The Red Cloud chief., 1896-08-07
WILL FUSE IN MISSOURI.
populist Convention Takes Action After q
Hot Debate.

S%EpALfA, Mo-, Aug when the
Populjst state convention assembled
last evening the committee on cre-
dcntials in its report gave to each
county as many votes as IL had dele
gates present. The delegates began
to make amendments and spent an
hour on them and finally adopted tho
report as amended.
The committee on rules and order
OF business reported :. a. Wright Of
Springfield for permanent chairman,
NJ. b. Carroll of Lamar for permanent
secretary and :. A.. Pike of Kansas
'itv, Scrgeant-at-arms. 1t also pro-
VldC' Tor two state committeeman for
each congressional district. The last
recommendation caused a squabble
because some delegates wanted ono
committeeman only for each district.
After much talk the section was
adopted rs read. After a discussion
more earnest than interesting the
convention decided hat it would elect
the chairman OF the State committee
rather than leave it to the committee.
1t was $3.50 this morning before all
VI WIZ NlNEtl' NtIt III lltlT SpuIS.
After the opening prayer the dele
gates began work on the platform.
Delegate %lipscomb of the Fifteenth
district objected to the first section
and offered Il new section. Sheridan
Webster of st Louis and G.. T.. Dema-
rec of Kansas city offered .otner
amendments. Finally this substitute
by lipscomb, for the first section, was
adopted:
W declare on the money question, that we
believe In II national leu, of government
money direct TO tn people without the inter-
vpntion Of banks, sufficient To- do ia, bushes,
OF the country on n cash basis, and mad, re-
ccivablc II piymcut Of all debts, dues and do
MAIDS, public and private. We further declare
for the FREE aud unlinitci linag' OF both gold
and SLY T NJ tho ratio of IL to | and their ap-
plicati,n to the payment Of ur national d,bt."
Each of the pianks ran IA gauntlet Of
amendments, substitutes, motions to
table and motions to strike ont, &C.
~companicd sometimes with animated
debate, but each was finally adopted.
THE FUSION PROPOSITION.
The committee on resolutions then
presented an address which had been
agreed upon last night, as follows:
The Peoples parry of Missouri do,. not
propose to surrender its il,ntit; or orgauiza-
ton; its mission ~ not acc)mplishel But for
it. in our opinion, the Chicago convention
could and would not have made its rlatform
nor nominated Williln j. Bryan as It's canii.
date. We ask aud seek a union OF forces in
our state such that its vote MAJ b. cast in the
electoral c ollege for Bryan an Watson, The
nomination of tn one may not be agroc-
able to s'ctionali'm cas-. of the Missis.
sippi river, that o. the other no "a OF
Mason aud Dixo2's line. The issue Is being
clearly made. IN tho enc side aro the usur-
ers, money changers and gold gamble OF
Europe and their American al los asserting
that the existing gold standard must be main
tanned" Until their European master. con.
sent to something to take its pla, % that s,rves
their pur pose better, that purpose /, here. as
il has becn in Europe for n century, to subju.
gate the pcopl, to On Industrial and financial
debt serfiom On the other sidc at stake is
the indus;ri Il ami financial lib , rty and indie.
p%endencc of our %countr', tn maintenance OF
the Replbllc, the abolition OF British domina-
ton OF Europ 'an drbt s,rfd,m.
Between su:h contests on such an issue,
there Is but ON II lc for us Since Mckinley,
though unwillingly, has consented to stand 40
the exponent and 1t ,ndard b'arcr of European
politics finance an dominat on of our country,
In this clmraiGn, W. now offer to all voters
AMI parties of Our state an honorable alliance
FOR this cnmrai IN by n union Of forces on
u ational electors ON any basis that is fair, just
anl legal, to thu ond that Mckinley and Nc
kinlryism, ~ above define | may b, buri'
under 10 pr Ccat of its votes Although wo
have in tn" absence of any understanding
nom mated u Stat and full electoral ticket, yet
we now tender and of r. - u complete union
of forces in the usn Of al honorable means to
secure the great ends AID interests &C stake,
u this y opposition i, met by the voters in our
state IL tho spirit OF ecncr oslty and patriotism
IN which 1t 4, ma dc, W. stand ready with tho
press. speakers and part to carry its purposes
To victory. II it is rejected, We will stand, az
We have STOOD on tho onli platform that, in
our orinto,, can G,yG an adequate and pcrna.
mCnt relief to our pcopl'.
We stand for the Western continent fo- tho
republics America aud her sort OF amcric ms
homes for tho homc,osS-the fruits % their
ton Tor the laborers, tho abolition OF the in-
dus'rial Sarfdom, Of perpetual publ, and ri.
va'c debts the establishment of an American
syst m OF inoncI finance and general policy
and TIA? Punishment If Bri i,h and European
iniu ihco and domination from our country.
ana 10 tho maintenance o: the 20, whcth' n aided
b. many or ~, W. mutual y pledge ana con-
sHc;atc all the means and powers that Gol has
put in oar halIs."
THE LAIN FIGHT FAIRLY on.
Before the address could be dis
cussed, i. i. Turlcy of Audrain county
proposed this amendments:
Resolved, That if the Democrats
refuse to take Mr.. Sewall of their
ticket we, Fopulists of Missouri, will
refuse to support Mr.. bryan"
Between ten and fifteen delegates
wished to speak on the amendment.
u the cnair introduced Miss Lettie
llcrce or ~. Louis. who rccitcd the
Declaration OF Independence. She
was dressed in the costume of the
Goddess of Liberty, and wore badges
OF the 81 Louis PopulIst and silver
convention.
when the convention reassembled
Chairman Wright told the delegates
that their abuse of each other and in.
situations which were freely cast
this morning were nc t arguments and
would do no good, He moved the
adoption of the original address and
that the resolutions be adoptcd as
suggestions for the guidance of the
state committee. A demand for n roll
call led to "A great deal of noisv