his opinion, it was 8 deliber- ate attempt to cause a split in the party, The pressure at this time for recognition was extraordinary. In desperation the chair gave ten of the most vociferous dele gate, who crowded about his desk clamor- ing for recognition, one minute each.
 The prohibition amendment was then overwhelmingly defeated.
 The resolutions were adopted with only UuTtc ulSSculluS fotCS.
 At this iurcture General Weaver re- lieved Chairman Pfeiffer, who was worn out with his fruitless efforts to preserve order, and had, besides, to catch train for Washington.
 A resolution against trusts was choked off by point of order raised by Schilling of Wisconsin that all resolutions should be referred to the committee on resolutions without being read. Then the conven- tion got down to business again and the matter of choosing a national com mittee was taken up. After brief re- cess it was decided to let each state have three members on the committee, but the full number were not named for every state. The New England members are: Connecticut, Robert Pique; Massachusetts, G. F. Washburne, E. C.. Brown, E. M. Boynton; Maine, H. S. Hobbs, F. A. How ard, D. w. Smith. The alliance congress man, J. G. Otis of Kansas, nominated H. E. Taubeneck of Illinois as chairman of the national committee. There was great outburst of cheers when Taubeneck's name was nominated. w. R. Lamb of Tennessee seconded the nomination. Tau beneck was chosen by exclamation. Loud calls brought him to the rostrum where he made brief, but very manly and modest speech, thanking the delegates. He said:
 Gentlemen-You see before you all that is left of the celebeated independent party in the Illinois legislature, so often called the "big three"
 In conclusion he said they were stand ing on the brink of the conflict between capital and labor and the longer that con flict was postponed the worse it would be.
 "Our politicians" said he, "might as well try to stop a cyclone or the movement of the stars as to evade this issue"
 A few moments of confused preparation for adjournment sine die ensued, then the chairman's gavel fell and the first conven- ton of the Peoples party of the United States had passed into history.