The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-24
CREATING a NEW PARTY.
DIsAFFECTED PoLIrIcrAssAT WORK
An Effort to Nominate Leland Stanford fol
President Faiis-Polk Elected Per-
manent Chairman.

was apparent among the delegates 10 the Ag-
ricultural and Industrial Conference AS they
slowly fled into tho Exposition building this
morning to attend the second session This
feeling had its origin in the developments OF
last night regarding the efforts that we're be-
ing put forth by the emissaries Of Senator
Leland Stanford 10 induce at least few Of
each organization represented 10 range
themselves under his banner as
Peoples party candidate for the presidency.
This scheme was discovered just in time
| TO prevent the efforts from becoming formida-
| bic. for the boomers OF the California million
/ aire had already begun 70 make AN I'M
| preston. On top OF this. however came the
| report that tie Southern delegates, who IN
! the convention yesterday were the most en-
J thusastic whenever reference was made 70
/ independent political action had unuer
/ the influence of Congressman Livingston
| and Moses. of Georgia decided to take
/ back track. II is known that both the rep
/ resentatlyes in question are opposed 10 Tue
/ Third party scheme. taking tho ground tnat
! the Democratic party ls the only nope or Tue
] South and that IF agricultural and industfal
! organizations withdrew from the DenOcrauc
/ party and went into a new party they could
/ not hope % win and the result would Only oe
/ u weaken the Democratic party and make
/ the Republican negro the dominating power
IN both.
Livingstone and others associated with the
! Southern element gave qualified denial 70
/ these reports. but nevertheless their circula-
/ tion was sufficient 20 create a spirit OF un-
easiness among those who have come mere
with the determination OF giving birth to the
new party.
no REPORT or CREDENTIALS.
The delegates we're slow in getting to-
| gether. and 20 make matters worse 1t was an
/ nounced that after pretty well an all-hiRn.
session, the committee on credentials WIS
unable 10 make its report. This was explained
/ by the fact that number of delegates repre-
! sentinp organizations. not included IN the
Official cali had been knocking at the door ior
recognition. They include Woman 3 Alliance,
] the Anti MOnOpolists the Alliance assemblies
/ of the Industrial Union, the l MON reform
Association and the Central Nationalists. ana
a lot of other organizations, the existence Oh
which none of the old delegates had ever
/ heard of before
There seemed 20 be q very strong suspicion
! in the cOmmitteethat these concerns were Oh
a mushroom growth. and that IN some OF them
at least the haDdiwork of the pOlltlcal striker
/ with an eve toward a possible barter SAFE altrI
/ the opening Of the national campaign couiu
| be dlscerned. Nevertheless II was agreed %
give all the elements that sought open sesame
! a chance 10 tell all about themselves and
] tlt4I IlONtilruA1s 'NN N----
/ that when the members OF the committee
separated we'll on towards daylight their work
! was still incomplete.
To while away the moment Of the opening
hour or more this mornings session Wss
! given un 20 a seance of Alliance songs. IN
| which Dixie" was mixed with doggerel con
| cerniug Jerry Simpson s cks ana the
/ Woes Of the Georgia and Kansas farmers.
Still tho committee was not IN signt, and 30
! Mrs Lease. of Kansas who General weaver
| introduced the Queen Mary OK the
J Alliance movement" att MAl 20
/ spite her good looks. tallor-made gown
| and exquisite millinery. has voice
| like n foehorn told her listeners or the wrongs
of labor and of the good time coming when
| they would be Tighted. Her speech deyel-
! oped the fact that the conference does not
| pr0pose 10 use any wOmans suffrage IN the
| buildinr Of the platform. When she lm-
| plored them 70 wipe out the sex line and
/ asked If there was "a man present vino would
dare To 20 out voice shouted yes and
there was great confusion.
TIE CONVENTION CALLED TO ORDER.
The appearance of the committee cut the
speech short and mt 1915 the convention
| WAS formally called 20 order. President
| Cannon asked the delegates 70 receive the
report in the spirit 10 was offered and not TO
precipitaie a Kilkenny fight. The report,
which was a unanimous one and covered all
the states except Georgia where there IS a
contest showed that nearly seven hundred
/ eeleeetes were present under the original
/ call. In addition. it was recommended
TO admit &l the editors OF the
reform press representatives OF the
National Farmers League of blaine, OF the
Union Reform Conference of the industrial
| Alliance Jerry Simpson 20 be one OF the mum
| ber of the Knights of Agriculture and the
| Wonans Alliance and Industrial mon. l.
! Donnellv moved the addition oil Miss Frances
! Willard adv Somerset and two other wO-
| men AS representatives Of the Woman Chris
tian Iemperance mon. This was agreed 10
with number Of dissenting votes ana then
/ the report wds adopted IN spite oi the yocIier-
| ous objections of number ot representa-
tlves OF the United Anu-MOnop0ly League.
| This made a total of twenty-five organlza-
| tons represented.
A wrangie of nearly an hours duration was
| OccaSoned by a resolution naming Colonel
| l. T. Polk as permanent chairman, which the
! chairman rushed through without putting
/ the negative question. 10 resulted IN Golk
| finally refusing to take the gayel. resOlu-
/ ton reconsidering the action bY which he
WAS elected was adopted and nominations Tor
chairman were then called Tor POLK was
/ aoaiu named. rs was also Ben Terrell. OF
! 1rxas but tho former was again elected by
uine-tenths' vote.
rOLR TAXES THE CHAIR.
ON taking the chair Polk who was greeted
! with prolonged cheering and a few cries OF
Our candidate for President" male an ad-
dress mainly d repetition of his utterancos
Yesterday As yice-presideats Frances Vii
lard and Ben. Terrell We're unanimously
chosen. Miss willard was literally carried 70
the platform. and given a right social recep-
ton when she reached there. John W. Hayes
was elected permanent secretary. Warwick
OF Virenia. a delegate from the COlorsd
Farmers Alliance. was elected assistant
secretary. but not without good deal
opposition fIon the Georgia and Alabama
deieqates. Notwithstanding the conference
had already informally declared IN favor OF
no colored men. 4 dispatch Was received
from two Alliance members AT Washington
asklng that the strongest possible resolutions
be adopted IN favor OF the hnt-Option bills
now before Congress. and resolution for the
annofntrrent ol "A committee 10 comply with
the request was adopted by a nearly unani-
mons vote The convention then took q re-
cess until 2.3O.
MES. JEWELL DAS NO REGRETS.
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