The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-01-24
POPULIST POLITICAL POllTS|I
The POpulist National COMMITTEES
Discuss Platform Planks.g q
THEY SPEAK AGAINST MATTHEWs
The silyerites Are Congratulated - The
City Council Meets and Does Busi-&
ness-The City Collects Its ~
Water Rents Forcibly

the Peoples Party national COMMITTEES
Earl of Nebraska advocated organize
# 2 subscription bureau within the
committee to increase the
Az masf populist p and de-
! he had . half million dol |
6 me w buy up all the leading
n ticles magazines in the large cities
" prescrEes patty.
ara : ppf Texas wanted the financial
question forced to the front; and Hub
bell OF Indiana wanted overtures made
for a union to the great bimetallc or
CARNATIONS which meet in Washington
on the 22d inst.
L. Grillo OF Fosterberry, Ill.,, did not
want the Omaha platform overshadow-
ed bv the silver question, while Jones OF
Mt. Vernon, ILL.,, did not want the
Omaha platform discussed. Several
others spoke briefly and a recess was
taken until two o'clock, when the execu.
tive committee vent into executive
session. The entire afternoon was
taken up with discussion of the matter
of representation at the national conven-
ton.
The question was finally referred to
the committee with orders to report at
the evening session. A proposition
which raised much discussion and,
enough opposition to defeat it was to
empower the executive committee of the
national Cororpiffoo fo yooLo p nuo.
ments with the bi-metallic league to
hold it's national populist COW ention.
Senator Butler of North Carolina OPP
posed it, claiming that such action
would be damaging to the populists.
He. proposed that the populist national.
committee decide upon the time and
place OF meeting and then invite the
bi.metalists and others interested to
meet at the same time. This was
adopted.
When the committee assembled to-
night the meeting was thrown open for
presentation Of claims by representa-
tives of various cities desiring the CON-
vention. After the claims OF St. Louis,
Indianapolis and Milwaukee were pro.
sented, Butler moved that the hearing
OF the remainder Of the delegations be
postponed until tomorrow to enable
the committee to resume it's executive
session and decide upon the matter OF
representation to the national cOnven.
ton and the time IF holding 1t.
A committee composed OF Ignatius
Donnelly, General Weaver and Senator
Butler. to which had been referred the
matter of representation, reported
lengthy resolutions declaring that
WHEREAS. It is perfectly clear that Il
the voters can be brought together and
organized that they can and will reverse
the present Infamous policy of robbery
and give to the people a return to gooc
government based on the principals o
true democracy as represented by Thos
Jefferson and Of true re-publicanism u
represented bv Abraham Lincoln.
RESOLVED, That in so great q work Q
unifying the whole people against thei
oppressors no small or petty considera
- ton liquid stand in the way and W
therefore express our feeling that
either the time fixed by us for holdin
the said convention or place in which i
is to be held shall constitute an impedi
ment to4any perfect cooperation OF al
honest $tzens of the ballot-box tina
our e,Aatiye committee shall hav
pow change the said date and plac
pla "sllded the date shall be nc
prisa- ;ay Z. 1896, and not late
thaE-.-- ~, 1895, and that the plac
OF MT | 6g shall be such as to not incor
v~enienece the bodies OF our constituent
and such change il made shall be al
nounced Within ten days from this dat
The apportionment Of the conventio
is based as follows:
Each state is ENTITLED to one deleEa,
(. for each senator and congressman m
one additional delegate for each 200
votes or majority fraction thereof cal
for the populist candidate IN 189.
1894 and 1895, the highest vote ca.
controlling and each territory 10,
votes.
The executive committee appointed
special committee including Gen. Weav'
OF Iowa to proceed to Washington ia
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