The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-23
DAY WITHOUT RESULT
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packer, VINO mas written several works on
finance. After a nights meditation, how
ever, their leaders decided that it would
not be the part of wisdom to make the
fight against Butler. y
Blu they were somewhat compensated
for the loss Of the temporary chairman
ship in the speech of Ignatius Donnelly,
who replied TO Governor Stones address
of welcome. He made a middle OF the
road speech that stirred the radicals to
their depths. He appealed to them TO
stand firm, so that all the dynamite in
Gods laboratory" could not tear the party
asunder, and predicted that II the Peoples
party failed the cause of humanity would
go down with It.
The speech of the dark browed Senator
Butler, of North Carolina, us temporary
chairman, was listened to with eager In
terest. He believes eventually all the fac
tons can be harmouized on his plan, TO
ndopt a Populist platform and nominate
upon it Bryan, with a southern Populist
for vice president His speech strongly
upheld the demand for the perpetuation of
the POpulist organization, which he de-
scribed as having driven the Republicans
TO gold and the Democrats to silver. To
be swallowed up by the Democrats, he
said, was n danger only equalled by
that of being mad the Indirect allies
of the Republicans in the present cam
paign. He gave both factions a chance TO
rend the air with their shouts, but when
In conclusion he suggested a middle
course, the purport Of which all under
stood, both sides were irresponsive. The
Bryan men, on the whole, however, con-
sidered that the victory, so far rs there
was one, lay with them.
There were no demonstrations ut h
day session, The delegates, save those
from Texas, were unusually quiet, al
though, after they had been once aroused
by the display of Lincoln's p%ictu7e, they
|appiaudCd with enthusiasm everything
which suited their fancies.
Although the convention adjourned at
2;l8 to meet at 8 p. m, there was no night
session owing to an accident which de-
stroyed the electric light connections. A
severe storm had passed over the city
about s o'clock, and the wires were
blown down. Despite this fact the dele
gates assembled in the hall, and waited
for over an hour in total darkness for the
lights to be turned on.
About IA dozen candles were Brought in
for the use of the newspaper men. One
Woo IAttNAAA ~ III AAlth > WI ttiNA
another stuck in thetop of a guidun in the
middle Of the hall. The effect was weirdly
picturesque. CHASTITY faces 1uttorod in
and out Of the ring of feeble light which
the tallOw dips cast. The band played and
the crowds sang. Speeches We're made in
the dark, and the delegates appeared ready
TO stay all night if there was any prospect
Of light later on. There was naturally
considerable apprehension that "a panic
might seize the crowd and n dire calamity
result in therush for the entrances.
The middle Of the road people became
possessed of the idea hat the Bryan men
had put up a job on them, and that the
hall was not lighted because they feared
that the s%traightouts would run away
with the convention. They denounced it
all as "a trick, and vowed vengeance long
and deep. The incident recalled a similar
one at the Cincinnati Republican conyen-
ton of 1876, when the lights were shut off
at n critical stage, just as Blnine's nomi-
nation seemed assured.
At 8 40 Chairman Butler declared the
convention adjourned until this morning.
Within a half hour after the last delegate
had left the nall all the electric lights were
turned on, much TO the astonishment Of
the few newspaper men and policemen
who fingered in the building Quite a
number of delegates had stopped on neigh
boring street corners to discuss the all alb
sOrbing questions, and il was suggested
that they return, but they did not, as it
was pointed out that the doors were
guarded and admission would be denied.
Besides, the officers having gone, nothing
that might be lone would receive their
sanction, and would therefore be inetfec-
tual.
The middle Of tho road" men held an
Informal meeting after they left the CON
vention HAN last night, and there were
many expressions of suspicion regarding
the failure to nave it lighted. They
pointed out that they had arranged for an
adjourned meeting an hour and a half
previous to the time set for the convention
to reconvene, n that they would not
have interfered with the convention, as
the business they had to transact could
have been disposed Of very easily,
One explanation made by the middle.
of the road" men indicating that Bryan
men did not want a meeting last night
was that n demonstration against Bryan
such as might a appeared when the ex-
ecutive committee reported in favor of the
nomination OF Donnelly for permanent
chairman would be disastrous to tho
BRYAN interests. Members Of the contin-
gent asserted that he Bryan men wanted
delay in order to secure men from the
anti-Bryan ranks. The fact that the hall
was lighted within twenty-five minutes
after Chairman Butler adjourned the CON
T vention and after every delegate had left
the building has created a great deal Of
suspicion in the minds OF the middle of
r the road men that they were not getting
4 a fair deal"
The situation this morning points more
p strongly TO Bryan's Endorsement or nomi-
nation. In fact, the Bryan managers de-
clare that they are absolutely certain TINT,
r so far as the head OF the ticket is con
cerned, they are out Of the woods. But
with regard to Sewan they admit pri-
vately that there is grave doubt, and that
e there is now probably "a majority of the
; convention against the Bath ship builder
They are using all their energies to pre-
e vent the complications that would follow
: an Endorsement Of Bryan and the nomina
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