Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-02-24
SONGS AND STORIES
Passing Away the Time at the
 St. Louis Convention.
ONE VERY DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
Congressman Moses. of Georgia, Varies
 the MOnOtOny Ofths Session.

elf It is a Crime to Be . Democrat, Then
 Iou Can Take 1f0 Ont and Hang Me
 NOw''-A Cyclone of 0rOans and Kisses
 Made Manifest the Final Determination
 of the Peoples Party to Form a Third
 Party and Nominate an Independent
 Presidential Candidate.
 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 24-'H it is 8 crime to be a Democrat, then you can take me out and hang me now" Thus, with quivering frame, distended eyes, up lifted arm and clinched fist, Congressman Charles T. Moses, of the Fourth Georgia District, hurled defiance at the delegates to the Industrial Conference. A cyclone of groans and misses followed.
 'Hang me now," repeated Moses, in 8 voice that penetrated the din, and again there was a chorus of groans, in the midst of which, shaking with passion and excitement, the Georgia Congress man sank back into his seat.
 In this exciting episode was made manifest the final determination of the delegates to declare in favor of the third party and au independent Presidential ticket Moses reached the city at the head of four delegates from the Farmers Alliance of his State, who had been designated to act by the State executive committee of the party. 0. 0. Post, the Alliance advocate, had proceeded him with the same number of delegates. who had been chosen by the different dis tricts
 Moses was avowedly in favor of fram- ing a declaration of principles and sub hitting them for approval to the Demo- cratic National Convention, opposing a third party ticket on the ground that it might result in the delivery of some of the Southern States to the Republicans. Post is an out and out third partyite
 The committee on credentials gave night and half a day to the contested delegation, and finally decided to seat three of the Post and two of the Moses delegates. It was on this proposition that the fight occurred.
 Outside of this episode the day was practically wasted. All that has so far been accomplished in twenty-one hours could have been done by 8 well-regulated assemblage in one hour. Business was continually interrupted with songs and storytelling.
 There were twenty-two organizations represented by the 700 delegates when they gathered. Colonel l.. L. Polk was made permanent chairman, after having once refused the gavel, and greeted with cries of ''Our next President P'
 Miss Frances Willard was literally carried to the platform and given a royal reception. John w. Hayes was elected permanent secretary. Warwick, of Vir- ginia, a delegate from the Colored Mems Alliance, was elected asSistant-secretary, but not without 6 good deal of opposi- tion from Georgia and Alabama dele gates, notwithstanding the conference had already informally .declar ed in favor of no color line.
 It took nearly two hours for the dele gates to get together and appoint their representatives on the various commit tees, and when the list came to be read it was found that nearly 8 third of the entire convention had be en made com mitteemen.
 During the afternoon session, Wilkins, of Ohio, submitted resolution demand ing the passage of the bill for free and unlimited coinage of silver. Willits of Georgia, amid great cheering, said nine- tenths of the great industrial and agri- cultural classes were in favor of free and unlimited coinage of silver, and insisted that the proper place for such @ demand was in the platform.
 In the end the resolution went on the table, and after Sen. Weaver's son had done whistling and banjo act, and Mrs Nichols, of Chicago had rendered 8 song that told how the gold and silver in the cellars of the White House was going to be cleared out when the people got to Washington, the convention adjodrned until tomorrow, morning