The Lamar register., 1892-07-09
WEAVER AND FIELD.
PEOPLES PARTY CANDIDATES
The New Party Declares for the tree
and Unlimited Coinage OF SILVER

convention
after 10 O'Clock the convention va called 70
or,,er NV Chairman TaubenccS Of the national
committee. There was hearts oaioufsl o'
applause Is he made the nnnoune'.hgN-
aivtne blessing was then Invoked iolloNed ul
an ,dlres. Of welcome by the llon. George J.
Bemis. mayor Of the eity, which wa, re'poAd'
ed to by the Hon. Roujamin Terrell oi l'Al'-
The Hon c II. Ellington oi "eors'4 "s
chosen temporary chairman Unanimously ~
returning thanks for the honor eoaief'oi '''-
Ellington. among other thing, said;
I'm all the history Of this country Nu'en
should be the land OF the frcc.' tAeFe never
has been another such gathering e' ihr is'-
pie. North. South, East sud West are 'o-l'5
mingIlng their hosts together in sehse Ai"
for purpose never before realited ia 'n's
country. when Ia the early days OF ihi. nrH
couutry our forefather- fought for their Noes-
tie and won, Il was With different Toe enA
by use Of different means The talue "hien
settled tho fight Was long aud oloaSiS one
And again. when We fought In the late CIV.
war. the dght, though between brother and
brother, between those uhn we're bone ot 'he
same bono and ac,h Of the saane hc-h, vas
bloody one. And now for tbs hr-t time ihe
masses in the United siatrs arr mar'haling
their aruIe, for the Greztc,t struggle The
world ever saw. A mortal combat :. on, aad
the ballot Slll bc the weapon n war.'
Chairman Ellington warmly euI0-ifed ihF
late president Of the Alliance, and At the eou-
rlu-iou of his remark. wss made the recipient
of a handsome rayeI, al the hands II AR
Todd Of Michigan. The Easrl was made
from the wood Of trre planted ty Gcorse
Washington at Mount Yerunu,
The committees werp then selected and On
Adjournment taken until 2 o'ciooE A. thc
committee on credentials wAs uot really TO Ic-
port At that time lruz;ius Dounelly aas
called for and made a stirring srcouh, d.
nounsIne the old parsie, and euloslzius the
new one.
Il being stated that the Credentials coaisnit-
tee Was not ready 70 report, oEi1E TO the nQu-
arrival Of delegates, an atioarluicai va
taken untn O'Clock Monday moruin-.
nuriag the day Mrssrs Weaver, nunnelly,
Terrell aud Hayes scui dispatch 10 tuiEc
Walter Q. Gresham asEiuE u be s0all con-
sent TO rua II nominated unaai1i11'ly ZOE
the prr-idency. In the crcniag a dispatch
Was received sialiH- emphailoaIly ihsI be
would not DO %.
The conycutlaa "a, called 10 0t,leF on lEly
Sch At 30 a "a.
The committee On credentials rcporir,i thai
there were no eoatcstauts, and Submitted the
fun llst Of icie-ztcs
The committee on pcteluusni or-sHirsti1u
reported the iu,louiUg for J'cTuancut ofiirs-si
chairman, H L. L0uck-, SOUTH Dakota. =
rotary, J. ". Hsycs. NeE Jersy, Fur -sslsi-
ant secretaries, :. :. Kll.. Ransss; George
Wilson. Michigan. G. W Denmark, sluIh
Carolina A ylcr prrsidezl from each sistc
vas also named.
The rrpDrt Was uuanln0usIy adopted aziiI
applause, and Temporary chairman ElliHEIuH
At oaoc intrcslEce4 his .a-oes=ar, n /
L1ucs. of south Dakgsz- iis - lf-t ~
and stood by the aid q sAls deil,
crfng bis Addrnss
lie ofeaei his RairN rbe
iilsc hss arrived Ehli Er uisr eu gnf s-
rl0us butiaess a this eut,ga Z iciirye
that Nc hare lad 3 - spi sr.asat q 80
toy = ? r ,is-s- .s.,- /, f s- ~ ~zu-
sses resist NE ,sulp,si.oi &. ssrJ ieu
wo-,is 20 conrtatulaie vr-1 81 The sacocss %
thls u.a.'lIf---i eoaventioa- Il Is srzHsl
ti te eJIe civilization q the present e.a-
rlry.s In the past ages shcu great rcY1la-
tlnas were 10 pro-rc.s thry have becu brought
about a rule by the sword, ty the ballet,
This is the greatest ot all rcypluiiou.. -. be-
ing propelled by that silent power Of cdgca.
ton the ballot. Their = spirit abrosl here
that the man who Is nominated ty 1hi. con
yentluu must not only stand hrmly and square
ly upon our platform Of principles, but be
must have burned the bridges behind him.
[ApplAuse-l We are at a critical period and
We cannot afford to take any chance We
want no doubtful man 70 lead thi. movement
a ~ D.
man stands on our platform Of priuriplc-
We must know that he has bern with Us long
enough to have been found tuIo or be wil
fud no place here.
Chairman Loueks was greeted With ap-
plause and his speech was warmly received
W. J. Armstrong. OF California, Nas called for
and spoke for fifteen minutes. a brief recess
WAS then taken 10 enable delegates 10 sec the
parade.
A storm was preeipltAicd by Chairman
Branch Of tho resolutions committee, oger-
ing resolution calling attention to the fact
that probably through some ovcrslshtl the
ticket agents 50 Washington aud other states
on the line OF the Union Pacific evidently did
not receive instructions 10 ALLOW the delegate
To the convention the usual reduction Ia fares,
and appointing committee Of three to com
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the .'mlstaken rectihcd.
A delegate moved thar the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern roads be Included in the
resolution.
Instantly Marion Cannon OF California rusc
to protest against the resolution rs exhibiting
a want of independent spirit In the eonyen-
ton. His vehement denuncatlou Of the
roads brought the audience to its feet several
times and led 10 the liyeliest scene OF the day,
He declared that the action Of the railroads
was deliberate attempt 10 discriminate
against the Peoples party. The resolution
was Withdrawn and instead Of it a resolution
adopted asking the Interstate Commerce
Commission to investigate the action Of the
railroad.
An adjournment was taken until afternoon
and at o'clock the convention met again.
The committee on platform was not ready to
report at that honr, and an effort was made
to suspend the rules and proceed to ballot for
President, but the motion was defeated
The report Of the committee on rules va,
received. In contained a provision that after
second ballot had been taken, only two can.
a -. i q stHt.F