Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-02-26
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lenge. Hang me now"
Moses in voice that penetrated t..
and again there was an avalanche .
unearthly sounds in the midst of which,
with apparently every nerve and fibre
shaking with passion and excitement,
the Georgia congressman sank back
into his seat. In this exciting episode
was made manifest the final determine
ton Of the delegates to this convention
to declare in favor Of a third party and
an independent presidential ticket.
All that has SO far been accomplished
in q half day and nine hours could have
been done by well regulated assembly
in an hour. Business was continuously
interrupted with songs and story telling.
and one indignant granger voiced tho
sentiment of many of his fellows when
he protested, after dozen stories had
been told and songs sung, that while
they We're having pleasant entertain
ment and lots of fun, there was more
buncombe than business.
Polk Elected Chairman.
The convention was called to order at
1876 a. III. and the report of the COM
mittee on credentials presented. The
report was unanimous, covering all the
states except Georgia, where there is
contest, and showed that nearly 700
delegates were present, representing a
total Of twenty-five organizations. The
report was adopted. A wrangle of
nearly an hours duration was occa-
stoned by.a resolution naming Colonel
l.. L. Polk as permanent chairman,
which the chairman rushed through
without putting the negative question.
Polk was afterwards elected by nine
tenths vote. AS vice presidents Miss
Frances Willard and Ben Terrell were
unanimously elected. John w. Hayes
was elected permanent secretary. After
the adoption of Il resolution for the ap-
pointment of the anti-option committee
the convention took a recess till 2:2O
p. m.
While the delegates got together after
dinner Frances Willard and Mrs.
Lease, Of Kansas, were added to the
comlnitte on platfor IN and the report of
the Georgia contest was taken up. The
debate before referred to ended with
the adoption of the report, and then
Winner, of Kansas, endeavored to get
an instruction to the committee on the
anti-option bill that instead OF sending
a petition to congress in its favor they
petition congress to give the farmers
the sub-treasury bill as remedy for
their present grievances. Somebody
wanted the protest changed to de-
mand, and after both propositions had
been wrangled over for IL half hour
they were laid on the table by an over
whelming majority. Then Jerry Simp-
son
Started u Whirlwind of Talk
with resolution calling for the estab-
lishment of a permanent ceusus bureau,
with special division to gather sta
tistics of interest and Importance to
farmers. Congressman Featherstone
opposed the proposition Of colleague,
not because he did not believe in it, but
because he did not believe in using the
constitution for booming pet measures
or for grinding axes. Congressman
Livingstone advised the gathering to
20 BLOW. Unless, NE shlu, cNtraOrQ1n-
ary economy was practiced for some
time to come, he was certain that the
people that have to run the government
in the next few years and the man who
took Harrison's place would have hard
work to find the money to run it.
Nevertheless the resolution went
through under suspension of the rules.
Next Wilkins, Of Ohio, submitted
resolution demanding the passage
of the bill for free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Willets, of Georgia,
in an emphatic speech opposed this un-
til the bill could be read and they could
tell what they were voting for.
Amid great cheering he said that
nine-tenths Of the great army Of the In
dustrial and agricultural clp1Ses were
in favor of free and nn1imite sc66if age
of silver and insisted thatt the p1 per
place for such a demand wa1! ~ - She
plAsss This evoked esiss &;