The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-07-15
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.

TIE BLUE AND the GRAY
The North and South Clasp Hands Acroee
the bloody Chasm and Take New Dss
parture.
The following is taken from the ola.
cial record Of the proceedings Of the
St Louis conferences:
Hon. ]. F. Willis, of Kansas, then
moved that the conference adjourn
sine die, but that before the motion
was put he desired to make . personal
apology to Brother Macune for some
expressions he had made with regard
to the brothers intentions and desires
in regard to the conference He then
gave way for DR.. Macune to make an
announcement The doctor declared
Mr.. Willis explanation to be per.
fectly satisfactory, that he had always
cherished for Brother Willis the high
est regard and had taken no offense at
anything he had said He the seconded
the motion to adjourn sine die, but
asked the delegates to remain quietly
in their seats a moment after adjourn.
ment until he could make an
announcement The conference then
adjourned sine die and DR.. Macune
again mounted his chair and
said that it had been arranged that the
delegates to the industrial conference
should at once re-convene as a mass
meeting of citizens to arrange for car.
rying into effect the demands of the
conference and he nominated Gen.
j. b Weaver, of Iowa, as chairman Of
the mass meeting. The motion was
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house and carried unanimously and the
general advan ced to the platform, and
was introduced by acting chairman
Hon. Ben. Terrill as "a man who more
than fifteen years ago had fought for
almost identically the same principles
on which they were now all united; a
man whose faithfulness had been
demonstrated by long years of service
in the cause of the people, and whom
all knew to be equal to any duty which
might be imposed upon him."
When the general had assumed the
gavel motion was made and carried
that the chair appoint committee OF
fifteen for this meeting to confer with
the national executive committee Of
the peoples party and arrange as to
time and place to nominate candidates
for president and vice-president. The
following were appointed as said com.
mittee:
c. H. Van Wyck, Nebraska; C. W.
Macune, Texas; M. j. Branch, Georgia;
j. II. Powers Nebraska; Thomas b
Mcclure, New York; ]. F. Willis,
Kansas; L. L. Polk, North Carolina;
Pierce Hackett Missouri; L. B. Nor.
rill louisiana; H. NJ Gilbert, Illinois;
7. B. Gaskins, Florida; John Zeitz,
Ohio; Mrs. M. E. Lease, Kansas; Mrs.
DIR. Dabbs, Texas; Mrs. Annie L.
Diggs, D. c.; w. H. Warrick, Virginia;
Ben Terrill, Texas.
Wednesday evening the joint COM
nittee met on the stage at Music hall
and together issued a call for a nation
al nominating convention to be held at
Omaha, Neb., on July 4. the basis OF
representation to be eight delegates at
large from each state and four from
each congressional district, making a
total of 1,776 delegates.
The following is the official call for
the national convention:
To the People of the United States:
The national committee of the peoples party
Of the United States, acting in conjunction with
the following: c. H. Van Wyck of Nebraska;
G. w. Macune, of Texas; M I. Branch, OF
Georgia; J. H. Powers of Nebraska; R. M.
Humphrey of Texas; L. D. Laurent of Louis.
lana; Marion Cannon, of California; 7. P. Ma.
guire OF New York; J. H. Willis, of Kansas;
l.. L. Polk, Of North Carolina; Pierce Hackett,
Of Missouri; H. M. Gilbert, of Illinois, John
Seitz of Ohio; Mary E. Lease. of Kansas;
IF rio IF NJ, hi
Mrs. DR.. Dabbs of Texas; A. p. Passed. Of
Florida, and Ben Terrell, of Texas, representa-
tives of a certain meeting of members of various
labor organizations of this country held in the
city OF ST. Louis, on the oath day Of February,
1892, respectfully submitted to the people Of the
United States preamble and platform of the
conference OF said labor organizations Of our
nation held on the I'D, 23d and oath days OF
February 1892, in the city of st. Louis
We urge that all citizens who support the de-
mandS shall meet on the last Saturday in March
next in their respective towns and villages, and
hold public meetings and ratify these demands,
and take steps to organize preparatory to elect.
ing delegates to rational convention, and we
call upon all duly qualified voters of the United
States who are in favor Of these principles and
Of nominating candidates for president and vice.
president on the above platform, to send dele.
gates to a convention of the peoples party to be
held at Omaha, July 4, 1892, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon. Inc executive committee OF the pe0-
pies party in each state is charged with the
duty Of promulgating this call and Of fixing
the time and place and method by which the
said delegates shall be chosen The basis Of
representation shall be four delegates from each
congressional district and eight delegates from
each state at large, making the total number
seventeen hundred and seventysix. We call
upon all citizens Of the United States to help us
make our principles triumphant We believe
that if the voters neglect their duty this year,
1t may be impossible in any future canvass to
protect the rights Of the people and save the
free institutions Of our country. The voters
must protect themselves; they can expect no
one else to defend them. In the name OF the
rights Of the people, the homes of the land and
the welfare of all future generations we call
upon ell honest men to come to our support in
this great contest
H. E. TAUBENECK.
Chm Peoples Party Nat Com.
ROBERT SCHILLING,
Sec. Peoples Party Nat. Com.
BEN TERRELL,
H. L. LOUCKS,
For the committee appointed at st. Louis
meeting.
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