The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-30

dent occurred. Captain q. A. Lloyd of
Rochelle, N Y. and Mrs. Pennington,
the "sweet singer of Arkansas"
marched into the hall dressed in the
costume of Uncle Sam and Columbia.
They made their way to the platform
amid cheers, and faced the delegates,
while Mrs. Pennington sang Populist
campaign song.
Jerry Simpson jumped on a chair and
protested against wasting any more
time of the convention. John S. Dore
of California created something of
sensation by declaring the rules of the
Omaha platform, prohibiting federal
officeholders from taking part in the
deliberations of a Populist convention
should be enforced His protest was
evidently aimed at Senators Butler OF
North Carolina and Allen of Nebraska.
the temporary and permanent chair
men. He was applauded by some of the
middle.of the-road men, but no action
was taken.
The committee to confer with a simi-
lar committee from the silver conven.
tion was then appointed, one from each
state. When Texas was called for, her
member of the conference committee,
Delegate Park, jumped and shouted
"Texas never treats with the enemy.
Texas names no member of that com.
mittee." All the other states, however,
made selections. The committee imme.
diately retired to meet the silver com.
mittee.
| The regular order was called for.
This was the reading of the minority
report of the committee on rules IL
recommended a change in the order of
making nominations, so as to make the
nomination of vice president before
that of president. This was move of
the middle.of .the.road men. Delegate
McGrath of Illinois promptly moved
to lay the minority report on the table.
The plain purpose of the straightouts
was to test Sewall's strength. The
proposition would show the extreme
high water strength of the alti.Bryan
men. There was some parliamentary
squabbling. Tweed Pomeroy of New.
ark, n. j., chairman of the committee
on rules. took the stage and explained
at length the conflict between the ma.
jority and minority of the committee. .
Considerable wrangling and speaking
was done on both sides. With some
difficulty the spoechmaking was cut off
and the vote was taken by states on the
adoption of the minority report recon-
mending the nomination of vice presi.
dent before president The anti.Bryan
delegates lined up in favor of the adop.
tion of the minority report.
The roll call was followed with in
tense interest. When North Carolina
was reached Congressman Skinner
J mounted chair and insisted on making
statement North Carolina" he
said, "stands with Nebraska. When
we came here this morning we were for
the minority report, but since then we
have had assurance from Kansas, Ne
braska and other Northwestern states
and Northern states, that if we would
permit the regular order to prevail the
cause of Populism in the south should
be recognized by the nomination of q
southern candidate for vice president.
Jerry Simpson for Kansas demanded
pledge for Bryan as he voted his dele,
cation with the south.
A parliamentary tangle followed and
the convention went back over the re
port again.
Bedlam broke loose. The band
played Men wrestled with each other
and great excitement prevailed. When
order was restored Congressman Skin
ner again demanded absolute pledges
"We don't want this convention run,
he shouted, "as Grover Cleveland was
elected-by false pretense. He was
proceeding with long Grafton. He
was interrupted with cries of "Dt
something" "Vote" The vote o.
North Carolina was not needed to carry
the minority report, but after thest
cries Mr.. Skinner dramatically cast the
90 votes of North Carolina for it, annie
the cheers of the anti -Sewall crowd
The announcement of the vote was 7SI
to 6l5 in favor of the minority repor
and was of coarse the signal for AN
n other enthusiastic anti Bryan demon
a stration. The report was then adopted
n General Weaver then read the ma
s jority report of the committee Oh reSo
lutions.
! Mr.. J. Coxey of Ohio was recognized
}. and read his minority report recon-
n mending the issuance of non.interes
!. bearing bonds for the improvement o
!. the roads of the country.
n Mr.. Kirby of Texas was then intro
/, duced to read his minority report. H
o said that he objected to the majorit,
. report because it was too prolific an,
/. because it was too near akin to tn
!, Democratic platform.
/, Mr.. Vallette of Rhode Island ais
d came forward with third minority re
n port. He prefaced its reading by say
r. ing that he could not subscribe to tn
d basic principles enunciated by the ma
"a jority report which announcement
l.. created no little disturbance, and
# Kansas delegate suggested that it b
/. voted upon without being read. MI
Vallitte's document proved to be a sor
a. of new declaration of independence
n The various planks We're received wit
q laughter, cat calls and cries of order
$ The document ran in denunciatory ad
d jectivcs. The reading had not pre-
v ceeded very far when some one move
q to refer the report to the committee ol
IS resolutions, which motion prevaile
If amid considerable display of entus
.. asm. Mr.. Vallitte grew angry at tn
IS summery manner in which his repol
i was disposed of, and finally was fire
,r out of the convention hall.
if The majority report was then adopt
i. ed
N The convention then proceeded to th
II nomination of vice president.
@ Adjournment was then taken and tn
le convention reconvened ut q 80.
a. Judge Pollard Of Missouri Of the ri
" yer party then read the platform adop
L, ed by his party.
Tom Watson of Georgia, Congress
,t man Skinner Of North Carolina, Mimn
Id of Tennessee, 'Burkett of Mississippi
n. and Mann Page Of Virginia were nom
I'd mated. Then Sewall was named.
The out and. out Bryan managers ha
y been comforting earnestly over the 81
q, nation, with Chairman Jones, who WI
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