The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-04
TIE SECESSION CONVENTION.
A Very SMALL MISUNDERSTANDING ton'a
Beferato Has Twenty Votes.


81. LOUIS Oct. a-The pan-Amerlcan oa-rne-
fsiiic convention assembled hare this morning
with only about leo delegates present. In re-
sponss 70 welcoming addresses = = hing. OF
Kansas. delivered hitter populstic speech
Gov. B. r. Tiiinaan, Of South Carolina. was
elected temporary chairman. He declared
that tho small atfendsnce at the con-
vsntion was due 20 the power of the
press 20 smother the efforts OF the
masses 70 gain their proper place, but for all
that he dared 10 say the time was coming when
the West and south would join hands ano win
their right II not by agitation. then by the bal
lot God forbid that we should array one
section against another. but God forbid
more that one section should ever be-
come the slave OF another. We OF the South
had felt the pressure Of secttonalisn, ana
had felt IL until the West In its ptifal cowardly
adhesion to the East had come 70 feel it.too; had
felt the iron enter its soul MOI not sectionslism
but it wss proposed 70 exercise the right TO
vote. govern their own states and send repre-
sentasives 70 congress TO better voice the senti-
menis OF their constituents than some now
there
The credentials committee reported 1e6 dele
gates, representing Colorado. lowe, Texas. In
diana. Mont8ns, Kansas, South Carolina, New
Mexico. Old Mexico, Arkansas and Mis-
souri,. II was decided that each state dele
CATION should cast twenty votes, while the
other delegates would have "A individual one.
Fl. C. Walters of Washington. delegate from q
state whose governor refused to appoint, Was
given power 20 cast the states entire vote of
twenty. as was also J. X Weatherforo. of Oregon,
for his state.
The committee on permanent organisation
reported the following names for officers of the
convention: President Gov Iewelling. of
Kansas; vice president, N. Il. Benton, of Mis-
souri,: secretary. 0ney Newell, of Colorado;
assistant secretaries. Samuel b. Cook, OF
Missouri, aud W. IL. Cup. of Arkansas
President Lewelling briefly thanked the conven-
tion, urging that the deliberations OF the assem-
blaGe be carried on with care and caution, that
the result desired might be accomplished with
out alternating thnss who would be friends. lie
presented Mrs. Mary Z. Lease. OF Kansas.
MIRA Lease opened with declaration that the
crisis now on was more dangerous than that
which confronted the American people in 1-56
She proceeded 10 argue for union OF the West
and South against the boadholders OF the East
committee on resolutions was appointed as
follows: Iowa, James Il. Weaver: Old Mexico,
NJ. Taylor: Colorado. ID. II. Waite; Kansas, J.
W. BreidenthaI: Missouri, r. N. King; Mon
tana. J. W. Powers; south Carolina, Gov. TILL
man; Oregon, J. K weatherford; Texas, Otto
Z. Peekelman; Warrington. H. C. Walters.
President A. C. Fisk. OF the Pan-American b.
Metallic Association, made an address in behalf
of bi-metalIism, the Nicaragua canal and use of
the Mississippi and other rivers leading TO the
Gulf. thereby scvering relations with the East to
benefit the West, to the extent of at
least SIS 100000 of freights to Europe on -four,
wheat aud corn and much more on other pro-
ducts. Gen. J. b. Weaver briefly addressed the
convention in favor of bi-metaliism and then
the convention adjourned until tomorrow.