Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-20
POPULISTS ARE SUSPICIOUS
Past Experience with Democrats Induces
Them to Be Cautious.
NAME DELEGATES TO SILVER CONVENTION
Judge Ambrose Resigns ns President
Of the Free silver LcnGuc-
Harry &. Miller Offers
an Explanation.
\ME DELEGATES TO SILVER CONVENTION

A mass meeting of the free silver demo-
Gratis, free silver republicans and populists
OF Douglas county was held in Knights Of
Labor hall yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose of electing fifty delegates to the state
silver convention, which is to meet in Lin
coin on January g. According to the call
the democrats were given twenty-three, the
silver republicans eleven and the DoDulists
sixteen of the delegation and the election
was made on this basis.
There were considerably less than $50 men
in the meeting and the pOpulists outnum-
bered both republicans and democrats two
to one. The populist contingent included
some of the most prominent of the local
kckers in the party and they were evil
IDENTIFY of the opinion that the representatives
of the other elements intended to try to
hog the meeting. This belief was very man
ifest in the remarks OF every popullst VINO
arose to speak.
The meeting was called to order by John
Jeffcoat, chairman of the committee that is
sued the call. Thomas F. Sturgess occu-
pied the secretary's desk. After the reading
of the call Harry G. Miller was elected
chairman. DIR. J. II. Peabody, the other nom
inse, Withdrawing in his favor Sturgess
was elected permanent secretary.
Before taking the chair Miller talked
several minutes upon the object or the pro-
posed silver conference at Lincoln, which
No said was to educate the people on IT,
great silver question. despite the lesson
taught by the recent campaign. He dilated
at some length upon the free slverite argu-
ments common during the past campaign
end closed with a few sore remarks over
the late defeat, Mark Hanna having the
largest part OF his attention.
DR.. j. j. Savile moved that the chairman
appoint a committee of five to select the
entire fifty delegates and present the names
to the meeting for adoption. The popullsts
smelled a mouse in this motion.
POPS ARE SUSPICIOUS,
"As they have a democratic chairman this
is a cut and dried scheme on the part of
tho democrats to appoint none but demo-
Gratis on the delegation" cried one popu-
list. "It has been cut and dried for weeks
to appoint democrats and know II.
A suggestion was made that the commit
tee consist of seven, three democrats, two
populists and two republicans. DR.. Peabody
was in favor OF the three elements sepaTat-
ing and each selecting its own proportion of
the delegation. The latter struck the fancy
OF the populists.
81 don't want to see any of the trickery
OF the old parties" said John Quinn when
he spoke in favor of DR.. Peabody's suggos-
tion. Other populists also favored It, The
democrats and republicans tried to have
their way fol- a while. but the populists in
sisted on their plan and on motion Of j. NJ.
kenney recess was taken for ten minutes
to allow each of the elements to make it's
selection. The democrats and the repub-
llcans speedily selected their Representatives.
but the populists had a wrangle in their
ranks. At the conclusion OF the interval
the following names were presented TO the
meeting:
Democrats - Delegate-at-large; ]. h.
Kitchen. Regular delegates: Dr. Nipple,
W, e. Noise |. J. Dunn, J. ]. oConnor,
II. C. Miller, Judge Z. X. Dufhe, C. j, smyth,
John Powers, C. II. Brown. Ed p. Smith, G.
NJ. Hitchcock, NJ. II. lsh, C. Il, Forbes. Lee
Herdman, Albert S. sjoberg, Jerry Mulya-
hill. L. V. Morse, William McCombs, r. W.
Birkhouser. j. Richard, DR.. Ensor A. T.
Young.
PopulIsts-D -Delegate-at-large: John JEFF
coat Regular delegates l.. w. Dongres
7. c. Kelsey, f. Stoddard, Dr. j. IL. Pea
body. J. NJ. Kenney. II. f. Mcintosh. A. A.
Perry George A. Magney. j. o. Yeiser o,
A. Willcott, Pat McArdle. ]. II. Taylor.
Charles Curtis. Samuel =. Brigham, J. ].
Points.
s-Delesate-at-large Judge c.