The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-01
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BBSB5Ess Gna THE PLATFORM.
0g1Ra AAsaNle Mspsst ON Free silver
$E58SA#SAH A1A4S4s hy : Good Majority.
MS# M-The minority re-
1AS Mq6A \ up asction by section and no
\ 1StoWsgA M1 SgEN0ccurred until the financial
#Maa 0alsV ~ were reached. An effort
SMe1smed9A 1Sbstitute the minority plank
SsM9 sAsau9e SSEat&siiamsntary tangle which
SNa1a f0ftASs E6SmplicAted by an amendment
S6M6eA6 NJ Sflarts, Of Illinois. having in
SSNtSMS ~ ASn6hatitute for both, u declara-
aAls1Nkpr thS 1sSs coinage OF tho American
SlpSc6s1IuA HrSf. Dickie endcavored to cut
sck saIa dsssssassEsbut ex-Goy. st. John
Sssss z 81. sass \ p soptinue Int The os
en AppssllS lsea Sks decision Of the chair it
SN9na tey1reea kY \ vote of 1872 to 453, and
SA4eso WAsA MNf@@Sdiscussion Of the silver
QnseAion, An JohnSand Hit, of California.
SShsmpl0ntn9sA reo o%oin.ge. and Carr and
amsndmenS Nas beaten and the minority
esPort defsaAsd W Z vote of 1877 to BIG.
ElaMk Nod relating to finance, was then
AAdopt4d Without division. A vote by states
SSRas A6snSStako on the fourth plank, It
M 6AAN xNteoeed ny a vote of BIO to 296. At
SSAAet th1& EeNSA0inaRe men were beaten an
ana ADOPT Z resolution for free coinage."
4nA. IA WAa ruled out Of order.
tari& light followed. but it took only
teWm inutes to defeat the minority plank
NJ adept the majority.
I'M o1her planks went through without
ArnNn4Niont, though meeting with opposi-
NtpAnss Aev: George Woody, 2 colorsd dele
BaNAt4 from Nebraska, offered in addition to
sbel51vina in the purity Of the ballot and
freedom OF elections We denounce the two
8ol4 pettiss for purchasing votes, fraud and
\ lntalGiAation.'' The amendment was de.
n ent9s4 The passage of the public school
aTta1kSNss Rreeted with vocifsrous cheering
A1NSRS641n completed the minority resolution
tRyonded a. an addition to the platform.
Inviting into tho party all persons who are
With tho prohibitionists on the liquor ques-
1ton - the dominant issne. then came up
nd prscipitated a fight. Mrs. Cougar, st.
Jgs06n and tho strong anti-fusionists opposed
iNs and II was defeated. When st. John
emMNMx0fed TO put the platform as a whole
0n3AgGSpaasaRe considerable confusion arose,
"A Sgies of gag rule'' were raised.
$O&elS4s ~ an amendmsnt to insert the
WOkd4ssescOnH OF gold, silver and paper"
l@hetW&Gn the words should" and 'be is
SsuSdsssin the first line of the financial plank.
AZ bdlnk discovered that the words were in
adxertsntly omitted they we're reinserted.
A0 AS00RA4ANA0AA ~ DOANS V0o ""A4pHoNS
prscsden4, Riying opportunity to renew the
SILVER squabhte. much to the annoyance o
Shols who wanted to finish the work. III
feeling WAs elsO e~nRsndered in another di-
1sction. and shere was danger of a big
split. not only II the convention. but in
tho party. out of the bolt of some members
of The New Ycrk, Pennsylvania and other
delegations. SssSS
The hnsncialand other economic planks
are extremely distasteful, and the minority
AAnA0nASN- vnAhSA~ rehabilitation <hn oul- Aook
Of party fsalsy = the principal tie still
binding them to the party. Its defeat was
taken to heart n members acknowledged
that some Of their associates are thinking
ct l1AIin9-lhe convention. The trouble
80 known only y NE leaders and Stevens,
and moved to take the fealty resolution
from the table and ada it to the platform.
WoldenberRer. of Nebraska. opposed it.
while Chairman Duckie defended. Mrs:
Cougar. amid q scene of yelling and
disorder, asked Wardwell. treasurer of the
Standard Oil company, if he had made a
statement that unless the convention
adopted the plank he would walk out of
4hs convention n desert the prohibition
party. When the uproar subsidized Ward
we'll denied the statement. which was
greeted with great enthusiasm.
After aome further debate. and amid
considerable disorder, the resolution was
added to the platform. and the star OF
peAco once again shone on the party. The
platform 10 q whole was then adopted. and
aftsrIArda the following resolution. offered
~ NAv.J. g. Evans, of Abingdon, ILL.,,
carried: ssRssolved. That we favor a lib
erAl appropriation by the federal govern
msnt Tor the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
tion, but only on condition that the sale of
tntoxicatinR drinks upon the exposition
grounds b prohibited. and that the exposi-
sion be kept closed on Sunday" On motion
~ 81. John ii was ordered that the conven-
fion reasonable at $3.50 and proceed to
ballot for . candidate FOX president Of the