Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-23

mittee on permanent Organization and res.
oiutions
The delegates sat in the swsltering heat
while the announcements were being made
Almost every one in the hall had supplied
himself with palm leaf fan, and the thou
sands or more fans waved convulaively Ia
the pit like the wings of nyriads Of yellow
butterflies lowering above a clover patch
Big sunflowers adorned the fans Of the
Kansas delegation. There were at times
long delays. and the delegates grew per-
ers were extremely suspicious. They init
mated that 1t was part Of the plot to de-
feat them.
After the announcement of the committee
on permanent organization, the members
retired. While other announcements were
being made q middle OF the road man at
tempted a demonstration.
1t was dramatically arranged. but 1t only
served TO demonstrate the hopeless minor
lily OF the straightouts. A squad Of mid die
OF the readers. headed by Delegate Branch
OF Georgia; suddenly plunged into the hall
whooping down the center aisle. MT.
Branch bore aloft a white banner with the
ticket"
At sight of 1t the Texas. Georgia. Maine.
Missouri and Mississippi delegations
mounted their chairs and yelled at the
top OF their voices. A. the same time a
mh,dd lle1 delegate stationed In
the gallery over the platform hurled out
through the air about a peck of small
green tickets. which broke and fell like a
eIoto OF stage snow over the pit. The
TOUR DELEGATIONS gave cheer after cheer,
but the others sat stolidly In their seats
About a sixth of the delegates Joined in
the demonstration. The green tickets,
when examined. contained the following:
Mfddle-of-the-Rsad, Our Financial
Plank.
We demand national treasury note is
sued by the general government receivable
for all public duties, and full legal render
Ia payment of all debts public and private.
and loaned direct to the people through
postal and other governmental banks. st
cost FOR the benefit Of the people, and
the purchase and coinage Of such amount
OF gold and silver bullion at the rate OF Ia
10 as may be necessary to pay the debts
OF the government which are made payr-
ose IN coin We demand that the volume
OF money shall speedily increase to an
amount necessary to transact the busin ess
oi the country On cash basis.
Respectfully submitted for the considera-
tion OF the popuHst convention
tolSned GEORGE NJ. JACKSON,
J. W. DOLLISON.
ISAAC McCRACKER.
Arkansas.
Inere was ripple Of applause and a few
shouts when the ne!Ee of Jacob S. Coxey
was announced as member of the COM
rnfttee on platform from Ohio There were
a1so dernenstrat atoms for Gov. Holcomb of
SSAi. weaver Oh Iowa and ex-S5Oy,
Llewellyn of Kansas. when their names
were shouted out. Conspicuous on the floor
was a lady who sat with the Kentucky
feiegat1on; She was dressed in virgin
white, and among her dark tresses loated
several long white plumes. She proved to
70 be the newly welded bride Of Delegate
fayior, editor of the Paducah, KY. Herald
me announcements were completed at
Has.
Regnled With Song.
Delegate Dixon OF Oklahoma then mount
ed the stage. and after abjurins the dele
gates to be quiet and not interrupt, intro
euced Ciarena E. Comiey of Oklahoma
"ho RECALLED the convention with some cam
paisn sc ngs- He was small of stature, but
ne had good baritone voice. and the
Woros OF his songs tickled the delegate
immensely. and they appIauded at ever,
opportunity, despite his deprecatinx ees-
tires The words of the song dealt with
the wonders Of the Roentgen ray They
mace several illusions to M. Cleveland's
hshing and duck hunting trips and con
Guided with prediction of the defeat of
the "n~old bugs in November
An Alabama delegate then introduced
Mis'ress remington. the sweet campaign
singer Of Arkansas. She sang in a pleas
ant soprano voice a parody on Yankee
Doodle Dandy. each verse Of which con-
cluded:
Yankee Doodle. get your gun.
Shoot the gold bugs. every one;
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Silver Men Barred Ont.
Delegate Crawford of Kansas moved that
the delegates of the silver convention be
admitted on exhibition of THEM badges.
There were many cries OF NO. No." from
the middle Of the roaders.' who evidently
thought they saw in this a move to pack
The galleries with Bryan shouters.
Sergeant-at-arms Medal got on the Mat
form and said it
out such instructions,
Thereupon Jerry Simpson mounted n
chair and said 1t was not more than com
mon courtesy to extend to the other cor,
vention. which was here In a common
cause the same privileges which it had ex-
tended to the delegates to this convention
AFTER some wrangiins Chairman Butler.
amid howls or delight from the straight
outs. ruled the molten out Of order
Mr. Washburne Of Massachusetts. from
the stage. announced that he had an i'm
portant resolution to offer. 1t proved to
De one derrecating the talk Of a split in
me convention. 1t was intended to bind the
convention and was as follows:
whereas we are all populists and depre-
cate the talk which has appeared in some
OF the newspapers that there Is disposi-
vention to refuse to abide by the action of
this convention. therefore
Resolved. That we repudiate all such ut
terances as reflection upon the fidelity
"a t.io hiSiibcis VI tiilS convention OF the
peoples party"
MI. " ashburne said the necessity for pre-
serving the organization Of this grand
party was vital. and called for full dis
cussion. ~
a storm of protests came from the middle
OF the readers and one OF them made the
point of order that before the convention
was permanently organized TO such resolu-
ton could be acted upon
An angry Connecticut delegate named
Henry c. Baldwin. jumped on a chair and
Indignantly shouted: IF the papers saw
We are asses. shall we pass a resoluti On
saying we are not?''
Chairman Butler ruled that during the
temporary organization a resolution could
not be passed expressing Its sense There
upon Congressman Howard of Alabama
moved to refer the resolution to the com
nlittee on resolutions. Delegate Branson
of Georgia followed with q motion to table
the whole subject.
There was a great deal of confusion az
the vote was taken. Chairman Butler de-
Gliding that the motion was carried.
Recess Taken.
This disturbing question out of the way.
Delegate Willis of North Dakota moved
to take q recess, but the crowd desired
more music and sneeches and prorontIx,