The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-15
GENERAL WEAVER TT rs.
Nominated BY the Peoples Party on
First Ballot.
The Fourth Presidential Ticket Placed
In the Field. Scenes at the
Convention in Omaha.

report that there Were no contests and I, :
400 delegates had filed their credei tials
Judge Robertson, of Texas, presented
the report of the committee on perma-
nent organization, naming III. l.. Loucks,
OF South Dakota, as permanent chairman,
and John w. Hayes, of New Jersey, sec
retary-treasurer of the Knights of Labor,
as chief secretary The elections were
ratified with a yell, and Chairman Loucks
on being presented received an enthu.
siastic welcome. He is one-legaed
veteran and supported himself on his
crutches. Loucks announced, amid ap-
plause, that he would dispense with
speech and would content himself with
expressing the opinion that was the
greatest and grandest convention ever
held, not only in this country but in the
civilized world He was not one of those
who believed that the republic was in
danger, so long as the people existed
He congratulated them on the harmony
that pr, vailed. There were no states
fixed up for the convention; the nominee
would bc the choice of the people and
not the choice Of the machine element.
There was long debate over propo-
sition to admit soldiers who wore the
oiuc aud the gray TO the two thousand
or more of vacant seats, but it was de-
feated on the ground that it wouli be a
violation Of the contract with the citizens
OF Omaha, who had retained the vacant
seats. The committee on resolutions re
ported resolution authorizing the chair
to appoint committee of three to seek
redress from the managers of those West.
crn roads that had failed to give special
rates to the delegates from the far west,
but this was antGgonized by delegates
from California AID Montana. The for
mer said that the roads had been asked
for special rates, the same as given to
Republican and Dem ocratic conventions:
that they had be n refused; that they
had paid their way and asked no favors,
and that the time was not far distant
when the people would own the Union
and Southern Pacific roads
The latter declaration v a signal for
. eat demonstration, the tire audience
rising and cheering heartily. After more
debate the resolution was so amended as
t. instruct. the chair to appoint II com.
mittec of three to prosecute the offending
roads before the Interstate Commerce
GI,;otHm14m,,iss,i39n, Comm, and in this form 1T it was
O'clock it was reported that the platform
Il recess was taken until 2 p. IN.
The roll of States was fist called for
members of the new national committee
with the following results for the South
ern States:
Alabama-J. B. Ware, j. G. Manning.
George F.. Gather.
Florida-S. s. Harvey, P. l. jenkins,
f. III. Lytte.
4 H.
Ellington, j. F. Brown.
North Carolina-W. II Lindsay,
Thomas B. Long, S. Otho Will OH
South Carolina - ----
Tennessee. H. Gynne, l. X Tay
lor, w. f. Wilkes.
Virg MAJ. II. Hobsou, Mann Page,
g. |. Newberry.
At the afternoon session, while wait
ing for committee to respond, Kansas
ouartette brought down the house with
campaign song, with the refrain, "Good
bye, old parties. good bye"
AS the committee on platform was not
ready, accordingly W. II Lamb, OF
Texns, moved that the convention re-
adopt the 81. Louis platform and pro
cecd to nominations.
This was seconded ma vigorous speech
by Brown, of Massachusetts,, General
Weavcr's recognized spokesman.
Or Mr.. Lambs demand the secretary
began to read the st. Louis platform. Ii
was read, plank by plank, brt Manning,
of Alabama, interrupted. Frrthcr de-
bate was stopped at this iuncturc, just us
the convention was getting upoalious,
by the appearance of the committee on
platform with IFS report, the body hav-
inc dcclicd. in view of the temper of the
convention, to throw overheard score
of resolutions that had been submitted to
it for consideration. The convention
settled down into dead calm, when Ca
tor, Of California, was presented and
commenced to read the preamble. The
enthusiasm increased tcnfold when the
speaker read declaration to the effect
that the time had come when the rail-
roads would run the people, or the peo.
ple the railroads. and it was a couple of
minutes before order could DC sufficient
ly restored for the speaker to proceed
Branch, of Georgia, moved the adop.
tion of the preamble, and it was adopted
bv rising vote with more cheering.
Gator now gave way to Branch. who pro-
cceded to read the platform proper.
Cries of "amen" and cheers greeted the
plank i'm favor Of government control OF
all telegraph and telephone systems, and
were repeated when the resolution was
finished. The entire preamble and plat
form were put to another vote and adopt
ed by acclnmatioD, amid another scene of
boisterous cnthusa IN.
Gen. james G.. Field, Of Virginia, was
nominated for Vice President on the first
ballot, the vote standing Field 1873, Terrell
554.
the THIRD PARTY STANDARD BEARER.
James b. Weaver was born in Dayton,
Ohio, June 10, 1888. and is lawyer by
profession He enlisted in the Federal
army as private, and at the close of the
civil war was mustered out as brcvct
brgadier general. He Sc. rcd in Con
grcss from 1870 to 1881, was nominated
for the Presidency on the Grcenback La
Dor ticket in 1880, and was returned t.
Congress in 1885.
Branch, of GcoIgia. chairman Of the
committee, was lifted upon the shoulders