The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-01-03
POPCL|lI LEADERS
N COUNCIL:


TaE OMAHA rLA1kO Ohm EsTBus'As-
Tic1 LILY spox-kD.
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Great speeeh1 F~-The sssfsbag. seored-T"e
Ba"hers (Ade "a sr~m s,e-i,~ ter"'"A-
ton ." hasys kelvrsn Manifested q" All
sides.
The folld WING is the Press report
of the Conf erel re IN st Louis:
ST. Louis, bee. 2S-The confer
encc OF tht LEADERS, of the fopuiist
party begskr Al II o'clock this morn
ING. and ~ ioearly two hours there
was a red 3,JSexchange of opinions
tween NE delegates. Nearly an
the wrang twas due to a motion
made 10y xlepate from Kansas
that IL. ION should be executive
and that business he kept from
tn. pr, ~ xntiI such time AZ suited
the come ence.
Charm Taub.neck finally dss-
| paired of Teaching decision In re
gard to ihl. matter and declared a
recess untll 2 y. III. committee
was appoiu>d on addresses which
was instru A to tax. nothing from.
nor add Ablng to the Omaha
7 platform in IN" Il ,rnmlttee ii'
a wrangle ove4 the admiss on OF
reporters reveal, less than b quo
rum, and the con mittee surr4 ndered
the room to IA Conference OF 2IO
leaders. who cho |, Gen. }. II Wea.
yer, Of Iowa, chairman The
! e Inference adbp HI II rule ~ ~ tnelf
mission was onl An advisory one
and that all res, u ions acte4i on by
them should be Submitted I'd the Ma
tional committee. Preside mt Boyd
and committee from Il le M-r-
chants Exchange invited I he visit
ors to hold their next natiG3bal con
vsn'ion in tins city. Actid n on THIS
will be had to-Ip"rrOw.
On re-assembling at O'c "ck' the
National COMMITTEE still tcklhs a
quorum. il WIS decided tn ~ ca'i
~ S,.,..s w,s ,h. hest mea s of get
ting an exchange Of virHs' MS
early develop the fact that the V'i'a,
ha platform without n cha ee "oui'
be- endorsed.
Nh. Manning, of Alabarlaa, re-'oiG
tb. K,lh-O Oates story. and (lenounc-
the Democrats for agai1 "tinihe
the whip and shackles oid-time
slavery.
, Matters moved ha, nor iusiy' anC
cheering was plentiful as each oiat'
was called.
The Conference then ADJOURNED
O until 1880 this evening.
THE EVENING SEES ION.
Illinois wa $ responded 10 Dy Mr.
Taubencck. WHO spoke hopefully o
!. the future. Iowa brought zen. =
b. Weaver from the cballr lie mac
!. little to say Iof his Stat but read
resolution 10 the effJct that tn
q financial issue were thie keynote
the coming campaign, Side tracking
the Ian" IL hd Transportation 4ues
J. t;op Tb,J precipitatled storm,
n wrapgl,. ami it becamel palmer thai
!. .ver that mo plank ih tho Oman;
n ,Jatform wins TO be ignored. Hi
y contention Twas for trinity of mon
@ ey, gold, 81 pver and paper, TO DE con
= rolled in volume and value by tn
' government alone. He insisted tina
y money wax the winning issue an
\ that the PAople's partly, which wa
~ strong in principles and weak j
10 tactics should recogrhl lie that issu
d and meet 1t. He asks! some trOHi
ne lesome questions but the resolutlo
passed. A resolution was presente
m ldenouuciLp the Judgment agalns
80 h, v. Delbs. G.. HOWARD and 7. "
> Riggs of the AMERICAN Railwa
~ TTnion and Mr.. HoMard was invite
- :" to speak. He took the meeting q
Is storm. J. Sovereign, OF the knlgh
of Labor, followed in an lmpasslo1
u ed addrek Us.
ne The best speech Mas made by S.
Crosby. Af Kansas City. II. is a
a,tornev and Republican, who W,
converted to POpulpsm year ag
After consumiugl his allotted fl,
minutes. in confe 5sing Republics
W sins against the donvicti0ns OF u
ny political conscience, the conferen
Ike insisted upon his continuing, al
M Mr.. Crosby spoke From rDpulist
NO standpoipt for fen minutes and W
ng wildly cheered. buring the call
nd States, resolutions were oHeleu al
no. dopted asking Congress to lnves
led gate the Alabama electlOn 1rau
i'm and denouncing cleveland for ca
DIS ing out troops dlring the railro
MIS- strike. These with other esolutio
kill will occupy the attention of the co
yht ference TO morrow at lOa m. L
hat conference adjou| rned I'LL to-morro
BE- 10. sEooF ND DAY.
of ST. LOUIS, NO., Dec. 29-T
hat convention of THE leaders Of the Pop
'rn list marty resumed its 81 ssiOn at t
,ch Lindell Hotel at 10 o'clock Il
ard morning with Pen. y. =. Weaver,
his Iowa, in the chlar. The delega
ac- show ed Il mldef spirit this mornll
hin Afte r. few minutes of inform
ties. conference With "invited" delega
n. ne the National Legislative commit
M III, withdrew to til e hotel parlor, a
''e'S we,( into secr4 session.
was The first red work OF the conf'
,vsr enc, was the appointment of co
for mittee TO arrahge for an education
the campaign.
ugh After an hbur's deliberation
,ent X ssUe relolved that 1t desil
~ to organize, local clubs, admitti
wo| men to membership, whether Il
iele wei voters Or not, and to get lite
hey IuFe oeIore the public. The {
" Of culssion of the question develol
sus- thft the masses were suspicious
APP THE leaders, Numerous speec
'n1s were mad pposing clause auth
nus lzfng the pointment of a natio
tb;s c4mpalgn( committee. The ella
o r,s Was construed to mean the cont