The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-06
POPuLISE' CONFERENCE.
one Dslees,s Rappsd AaOthsr Over
the Head With Cane.
Bradley WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN.
Texas Has More Representation
Than ANY other Two states-LNe
ly Times Are Expected Today.

Nasar.l,s. Tenn. JAY 1.-THE Na-.ooAl
coss terence O. lbs 7@op,ss parry net at y.
o'..oek ,asly IL ,he Asll * TIE so'-st g;
representative p; the StatS oA7.ioL es's7a-'
haaa-e.a aslerAtss bang IL atieada1cs-
TIE eozss-saee vas called 70 o'4SF s'
,5il.o-. pGras .: Texas, Who said It's vas
z coase-easa c. zea vho believe il u
7-.a,apass ,-uzcia,e,i a; Omaha and si.
l.suis ~ poyrsllszn, straight, az 10 ~
fusion.
:. a-sdlsy c: Texas was elected ten
-,.-s-y sf-a-7-sAa hy scelArn alton. lie SAD
- vt-;e. TO see plan rara.stakaaie de-
cla-ato7s ;h-: 70 exc oou!t E-sc1-e-s'aa1'
a-a ae va-,ei 10 STE some means o. max
"a shcm elective. Ee trusted that tbs
dsilse-a-ons would be cool aud calm, and
,A4s ;1e-e wou,3 be 70 -e--.mi1A:ioa.
J. 4. Ps-ss- o: Ksatreky was chosen
temporary secrstzry ~ Acclsuaiio1.
Tae coass-e1cs tAsa look a recess o
-l.-,y r.iautes All 1 meeting q TIE STAG
DELEGATIONS was hsld all over the hall, 70
s-.eei mem PEGS ct The committee o. &c
daals's
Wh4a the conference WIS again called .
order there were acaut 6l0 lslezates pres
exit It's committee on cTeds1;izls Was an
rulner3. ard : motion made 20 cali The
roll .1r naming The committees o. reso.u-
t!C-= All permanent ocEal.L4tlQl A'.t Oh
i=cap4 was made Tia. ,als could no. b
do8= u1Eil lie committee ol credentials e
p5-i,.i.
"a motion to adjourn --t.l ! o'clock We
CARED
The afternoon session oi the 7ors;is;
co-tare-c. Nas callei % order q; -
O'Clock zn1 ex-Gover-or J. ?. BGc1=-2a
1~li7erad ~ address o. welcome.
L. Gis --1-ess NJ Hulaa-'au said that
This Was no iucs, critical period which this
alTaIec movement II politics h5l a. e
( rea Led Ttle foes b-set i behind and be
iete, and danger !l-ss WITHIN and with
out
e .. wlmser,y o: Georgia responded.
His iTech was alous -g lily q poiitica!
lie and aiFo-atei the no1-flsioa idea,
The report OF tie COMMITTEES On creden-
( t!als showed the. SO delegates wiki propar
~ i=--l2ls We f.reseD, a follows ALI
b-tn- = Arkansas Il FLORIDA. I, Geor;.
a' .lnn-s. =; Indiana. =. Iowa : Kan
sas : Kentucky. Louisiana, u. Mich,-
gan. .: Minnesota 10. Misstssioui
( Missouri, IL Nebraska Montana ! New
/ Hampshire North Carolina. i. Ohio. =
HAoLe Island Tennessee l3. Texas. 81.
/ Washington, West Virginia >. Wiseon-
| sin total 20.
The temporary organization was ma5e
1 permauent.
a committee on resolutions consisting o,
/ one meu-her from each State was anuofr.ai
as follows: Alabama, II. Howard A-tsn-
esS, w 5 Morgan Florida. +. r. VI.
tFtorsla. W. / Peem Illinois. James y
Ferrls Indiana, y, II Monsisnor. Iowa
! J o Beehe: Kentucky. 4. II Garden.
- aaa. l. l. Graby: Michigan. James
( T. @chFlae' Minnesota, lsnatius nonnellv,
,H-ss'sS'ppt \" r Radcliffe; Missouri, ]. r
. !-iiesi Montana. William Holden. New
HAMPSHIRE j. J S;reeter Norm Carolina
T. f. bosss; Ohio. J. s Coxey. Rhode
Island, J. y. Arnold; Tennessee /
Minis Texas Harry Tracy; Washington
+ r.. n IT, Mays Yves, Virginia. J. ". Shull:
( Wisconsin Robert Shilling
D4Iihs the afternoon number Of brief
( Aietches were made by the delegates
4 among them being one by w. E. Farmer
Several resolutions were submitted. ono
oi me resolutions offered was 10 tho effect
ma hereafter any popglist who advocated
J iusloN should be forever rejected from the
r"nhs Another declares that Il a man
| sells his vote he should b, deprived ~
the right o. suffrage now and forever. n
! butler ever attempts TO call convention
after the other parties have held their
1 conventions. be shall 10 decapltated. was
the sum and substance Of third resolq-
ton.
ina grandstand performance Of the
afternoon ives given by Mi Lindsloy o.
Nashville ara John H. Mcdowell Of linton
City, Tenn. In talk on Tennessee popu-
ism Mcdowell referred to Lndsiev.
whose whiSkors are very red, as red
headed sapsucker
Lindsey in turn said his lille sneech
and bestowed upon Mcdowell the epithet
Of mullet-h headed huzzard, who had sold
the populist PARTY OF Tennessee 20 the re-
puhlicans every chance he got.
Mcdowell could not stand that, and he
mounted the speakers desk ard raped
Lindsey over tho head with cane.
Lindsey struck him and the two men
clinched. They were separated. however.
before any serious damage was dome
It seems that the TWO have been on bad
terms for many years
The majority OF the delegates are on
posed to fusion hut some lively times are
expected when the committee on resolu-
lions reports tomorrow
lgnatius Donnolly and General Coxey
addressed an audience OF 400 people at .he
capitol tonight