The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-30

Ihere were also demonstra tions fo,
 Gov Holcomh of Nebraska; Gen
 weaver, of Iowa, and eX-Gov. Lewel
 iing' or Kansas, when their name,
 were shouted out
 Delegate Crawford, of Kansas. moved
 then that the delegates of the silver con.
 vention be admitted on exhibition ot
 their badges. There were many erie. or mo" mo" from the middle-of.the. road men, who evidently thought they saw ln thisa a move to pack the galleries With Bryan shouters, and Sergeant-at. Arms Mcdowell said that it was i'm. possible to carry out such instructions.
 Thereupon Jerry Simpson mounted chair and said it was no more than common courtesy to extend to the other conventions which were here in common cause the same privilege which they had extended to the dele. gates to this convention.
 After some wrangling Chairman But Ter, amid howls of delight from. the straight-outs, ruled the motion out of order.
 l MT. Washburn, of Massachusetts, from the stage announced that he had an important resolution to offer. It proved to be one deprecating the talk of split in the convep tion and was as | follows:
 whereas, We are all populists. and depre- cate the talk which has appeared in some of the newspapers that there is a disposition on the part of any portion of this convention to l refuse to abide by the action of this conyen- tion; therefore.
 Resolved, That we repudiate all such utter anees as reflection upon the fidelity of the members Of this convention and of the peo- | pie party.
 Mir. Washburn said that the ques- tion of preserving the organization of this grand party" was vital, and called for a full discussion. A storm of protests came from the middle.of-the-roaders and one of them made the point of order that before the convention was permanently or ganized, no such resolution could be acted upon.
 Chairman Butler ruled that during the temporary organization a resolu. tion could be passed expressing its sense. Thereupon Congressman How ard, of Alabama, moved to refer the resolution to the committee on resolu- tions Delegate Branch, of Georgia, followed with a motion to table the whole subject
 There waSa good deal of confusion as the vote was taken, viva voce, but Chairman Butler decided that the mo- tion was carried.
 At l2:42 another motion to take re- cess until three o'clock was made and was carried.
 Fridays Session.
 Friday morning at four minutes after ten Senator Allen called the del egates to the peoples party national convention to order and, after prayer by Rev. Wilbcr G. Williams, Mrs. Ma rion Todd, of Michigan, was intro duced and she announced the death of Mrs. E. M. Emory, of Michigan, a worker in the reform cause and offered a resolution of regret at her death which was adopted. A committee to confer with committee from the sil- yer party convention was appointed and then the regular order was called for, which was the reading of the mi- nority report of the committee on rules. It recommended a change in the order of making nominations so as to make the nomination of vice president before that of president. This was a move of the middle-of.the- road men. Delegate McGrath, of Hi nois, promptly moved to lay the mi- nority report on the table. Congress- man Howard and Barney Gibbs, of Alabama, demanded to be heard on the motion.
 After a heated debate a vote was taken which resulted in 7s5 to 6l5 in favor of the minority report
 Gen. J. B. Weaver. chairman of the committee on resolutions, was then re. cognized and he read the platform as follows.
 The Platform.
 The peoples party, assembled In national convention, reaffirmS it's allegiance to the principles declared by the founders of the re- public. and also to the fundamental principles of just government, as enunciated in the plat form of the party in 1892 We recognize that through the connivance of the present and preceding administrations the country has reached crisis in its national life us predicted In our declaration four years ago, and that prompt and patriotic action is the supreme duty of the hour. We realize that while we have political independence, our financial and industrial independence is yet to be attained by restoring to our country the constitutional control and exercise of the functions necessary to peo- pie government, which functions have been basely surrendered by our public servants to corporate monopoles. The influence of Euro- pean money changers has been more potent in shaping legislation than the voice of the American people. Executive power and patron age have been used to corrupt our legislatures and defeat the will of the people, and plutoc- racy has thereby been enthroncd upon the ruins of democracy To restore the govern rnent intended by the fathers, and for the well fare of this and future generations, we demand the establishment of an economic and financial system, which shall make us masters of our own affairs and independent of European con- trol, by the adoption of the following declara- tion of principles:
 First-We demand a national money, safe and sound, issued by the general government only, without the intervention of banks of is- sue, to be full legal tender for all debts. pub lie and prvate-a just, equitable and eff1cient means of distribution direct to the people and