The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-26

Organization was completed this morning
by eiecting Hon. w. j. Mcconnell,
governor of Idaho, president, and Julian
Sontag of San Francisco chamber of COM
snerce, secretary.
San Francisco was selected as the place
for holding the next congress, the time
Tor its converting to be determined by the
executive committee.
The second day of the Trans Mississippi
congress was very harmonious, with two
or three exceptions.
Colorado hada shot box'' on pretty
much every question and the other dele
cations were formed into bucket brigade
to throw water on the overheated axle of
the Trans Mississippi train.
After the Colorado car was cooled down
sufficiently for the train to move, itwould
make but little Roadway until a smoke
would be discovered rising from the GEN.
tennial hot box. LATE Pence, the young
agitator, was largely responsible for the
delays, and a fiery outburst of his i'm
FASHIONED eloquence was enough to burn
out all the ''dope'' from the tar buckets
OF all the other delegates.
KANSAS POLITICS.
The other exception was "bleeding
AdnodS. lie OiQ DOlAllCd1 SCiSS were
torn open by a contest over the candidate
for vice president. a. W. Stubbs was
the only delegate present from the grass
hopper state on Monday, and he suggest
ed the name of J. w. ADV as the choice
OF the state for one of the vice presidents.
Yesterday morning half dozen Popu-
list delegates came in and they took ex-
ception to Ady, he having been the can
didate of the Republicans for United
States senator They claimed that he was
not in sympathy with free silver, and
therefore wanted Ady's head cut of and
that of Governor LleWelIyn inserted in its
place.
Stubb's didn't propose to knuckle down
TO the demands of the Populists, and car
ried the fight to the floor of the conven-
ton, knowing that he was beaten in his
own delegation.
Judge John II. Pltzer of Oklahoma
made rampant speech, denouncing Gov
ernor Llewellyn as the man responsible
Tor trying TO make nifty eight votes con-
stitute a majority in a total of 125. and
referred to the Kansas governor as IAN
accident
This stirred up the Populists to white
rage, and they pftchforked the juoge with
sharp prongs and styled him as 1.-THE &C.
cident from Oklahoma. -
The Kansas muddle was settled by re-
ferring it back to the grasshopper dele
cation, where they could settle it among
themselves.
FIGHT AGAINST NJ coNNELL.
The committee on organization recon
mended the name of Hon. w. J. McCon-
nell OF Idaho for president of the con-
gress.
ton, as they had slated for that place
Hon. A. G. Fish OF that state, and they
succeeded in getting his name before the
convention by minority report.
Lafe Pence, the fiery styoung man elo-
quent," made an attack on Governor
McConnell's silver attitude by saying
that before the convention gave its sup
port TO the Idaho candidate it wanted
some assurances as to how he stood.
Colonel John p. Irish called the young
nan down by saying that this was an un-
necessary Intrusion and dismissed the
subject by sarcastically saying: Let's
quit fooling and get down to saving
wood.
Governor Waite OF Colorado sided in
with Mr.. Pence.
Judge c. G. Goodwin of Salt Lake city
scored point in favor of Mcconnell by
saving that idaho had taught Colorado a
good part of her literature on the silver
question.
Governor Mcconnell was called for, but
declined to make any more defense of his
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his record and to express surprise at the
Ignorance of the Coloradoans.
Much amusement was created at the ex-
pense of A. c. Fisk, who read resolutions
as long as the moral law. After he got
through a delegate wanted to know If any,
thing had been omitted.
Another delegate, in great seriousness.
convulsed the house by saying he'd like
to know if the resolutions endorsed the
Kelley cure?
In the contest for the next congress the
persuasive eloquence Of John p. Irish
was irresistible, and White, Dallis,
Texas, appeared as a candidate; it soon
became apparent that the advantages
which the Golden Gate offered in the way
OF internal irrigation had washed the
Texas city out of existence.
The rest of the day was devoted to
reading and referring resolutions on
every imaginary subject.
THE MORNING SESSION.