The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-07-12

Inc CnOfUA NY SOuuttys AS Oh
Thee" closed the demonstration. After
quiet had been rest ored Mr.. Taube.
neck was recognized by the chair and
said:
Ladies and gentlemen. I have just
received q telegram from DR.. Hauser
of Indiana In order that you may
know what credit to place in it, will
tell you who he is. He is the present
candidate for lieutenant governor on
the Peoples party ticket and is the
author Of the celebrated work, Is
Marriage q FailureT Laughter.
This is the telegram:
81 have seen Gresham. II unanf
nous he will not decline"
The effect of this telegram was cleo.
trical. Thousands of people sprang
instantly to their feet and thousands
Of voices cheered again and again for
Gresham. Then the audience rose en-
massa Gresham. three cheers for
Gresham" "Hurrah for Gresham"
rang through the hall for several
seconds, and the words were accom-
panied by wild manifestations of en-.
thusiasm. Indescribable confusion
followed and recriminations were
hurled back and forth. After . long
wrangle motion to adjourn until 8
o'clock prevailed.
The Evening Session.
= On assembling the following resolu-
ton was adopted by reclamation:
Resolved, That this convention sym.
pathizes with the Knights of Labor in
their righteous contest with the ty.
rannical combine of clothing manu-.
facturers of Rochester and declares IL
to be the duty of all who hate tyranny
and oppression to refuse to purchase
the goods made by the said manufao-
turers or to patronize any merchants
who sell such goods.
Gresham Won't Accept.
During the Knights of Labor dis
cussion the Gresham movement re-
ceived its coup de grace by the follow
ing dispatch from Judge Gresham him
self:
To J. b. Weaver. Ignatusi Donnelly, Ben
Terrill and John w. Hayes.
CHICAGO, H., July Al have just re-
turned and find your dispatch Of the lst
I must stand by my dispatch TO Mr.. Orr Of
the ID. Accept my grateful acknowleds-
Immediately upon the receipt of this
the Gresham boomers accepted the in
evitable.
That settles it." said Ignatius
Donnelly, GRESHAM will not accept"
Hayes, Tcrrill and others
the same opinion, and Mr..
Hayes stated that he believed Viewers
was now assured.
A resolution declaring against the
presence of public officers vt conven-
tions went through with whoop and
without discussion
The nomination of can didates for
president and vice president were then
declared in order. When Alabama
was called J. e. Manning placed in
General James b. Weaver
Of Iowa Colorado yielded to Col s.
T. Norton of Illinois, who placed Sem
ator Kyle of South Dakota in nomina-
ton. The principal speech for Cen
eral Weaver was made by Morris L.
Wheat, of Iowa, Viewers own state.
Mrs Lease, Of Kansas. caused the
greatest enthusiasm by her speech
seconding Viewers nomination.
At midnight the roll of states for
and seconding speeches
was still in progress, with Tennessee
the latest state called.
After innumerable seconding
speeches the FIRST ballot was taken,
which resulted as follows: Weaver
DOS, Kyle POS, Norton 1, Page ], STAN
ford I.
Kansas gave Weaver 10 and Missouri
gave 81, Kyle7.
The nomination was then made
General James d. Field.
Of Virginia, was nominated for vice
president on the first ballot, and the
adjourned sine die.