Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-01-25
The PopuIst: COnvintion Place
Is Selected
SOME CHANGES IN THE PLANS
Ten Days VIII BE Given All Competing
Cities to Present Their In
ducementS.

ST Louis. Jan. 18.-After a session of
two days the populist national commit
tee adjourned sine die this afternoon
without having selected place to hoId
the next national convention, which Will
be held on July % next, unless the date
"a changed by the executive committee.
This was supposed to have postponed
the selection of the convention city Tor
a few days, but tonight the executive
committee selected 81. Louis, July ",
as the place and time.
The hearing Of the different cities
representatives of the different cities
working to secure the national pOpullst
convention that will meet July p next
was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning
when the national committee reas-
sembled.
D. Nj. Fulwaiter of Arkansas, spoke
for Chicago. He was followed by Or.
H. Taylor, Eugene Smith and +. D.
Scheutts, representing the business men
of Chicago. Scheutts minated that al
least $4,000 could be raised for the
populist cause if they were given sutilcl-
ent time to collect it.
E. S. Heisler and Joseph H Schneld-
err, who spoke for Kansas City, Kansas,
said they were prepared to erect a
tent 150x300 feet, sufficiently large to
seat 10000 people, within a block OF the
court house.
Harry Tracy, D. E. Leidy and Mayor
Holton spoke in behalf of Dallas. When
they finished, the executive committee
went into executive session.
resolution to refer the selection OF
the place of meeting to the executive
committee, to report within ten days
was adopted without a dissenting vote
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
Sydney of Kansas presented the fol-
lowing resolution, which after discus
sion was adopted almost unanimously
there being only three dissenting votes:
"Resolved, That in line with the &C
ton of our friends in state meetings
lately held by the peoples party in
North Dakota, Illinois and Indiana
the members of the national committee,
in executive committee at St. Louis,
January IS, desire to express their en-
tire confidence in the wisdom, judgment
and integrity of our chairman, Hon. H
e. Taubeneck; Secretary j. II. Turner
our treasurer, Hon. M. c. Danken, and
each of the other members of the eX-
ecutive committe in the conduct of the
peoples party business and its repre-
sentatives and urge and advise the
populiSts throughout the nation to i'm
mediately line up to the support of the
executive committee with liberal cOntri-
buttons to sustain it's work in the com
ing campaign"
At l o'clock a recess was taken.
When the committee reaSsembled at
23O p. m. the question of referring the
matter of selecting a place of meeting
to the executive committe, with instruc-
ton to act within 10 days, came up and
aroused much discussion. II was final
~ decided in the affirmative, and the
contesting cities were requested to pre-
sent new propositions to the executive
committee next Monday, when the mat
ter will probably be settled. The ma
lonal committee then adjourned sine
die
Other matters will also be considered
and acted on, principal among which
Will be the framing of the call for a ma
uonal convention. This, however, will
not be given out until the report is re-
celVed from the special committee as
10 the intention of the Bimetallic
League in regard to the holding of its
national convention. The call will be
made public from Washington, prob
dply not later than the 22d inst.
"A meeting of the executive committee
was unexpectedly called tonight to con-
Slder some new propositions presented
ny the Business Mems League of ST
Louis, After discussing them the com
mlttee decided to hold the national con-
Nehtlon in st. Louis on July 90