Evening journal., 1896-07-23

and responsible duty imposed upon him
with an eye singly to the public geod-to
the development Of our country and 70 the
promotion of the felicity Of our people and
the glory Of the republic.
Ignatius Donnely of Minnesota was in
troduced in response TO Governor Stones
address Of welcome and paid a graceful
tribute TO the city Of St. Louis and the
s-nte OF Missouri In conclusion he said
If there ever was movement on the
face Of the earth called mp by the hand Of
God, it Is this Peoples Party movement.
The eyes Of tho world are on this conyen-
tion. Should the Peoples Party movement
fail, the cause OF humanity would 20 down
with it. Stand together on whatever ac-
tion results from This conventions DELHI
GRAFTON. Stand like brothers, so that no
dynamite In all Gods laboratory can tear
the party asupder. The Peoples Party
won't die It needs to live. ] stood at the
cradle OF tho Groenbaok party; stood at
the cradle Of the Peoples Party, and God
forbid that should be here now to attend
its funeral. This is the great work Of the
country Let us do our duty.
Butler Chosen Chairman.
Chairman Taubeneuk then introduced
Senator Butler OF North Carolina as the
choice of the national COMMITTEES for tenn
porary chairman. lie was received with
great enthusiasm and elected without di-
vision. Upon assuming the gavel Senator
Butler said hy way Of Introduction.
''All history teaches that crises always
come in the affairs Of men when humanity
Is raised TO a highor level accordingly as
the mon on whose shoulders the RESPONSE
bility rests are able to meet the crisis
with wisdom and patriotism. And TO
solve IL to the bettermont of humanity
two political parties have held national
conventions this year have adopted plat
forms and have put forward their leaders,
and now another great political party,
young, but a growing giunt in strength,
has assembled TO speak to the American
people in this critical and important hour.
The POprlists are here because there is
need OF them to be here. The parties that
have charge of the government since the
war have succeeded in bringing the nation
to the verge OF bankruptcy and ruin and
have necessitatod the existence Of the Pop
ulist organization. Tho two parties have
We'd with each other in straddling, and
now straddling Is a thing Of the past. "
He went on TO speak Of the transporta-
ton question as standing side by side with
the money question, and declared that both
these great questions would have TO be
solved before the country got back to pros
perity. The Standard Oil trust, he de
olared, would not oxist todny if it was not
for its oopartnership with transportation
companies. II. the Peoples Party were to
90 out OF existence tomorrow, the next
Democratic national convention would re-
port a platform on which Bryan would
not stand. The Peoples Party had raised
an Issue so universal so great, so impor
tant that it had split both the old partie.
| in two.
The greatest cheering in the course oi
Senator Buffers speech was when he said
The Democrats NJ Chicago stole the peo
pie Party's platform
A significant statement of Buffers was
that he hoped the convention would MOI
turn itself into a Democratic annex, afU
that ho had too much faith 90 believe Il
would turn itself into a Republican an.
mex.
The roll Of statos for committees on
rules permanent organization and nstil-
cation Of candidates was called, and these
committees were naHod by the several
delegations.