The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-07-05

the plank In favor OF governmental con.
troll OF all telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS, and were repeated which the read.
ing was finished. Then the entire pre-.
amble and platform were put to another
and adopted by acolamation amid an
other scene Of boiSterous enthusiasm.
Branch, Of Georgia, chairman Of the
committee, was lifted on the shoulders
Of a stalwart Texan and carried around
the hall, while men. women and chill
dren shouted themselves hoarse and
waved everything within reach. Hum
dreds Of otherwise cool beaded dele
gates, seized with frenzy, stripped
themselves Of coats and In some cases
their vests, SO that their limbs would be
more free TO wave whatever they could
get hold of. AS II by magic hundreds
Of stars and stripes made their appear
ance all over the hall, while one OF inn
mense size was borne up to the platform
and waved inFtxirimph above all.
When the demonstration had been
goiMg on for fifteen minutes the chair
men of the various state delegations
took possession Of the state ban&ers, ETC.,
headed by fife and drum &Jrps, pro-
ceeded to march around the hall, max
ing the complete circuit half dozen
times over. II was demonstration
that entirely eclipsed the memorable
Blaine furore at Minneapolis in point of
enthusiasm, noise and striking situa-
tons.
Chairman Taubeneck, of the national
committee, got the platform and an
nounced telegram from DR.. Houser, Of
Indiana, candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor on the Peoples party ticket, say
ing that Judge Gresham would accept ia
unanimous nomination. Immediately
there was another scene of wild enthusi-
asm. In quiet moment Mr.. Taubeneck
moved that the convention adjourn until
8 Up. m. in order to verify the dispatch.
The motion was declared carried, but
the audience still remained in the hall,
che eripg for Gresham.
The Gresham Cyclone.
"Gresham will acceptr The news
spread over the floor like wild fire.
There was low murmuring sound like
distant warning, andSthen it grew and
grew into roar as though a dam had
burst its borders and an avalanche of
water was sweeping down from noun
tain to valley. Then the scene changed.
The friends of Judge Gresham went
fairly wild in the frenzy Of their en-
thusiasm, and the supporters Of General
Weaver in their frenzy of maddening
disappointment and bitterness. The
former dance about like the widest Of
aborigines. The score of delegates of
both elements made break at each
other, each one meanwhile clamoring
for recognition Of the chair. "Trick, a
dirty trick" yelled an Iowa man as he
swung his first in close proximity to the
nose Of General Secretary Hayes, of the
Knights of Labor, and Hayes swung his
own big fist in the air, brought it with
crash on the table and declared that 10
body should charge him with being
priyy to any trick.
Taubeneck sought the recognition of
the chair, but the latter, who was an
ally of the Weaver forces, kept his face
in another direction, and at last, when
semblance Of order had been secured,
he sought to break the force of the COM
ing developments by reading telegram
from j. M. Emery, of Lansing, Mich,
TO the effect that he had just been ad-
vised by the local postmasters that or
ders had been received from Postmaster
General Wanamaker at Washington to
the effect that q pamphlet by Mrs. u. V.
Emery, entitled the "Seven Financial
Conspiracies," labor and Alliance text
book, bad been excluded from the mails.
The afforded Chairman Locks, an oppor-
tunity Of malfinga brief speech in which
ho oOOhCu tuo pUbLL1habCI AGuCTdl IOI ulb-
eliminating against Alliance literature.
By this time the s&arnor for Taubeneck
had become so general that the chair
man could no louger ignore him. Step
ping up to the very edge of the stage he
commenced: ~ have just received q
telegram from DR.. Houser, of Indiana,
that wish to read. The telegram is as
follows: have just seen Gresham, IL
unanimous he will not decline"
Two thirds of the convention was on
it's feet. end once again the hall rang
with cheers and ebullitious of joy and
enthusiasm. The confusion might have
continued indefinitely had mot Brown,
Of Massachusetts,, a leader Of the Weaver
forces, climbed upon the platform and
demanded a rehearing. He said: 81
hold in my hand letter from General
Page, chairman Of the Virginia State
Alliance, In which lie tells me his name
may go before the convention, and after
full expression Of the convention he
will abide by the result This is just a
little better than Mr.. Gresham, who
wants it unanimously"
Chairman Loucks indignantly vocif-
Grated: "That is disgrace to this con-
vention. We stand upon our principles
Of equal rights to all"
Thereupon Brown apologized to Tau
benecR and the convention. Taubeneck
moved that the convention adjourn un-
ill 8 6o'clock, and the motion was adopted
byalarge majority. At 8 o'clock a re-
cess was taken.
The convention was called to order at
6:30. News that Gresham had given
the final refusal to accept the nomina-
tion had been received and it acted like
wet blanket.
Weaver and Field Nominated.
The platform having been adopted
candidates for the presidency were
placed In nomination. The candidates
were: General ]. B. Weaver, of Iowa;
Senator j. H. Kyle. of South Dakota;
General Field, of Virginia, and Senator
c. II. Van Wyck, Of Nebraska. Speeches
were concluded at 1890 o'clock, when
the first ballot was taken. It resulted
as follows: Weaver, 995; Kyle, e75;
scattering, 2. The nomination of Gen
eral Weaver was made unanimous
General James G.. Field, of Virginia,
was nominated for vice president on the
first ballot-ths vote standing, Field,
1888; Terrell, b54.
After the usual votes of thanks tn,
convention adjourned sine die.