The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-07-23

to the chair MT. NeWlandS announced that MT. Towne would address the con- vention tomorrow The delegates ap- peared to be delighted to know that the business was not to be rushed through and adjournment reached tonight. MT. Newlands then introduced MT. St, John as permanent chairman. MT. St. John made a lengthy address. At the outset he captured the delegates by interpo- Iating statement that he should speak from bankers standpoint
 His assertion that the threatened flow of silver from the east had no force, and that the threat that the en- tire stock of gold in the country would be retired was also without force, force all of it, but ten or fifteen millions cir culating on the Pacific coast had al ready been retired was greeted with loud applause.
 The effect of the speech upon the del egates was most happy. nearly every sentence being followed by enthusiastic manifestations of approval. When MT St. John concluded many delegates rose to their feet and cheered
 G. w Baker of California moved the
 
 of one from each state to meet simi- lar committee from the populist con- vention to take up the question Of diff ferences between the two parties Tor the purpose of coming to some rational agreement, to the end that the noml- nation of Bryan and Sewall might De ratified by the two convention. MT. Olmstead of oregon. speaking for the populists and as one of the leaders Of the party in that state, seconded the melton. making the suggestion that each state select it's delegate. The mo- t,on was further seconded by delegates from Missouri and Virginia. \ dele gate asked if any one knew that the nonnIists were ready to confer with the silver party.
 MT Olmstead responded that the pop ulists were ready to meet the siiVer men anywhere, and he urged the s1lVer men to meet the peoples party nan way. .o,o
 nTr Porter of Virginia and 2 dele gate from Ohio. seconded the motion and urged that the great end of united and harmonious action be kept Tn view
 A delegate from Illinois offered as substitute for MT, Bakers motion one to effect that each state delegation select n member of this conference committee and that the populist con vention be notified of the acton WILT request that a similar committee be appointed by that body. A delegate asked if were the 1nten- ton to await the report of the pro posed committee before proceeding tt nominate Bryan and Sewall (Cries o1 "no")
 "What's the use of appointing il then ?" he asked,
 But no one answered. Mir. Shinn oi
 Kansas expressed ti1aropinion that Il was not wise for the silver convention to force itself upon the populists. There was really no difference between the two bodies (cries of "mistake") and ht believed the effect of the motion upor the populist convention would be differ ent from that intended by it's author He believed the convention would dc it's duty.
 Mir. Warden of Wisconsin pleaded for expedition of business. General Warner advocated the ap- pointment of a small lcommittee te
 apprise the populists that the conven' tion had been organized and learr whether or not it was the wish of the
 convention that the silver convention
 appoint committee of conference tt meet a similar committee.
 MT Foster of Missouri, a member o, the committee appointed last night tt consider the subject of conference, re ported that as result of their inquirie. it was determined that more repre-
 sentative body should be appointed Many of the populist leaders ha6
 expressed the hope that the conference committee should be appointed. The previous question was ordered on the motion of the delegate from | Illinois, which was accepted by the author of the original motion and i was agreed to.
 l The roll of states was called ant members of the committee oIl confer ence named. They included the fol 1 lowing:
 Connecticut-Joseph Sheldon; Massa | chusetts-B. O. Flower; Vermont-J Battell
 l A delegate asked the chair what thu | committee would confer about. Chair man St. John said he had no othe | information than had the questioner | At 6:25 p. m. the convention adjourn | ed until 10 a.. m. tomorrow. 1 F. H. Monck, father of Leslie Moncls
 arrived late tonight, from Boston. H 1 drove at once to the police station 1 Young Monck broke down at meetin: l his father. After he had recovered tn l two had a long conversation. Johl r Nash of Harrington, Me, also arrive, | tonight and will leave tomorrow t return with the bodies of Captain Nasl
 and his wife. Bram the first mate o I the Fuller, resided in New York for
 number of years and conducted res 1 taurant there. He was for a long tim
 a devout member of the Franklin stree M. E. church, of which Rev Stephel
 Merritt is the pastor. It was reporte,
 this afternoon that Bram had mad
 a confession, but this could not be veri | fled.
 August Blanberg, the murdered sec
 ond mate, was buried to-day in Camp
 bell.
 Horses and Stable Burned. Newport, R. l., July 22.-Fire to-nigh destroyed the stable of Lorillard Spen