Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-23

ventlon hall being in total darkness
the populist convention took an ,ad
,urnment until ~ O'Clock, this morn
ing.
ON HAND EARLY. y
The populists began to assemble II
good time for the morning session. A
1910 o'clock, Senator Butler, tei1po
rary chairman, called the conventi5i
to order. At that time, the body 0
the hall was about two-thirds full, bu
probably not 200 in the galleries
After prayer by Rev. w. L. r Sinith
of the Third Baptist church, of this
? city, the chairman called for the re-
port of the committee on credentials
That committee not being read y .tol do
SO, they were given further times A
roll of states was then called for the
names of committeeman on organiza.
tion, resolutions and notification oil
nominees. That operation was slow
and occupied much time. While 1t
was going on, more of the delegates
took advantage of the opportunity af-
forded to lay aside their coats and
vests, the heat being very oppressive.
11:Sh p. m.-The committee ON
platform left the convention to meet at
the Lindell house. Eugene v. Debs
entered the convention at this juncture
and was greeted with applause. While
the convention was waiting patiently for
some committee to report, it was en-
tertained by the band. A notion, by
Delegate Crawford, of Kansas, that
the delegates to the silver convention
be admitted to this convention, on pre-
sentation Of their badges, was greeted
with Kisses and shouts of "No! no!v
The motion was modified by making it
apply only to the galleries, but the
sergeant-at-arms interpreted the Oh.
lection to mean that all seats in the
galleries had been assigned on tickets
issued; besides, there were counterfeit
badges out. The chairman ruled the
motion out of order, on the ground that
It would violate the contract made
with the business men of St. Louis.
The ruling was loudly applauded.
The names of the proposed commit
teemen having been sent in, those on
permanent organization were requested
by the chair, at 1850 a. m, to retire
for consultation.
While call OF the committeeman
was going on, there was sudden out
burst of cheering all over the hall,
caused by the irruption of small party
OF Texas delegates, headed by two
bearers Of banner, inscribed, enid
die of the road; straight populist
ticket" The majority Of the dele
gates arose, cheered, shouted and
waved hats and fans. Spectators in
the galleries ,ined in the shouting and
cheering.
Washburn, of Massachusetts, offered
the following resolution: "WHEREAs.
We are all populists, we deprecate the
attack, which has appeared in some of
the newspapers, that there is disposi
tion on the part Of any portion of this
convention not to abide by any action
taken by the convention; therefore,
"ResolUed, We repudlate all such
utterances as reflection upon the fidel-
ity of the members of this convention
and to the peoples party"
Strong opp osition was Immediately
developed to this motion on the part
of delegates from the southern states.
The point OF order was made that the
convention. not being yet permanently
organized, II was out Of order. This
being followed by number OF
motions, the chair became involved IN
q hopeless parliamentary tangle, from
which he finally unraveled himself.
Che temporary chairman, at II :45,
declared the convention adjourned
until 8 o 'olock, p. m.
fBulletin.1 The committee on cre-
dentials has reversed the action of the
national committee in all the contests
except IN Colorado.
ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
The vote in the committee on per-
manent organization, on the election
of q permanent chairman of the con-
vention, resulted as follows: Allen, OF
Nebraska, 35; Butler, Of North Caro-
lima, 8; Campion, Of Name, IA. A
motion to mako Aliens nomination
unanimous was opposed by delegates
from North Carolina.
The revised vote cast in the commit
tee on organization, this afternoon, for
permanent chairman, was as follows |:
Allen, of Nebraska, %; Uampion, OF
Maine, ID; Butler, OF North Carolina,
5. Permission to make the minority
ranort aUainat Sanator Aflenss efaetion