St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-29

Wild AND WOOLLY,
Such Was the Convention of
Populists Held at Labor
Temple.
WRANGLED AND FOUGHT.
Roaring Tom Lucas Finally
Turned Down and Out Of
the Hall.
DIR. CLARK FOR CONGRESS.
The Delegates Stuck to Their
Work Like Horny-Handed
Harvest Hands.

REdlS LEN Or DEEDS.C. 81. JOt1N SOLE
TREASURER. Ii. j. LEVANN
JUDGE OF PROBATE. LEE COMBS
SURVEYOR. JOHN r. LEWIS
The PopulistS wrangled among them
selves yesterday to such an eXte MT that
residents in the vicinity of Labor tenn
pie came TO believe that the animals of
the circus menagerie had broken loose
and were tearing each other TO pieces.
The convention was red hot from be-
ginning to end. The hall in Labor
temple, where the convention was held,
was close and warm, and the presence
OF lot of Pops did not enhance the at.
mosphere or make IL lighter. During
all the forenoon and all the afternoon
the delegates scrapped among them
selves, and right in the midst of the
fight was Tom Lucas. talking like a
threshing machine and roasting people
to crisp. The result of the meeting
was turn-down for Lucas for one
thing, and the nomination of DR.. E. F.
Clark, the dentist, as the Populistic
candidate for congress for another.
A the opening of the session in the
morning there was sharp contest over
the craftsmanship, which resulted in DIR.
Clark's election to the position of wielder
of the hammer. There was also sharp
contest over the naming Of the commit
tee on credentials over the fact that
there were contests in several wards.
1t was In this contest that Tom Lucas
and his delegation got shut out. The
committee, when appointed, consisted
of the following, no appointment being
Second wsrd, A. ID. Roe; Fourth
ward, D. j. Milestone; Fifth ward.
NJ P. Hobart; Sixth ward NJ. l. Eos
seen; Seventh ward, Amos johnson;
Eighth ward, A H Lee; Ninth ward,
D. l.. Anderson; Tenth ward, W. Z.
Morgan: Eleventh ward, Thomas H.
Parsons; Twelfth ward. o. Owens;
Thirteenth ward, j. NJ. Stellar.
The Country-W. A. Harrison, j. W.
Hays, B. F. Raquet, E. B. Harrison,
Morris Lupy, George Ley, George Slow.
Milo Stubs, j. p. Howe. d. Cow.
During the time the committee on
credentials was in session Gen" JEFF
fries, of the so-called commonweal
army, presented himself for speech.
He was given the privilege of making
Ii. He made an aIiti-fusion speech, and
the convention cheercd him Justify.
The committee on resolutions was then
appointed, after which the convention
adjourned until 2 o'clock in the after
noon. Following is the committee:
E. E. Stevens. Harry Owen, A rthur
Keep, Prot. Wraaman, NJ. Stillwell. l..
Aver. W. E. Hewitt, John Grue. berg.
Henry Hines, NJ. j. Thompkins.
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion number of speakers held forth,
among them Mrs. Eloise Braun, who
read paper on matters Populistic.
Victory for Fontaine.
When the report of the committee on
credentials was finally received, it was
victory for Paul Fontalne i'll the Third
ward and E. A. Malone and his faction
in the First. The chairman of the COM
mlttee prefaced his remarks regarding
the Third ward contest by stating that
both factions had been asked to state
their side of the case, and only that rep
resented by Mr.. Fontaine had been pre-
scented 10 the committee. Consequently
the decision was in favor of the last
Third ward caucus held.
In the First ward E. a. Malone, f. A.
Martin and others held another caucus
following the one last Friday night and
electing new set of delegates, claim
ing that the regular caucus was illegal,
for the reason that voters from the
Ninth ward voted for the delegates put
up by Chapman and elected them. The
committee decided in favor of the sec
Ond caucus.
A minority report was submitted by
four members of the credential commit
tee, seating the delegates elected at the
first caucus. j. Johnson, of the COM
mittee, explained his position In sign
ing the minority report. He claimed
that the second caucus was also illegally
held, for the reason that no call was
extensively signed and sent out giving
notice to the voters of the ward. and
he was in favor of seating the first set
of delegates.
To Climax
The contest in the First ward was lost
sight of. however, in the bigger fight
which was brewing, that over the Third
ward delegation. Rev. Pearce brought
matters to a climax. After a long
speech he moved that the report of the
committee on credentials be accepted
This motion precipitated the royal
battle which was waged for TWO hours
without cessation. The convention hall
was like bedlam let loose in minute.
j. S. Ingalls, called up point Of order,
and the chairman ruled HIM out of
order. Then Tom Lucas rose to his
feet in an instant. He bobbed up and
down like jumping jack on two cords
i'll his efforts to secure the attention of
Chairman Clark. He was finally recog-
niZed, but was not allowed TO speak, and
after full five minutes used up in an
effort to preserve order, Tom Lucas was
finally recognized. and he proceeded to
tell his storY,in which he aok nowledged
fealty TO the Populist party, and
claimed that disorder existed at the
| Friday night ca ucus. He claimed the
delegates were elected re gularlY, and
wanted the conteSting del egatioDs to
| array themselves before the convention
and let them be decided upon their
merits.
BObbed Up SereneIy
}. S. Ingalls, arose as soon as Lucas
was through, and proceeded to wade
| into Chairman Clark in The most ap-
proved style, claiming that he was not
showing fairness in recognizing the
people. He had arisen several times
| during the Lucas address to make
| point of order, but was turned down
each time. Chaos reigned again. Dele
! gates were bobbing up all over the hall /;
| sergeants-at-arns were busy trying to
| keep them in their seats, and the chair
man was industriously hammerng away
with his gavel in hand. The scene al
most paralleled that at the Third ward
| caucus.
w. r. Dobbyn was recognized among
the host OF those who rose, and he made
strong plea in Fontaine's favor, asking
that his side of the case be heard before
| Judgment was passed.
| Paul FOntaine was called for and
given the floor. He repeated his state
ments regarding the first caucus, many
of which have already been published
in the papers. According to his notion,
there was nothing regular in the pro-
ceedings, and he designated the First
ward caucus as bedlam let loose, closing
with an argument In favor of clean
primaries.
A. ID. Campbell was the next speaker,
and he championed the cause of Tom
Lucas, but he didn't say much. He at