Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-24

into the convention Oy the Oomui'see
on Credentials seating Post and Branch,
the two Third party delegates, whom u
was sought TO shut out. Post, In tue
fiercest aud bitteress speech heard In tae
convention, denounced Congressman
Livingston, OF Georgia, as attempting
TO hand over the Alliance In that state,
bound hand and foot, to the Democratic
party.
After an exchange OF hot personaii-
ties and extraordinary confusion, the
report OF the credentials committee was
finally adopted by large majority,
substantial triumph for the Third par
tyites.
The row among the GeorgiaDs con-
tinued fiercely, however, and was only
ended by the Sergeant-at-Arms, club In
hand, forcibly jammiag the warning
Southerners down into their seats.
|. When Quiet had been measurably re-
store, the long list Of the members OF
the platform committee was finally CON-
pleted and read, making total OF near
ly $50 members.
The convention as whole was now
thoroughly disguised with the Georgian,
and plainly showed 1t with Kisses and
cat-calls. Jerry Simpson turned the
whole dispute in ridicule by suggesting
that half the Georgia delegates be ap-
portioned to Alaska to give them
chance to cool of.
IL was finally announced that the
Georglans had settled their fight, Post
being made platform representative
from Georgia, and Wilson, an anti
Third party man, the Georgia member
OF the anti-Option Committee.
The breath OF the delegates was taken
away later on by Willetts, of kansas,
who moved that the convention demand
the passage of the sub-treasury bill.
Wheat, lecturer for the X. OF L., was
the first of the delegates 10 pull himself
together. He moved TO lay Willetts
motion on the table, and on vote the
sub-Treasury was showed under.
Kelly, OF Kansas, offered resolution
that the appropriation pending in Con-
gress for a permanent census bureau,
be endorsed If provision were made for
continuing the investigation OF farm
mortgages as a permanent part OF the
work of the bureau. Jerry Simpson
warmly championed Kelly's motion ana
Simpsons efforts were heartily seconded
by Congressman, Livingston, of Georgia.
Between Livingston and Simpson
pulling together the convention, after
some dilatory discussion, adopted the
census resolution by an emphatic vote.
A discussion OF the seemingly burn
ing question OF free coinage was now
pitched among the delegates by Will
son, OF Georgia, offering resolution
that the Convention petition Congress
for the adoption OF the bill for the free
and unlimited coinage OF silver. Con-
gresham Livingston fought hard TO
have this resolution carried.
Terry. of Oregon, tackled on an amend
| ment demanding the passage OF sub
Treasury bill. Thunderous protests
put the free coinage resolution, strange
| as il may seem, In imminent danger OF
fla. defeat, so confused and befogged
had the issue become.
For nearly an hour after supper time
the convention, while waiting TO hear
from its mammoth committee on reso-
| lutlons, listened To funny, miscellaneous
! harrangues ana songs, but at last,
hungry and disappointed, adjourned
until tomorrow.
The Committee on Platform went
into executive session as soon as an ap-
proximately complete round up OF the
many members could be made. They
went to work hammer and tongs be-
hind closed doors, and kept up their
labors until far into the night.
During lull, Ignatius Donnelly,
who was leading member OF the COM
mittee, said to an Associated Press
representative that 1t had been
practically settled to incor-
porate in the platform the
sub-treasury scheme, free coinage Of
silver, woman suffrage and prohibition.
The latter point, Mr.. Donnelly said,
would probably cause somewhat anil
mated discussion, but he believed that
in modified form 1t would be part Of
the platform.