Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-01

SENATOR MARIcN BUTLER
address Mr.. Stone did not speak
at great length. His welcome
was most cordial He ventured
upon a few general remarks upon the
propriety of freedom of the press, of
speech and of the ballot, which must,
he said amid applause, be preserved at
all hazards- In closing, he repeated
his assurance of welcome, in doing
which he spoke, he said, not for the
state OF Missouri alone, but for the city
sippi valley.
Senator Butler was introduced as
temporary chairman by Chairman
aubeueck, who said that Mr.. Butler
had been elected temporary chairman
without a dissenting vote and he added
his belief that when the conventio
: should adjourn 1T would be found that
it bad acted wisely with great
uuaniu1ity as had the committee in
choosing the temporary chairman.
1--WE are here" said Senator Butler,
-sbceause there is need of us to be
here" He referred to the fact that
two national parties had already held
T their Conventions These two parties
had had charge of the government for
rs years The people had during this
tizncs6oue their duty in the matter of
thecceation of wealth. They had caused
thes-country, SO far as they could, to
blossom as the rose But these parties
!. had been unfaithful to their trust and
had brought the couutry to the verge
: of bankruptcy. The leaders of both
had been unfaithful to their trust
Hence the need for the peoples party.
He referred to Mr. Mckinley as the
candidate of aggregated capital and
c combined greed" ize declared that
both the old parties had for years kept
the greater issues in politics in
the background They would shun
issues and fight shaun battles.
No matter where the victory lay,
Wall street aud Lombard street
WON Meantime, he said, the
fpcpuiise party, organized to bring re-
Erf to the people. had grown steadily.
The agitz ton had been kept up; vic
tory against greed had been won. The
south and the west had joined hands.
He described the various campaigns
through which the party had passed in
various states. the kardships endured,
the filings and ridicule to which they had
been subjected, aad declared it had tri-
sImphed, had atlast torn the mask from
the old parties Some weeks ago the
repu blican party had been forced to
align itself with the moneyed kings of
Wall street and Europe. The DEM
ocratic party at Chicago was driven to
the alternative of siding with gold or
the people They were so frightened
that, in their desperation, they finally
committed grand and petty larceny,
stealing the populist platform and try
ing to steal into the populist party.
This statement set the convention
wild
The states were then called for MEM
bers of the committee on credentials
and at the conclusion the convention
at 2-Io o'clock took a recess until eight
o'clock at night
When the convention met at eight
o'clock the hall was in darkness owing
to a failure of the electric lights to
work There was considerable con-
=Ateruation for time, but when the
situation was explained by Chairman
Butler the crowd bee anne satisfied. No
work could be done, however, and the
convention took a recess until ten
o'clock Thursday.
The Second Day.
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-The second days
session of the populist convention was
called to order by Chairman Butler al
1910 o'clock Thursday. The commit
tee on credentials was not ready to re-
port
While other announcement were be-
ing made a squad of middle-of-the-
readers, headed by Delegate Branch,
of Georgia, suddenly plunged into the
hall through the main entrance and
came whooping down the center aisle.
Branch bore aloft big white banner
with the inscription: 'sMiddle-of-the
-Road-A Straight Ticket At the
sight of it the Texas, Georgia. Maine
Missouri and Mississippi delegations
mounted their chairs and shouted al
.fhe top of their voice
There was a ripple of applause and 2
few shouts when the name of Jacob )
Coxey was announced as a member o.
-4he committee ON platform from Ohio