The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-23
THE THIRD PARTY
Terrill's Attempt to Kill the
Plan Signally Fails.
sTANFORD's MEN ARE AT WORK
Difficulties of Reconciling Diverse interests
Prohibition Stumbling Block-Opinions
of Polk, POwderly and Donnelly.

OF. LOUIS, rep. 22.-HaQ D0mD smell
exploded this afternoon in the midst of the
Industrial conference, it would not have
surprised the third party people one iota
more than did a motion made by Secretary
Hayes, OF the Knights of Labor, late in the
afternoon. A curious series of events led
up to it B. F. Terrill, of Texas, had been
selected to call the conference to order,
and during all the welcoming addresses
and throughout the speeches by Polk,
Powderly and Donnelly he tenaciously re-
tanned the chair, no move being made even
to effect temporary organization. At the
conclusion of the address Hayes jumped up
and moved that Acting Chairman Terrill
appoint the regular committees, pro-
ceediug which would practically have
given the Texan entire charge
of the convention. The third
party men were dumbfounded, and the
convention was Immediately in an uproar.
General Weaver sprang to his feet, yelled
that the motion was out of order and
quickly made motion that the convention
proceed to temporary organization. Friends
OF the new movement rallied and carried
the motion with a hurrah The cause OF
planned that the third party men believed,
whether justly or uniustly, that a com Dina
ton had been made between Macune, LlY-
lngston, Hayes and Terrill to down the new
party scheme. If the motion had carried.
they say Terrill would have appointed COM
mittees to suit the Ants. Apparently,
however, the opponents of the third party
movement are in hopeless minority.
1t was conglomerate gathering
| hot lion har
at this afternoon TO confer upon the de-
STABILITY of third party. Nearly dozen
national organizations were represented,
and talk among the delegates as to how
could the Prohibitionists be pacitied and
! dragged INTO the fold with declaration In
favor of Matchmaking liquor traffic was
one OF the subjects most eagerly discussed
by the delegates Assem- bled. Probably tn e
liveliest topic was whether the Leland
Stanford men would succeed in what was
said to be their secret purpose of forcing
the nomination of third presidential can
didate before the Democr attic or Repu0-
lican national conventions were held
! Two prominent Kansas men were under
stood to be quietly circulating among the
delegates pulling every possible string in
this direction for Stanfo The idea was
that should the big Californian be made the
third party standard bearer, he would
stand chance of endorsement in one or the
other of the national bodies later on.
| Before Benjamin Terril, of Texas, called
the convention to order the big hall was
lively with discussions by the national com
mittee of the Peoples party. Sixty nine
of the biggest guns OF the political army
were gathered on the stage. The MAR
body of the hall and the galleries were
filled with a group of delegates and spec
tators. A delegate from Oregon had the
floor for time, declaring the opening CUR
of the campaign would be fired by his state
and calling for help to carry Oregon for The
Peoples party.
The report of Schilling showed less than
$50 remained in the party exchequer anC
that of 81 200 subscribed at the Cincinnati
convention only one subscriber had turned
= in a cent. Chairman Tanbeneck wa
authorized to appoint committee of ten Il
canvass for funds
The committee was having a hot wranglt
as to whether it should record itself al
ordering the arrangements made for ma
tional nomination convention when TIT
hall was demanded by Marion Cannon
state president of the California Farmers
Alliance. 1t was decided before doing any
thing further to await the action of tn
convention II that body decided to tax
action looking to the nomination of presi
l Dental candidate the peoples party wouit
, go ahead upon its own hook Immediately.
While Terrell was getting the convention
under way talk among the delegates wa
that President Leonard, of the Missouri
f State Alliance be temporary chairman
a and that the permanent chairmanshi
would lie between Messrs. Polk and Pow
derby. The convention was called to orde
r at :25 by Terrell and it entered upon tn
work before il. Proceedings were opene
, with prayer, two hundred or more dele
gates rising. After the singing of tw
= songs G. P. Walbridge, president of tn
/ city council of St. Louis, welcomed tn
: convention in an eloquent address.
At 2:25 Terrill called the convention t
f order without the formality of an addres.
! and caused a smile by announcing that tn
Q congregation" would rise while proceed
5 ings were opened with prayer by Rev. MI
l., Basher, of Millageville, Ill. Miss Alic
: Mitchell, of the National Woman's All
S ance, sang
s 1.-THE STAR sANGLED BANNER
and the audience Joined in the chorus
Considerable meriment was elected whe
h Terrill went right on as matter
= course acting as chairman as though thel
4 was no such thing as a temporary or pc
maneut organization. Terrill, it was ge
orally understood, does not favor an imm
date third party presidential nomination
and it began to look as if he had conclude
= to shape things bit while he held IL
q reins. This impression was deepens
J. when he proceeded to read type-writte
l. document urging the convention to col
J. fine it's demands to land, transportatio
= taxation and money, leaving moral reform
s. till they had more time. This would lea
the prohibition issue out in the coll
and toward the rear of the stage al
among distinguished guests, could be Sc,
u Miss Frances Wizards features quick
= shaded by frown on the portentious pr
y portions, while the
THIRD PARTY OR BUsT''
m delegates throughout the hall gave ecu
IF signs of dissatisfaction.
\ President Polk of the National Allianc
at was introduced by Terrill and the a
nouncment made that Folks address wou
be followed by one from Powderly and g
other from Donnelly. At the mention
these three possible presidential candidat
81 the convention manifested much intere
Id President Polk said the farmers had
lg sembled here to perform solemn and
90 spons ible duty On Wan street and
Mt boards of trade money was u per Gel
lg In many small towns in the west mon
or was from 10 to 20 per cent. This had to
ee righted The farmer paid over 20 per ce
is of the taxes, and IT money can be borrow
in in New York on cotton and wheat at
lie per cent. why can't the same thing be dc
er in the west! He compared the gain
wealth in the New England states as CO
pared with the producing states of the w
and south as five to one of former agail
a latter. He entered a solemn prot
ed against these unequal conditions. In cl
or ing Polk said:
mr. 1--WE WANT RELIEF,
en- we demand relief, and 1 repeat now whs
c. have repeated from Maine to Califorr
RS we must have relief if we have to wipe
,s- old parties from the face of the cart
1T. This was greeted with tremendous
al. plause Something of an anti-climax Y
m created by some Polk enthusiasts in
nd gallery finging to the breeze at this iu
ture huge banner inscribed with wo