Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-29
THE THIRD PARTY.
The Cincinnati Conferences Declares
For q Third Party.


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hall when the third party began yesisr
days proceedinFN The uncertainty n
20 the platform upon which il was gener-
ally thought everything else would
hinge. combined with the gloomy sky.
made q 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
mat Cunuingham's iron hammer pre-
ceded a prayer by Rev. Gilbert De La
Matyr. the ~ex-greenbaek 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 Z feel better and
settled contentedly back in their chairs
while the Kansas Glee club RECALLED
them with n humorous ditty.
Reports from the committee of ar
engagements 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 east only
one vote. This created quite n sensa-
ton and many significant chances were
exchanged among the delegates When
the size OF the larger delegates were
announced there was loud cheering,
the figures being Indiana, 154; Kansas,
407; Ohio. 81. The actual total num-
Der of delegates reported was 1,4t7.
The report wac unanimously adopted
A terrific uprnar was suddenly caused
Mt this point by Grover, of Wisconsin,
mounting n chair in the very center of
the hall and starting a harangue in OPP
position 10 organizing ut 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 u
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 al
this point introduced rs permanent
chairman of the convention and was
given Il hattering reception. He de
clurcd in sonorou tones that to be
called to preside over n body convened
under such extraordinary circumstance,
was n most distinguished honor. The
assemblage before him he proclaimed
one of the most important ever con.
vened on American soil. They wer,
upon the eve Of an epoch more impor
tant TO the interests of the people of this
country than probably any that had evel
confronted them. They had befor,
them a power which was crushing the
people, not only in America, but IN
all the world They were divided upoI
some minor matters, but, thanks be Il
God, they were united on this-th,
money power must be deposed There
was no such thing now ms stopping
the avalanche. Let them only keep it
however, in the middle of the road lie
them not go astray after this meeting
but begin to-day Icheersl to speed tin,
. main issue. In conclusion, Mr.. Peffe
declared he was not the man that de
women of Kansas that defeated tn
late senator from that state.
The report of the committee on orde
of business elected applause when tn
programme outlined showed a place TO
the appointment of members of tn
national committee. A disposition wa
manifested at once to object to tn
proposition to limit all speeches to fv
minutes. A lady delegate from Sout
Dakota got the floor and pleaded wit.
the men folks TO please not to try to GU
things off so short Cries of Eve ar
here for business" was the reply fror
a score and attempts of male delegate
to debate the question were howle
down in short order. The five minute
rule carried the day
ON R-EAssEMBLISG.
CINCINNATI, May 2i.-When the cor
vention reassembled in the afternoon
letter from l.. l.. Polk, which was reat
advising the conference to issue an az
dress and defer action on a third part
until 1892 caused n breeze, and when
motion to refer 1t to the committee o
resolutions was carried there was
loud demand-notably from the Mime
sofa delegation-that the negative /
put more forcibly by the chair. Tn
demand was renewed and continue
from time to time during the readin
of a number Of miscellaneous tell
grams.
Mr.. Fish. of Minnesota, argued this
MIR. Folks letter vas ill-timed an
claimed that it showed how useless
would be to refer the third party que
ton TO the meeting in 1so2 at which /
and his followers would be leadin
spirits
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