Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-24

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 nec- essary to transact the business of the country on a cash basis"
 Half an hour after the retirement of the committee on permanent organiza- ton for consultation a message was re- ceived from it that committeeman from nine states were absent. The chairman announced the fact to the convention and requested the absentees to report immediately in the committee room.
 Debs Applauded.
 At 11:35 the committee on platform left the convention to meet at the Lindell hotel.
 Eugene Debs entered the convention and was greeted with applause.
 While the convention was waiting pa tiently for some committee to report it was entertained by the band with a mu- sical medley of national and popular iars. A motion was made by Delegate Craw- ford of Kansas that the delegates to the silver convention be admitted to this convention on the presentation of their badges The motion was greeted with hisses and shouts of mo, mo-" It was modified by making 1t apply only to the galleries, but the sergeant-at-arms inter posed the objection that all the seats in the galleries were assigned on tickets, and that, besides, there were counterfeit badges out.
 Cut the Gordian Knot.
 The chairman cut the Gordian knot by ruling the motion out of order on the ground that 1t would violate the con- tract made with the business men of St. Louis. The ruling was loudly applauded. A motion was made for an inquiry as to why there was so much delay in pre- senting the report of the committee on n ZQ a hII a l. mittee stated that the report was now be- ing typewriter and would be presented as soon as possible.
 Anti-Bolting Resolution.
 Mr. Washburn of Massachusetts of fered the following resolution:
 "Whereas, We are all populistS and deprecate an attack which has appeared in some of the newspapers that there is disposition on the part of any portion of this convention to refuse to abide by the action of the convention; therefore be 1t
 Resolved, That we repudiate all such utterances as a reflection of the fidelity of the members of this convention of the peoples party"
 Strong opposition was immediately developed to this on the part of the southern delegates and the point of or der was made that the convention not yet being permanently organized, it was out of order.
 Parliamentary Tangle.
 This was followed by number of mo- tions, and the chair became involved in a hopeless parliamentary tangle, from which he finally extricated himself by de- claring the motion tabled.
 A motion to take recess until o'clock met similar fate, although it was stat ed that the committee on credentials would not be ready to report until that hour
 Other motions to take a recess were voted down or ruled out of order, in most instances without regard to parlia- mentary law, and then song was given by a MT. Phillips of Missouri, and cries of louder and 'sit down" and derisive cheers drowned the singers voice.
 A motion to take a recess until 3 o'clock was finally successful, and the temporary chairman, at 12:45 o'clock, declared the convention adjourned until that hour.