The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

birth OF the free silver party in Shiawassee
ami the election of a ticket in Burns. A
motion to lay the whole matter on the table
was voted down and motion to sustain the
chair, In ruling motion to substitute Mr..
Light for Mr.. Nicely on the conference
committee was made and a vote ordered.
Shiawassee by some enthusiast voted IA
votes yes, but Stanley Parkill voted no, as
did one other ex.republican. 1t was rath-
er embarrassing for Stan. to have to buck
the judgment of such mighty minds as were
represented, but with his enticing smile he
got through all right and as all the rest of
the delegates voted yes, Saginaw not voting,
his vote did no harm. The Saginaw dele
cation then withdrew from the convention.
A committee was then sent who brought
back the populists and for half hour the
process of consolidation was attempted.
A report from the committe on conference
was read and a motion made to adopt it,
which was sidetracked, and motion that a
committee on permanent order of business"
be appointed; this was sidetracked and a
motion to make the officers of the silver
convention officers for the combined con-
yenti0n; this was sidetracked and motion
to put the previous question made; a
motion that the secretary cast the vote of
silver convention for Brucker for candidate
of the party under which he was to run was
taken up and after charge that the chair
man of the committee was trying to do
some underhanded work in making name,
A. Chandler moved that the name be the
same as that of the state ticket.
A motion to unite was made and also a
motion to make silver officers officers of the
union convention and both were carried. A
delegate from Tuscola then nominated a
man named Crosswell for congress. but
he declined to be run. A delegate insisted
that Mr. Brucker Estate to the convention
his position on the Chicago and Omaha
platforms" Ben Colvln then attempted to
satisfy the populists that Brucker was all
right, but the pops would not take Ben's
word for it and the committee was sent to
bring him IN.
A call for report from the committee on
resolutions was asked, but Mr.. Light, the
chairman, had withdrawn from the conven-
ton and taken the resolutions with him and
motion to adopt the state convention plat
form was carried.
A congressional committee, consisting of
A. +. Hunt, Perry Crane, Clarence Nicely,
DIR. Merdith and o. A. Whitlock, was
named.
A motion to adjourn was lost and Bruck-
er was brought in to ''place himself" He
thanked the convention for the honor, stat
ed that the men who had withdrawn went
with republican gold in their pockets; said
the campaign liar would be around, that he
intended to make all the school houses in
the district himself, and closed by asking
his friends to knock down anyone who said
he was not for silver, and he would pay the
fine.
James Mcbride was called for. He stat
ed that If he could not lead he would fol-
for Office, but hoped at some future time to
be named as leader; he said he had been
pail bearer at the funeral of neighbor who
was killed by working fourteen hours day
and had been made to do so by the goldbug
legislation, etc.
Three cheers were given for Mcbride and
for Brucker, and one enthusiastic pop gave
three cheers for Colvn.
g. r. Lyon called the delegates around
him and said he wanted them all to tell the
same story, and then went on to tell what
they should say. He found that the par
ty from which they expected to get most of
their votes was not we'll taken care of in the
distribution of offices and Mr.. Mcbride had
stepped aside so that the democrats could
have Mr.. Brucker. He told ,the delegates
how to explain the withdrawal Of the Sagi-
nav delegation and the convention ad-
journed.