The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-24
MORNING SESSION.
Attempted MiddIe-Road Demonstra-
tiOn Proved Failure.

Attempted MiddIe-ROad DemOnstra-
tiOn Proved a Failure.
At 10: O5, Seneator Butler, the tempor-
ary chairman, appeared on the plat
form. simultaneously the band struck
up Dixie" and the delegates uncorked
some of their pent up enthusiasm. The
attendance in the galleries, as on YES
terday was very thin. Not more than
800 people were in the balconies. Five
minutes later, Chairman Butler called
the convention to order, and the Rev.
Mr.. Smith offered the invocation. The
report of the committee on credentials
was called for, but no one responded,
and the states were called for members
of the committees on permanent organi-
azion and on resolutions. The delegates
sat in the sWeltering heat while the
announcements were being made. AL
most every one in the hall had supplied
himself with a palm leaf fam and the
thousands or more fans waved convul-
siyely in the pit like the wings of N.Y.
riads of yellow butterflies lowering
above a clover patch, Big sunf1owers
adorned the fans of the Kansas dele
cation. There were ait times long delays
and the delegates grew perceptibly i'm
patient. The middle of -the-roaders
were extremely suspicious. They inti-
mated that it. was part of the plot to
defeat them.
After the announcement of the COM
mittee on permanent Organization, the
members retired. While other an
dle-of-the-road man attempted a DEM
Onstration. 1t was dramatically ar
ranged; but 1t only served TO DEM
onstrate the hopeless minority of the
straight-outs. A squad Of middle-of-
the-roaders, headed by Delegate
Branch, of Georgia, suddenly plunged
into the hall at the main entrance, and
came whooping down the center aisle
Mr.. Branch bore aloft a big white ban
ner, with the inscription: ''Middle-of-
the-R -Road-A Straight Ticket" At sight
OF it, the Texas, Georgia, Maine, Mis-
souri, and Mississippi delegates mounted
their chairs, and yelled at the top Of
their voices. At the same time, mid
le-of-the-road delegate stationed in
the gallery over the platform, hurled
out through the air about a block Of
small green tickets which broke and
fell like a cloud Of snow over the pit
The delegates gave cheer after cheer,
but the others sat stolfd1y in their
seats. About a sixth Of the delegates
joined in the demonstration. The green
tickets when examined, contained the
following:
We demand national treasury note issued
public dues and full legal tender in pay
ment of all debts. public and private, and
loaned direct to the people through postal
and other governmental banks at cost, for the
benefit of the people, and the purchase and
coinage of such amount of gold and silver
bullion, at the ratio of 16 to 1, may be
necessary to pay the debts of the government
which are payable in coin. We demand that
the volume of money shall be speedily in
creased to amount necessary to tarnsact
the business of the country ON cash basis.
A RIPPLE OF APPLAUSE
greeted the name of Jacob S. Coxey
when announced as a members Of the
committee on the platform from Ohio
There were also demonstrations for
Gov. Holcomb, of Nebraska; Gen.
Weaver, of Iowa, and ex-Gov. Llewel-
ling, Of Kansas, when their names were
shouted out The announcements were
completed at 11:45. Delegate Dixon of
Oklahoma. then mounted the stage
and after adjuring the delegates to be