Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-24


 ed, and the states called for the mem- bers of committees on permanent organ izatien and resolutions.
 There were at times long delays and delegates grew inpatient. The "nid- die.o road" men were extremely snsplelous and intimated that it was part of a plot to defeat them. After the announcement of the committee on per manent organization the members re. tired.
 While other announcements were be- ing made a middle of -the-road" man attempted demonstration. 1t was dramatically arranged, but it only served to demonstrate the hopeless mi nority of the straightouts. A squad of middle -the-roaders, headed by Delegate Branch of Georgia, suddenly plunged into the hall and came whoop- Ing down the center aisle, Mir. Branch with a big white banner with this in- scription: 'sMiddle-of- -the-road straight ticket. , At the sight Of it it Texas, Geor- gla, Maine, Missouri and Mississippi delegations mounted their chairs and yelled to the top Of their voices. At the same time ''middle-of- the-road'' delegate, stationed in the gallery, hurled out through the air about peck of small green tickets which fell like snow over the pit. The four delegations gave cheer after cheer. but others sat stolid- ly ill their seats About one-gixth of the delegates joined in the demonstra- tlon. The green tickets, when examined, contained the following:
 .eMlddle of the road, our financial plank. We demand national treasury notes, issued by the general govern ment, receivable for all public dues and full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, and loaned direct to the people through postal and other governmental banks at cost, for the benefit of the people, and the purchase and coinage of such amount of gold and silver bullion, at the ratio of 16 to 1. as may be necessary to pay the debts of the government, which are made payable in coin. We demand that the volume of money shall speedily increase to an amount necessary to transact che busi- ness of the country on cash basis. Respectfully submitted for the consid- eration of the Populist convention ,
 On the card were the names of George M. Jaxon, J. M. Dollison and Isaac Me Cracker, all of Arkansas.
 Mr. Washbnrn of Massachusetts arose and announced that he had an impor- tant resolution to offer It proved to be one depricating the talk of split i'll the convention, and was as follows: Whereas, we are all Populists, and depricate the talk which has appeared in some newspapers that there is q dis position on the part of any portion of this convention to refuse to abide by the action of this convention, therefore, 1 be it
 Resolved, that we repudiate all such utterances as reflection upon the fi- delity of the members of this eonven- tion and of the Peoples party. :" Mir. Washburn said the question of preserving the organization of this grand party was vital and the resolution called forth discussion. A storm of protests came from the '.middle-of- -the-roaders" and one of them made point of order 
 that before the convention was perma- nently organized no such resolution could be acted on.-sss
 A Connecticut delegate, named Henry 0. Baldwin, jumped on chair and in I Edignantly shouted eff papers say we are asses shall we pass a resolution say I ing we are not P
 Chairman Butler ruled that during temporary organization a resolution could be passed expressing its sense. Thereupon Congressman Howard of AL abama moved to refer the resolution to the committee on resolutions. Delegate Branch of Georgia followed with mo- tion to table the whole subject. There was a great deal of confusion as the vote was taken viva voce, Chairman Butler deciding the motion was carried.
 When this disturbing question was out of the way Delegate Willis of North Dakota moved to take recess, but the motion was voted down.
 An Arkansas member of the commit tee on credentials announced the com mittee would not be able to report be- fore ? o'clock and moved a recess until that time but it was defeated. Later it l was announced the committee could not report before 3 O clock, and after some wrangling a motion to take recess un- til that time was adopted
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