The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-24

draw Senator Butler, as candidate for
permanent chairman, and to unite upon
Campion. The roll of states is to be
called Campion against Allen, the COM
vote of the Bryan and anti. Bryan
strength will thus be had. This platform
belongs to the silver party.
The Populist convention reasSembled
during the hottest portion of an oppres-
sively hot day. 1t was half past three
when Senator Butler called the oonven-
tion to order. He stated that the com.
mittee on credentials was prepared to
make partial report. Thereupon Mr
committee, substituted a majority report
recommending that delegates be reoog-
nized In all unoontested cases. That in
cases of the first seven Illinois Congress
sional districts, both contestants and
contestess be seated with the right to
cast half votes and that, in the case of
Colorado the delegates known as Patter-
son delegates be seated and cast the full
votes Of the state
The minority reports, the chairman
stated, would he submitted IN these
cases. The report for the admission of
delegates whose seats were uncontested
was agreed to.
The Colorado case was then taken up.
a Kansas delegate moved that the part
of the report be adopted recommending
that the Patterson delegates be seated.
"A delegate made protest against act
in g on the Colorado case until the
minority report on that case could be
presented to the convention. The
minority report was not ready, but the
protest was of no avail, and it was Or
dered that the discussion be confined to
IS minutes for each side.
Mr.. Patterson of Colorado, at the re-
quest of the delegation from Texas and
Georgia, moved the Colorado case be post
poned for an hour, or until the minority
report should be ready.
That motion WAS agreed to ard the
Illinois case was then taken up. The re-
port of the majority declares the Taylor
are not entitled to seats and the contest
ants are. The minority report ia in favor
of the Taylor delegates.
Mr.. Moran of Nebraska moved the
adoption of the minority report. Mr..
Denning of Virginia, moved the adoption
of the majority report After discussion
vote was taken on the minority report
on the Cook county, Illinois, case, that
the Taylor delegates are entitled to seats.
Instead of voting aye or no on the reso-
luton of adoption Of the minority report,
most of the delegations voted on the
other reports at the same time. 1t was
found that there were cast for the mi
nority1sreport seating the Taylor delegates
from Cook county, 642 votes. for the ma
jority report seating buth delegations
with half vote, 665 votes The majority
report was declared adopted Eseating
both delegations from Cook county.
The next contest was from Missouri,
but the contestants withdrew their claim.
The next was from Wisconsin. The mi
nority report (to seat Cole instead of
Isaaos) was voted down. and the ma
iority report giving the seat to Isaacs
adoptd.
The chairman of the committee of per-
manent organization stated the recon-,
mendation of the committee that the
name OF Senator Allen Of Nebraska be
reported as permanent chairman. cloud
and prolonged cheers.)
The minority report was read present.
ing the name of James e. Campion of
Maine as permanent chairman. (Cheers
"middle Of the road" section of the con-
yention.)
The excitement lasted fully ten min
utes. The names of the IA members of
the committee signing the minority re-
port were read, and among them was the
name of Committeeman N. Mills, and
that gentleman denounced it as unau-
thorized, and the name was accordingly
withdrawn from the minority report.
MIR. Brown of Massachusetts, moved to
lay on the table both the majority and
minority report until the adoption of the
rules of the convention. The question
was put by Senator Butler, who had re-
sumed the chair, and he decided that the
motion to lay on the table was lost. The
convention began to vote by states on
the adoption of the majority report for
the chairman.
The vote was announced at s. 05 p. m.,
was Allen, 678; Campion, 564; Donnely, l.
As soon as the vote was announced, th5
Bryan section broke into wild shout OF
triumph The shouts were kept up
till the police were called for to quell the
disturbance in the Illinois delegation. AT
$50 some degree of order was restored
and Mr.. Watkins of California stepped
to the platform and said the Campion
men, of whom he was one, had fought
grand fight and had been squarely
whipped, and now he moved to make the
nomination unanimous, which was done.
Mr.. Allen was escorted to the chair by
a committed At the end of his address
Senator Butler moved the appointment
of a committee of 20 delegates to confer
tonight or tomorrow with conference
committee Of the silver convention.
(Shouts of "no, no, adiourn."O
Mr.. Burnham of Iowa offered "a resolu-
tion for the appointment of committee
of one delegates from each state to con-
slider and report in what manner the
Peoples party can corporate with other
parties in the question of free coinage
of silver. Referred to the committee on
rules.
The report of the committee on rules was
presented and was read without action
and the convention at 10. 80 adjourned