The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-22
PoPULIsT NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Two Lively Fights Over Contestinc
Delegations.


Delegations.
st. Louis, July A.-The national com
mittee of the populist party met at 1890
O'Clock this morning to perfect the tenn
porary organization of the convention.
Chairman Taubeneek presided, and
about fifty members were present. The
committee Is organized upon a radically
different basis from that Of the old parties
Each state and territory is entitled to
three members and out Of the entire mem
bership Of 1SS a central executive commit
tee of nine is chosen to manage the cam
paign. The committee comprises two fe-
male members, Mrs Anna L. Diggs, of
the District OF Columbia, who was pre-
sent to-day. and Mrs. A. o. Haslkins from
Arizona. There are no persons in official
life on the committee except Senator Mar
ion Butler of North Carolina, who carries
a proxy.
There were but two contests Of import
ance-those from Colorado and Illinois.
The former involved the entire state dele
cation and the latter the q delegates
from Cook county (Chicago). The Colorado
contestants were headed by eX-GOv
Waite, but he having declared in favor Of
Bryans nomination, his colleagues de-
posed him for another leader.
In the matter of temporary chairman
Two CanQlQaLeS were HCHl4oNcQt zen
James B. Viewer of Iowa, who repre-
sented the Bryan and Sewall element and
Senator Marion Butler Of North Carolina,
who was opposed to the endorsement or
the democratic ticket.
After the membership of the committee
itself had been determined the commit
tee proceeded to consider applications by
a number of states for increased repre-
sentation IN the convention. The basis
upon which this is made by the national
committee is one delegnte for each mem
ber of congress from the state and one
delegate for each 1900 votes cast at the
preceding general election. In making up
the table of delegates for this convention,
the national committee was compelled
to act upon data contained in various po-
ltical almanacs and In the case OF a num-
Der of states this information proved TO
be Inaccurate. The committeeman from
each southern state demonstrated by Ger
tilted copies of the tabulatiOn of votes in
his state that the populists We're entitled
10 ar increase in the number of delegates
of from one TO five, the latter being al
lowed the state of Texas. The several
territories were allowed six delegates In
stead of four, making their representa-
tion equal to that in the democratic and
republican conventions. Oklahoma was
given the same right Of representation as
the states, that is, one delegate for its
delegate in congress ard one for each
1000 votes which made its total represen-
tatiOn nine. A recess was then taken.
Immediately upon reassembling shortly
after O'Clock, the committee took up
the Cook county, Illinois, contest, Two
speakers We're heard for each delega-
ton Secretary MOur and William Burns
for the Burns-Hogan faction, contesung,
and H. S. Taylor and G. Vi. Miller FOR
the Taylor contesteeS. There are twenty
seats involved.
Upon the determina ton of the question
there was much confusion In the COM
mittee, and several motions We're made
and put by the chairman. motion was
made to refer to q subcommittee. Ihls
was defea ted by a vote of 55 to Z. MIR.
Donneliy of Minnesota moved. in the in
terests of harmony, that the two delega-
tionS be seated, each member 10 nave
a half vote. For this a substitute was
proposed that the contest had not been
sustained. This was declared TO have
been carried by the chairman and de-
mand for a division was made, ana the
motion was finally defeated.
Mr.. Donnellys motion 10 give the mem
bers OF each delegation half vote was
agreed to by a vote OF 10 to Is.
This announcement OF the result was
received with much satisfaction by The
members of the Burns-HOgan faction in
the corridor, which was intensified when
Mr.. DonneNy appeared and stated that
DR.. Taylor had sent nessage 10 the
committee saying he should decline 10 sit
in the convention with his opponents.
The next case called was that from the
Nineteenth Ohio district (the one former
" represented in congress by Joshua Cid
dings, Wade ana Garfeld). Thls was over
q question of regularity. BY an unan-
nous vote, 1t was decided that the dele
cation selected at the convention called
by the district committee was reSular ana
entitled TO seats. The committee then
voted to proceed to the selection OF the
temporary chairman and temporary see
retary, The expectation that this would
afford a test of the Bryan and anti-Bryan
strength in the convention was not real
lied for the name OF Joseph y. Weaver
o Iowa haEU
Bryan candidate for the place was not
mentioned. Mr. Guthrie OF North Caro-
lima, the populst candidate for governor
of that state, presented the name OF Ma
rion Butler OF North Carolina, claiming
that the mantle Of Leonidas Folk had
tat.en upon him, and the honor sought
was due to north Carolina because she
mad been the first 70 break the sONd SOuth.
Mr.. Branch Of Georgia named the Hon.
lgnatius Donnelly of Minnesota and
delegate from Kansas presented the name
of Gen. Field Of Virginia.
Senator Buffers nomination was sec
onded by Cyclone Davis of Texas, by
delegate from Alabama and by T. q.
Brown Of Massachusetts, and he was Sc
lected as temporary chairman by accla-
ma ton.
For temporary secretary the names of
w. ID. Vincent Of Kansas, editor of Sound
Money, and John W. Hayes, secretary Of
the executive committee of the knights OF
ldbOf, We're suggested and accepted.
5. d. Walton Of Georgia, the only color
ed man of the committee, presented for
use at the convention gavel composed of
Y different kinds of wood. Sixteen of
these were from the southwest, and one
from the east.
The Illinois contest, which, 1t was sup
posed, mad been settled so far as the ma
uonal committee was concerned, was re-
opened at the suggestion OF Chairman
Iaubeneck. After some vigorous talking
II was resolved tc reconsider the vote by
winch the Two delegations We're seated.
each member having a vote, and the con
test was set for a further hearing.
The contestins delegations from Illinois
got mixed up in the hallwiS' outside the
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