The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-01-23
MEETS At ST. LOUIS
The PopuIis.. Convintion Place
Is Selected.
SOME CHANGES IN THE PLANS
Ten Days VIII Be Given MI Competir 6
Cities to Present Their In.
ducementS.

st. Louis Jan. 1S.-After a session of
two days the populist national commit
tee adjourned sine die this afternoon
without having selected a place to hold
the next national convention, which will
be held on July 90 next, unless the date
is changed by the executive committee
This was supposed to have postponed
the selection of the convention city for
few days, but tonight the executive
committee selected st. Louis, July %,
as the place and time.
The hearing of the different cities
representatives of the different cities
working to secure the national populist
convention that will meet July % next,
was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning,
when the national committee reas-
sembled.
d. M. Fulwaiter of Arkansas, spoke
for Chicago. He was followed by Dr..
H. Taylor, Eugene Smith and f. j.
Scheutts, representing the business men
of Chicago. Scheutts intimated that at
least $4,000 could be raised for the
populist cause if they were given suffici-
ent time to collect it.
e. S. Heisler and Joseph H. Schneid-
er, who spoke for Kansas City, Kansas,
said they were prepared to erect a
tent 150x300 feet, sufficiently large to
seat 10000 people, within a block of the
court house.
Harry Tracy, d. E. Leidy and Mayor
Holton spoke in behalf of Dallas. When
they finished, the executive committee
went into executive session.
A resolution to refer the selection of
the place of meeting to the executive
committee, to report within ten days,
was adopted without a dissenting vote.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Sydney of Kansas presented the fol-
lowing resolution, which after discus
sion was adopted almost unanimously
there being only three dissenting votes
Resolved, That in line with the ac-
ton of our friends in state meetings
lately held by the peoples party in
North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana
the members of the national committee
in executive committee at st. Louis
January Is, desire to express their en-
tire confidence in the wisdom, judgment
and integrity of our chairman, Hon H.
e. Taubeneck; Secretary J. H. Turner;
our treasurer, Hon. M. C. Danken, and
each of the other members of the ex-
ecutive committe in the conduct of the
peoples party business and it's repre-
sentatives, and urge and advise the
populists throughout the nation to i'm
mediately line up to the support of the
executive committee with liberal contri-
buttons to sustain it's work in the COM
ing campaign"
AT l o'clock a recess was taken
When the committee reassembled at
2:30 p. m. the question of referring the
matter of selecting a place of meeting
to the executive committe with instruc-
ton to act within 10 days, came up and
aroused much discussion. 1t was final
ly decided in the affirma tive, and the
contesting cities were requested to pre-
sent new propositions to the executive
committee next Monday, when the mat
ter will probably be settled. The ma
tional committee then adjourned sine
die.
Other matters will also be considered
and acted on, principal among which
will be the framing of the call for a ma
tional convention. This, however, will
not be given out until the report is re-
ceived from the special committee as
to the intention of the Bmetallic
League in regard to the holding of it's
national convention. The call will be
made public from Washington, prob
ably not later than the 22d inst.
SELECTED ST. LOUIS.
meeting of the executive committee
was unexpectedly called tonight to con-
slider some new propositions presented
by the Business Mems League of ST.
Louis After discussing them the COM
mittee decided to hold the national con-
vention in St. Louis on July %.