The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-02-25
WITH QUlVEBlNG FRAME

Congressman Moses Hurts Defiance at
the Industrial Conference.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 23.-"If it is crime
to be Democrat then you can take me
out and hang me now" Thus, with
quiyering frame, dlstended eyes, up
lifted arm and clenched fist, Congress
man Charles L. Moses, of the Fourth
Georgia district, hurled defiance at the
delegates to the Industrial conference.
A perfect cyclone of groans and misses
starting on the floor and following its
track up to, the top gallery of Exposition
hall followed in the wake Of the chal-
lenge. "Hang me now," repeated
Moses in voice that penetrated the din
and again there was an avalanche of
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 third party and
an independent presidential ticket.
All that has so far been accomplished
in half day and nine hours could have
been done by we'll regulated assembly
in an hour. Business was continuously
interrupted with songs and story telling,
and one Indignant granger voiced the
sentiment of many of his fellows when
he protested, after dozen stories had
been told and songs sung, that while
they were having a pleasant entertain:
ment and lots of fun, there was more
buneombe than business.
Polk Elected Chairman,
The convention was called to order at
10t15 a. m. and the report of the COM
mittee on credentials presented. The
report was unanimous, covering all the
states except Georgia, where there is q
contest, and showed that nearly 700
delegates were present, representing
total OF twenty-five organizations. The
report was adopted. A wrangle of
nearly an hours duration was occa-
sianed by 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 resolution for the ap-
pointment of the anti-option committee
Che convention took a recess till 2:20
p. m.
While the delegates got together after
dinner Frances Willard and Mrs.
Lease. of Kansas, were added to the
committe on platfor m 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, endeayored to get
an instruction to the committee on the
anti-option bill that instead of sending
q 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 a half hour
they were laid on the table by an over
whelming majority. Then Jerry Simp-
son
Started Whirlwind of Talk
with a resolution calling for the estab-
lishment of permanent census bureau,
with special division to gather sta
tistics of interest and Importance to
! farmers. Congressman Featherstone
opposed the proposition of his 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
go slow. Unless, he said, extraordin-
airy economy was practiced for some
,, time to come, he was certain that the
people that have to run the government
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