Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-07-29

orohed IhtO OTIS, Dut q Statwart young
Bryan man carried a piece OF it to the
platform while the struggling disput-
ants were separated by the police
The Texas and Arkansas standards
alone were kept close to the middle
of-tne-road banner, aroupd which the
radicals formed in a hollow square
like desperate men in battle to re-
pulse the charges of the enemy.
Miss Minerva Roberts of Colorado
led the cheering in the Colorado dele
CATION.
While the demonstration was at It's
height thousands of copies Of a ..Brvan
Silver March" were flung high in the
air and fell on the frantic delegates.
Each of the verses concluded with
these words:
Chink, chink, chink
No crow OF thorns for la5or's brow.
Chiuk chink, chink ~
No cross of god for mankind now.
Oh ik, chinS chink
Well not 20 a single STANDARD bow
ti'pk. chink. chnk,
We vote for freedom now
When quiet was restored after sew
ent"en minutes of bedlam, General
Field of Virginia, who was General
Weavers running mate In 1892. hob
bled forward on his crutch and after
brief speech moved to suspend the
rules and make Bryan's nomina ton
unanimous The convention rose
almost en- masse and cheered, but
above the chorus of cheers came the
sharp cries OF the Texas men. NO,
No" they yelled.
Chairman Allen declared the motion
carried, but yielding to the protests,
decided to allow call Of States on the
motion. The Texas men wildly pro-
tested and Chairman Allen at last rec
ognlzed Stump Ashby of the Lone
Star State for personal explana-
ton Ashby, who has been a most
turbing factor in the convention.
spoke from the stage. He opened with
a few faceciouS remarks about the do
cility OF the Texan nature, and its
worldwide conservatism and then an
nounced that Texas was ready to in
dorse bryan if Bryan would indorse
the platform adopted. He then read
the following resolutions:
Resolved BY the Peoples purity in nation al
convention ass NIB ed that we stand ready to
nominate the Hon w. J. Bryan for president
CT the United States provided he will accent
the nomination the platform we have
adopted
Re 'olved, further. That if Mr Bryan is the
patriot that We think he is, that he will rise
INTO the breach and redeem this nation from
ths rule of pluto:racy.
George Schilling of Wisconsin at
tempted to secure recess until
Bryan could be heard from, but he
was howled down and Chairman AL
len ordered the roll call to proceed.
Alabama and Arkansas were not
ready, but Colorado voted forty-fiye
for the motion to suspend the rules
and nominate Bryan. Men stood on
chairs and howled for recognition
Scenes of Wild Confusion.
Congressman Howard of Alabama
demanded to know whether any other
names could be placed in nomination.
The confusion grew so great that it
was impossible to proceed
The Texas delegation charged the
platform in mass. One of them
shouted: 1--WE will never be quiet if
you try to continue that roll CALI
sit down; sit down." cried the SER
geant at arms. while his assistants
ptoughed through the dense crowd
about the platform and pleaded with
the delegates to take their seats.
When semblance of quiet was re-
stored Congressman Howard from the
of gag law
Chairman Allen stated that the
question was on the motion to sus-
pend the rules and nominate Bryan
by acclc nation.
''By God we won't stand itr' yelled
B. III. Noles.
Doesn't 1T require a two-thirds S
vote to carry that motion?" shouted
an irate Arkansas delegate
The chair replied that it did not.
A California delegate screamed that
such proceeding was sunurecedented.
He thought the delegations should
have chance to place in nomination
whom they chose. The quintessence
of Populism. he said, was fair play.
The chair held that when the roll
was called delegations could vote for
Bryan or any one else. This ruling
provoked another storm of protests
and only confounded the confusion.
Some one got on the platform and
read above the din the following:
"TERRE HAUTE, Ind, july 25.-Hon
Henry d. Lloyd, Delegate Peoples
Party Convention. St. Louis: Please
do not permit use of my name for
nomination.-E.V V. Debs.''
At last, as the only way of restor-
ing order. General Field withdrew his
motion and the call of the States for
nominations was continued.
Bryan Seconds by the Score
When order was once more restored
I. b. Gator of California appeared to
second Bryan's nomination. He added
that the fact that Bryan was opposed
to that den of infamy," Wall street,
was sufficient to convince him that
Bryan was entirely acceptable to the
Populists. j. K. Hines of Georgia ex-
pressed the opinion that Mr. Bryan
would accept the nomination on the
Populist platform and predicted a
glorious victory for the party with
Bryan and Watson as the joint stand
ara bearers. w. ii. Claggett of Idaho
also seconded the Bryan nomination.
The chairman of the Indiana dele.
CATION also seconded Bryan's nomina-
tion.
When Iowa was called her time.
with the exception of one minute, was
yielded to Kolb of Alab~ ma, who an
pealed to the convention to sink pref
udice and passion in the cause of sill
yer and nominate that peerless
statesman, William j. Bryan
The rese' we'd minute was occupied
by ''Caian v" Weller in q protest
against fust,n with Democracy.
Jcrry Simpson Second.
Jerry Simpson responded for Kan
sas. He is very popular with the del
egates and got a hearty round OF
cheers as he faced the convention. He