St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-28
THE PEOPLES RISING.
Our Own Sage and Some Others
Had the Key.

Had the Key.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 27.-Now that
the disturbed dust of Music hall has
settled back to its pristine resting
place, from which it was rudely flung
by the shouting throng of industrial
refOrmerS, some peculiar facts are
revealing themselves in the clearing at
mosphere. And they do not demon
strate particularly that the recent con-
ference was spontaneous uprising of
the downtrodden toilers of the earth,
but was rather controlled and run
by a few men, whose executive
abilities and perspicacity have
shown them to be of no mean order
of leaders. Indeed, to come down to
cold facts, the entire affair from the
issuing of the call by the Ocala conven-
tion to the present day has been coolly.
calmly planned, and not only planned
but executed by little coterie whose
names are j. B. Weaver, Ignatus DON
nelly, Herman E. Taubeneck, e. F.
Washburne, j. H. Davis. c. G. Post, of
Georgia, and j. l.. Norton, of Chicago.
And all this is learned directly from
one of the leading schemers. After the
Ocala call went out the conf erence at
Cincinnati was held and the Reform
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going into details, it is only neces-
sary to say here that it early became
evident that the Southern element was
strongly. opposed to independent
political action and that the leaders in
this line were DR.. Macune, Ben Terrell,
of Texas, and Livingstone, of Georgia.
Those in favor of such action saw that
something decided must be done, and
quickly. AT Indianapolis it became
still more strongly apparent and
the promoters of the third party action
began to formulate plans. 1t was
nothing more at first than that Weaver
and Donnelly should put themselves
forward and draw the fire of the enemy,
thus giving Washburne and Taubeneck
an opportunity to concentrate forces for
an attack Oh their flank. How we'll the
plan succeeded will be shown by this
story.
At meeting after meeting the third
party idea was pushed. In the supreme
council Of the Alliance the issue was
drawn on pledge offered to support the
action of the federal bodies. The
Southern leaders fought it, but were
defeated. A proposition to request
that all Alliance congressman should
caucuses was carried, despite the efforts
Of Livingstone ct al. The committee
appointed to call the national conven-
ton had began to evidence some pecul-
lar characteristics. This committee
consisted of Terrell, Taubeneck and
Bannigarten. Terrell, its chairman,
perSistently neglected to call the body
together to formulate call. Weeks
passed but no call; finally Taubeneck
and Bannigarten conferred and issued
the call from Washington.
In doing so st. Louis was selected
that the conference might be near Kan
sas and Nebraska, two strong Alliance
and third party states, and so be strong
ly Influenced in that direction. About
this tins Terrell began to ''hedge'' by
indorsing the call issued by the majority
of the committee. Matters were now so
shaping themselves that it was becom-
ing necessary to destroy the influence
of the Southern leaders opposed to
Third party action, especially Livings-
ton, of Georgia, and Macune and Ter
rell. of Texas. Here the Washburne--
Yaubeneck party showed its forces.
With the aid of Post of Georgia, and
j. I'll. Davis, of Texas, the alliances
of those two states were so worked upon
as to come to the support of the third
party, thus Tepudiating their existing
leaders and leaving them without a con-
stituence.
AS result of this situation, which
was planned for and deliberately
worked out, Watson become the real
lie ader of the Georgia Alliance. The
anti-third party feeling having thus
been :, practically stampeded, the
steerers came to st. Louis and began
their work here to control the conven-
ton, 1t was knoWa that Livingston