The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-30
SPENT UNTIL $50 LAST NIGHT
sWRANGidNGt OVER THE FUSION
Ii IDEAL. ~
THEY dig NOT GET. ENOUGH,
IN THE OPINION OF MANY. IN RE-
~, u TUR5xl, FoR THEIR SUP
sg G10PORT.
ST. LOUIS PLATFORM is THEIRS.
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They Prefessysto HE Loyal to the
National Party On Subjects
er Therein Prescribed.
AHnI 81 4Fif ~ aui9u
$3.50 9tB-z--------f

Only fiYt out Of twenty-one county
officials~an and but three out of ten legis-
lative nominations We're conceded the
,Populists, in yesterdays fusion deal.
The concessions were considered but a
mere SOP to Cerberus- by. the .Populist
cpnXention and while the majority was
inclined to and did accept the half loaf
in preference to no bread at all, a small
minority fought the fusion proposition
vigorously after hearing the report OF
the conference committee appointed to
center with, the Democrats and free
silver Republicans. Their efforts were
futile, however, and the nominations
which were left open for. the Populists
were filled with the best grace pos
sible under the circumstances and the.
nominees of the Democratic party also
made the nominees of the Peoples
party. It was not with unaninaity,
however, nor with the best of feeling
that the combined result was brought
about, and when the convention vad-
journed at $3.50 last evening some del
egates left the hall in disgust, quietly
censuring others for sanetioning' the
alleged unfair treatment which the
Populists had received at the hands Of
the Democrats, The Democrats were
called hogs" and Populist delegates
We're referred to- as having been manip-
u1ated. u sir es '@"s7. aHF
1t was not. the strength of the anti
fusiorlists which caused the 'dissensions,
but their determined opposition to the
proportion In which, the offices had
hEn tr-il +ol re
the conferences committee was present.
ed, It was at first laughed at, but a
motion to adopt the report was like a
spark IN az powder magazine. and
though realizing themselves in the mi
nority, the. m Opposition. precipitated a
fight Whfcho was Waged continuously
until the convention adjourned. Not
proposition, melton nor speech was
made whichtdid not call forth object
ions, amendments and accusations (di-
rect or imp1fedJ of bad faith, and it
was openly stated by several delegates
that no matter if the convention did
accept the morsel rendered by the DEM
ocrats and ratify their nominations ac-
cordingly, they would not support the
fusion ticket with their votes Such
sentiment Was only expressed by the
most radical of the delegates, however,
and after the trouble was all over, the
fusion ticket was viewed by the ma
jcrity with no small degree of satis-.
faction. The endorsements of Clarke fer.
congress and OF Walsh for the district
bench was considered by the conser-
vative members, of the convention suffi-
Gent reeompense for the votes OF the
Populists, ana the other Offices were
held by these to be 50 much good
measure, The PEOPLES party, they
claimed, was a reform party and no
where was reform more needed, nor
Would 1T come; more quickly through
any other channels than through con
gress and the Judiciary.
1t had been the original intention, to
hold the POpuliSt convention in the old
municipal court room In the Market
hall. so that easy communication might
be had with the Democrats in the other
end of the building, but when the dele
gates began to arrive for some reason
or other they. were informed that the
place Of meeting had been changed to
Labor hall, and thither they according
ly made their way.
By II O'Clock Labor hall was we'll
filled with delegates, and, while all of
the delegations were not complete,
Chairman Sigler called the convention
to order. 80
In view of the fact that. in order to
consummate the contemplated fusion,
1t would first be necessary to hear from
the Democrats, there was little or no
business to come Immediately before
the convention, and resolution offer
ed by J. N. O'Grady at the previous
meeting Of the delegates, was taken
from the table, for consideration. 1t
provided for fhe appointment of a COM
mittee of seven members to confer with
like bodies from the Democratic con-
vention anddifree silver Republicans,
regarding the concessions to be agreed
yI,N ON J70f y,,itt l,o
power to name candidates, and further
that no terms hes entered into by the
Populist committee which did not in
clude the Endorsement by Democrats
and free silver Republicans Of the lat
ter were to be included in the distribu-
ton of offices) of the Populist candi
dates alreadJe Nominated.
At this juptture the. convention was
notified that The Democratic conven-
|. ton had appointed a conference COM
mittee of seven omembers. Then Del
egate ~Garlsons5 of; the Ninth ward, Of
fered a substitute for the Grady reso-
lution, which provided for q Popufist
conference of seven to be sppolnted
by another committee consisting of
three members, from each ward and linn
iting it's powers to a determination
as to wether a fusion could be effected
or not. Fl
re This started a. hot discussion, dur
ing which some opposed the Proposition
altogether, others seeking various
notifications. !, c.. P. Aldrich offered
a substitute providing for the election
of, the members of the committee by
the delegates present, which was voted
down ard the original resolution was
adopted.
The committee of one from each
ward to name the committee was COM
posed of E. Austin, First ward; James
Dillon Second wart1.4rThfrd r c. Han
ley; Fourth, c.. P. Aldrich; Fifth, j.
M. 0Grady; Sixth, j. G. -Stuhlman;
Seventh. A Paradis; Eighth, H. Wall
rath;- Ninth, NJ. sClary : Tenth, not rep
resented; Eleventh, J. l.. Hughes; coun-
try, not represented.
The Tenth ward was not represented
and in spite Of the. fact of his own pro-
test and under the law that no one is
entitled to represent a ward in which
he does not Hve, is.Dr. Ignatius Donnelly
was appointgd To- represent the ward
and was MADE q nlember of the COM
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