Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-25
MORNING SESSION.

Invention Hall, St Louis, July 24.-
 Inepopulist convenrfon was called to
 ordeby Senator Allen, permanent chair
 ma 3at 10:o5. o'clock. Prayer was offered
 py ev. Mr. Williams of the Union Meth
 odi'church of St. Louis.
 Atavel, constructed in the state of
 ono t of forty-eight different kinds of timberepresenting every state and ter ritorawas presented to the chairman by
 Delete Denoe of Ohio as a middle of me eiirman. During this presentation cerenny couple of Enthusiastically at tired Adividuals ascended the platform. < Ihey gre dressed to represent the scnaractS of Uncle Sam and Columbia.
 Uncle SA was represented by a pretty well knen Character from Staten Island named byd, and Columbia is the sweet singer ohrkansas who entertained the conVentA yesterday with a song-Mrs. fenningh by name. This pair of eccen- frlcltleSFere introduced to the conven- Rloh Dy Ae chairman as d couple of im- portant Characters. They made their DOW to e audience and "the sweet sing CT of Ayansas'' immediately broke out into bng composed for the occasion and SUI to an air something between My Jobs'
 lriety Performance Ended.
 Wheqhis performance was at an end the stass were called for the appoint ment odelegates to act on the confer ence cNmittee with the silver conyen- ton When the state of Texas was Teaene the Spokesman of that delega- t1on dolared positively that Texas had no naR to present for such committee.
 The ieport of the committee on rules opd Der of business, which was made iast ght, was taken up for action. The ma1ot ty report had been read last night. 1ne hnority report was now read-the point 1t being that the nominations for Vice fesident shall be made prior to nomlhtions made for president.
 Ihehaiority report was explained by DeleSae Pomeroy of New Jersey, snembe of the committee on rules. But there 'ere three points of difference. he soid. ltween the majority and minority, tnePincipal one being a reversal of the or2 Of nominations for president and vice esident. One of the rules recom- me ked that nominating speeches should De united to twenty minutes and the sec9ding speeches to ten minutes. An otnt rule. which. was unanimously rec ommnded, was that where there were vacaries in delegations the votes of the de.egees present should be counted pro rata . the whole number to which the etale $ entitled. So if a state was en- titledo twelve votes and there were only ten elegates present, each of them snouid .ast one and two-tenths votes.
 An elplanation was also given as to the probsition for the selection of a
 Chairfan of the National Committee, but the Pan did not satisfy the mind of MT. lgndius Donnelly Of Minnesota, who said in iIfignant tones that it seemed as If very litee would be left of the peoples party arts this coflVention got through lis work Mtept its national organiza- ton, and hedid not wish tv see that na- tinnaI oiBafAation put into the hands 0f the demutats, as 1t would be under the proposed sule. While he was ready to support MnBryan If that gentleman fhould be fhs eqofce of the convention. he was not In faApr of permitting dem ocrat to become ke head. of the populist national commjttee (checrx.)
 After the fandticfm and folly of this bout" Mr DonneIfy continued "haves pa sSed away, we wat to re-clothe the skeleion of the party syith flesh. and if We adopt this proposithn do mol see that We can do it. Theefors. am in fator of an amendmenf A the rfoot,sed rule which will place the kselecffon of the eha,man of the na1ionf. comuitfre hi the hands ot the cumrnitfee itsclf r Fl
 MI. w. l.. Green of NebtaskE took ex- caption to Mir. Donnelly.s staten,nt fkat only the skeleton of the populi<l pnt ft would be left after the cons+ufios ndl 9ouruso. Mr. Greens remarks as3as,ea 3 stu mure aggressive phase as be sE,fs- oseosd, and considerable tontus:on ano