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selections. The committee Immediately
retirod to meet the silver convention
90, l;nittce.
t,rnz:.ssman Howard called upon the
chai: for statement Of the purpose of
tie conference committee, and the
po., or wi,h which il was clothed. SEN
k.er A;lcn responded that the object
~ss to ascertain il t:c two combinations
t~u.l Md com!uon ground to stand on.
Anything they did would be subject tc
the subsequent action Of the convention.
1t had no plenary power.
The regular order was called for
This was the reading Of the minority
report of the committee on rules 1t
recommended a change in the order OF
making nominations, so as to make the
nomination of vice president before
that of president. This was move Of
the middle Of the road men. Delegate
McGrath of Illinois promptly moved TO
lay the minority report OH the table
Congressman Howard of Alabama and
Barney Gibbs of Texas. demanded to be
heard on the motion.
| TO Test sewalIs StTenSth'
The plain purpose of the straight outs
was to test Sewall's strength The prop.
osition would show the extreme high
water strength of the anti-Bryan men
There was some parliamentary SQUAD.
bling Eltweed Pomeroy Of New Jersey,
chairman of the committee on rules,
took the stage and explained at length
the conflict between the majority and
minority of the committee.
Ignatius Donnelly Of Minnesota, pro.
tested against the proposition from the
committee on rules to allow the candi.
date to select the national chairman.
1T may be- said he passionately,
"that when this convention adjourns,
there will be little left of the Peoples
party, except the national committee,
While l may be willing to support
Bryan, if he is the choice of the conven.
ton, when the folly. Of the moment has
passed away, we may want to clothe
the skeleton that is left
He wanted the national committee to
select its chairman. The middle Of the
readers cheered Donnelly Justify, and
| I'LL AldUulud uClCkAtC SlACu out tAot NAAS
convention should select the chairman.
Judge Green Of Nebraska made vigor-
ous reply to Mr. Donnelly, in which he
declared that the Peoples party
would emerge triumphant from this
contest, if it grasped the op-
portunity to achieve success in No
vember for silver. To do SO. he argued,
would save the life of the Peoples party
The anti Bryan delegates grew OBJ
streperous as he proceeded, and dozen
points of order were made, among them
one that he was not discussing the
question at issue. Chairman Aller
overruled these points right and left
"Sit down." "Sit down." cried &
hundred voices. I'm not sit down,
replied Judge Green fiercely, until
get ready
q When he completed his speech, Con
gresham Howard Of Alabama, one O.
the straight outs, came forward. He il
man of enorDfous stature, tall ant
swarthy, with raven black hair tha
falls to his shoulders, and, as he spok'
= today, his eyes flashed and his cheek
:. burned He was greatly aroused. HI
. took shot at Senator Allen for sug
gesting that ''any man wearing a dele
;, gates badge was influenced by the us
Of money" He advocated taking a.
!. the report section by section. He want
= ed to nominate vice president first.
An Alabama middle Of the road dele
gate moved to change the rules SO as t
require two-thirds to nominate, but hi
motion was not entertained. The nj
l. nority recommendation of three instea
of one member of the national commit
:. tee from each state, after some discu.
~ sion, was agreed to.
D Senator Butler of North Carolin
le moved that the national committee 81
a lect its own chairman instead Of tn
o1 nominee doing it, and his motion We
p carried without division 1t was NJ
le until the action relating to the order i
d which the presidential and vice pres
"a Dental candidates should be nominate
10 that the convention woke up. The foo
u gates Of oratory were again opened.
u. Delegate Dean of New York adv,
Ia Gated the adoption Of the minority r.
H. port. Cyclone Davis attempted to poy
9. oil ON the troubled waters by declarin
that he had pledges from the Kansa
I'd Nebraska and Illinois delegations, th'
~ il the convention would not disturb Il
j. regular order Of things, these stat
at would vote for all "honest Populist
ct for vice president.
Ii. With some difficulty the speech ma
on ing was cut of and the vote w
na taken by states OH the adoptit
d. Of the minority report re
MS ommendipg the nomination of vi
n president before president. The ant
ed Sewall delegates lined up in favor
"a, the adoption Of the minority repo,
ry The roll call was followed with inten
p interest, although it proceeded am
he great canfusion.
he Minority Report Adopted.
The official vote was yeas 785, nc
as 6l5, thus adopting the minority repol
-. After the announcement of the vote
ue California delegate moved recess un