The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-30

Of honest. sincere and earn
est men who were seeking 90 do Some
thing in the interest OF home. people
and country. Sometimes enthusiasm
would get the upper hand Of the dele
gates, and then il would look ~ though
bediam had broken loose and that
everything Vas wild The convention
WAS very much more amerable 10 the
% the chair than such gath
erings usually are, and while il could
make more disturbance and . bigger
racket, VIXEN II broke loose, than any
other convention that ever met, IL
could be called 10 order and Quietet
more quickly by the presiding officer
than any other convention.
Perhaps the most severe criticism
that could be made of the convention.
from = Popuiist standpoint Is thar il
was too anxious TO display oratory.
Nigh on TO two hundred delegates
went to 81. Louis loaded with big
speeches which each thought might
make him famous il be could get il OF.
And there never Was the like Of speak
ing in convention before since God
created the earth. The speeches were
all good. The speakers were all able
men and could talk well, but there
were too many of them. For the first
time in our life we agreed that there
could be such condition as is described
by the words "too much "a .Lod
thing" Aud speaking com paratiyely
again, We unhes:tatingly say that
there were three times a. mary men
in this convention who could talk We'll
and know what they were talking
about, as were ever in any other con-
vention that ever mel in America.
SENATOR BUTLER TEMPORARY CHAIR.
At II 81 on "Wednesday Chairman
Taubeneck stepped to the front of the
platform TO call the convention to or
der. At sight of him the Illinois del
egation, which sat Immediately below
the platform, rose up and cheered.
Mr.. Taubeneck is a large, handsome
man, with a heavy brown mustache,
and rather pallid complexion. Quiet
came with the first rap of the gavel.
Rev. W. l.. Smith, of the Third Bap-
fist church, Of st. Louis, delivered the
invocation. The 400 delegates stood
reverently as he appealed to the throne
of Grace 10 drive out all evil and sec
tiOnalism from the deliberations of the
convention, and bring in all good. Mr..
Taubeneck's lG to ! gsvel again de-
scended upon the conclusion Of the
prayer.
There was some surprise when the
chairman introduced Governor Stone
| of Missouri, but whatever appreiien.
sion might have been raised was speed
| lily removed by the announcement that
the Governor was merely expected to
make welcoming address. Mr.. Stone
did not speak at great length. His
welcome was most cordial, and was
couched in choice words. He ventured
upon few remarks of the propriety
of the freedom of the press and speech
and Of the ballot, which must, he sait
amid applause, be preserved at al
hazards.
| Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota
responded to Governor Stones speech
Mr.. Donnelly spoke gracefully, paying
a high compliment to st. Louis, ant
eloquently describing the majestic
Mississippi and the vast country trib
utary to it. The movement which thi
convention represented, he said, was
growth of the farm. 1t had been con
ceived in the distress that preyaile,
among the producers of the country
The people had felt the effects of mis-
government.
In introducing Senator Butler MI
, Taubeneck said that Mr.. Butler ha
been selected by the National Commit
tee without dissenting vote, and b
added his belief that when the conven
ton adjourned it would be found tina
. he had served with as great unAnimit
q bod ho oh = I,
, temporary chairman.
SENATOR Buffers SPEECH.
: Senator Butler was received wit
), great applause, and at the suggestio
cheers were given for the young Sens
J. tor from the old North State.
/; 1--WE are here" said the Senator, "b,
J, cause there is need for us to be here
!. He referred to the fact that the n
!; tional parties had already held the
b conventions. These two parties hs
: had charge of the government f,
: thirty-five years. The people had du
: ing this time done their duty in I'll
l, matter of the creation of wealth. TIL.
!, had caused the country, so far as tn,
.; could, to blossom as the rose. b
S, these parties have been unfaithful
|; their trust and had brought the cOul
l. try to the verge of bankruptcy. III
:; leaders of both parties had been u
l. faithful to their trusts. Hence Il
4. need for the Peoples Party.
a. He referred to Mr.. Mckinley as 4
/ candidate of aggregate capital al
}. combined greed"
:; He declared both the old parties b.
for years kept the greatest issue
Is American politics in the backgrOun
They would shun issues and fOug
r sham battles. No matter where {
a, victory lay, Wall street and LOmba
Z. street won. Meantime, he said, t
5; Populist party, organized to bril-
o, real relief to the people, had groy
e; steadily. The agitation had been Ike
b. up; victories against greed had be
D. won. The South and the West h
L. joined hands.
n; He paid a high tribute to the Ii
u President Polk, of North CaroliI
B. who, he said, had broken down Mas
s. and DiXon's line and made it pOssil
y. for new party to revive the bro
&c principles of Jefferson and Lincoln.
A. He described the various campaig
>. through which the party had passed
r; various States; the hardships endur
In the filings and ridicule to which tn
y; had been subjected. But they b
ia, triumphed.
n. MASK TORN FROM OLD PARTIES.
es They had at least torn the ms
g from the old parties. A few weeks q
O.; the Republican party had been fore
II to align itself with the money
Oh. kings of Wall street and Europe. I
as Democratic party at Chicago v
driven to the alternative of sidi
with the gold or the people. TT
as were so frightened that in their d
in peration they finally committed era
n and petit larceny. "They stole {
I'M platform, and tried to steal into ,
" party"
ad This statement set the convent
If wild.
,ly Why don't they steal our transp
he tatIon plank" shouted a Califorl
- delegate