The record-union., 1892-07-05

ernment should own and operate rail-
roads IN the interest of the people. The
telegraph and telephone, like the Post
office system, being a necessity for the
transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the Government in the
interest of the people of the land. Land,
including all natural sources of wealth,
is heritage OF the people, and should
not be monopoliZed for speculative pur-
poses, and alien ownership of land should
be prohibited. All land held by railroads
and other corporations in excess OF their
actual needs, and all new lands should
be reclaimed by the Government and
held for actual settlers only"
A regular Baptist camp-meeting chorus
greeted the land plank. The conclusion
of the reading Of the platform was
warmly greeted, and its adoption moved,
and, though a Missouri delegate was
striving for some unknown purpose to
get recognition, it was put through by
unanimous consent.
Then the convention broke over all
restraint, and went wild. Delegates
arose in their chairs, cheering, swing
ing coats, waving hats and fans,
and throwing things in the air. Sew
eral delegates seized Branch of
Georgia, Chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions, and trotted him up and down
the main aisles on their shoulders. A
number of delegates seized the uprightS
used TO hold the placardS designating the
place of the State delegations, and rushed
with them to the platform, forming cor
don about the whole platform.
Banners and placards were rushed
down from the stage, and an imprOmptu
procession, to which new adherents were
constantly received, started around the
body of the hall, in which the delegates
sat, drGmmers heading the marchers.
Connecticuts banner said: Congress,
and not the people, will be damned"
'Shylocks' twins-GrOVer and Ben.'
The crowd broke forth time and time
again IN applause. w omen Joined In the
movement, getting in line and marching
with their male associates, the men not
in line shouting encouraging cries of
Fright, sisterl''
After twenty-five minutes of this sort
of thing the leaders concluded to stem the
tide, but it was hard work. The remark
able demonstration still continued, and
| forming in the center of the hall, the
band played yankee Doodle" and
Dixie" while a number of enthusiastic
delegates sang party songs.
Taubeneck had during part of the lat
ter scene following the adoption of the
! platform been IN despair, seeking to get
an opportunity Of making himself heard
gram just received. A surmise that the
dispatch was from Gresham spread like
wildfire, and from all over the hall peo-
! pie ran to get information from Taube-
neck, while others became excited and
added to the confusion by bowling down
their neighbors. People on the. stage
were the noisiest, and lngerson of Kan
sas, regardless of the rapping of the
| Chalrman's gavel, eXcitedly rushed up
and yehemently warned them to keep
| quiet.
Chairman Loucks, whose speech on
first taking the gavel in the morning
stamped him as anti-GreSham, sought
now to create diversion against an i'm
minent stampede of the convention to
Gresham. He made speech Of some
| length on various issues.
Taubeneck finally got on the platform,
and the convention was comparatively
quiet, but attention was again taken
| from the matter of rea. interest by the
chair recognizing, instead of Taubeneck,
a delegate named Wadsworth of Indiana,
who made rambling address of con-
siderable length
! Then Taubeneck, telegram in hand,
| was at last accorded a hearing. az have"
said he, ''iust received a telegram from
DIR. Hauser of Indiana. In order that
you may know what credit to place in it,
! / will tell you who he is. He is the pres
ent candidate for Lieutenant-Go
on the Peoples party ticket, and author
! of the celebrated work, Is Marriage a
Failure [Laughter.l This is the tele-
gram:
81 have seen Gresham. If unanimous
he will not decline.'
The effect of this telegram was cleo
! trical. Thousands Of people sprang in
stantly to their feet, and thousands of
voices cheered again and again for
| Gresham. There seemed no doubt among
those wildly cheering enthusiasts that
majority of the delegates were for
I 10 Il l...f,1
! ing of this dispatch Brown of MaSSa-
chusetts took the stage Equal rights to
all; special privileges to nOne," he said.
| Loud cheers. 1.-The Chairman has made
| the announcement that Gresham will
accept if nominated unanimously. [Cries
Of That's rightn' and more cheering,
| yisibly to the annoyance of the speaker, /
[ hold in my hand a letter from Chair
man Page of the Virginia State Alliance,
in which he tells me his name may 90
before this convention for President, and
after full, free and fair expression of the
will Of the convention, he is prepared to
abide by the result. Faint cheers and
laughter.l This is just a little better
| than Gresham, who wants it unanimous. y
Here the audience arose en- masse.
"Gresham! Gresham! Three cheers for
| Gresham!' "Hurrah for Greshamr' rang
through the hall for several seconds, and
the words were accompanied by wild
manifestations of enthusiasm.
Brown, resentfully, yelled, Il do not
| propose to attempt to stampede the con-
vention with the aid OF the gallery. That
is an old party trick"
A yolley of Kisses, loud and long-con-
tinued, greeted this statement, and again
Chairman Louck interfered shouting.
This is disgrace to the convention"
Instantly Robert Schillingwish sprang
to his feet. No gentleman has a
| .ifrl,t TO 4I,af Nlair
tional Committee and our convention
he said, amid ringing cheers. "No one
has right to so insult us by making
charges and fraudulent insinuations
agains the party's Chairman"
Indescribable confusion followed, and
recriminations were hurled back by the
two factions.
When silence was restored Brown
apologized for anything he might have
! said in the heat of the moment. Then
| Mrs. Lease eibowed her way to the front
and shouted in her stentoriau voice: ~
too have receive message, i am author
lied to say that if the nomination is ten
dered unanimously even General Harri-
son Will not decline" Derisive laughter. 7
The Gresham people, however, were
not dismayed by these evidences of sharp
opposition to their candidate and the
cheers were renewed.
At this point the opposers of Gresham
MADE cIeVef move 10 prevent his name
carrying the convention by storm.
Paul Nandervoort of Nebraska, who is
bitterly opposed to Gresham having been
removed from office by Gresham when
the latter was Postmaster General.
claimed recognition. With remarkable
deXterity he shifted his position and as
suIned the role of Gresham enthusiast.
IF it is true" said he, That Walter @.
| Gresham Will accept on the platform of
the PeOple;S marty I will Supnort hi yD
with all my heart, and second his nomi-
nation in this convention"
I Nandervoort then moved that the con-
vention adjourn after the nomination