, 1892-02-23
SAME OLD STORY
Southern Delegates Threaten to
Secede if they Can Not Rule.

Trouble i'm the Convention of stAII
SOrts'' Now fn Session i'm the
city of st. LOuis-WhO the Off,
GERS are-Barred out Brethren.
ST. Louis, Feb. 23.-When the industrial
conference opened this morning Chairman
Connor stated if anybody was not present
for harmonious action, they might get out
of the way or be stepped upon. He then
announced that the committee on ereden-
tials had been in session all night, and was
now ready to present a partial report. At
an informal conference of prominent pro
hibitionists this morning, Chairman Dickie
and Miss Willard united in a resolution to
the effect that as a party the prohibition
lists could treat only with a political force
that declared for the same principles.
This, Miss Willard explained, does not in
the least interfere with the efforts being
made by herself and other prohibitionists,
as individuals, to secure such declarations
from the industrial conference as may serve
as basis Of future united political action
among labor and temperance reformers.
THE DELEGATES.
The report recommending the seating of
246 delegates from the Farmers alliance,
So from the f. M. B. A., 50 Knights of La
Dor, 81 National Farmers alliance, 25
National Citizens alliance, 81 Colored f.
M. B. A., 81 National Citizens Independ-
ent alliance, 65 Patrons of Industry, 25
Patrons Of Husbandry, total, 677. The
Farmers alliance was given 25delegates-at-
large, and thirteen minor detached Organi-
cations and individuals were given rep
resentation of So.
Ignatius Donnelly moved to amend, that
Miss Frances Willard, Lady Somerset,
Clara Hoffman and f. H. ingalls, be seated
as delegates representing the National
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Both the amendment and report was
adopted. 1t was resolved during recess
that a committee on platform be appointed
on compromise basis. The plan was to
give each national organization three rep
resentatives on the platform committee,
and each state one representative.
General Weaver moved the election Of
President Polk, of the Farmers alliance,
as permanent chairman of the convention
and it was carried unanimously. In an in
-stant PoWderly, of the Knights of Labor
was on his feet hotly protesting that
the proceedings were irregular. Others
added their protests and an Illinois dele
gate made a motion for a reconsideration
of the election of Polk. The motion was
promptly carried and it was decided to
vote by states instead of by organizations.
Polk then announced that the next order
of business was the election Of a vice presi-
dent and other officers. Miss Frances Will
lard and Ben Territl, of Texas. We're elected
vice presidents, John w. Hayes, of the
knights Of labor, was made secretary and
Warwick, a colored delegate from Virginia,
assistant secretary. a motion by Jerry
Simpson, OF Kansas, was made to adjourn
for two hours, pending which DR.. McCune
read telegram from Messrs Whitaker &
Davis, urging the conference to adopt a res
olution asking congress to pass the anti
option bill. McCune made a motion that
a special committee be appointed, but
finally a recess of thirty minutes was Sc
cured with the understanding that the
committee should be appointed.
THE SOUTH WILL SPLIT IT.
The most serious split is threatened BY
the action of large number of the south
ern delegates. AT caucus held last night,
it became evident that many southerners
are not in favor of third party action,
claiming that in leaving their old party,
the democratic, it would only strengthen
the republicans. Before the caucus closed
all the delegates from Georgia announced
that should the conference determine on
the third party, they would withdraw from
the body. Four ofthe six Alabama dele
gates announced they would do likewise, as
did delegates from Tennessee, Maryland
Virginia, West Virginia and the president
of the North Carolina state alliance. There
are also a number Of protesting delegations
representing various organizations which
are knocking loudly for admission, and
which threaten second conference if
barred out. These organizations which
are not represented on the credential COM
mittee and which have applied for repres-
entation in the conference are reform press
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der and monopolists, union reform club,
central nationalists, farmers league, alli-
ance assemblies, Industrial leagues and
many smaller organizations.