The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-31

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sounded like a foghorn. lie did no
want to impugn the motives of any
one, but he wanted to know IL tb,
men from the crested heights woul,
give the South the second place
There were loud cries Of yes, w,
will Davis raised a storm of an
plause when he declared that the mer
from the North must not ask them &c
advocate or defend a redeemabl,
money. The cheers came from tb,
prairie states. He went on to saw tina
another thing that they must not b,
required to do was to take this you ~
sampson of the Peoples party, and
lay 1t on the altar Of Democracy. Ue
announced that they were willing &c
accept the Joshua of Nebraska ii
they could be assured of a candidate
OF their W for Vice President. and
the preservation of the Peoples party.
Tom Patterson of Colorado followed
win a strong speech against the
adoption OF h minority report.
Delegate Bateman of Maine attempt.
ed to reply to Mr.. Patterson, but .Jerry
simpson got the floor and created en-.
thusiasm among the anti. Sewall men
by declaring that Kansas would cast
her nlnety-two votes for a Southern
man for vice president
You don't speak for me-" cried
Brown Of the Sunfower state.
well. then" retorted Simpson.
zone of the n~inety.two has gone
astray. But say to the South il YOU
VIII give us the president " e will give
you the vice president"
At this point the previous question
was ordered, but L. Gerry Brown and
Barney Gibbs Of Texas managed to get
in " speeches under the guise Of
parliamentary inquiries. The latter
advocated the nomination of a South.
ern man for Vice President and fusion
OF electors.
will you pledge your delegation
Tor Bryan asked Jerry Simpson.
Has Kansas pledged her votes for a
Southern man for Vice president?"
Gibbs parted this interrogatory by
saying that he could not speak for the
delegation.
A dispute Of ten minutes followed
over the parliamentary status, but the
angle was Strengthened out and the
convention took up the report, section
by section. Another ten minutes were
consumed before the contested sec
tons OF the report were reached. An
Ala banda middle OF the road delegate
moved to change the rules so as To re-
quire two.thirds to nominate, bu. his
motion was not entertained.
The minority recommendation OF
three instead Of one member of the ma
committee from each State was
adopted, as was Senator Butler's mo-
tion that the national committee &C.
lect its " chairman.
When the clause relating to the
order in which presidential and vice
presidential candidates should be
nominated was reached the floodgates
were again opened. Cyclone" Davis
attempted to pour oil on the troubled
waters by declaring that he had
pledges from the Kansas, Nebraska
and Illinois delegations that, IL the
convention would not disturb the reg.
ular order of things, those States
would vote for an honest Populist,
for vice president. Then, il they
bctray U.S." he began.
1--WE won't" shouted some of the
Illinois men, but Davis own State
howled that she would not make any
deal. Davis was plainly in disfavor
with his W delegation.
With some difficulty the speech
making was cut off and the vote vas
taken by states on the adoption Of the
minority report recommending the
nomination OF Vice President. The
~anti-Sewall delegates lined up In favor
OF the adoption Of the minority report
to vote down the Southern revolt
against Sewell and nominate the Chi.
ticket in its entirety. More than
this the Southerners fully expect that
the Democrats, as a token of their
gratitude to the Populists for assist
ing IN the election OF Bryan, will
abandon Sewall in their electoral col.
lege and give their votes to the Popu.
list candidate.
The announcement of the vote was
7s5 to tl5 in favor of the minority re-
port, and was, Of course, the signal for
another enthusiastic anti,Bryan dem.
o~nstration.
The report as amended was theh
adopted.
General j. H. Weaver. chairman OF
the committee 90 resolutions. was
then recognized to read the platform,
as agreed to by the committee.