The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-07


rtsss or the altar o, ambition Is no.
worthy - being called PopssiSt. II yoa
eo4s6 hare been with ne ~ the s. DozIs
convention ard could hare seen n. xra1a
raen sro-a the So1th. could have aprre-
cf&fsd the deep Sacrifices they have -raa<
fcv the sake Of principle th=n yoa wougs
- rsaty 20 exciztm with me On seeing
fss ossc@ seeker. Get the behind ne.
satan Great chsersl- believe ysu viii
send down 20 Elless5urx a delegation az
tr8s rren. honorable men. who VII no.
strive merely 70 pat some mar trio once.
euf who wII pit forth fassr~ EFFORTS In 4
FnsghfT eresayor 70 save this nation ZAP
rizuss3
Some rnen seem 90 fear that II William
jennings Bryan Is elected president %
the United States. the nation VIII -
sfsrraliy lost: bat I wssh now 20 oosst
or that when the epoch has called forrh
the man. Ike Abraham Lincoln was call
81. he has come 20 rescue The reopfe. ard
! look for Bryan 70 relieve she distress
~ today az IAncoin I'D in his tire. The
first dafy o. POgaissss ts 70 Be patriotic
and ss8f-sacriasing. and n fhat spirit or
ecaatgsors VII be c0rpegIed 70 meet -
more than hall Nay. II Is f5Ie for any
man 20 say 70 me that sgch men "a sat
on the platform AZ the armory last nlgat
are not sincere. when for the sake q
principles advocated By Is they have cast
away the aiegiances of lifetime. think
they have been Populisss All the time.
but Until now have not been aware OF taAt
fact; and last night ! sad 20 one q them
that felt Inclined 70 take 3 piece OF
chalk ard write the word sPopnlaSf' or MS
hack. But I care no. who they are. so
long as the principles FOR whien We have
toiIess ara eztablisne6 APPLAUSE.
TIE speaker was here disposed 70 bring
his remarks 70 close. b1t there were
Iond cries OF Go On. and ne continued,
taking Up as q thsne The Grand Men ar
s. Losis" He spoke for several minutes
% the sacrificing band o heroes" who
nominated Bryan and Watson: referred
10 the fact that the color line was not
drawn ~ the F0pullst convention. and
said the eo.ored man was received as
freely m the hotels as the other delegates.
The closing words OF the speech COM
pFixeG a egl0gy on POp1llsm. and were
rapturoasiT received BY the convention.
As soon as the temporary chairman had
finished. the convention got down 20
work. For temporary secretaries +. b
Mason OF the Ninth ward and Harry b.
speefively by Paul Land and Robert
Bridges Both were chosen, and a little
later Lee MeIlIer OF the Second was ap-
pointed TO assist them.
The chairman announced that there we're
no contests but that there were several
he votes y r. Harlem moved that the
convention do away with the committee
on credentials; that delegates. in cases OF
a Fie, be allowed a proporiioaate vote. The
motion was carried.
John y. Hart moved that where a dele
cation was nos ful the delegation be en-
titled 70 cast the fall vote. Carried.
On motion OF Robert Bridges the con-
veutiOn decided upon a committee on
resolutions and platform and upon per-
manent organization and order OF business
each 10 consist OF fifteen members. nine
from the city and three each from the
outside commissioner districts. Amos Win
s0r moved that a recess OF fifteen minutes
be taken for the appointment OF the COM
mittee and that then the convention ad-
ionrn until afternoon. Carried. Al the ex-
piration OF the recess the committees were
announced and an adjournment taken
until o'clock p. m. The committees
were:
Platform ard resolutions. First ward. ".
r. Harlem: Second ward. George Farwell:
Third ward, T. F. Carroll. Fourth ward.
John y. Hart: Fifth ward. Walter Walk
er; Sixth ward. W. +. Wilson: Seventh
ward, II. o Marshall, Eighth ward, J. ".
Range: Ninth ward, ". r. Andrews:
EAAAAt us tAtf ~ ~ sitWABAs W. - -8As-
ilcaB. r. +. Dewey. North district. TX.
provan. II. r. Peterson. William Boyse.
Permanent organization and order OF bus
mess: First ward. l.. W. Way. Second
ward Robert Bridges. Third ward, John
Thomas: Fourth ward. J. N. Page; Fifth
ward. Lyman Wood; Sixth ward. a. +.
Hne Seventh ward. Il. r. Noyes; Eighth
ward. +. C. Lowe: Ninth ward. William
White: South district. ". T. Dove, Rob
ert Ramsey. y. r. Person; North district.
". II. Heaton. c. NJ. Monohon, w. II.
Vernon.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session the committee
on organization, which had elected Robert
Bridges chairman and J. NJ Page secTe-
tary. recommended that the temporary or
ganlzatlon be made permanent; that each
precinct proceed 20 .he selection OF cap
tain who should be the official representa-
tives OF the party 70 communicate with thu
county central committee: that the con
ventlon IN eiecting delegates 70 Ellensburg
adopt the same method as prevailed az the
iaSt convention, namely. that there be one
delegate chosen Tor every leo votes cast
for II. L. Forrest for supreme Judge that
there De elected thirty-six delegates and
thirty-slx MISUNDERSTANDING and then
three delegates and three alternates-at-
large; thas IN case any dlstrict fail 20
elect lta proportion OF delegates they be
chosen by The convention at large.
The paragraph IN reference 20 captains
was explained by BRIGGS. who said
that such provision was absolutely nee
csHary In order 90 keep the records within
reaeh ~ The party. II developed that the
central committee had been wholly unable
20 secure the records Of the last cam
paiwn from J. G. Levold. then secretary.
who boltea The ior8an ticket along with
the association popuiists. and refused 20
give up he hooks, although threatened
with arrest The action OF the convention
IN the morning In refusing 70 allow Lev0ld
70 ST in the body OF TIRE house was lndica-
tive ~ the feeling against him.
TIE report vas adopted. and the COM
gnlttee on platform not being ready 20 re-
part. the convention decided upon a short
adjournment during which the thirty-slx
delegates and Riternates could be selected
by the respective groups % precincts. and
the report on platform completed.
The recess proved 20 be a lengthy one.
sra 81 WAS some tlme before Chairman
Wlnecr announced that the lists OF dele
gates had been complete.
Thera was a great deal OF delay attend
tns the announcement 90 the delegates
feon the Eighth and Ninth wards. and
eVi 1efit'v a lively contest WAS going on.
WAY vas supposed 30 control the First.
Fauvth. Fst,a ana SiNth wards entirely.
part 90 the Second and TWO precincts 81
the Thira- The gEht against the single
takers ln tae Second MAS extremely close.
Conway. single TAX. winning over Sever
aHce bis opnouent by q vote q II IS 20
- 80 Severance being ma3e tire alternate.
IN the sixth MARI che ants Nv a clever
nsave succeeded fn efc~tfng V 7 CALI
we'll over S5uFle Tax Tim o'Uauoran. ard
when sac lattfr's supporters found ont ne
had bees ~skiane3." tAev tries 10 70
consider ths vote, ou. Ca'1selt ans his fol-
lowers Insisted chat rcra-st feratlon