The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-09-08
PEOPLES PARTY.
Lincoln County In the Pool
with a Branch Organ
ization.
A Not Altogether Harmonious Meet
ing Results In Organization and
Preparation for Work.

Of Peoples party in this county, circu.
lated freely about town from Friday last
until Mond ~, and on Monday afternoon
about lao signatures bad been obtained.
Many Of these signatures, however, are
SAID to have been placed there under the |
impression that the call was for a Silver |
League meeting only.
At The appointed hour on Monday evs-
ming the courtroom was crowded, and
after some waiting the meeting was called
to order, Hon, G. H. Patchen elected
chairman, and Ernest L. Godbe, secre.
tary The chair proceeded to read the
cali. VIM. Culverwell desired to know
II this was Silver League meeting. or
what? He was informed that it was
Peoples Party meeting, whereupon, with.
out farther discussion. the appointment
Of committee t. draft call for the
holding of Primaries aud County Coz.
veution was considered, and John
Wheatley, WIN. Culverwell, George
Miller, Herman Hartung and Max Scha,.
Ter were appointed as such committee.
The committee was about to proceed,
when AL. Thorne, in the audience, chair
man of the Democratic Central Commit.
tee of this County. arose aud objected TO
VIM. Culverwell serving on the present
committee until his resignation Is Score.
cary Of the Democratic Central Commit
tee should be handed 10. Culverwell re-.
spoAded that there was no longer .
Democratic party in Lincoln county; he
had nothing to resign; that he with six
others, Thorne himself being among the
number, had met ten days ago and disor.
sanlzsd and disbanded the party. Thorns
. answered that the action was reconsider
ed and had not yet been finally decided.
aud until it was he would object to Gull
, verwell serving. as he couldn't fill the
Q two positions at the same time. Culver
0 we'll retaliated with some warmth that
he considered there no longer was q Dem
q ocratic party and he was going to act
8 with the present committee.
y A recess of Is minutes was taken
q when the committee announced thei
). readiness to report. The report as sub
, mitted appears 10 another column in thi
}. issue, fixing dates for primary election
h and convention.
a The recommendation OF the report tina
20 the meeting adopt the principles of th
a Peoples party, caused some comment an'
It inquiry as to what those principles were
No explanations were offered; no cop
even O. the Peoples party platform al
peared to be present. and when the quei
ton was repeated several times, one {
- the committee jumped up and stated thi
it didn't make any difference what thos
princi )les there.
. The report OF the committee was adoE
w to as read and the chair proceeded
ne appoint Central Committee for the OF
~ G .niz.tioo, as follows; G. II. Patchel
H. G 30. $. Sawyer, 7. Edwards, Jo
ne Eisenm ,nn, Jno Whsstley, VIM. Gu
ne verwell, Michael Williams and Ernest
ms Go ibe.
nj The meeting by this time was consi
IT. erAbly reduced in numbers, those wit
'p' drawi ,g evidently not being in sympatl
no W th the movement or, having attend,
sos more from reasons of curiosity than an
DIG thing else.
no After some desultory discussion Of ga
ND ersl matters, the meeting adjourned al
the further business Of the organizati
will be conducted by the Central Co
mittee.
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