The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-02-25

with the majority report. Poverty must
he cured before intemperance. he moVeo
20 Law the minority report on the table. -.
On a viva voce vote the conyentlon spnU
svenIv and Miss Willard demanded
formal division.
that he had been assured that the prohibi-
tion party would be content with tne
adoption of either woman suffrage or
prohibition plank.
Coached by Mr. Powderly, Miss Emma
Curtis of Colorado offered a substitute Tor
the minority report, demanding that
woman suffrage be submitted TO the legis-
latures of the various states ana territories
for favorable action ,
the problem" ,.,
The previous question was demanded,
and Miss Curtis substitute went through
with crushing majority
Mr. Powderly had consultation WIN
Miss Willard, and soon afterwards II was
announced, IN his name, that MISS GURUS
,ronosition. as part of the platform, had
been withdrawn to be offered later as
simple resolution.
To the surprise of everybody, Miss Cur,
tis declared that she had not authorized
the withdrawal of her proposition
1t was Mr. Powderly's purpose to nave
Miss Willard's plank adopted as suostl-
cute for Miss Curtis.
Finally a division was called for on Miss
Curtis blank. Il looked as if the Pow
derly-Weaver following were resenting
the ''spuukiness'' of Miss Curtis; but Mr..
Powderly automatically counteracted this
;mnression by attempting after the roll
cali had ended to add the votes OF the
knights of Labor in body IN favor OF the
minority report
Secretary HAYES declared the minority
report carried-254 to M6-countlng the
Knights of Labor organization as VoUlng
solidly ave- Unofficial taliy-keepers made
the totals very different-352 noes to 23o
ayes-defeating the minority report, even
counting the knights as voting 81 ayes.
Meanwhile Miss Willard and Lady
Somerset had slipped out OF the nail un-
observed, and did not again return:
Mr.. Powderly shouted to all the knights
.of Labor to follow him outside OF the nall
for a caucus. TheiFarmers' Alliance, at
the call of DR. Macune, also temporarily
withdrew. Notwithstanding the loud pro-
test of National Lecturer Willis OF Kan
sas, tha: the action amounted to breaking
I'D the convention in a row
After a half hours painful uncertainty,
the convention slowly got together again.
IgnaUius DonnellY was granted three
minutes, and declared that all the busl-
ness of the convention could easily be I'm
unanimous consent the little woman suf-
frage matter ne smoothly urged, adopt
the whole majority platform report, APP
point a committee to act with the national
committee of the Peoples party TO call
national convention to nominate candI-
dates for president and vice president of
the United States and the thing is done"
The idea took like wildfire. Two min
utes later the majority report was adopted
without a solitary voice of dissent En-
thuSiastic cheering broke forth on every
hand. Hats. papers, umbrellas, hags-
everything portable within reach-was
flung into the air. There was ten minutes
of continuous applause, stopping only
with five minutes more OF tremendous
GLORY, glory. hallelujah!'
The woman suffrage resolution as a sub
Etitute for the prohibitOry plank was lost
sight of in the excitement, but it came to
the surface again. The previous question
was called, and it was adopted as sep
Hrate resolution without further opposi-
ton.
Numerous efforts to have the convention
proceed TO appoint the committee sug-
gested by Mr.. Donnelly to act with the
Peoples party national committee were
wholly Intellectual under the rulings OF
Acting Chairman Terrell, and the insist
ence of National Lecturer Willis of the
Farmers Alliance upon motion to ad-
lourn sine die.
DIR. Macune of the Farmers Alliance
announced, however, that all the delegates
would hold a mass meeting in an individ
al capacity Immediately after adjourn
ment.
Without stirring from their seats the
delegates, after Mr.. Terrelps gavel fell,
ostensibly adjOurning the convention,
went right on, but with General Weaver
IN the chair, and appointed the much
a3ikpl- of committee as follows.
Van Wyck of Nebraska, Macune of Tex
rs, Branch of Georgia. Powers of Nebras-
ka. Mcguire of New York, Polk of North
Carolina. Willis of Kansas, President
Humphreys of the.National Colored Alli-
Hnce, Hackett of Missouri Larnett of the
Illinois Farmers Mutual Benefit assoca-
tion, Morrill, (colored) of Louisiana, Seitz
of Ohio. Mary T. Lease of Kansas, Mrs.
Dobbs of Texas, and Benjamin Terrell of
Texas