Willmar tribune., 1898-09-14
IHE FIRST R | IH|| FIELD ].
Middle-of-the-Road Populists Open
the Presidential Campaign
for the Year 1900. .s.
they NOMINATE 4 NATIONAL On TICKET.
Wharton Barker, of Pennsplvania,
Named for President, and isnatiua
Donnelly, of Minnesota, for Vice
President-BOlters in the Party
Leave the Convention.


the-road populists Tuesday reorgan-
ized the peoples party. renewed its
former declaration of principles, and
nominated it's national ticket two years
and two months in advance of the date
of the election. The object of this
early action was to head off any such
fusion as that of 1896. While the rad
icals controlled the convent ton, they
could not carry out their programme
without a bolt from the northern del
egates. The western and southern del
egates nominated Wharton Barker and
Ignatius Donnelly, and declared the
principles of the reorganized party.
The eastern states were not repre-
sented.
The Proceedings.
When the convention reassembled in
the morning the temporary organiza-
ton was made permanent, and Chair
man Ignatius Donnelly made radical
speech denouncing all those who had
cooperated with fusion movements,
and strongly advocating the reorgani-
zation of the party, not only for an in
dependent presidential ticket, but for
independent candidates for congress,
state Offices, etc.
An elaborate address to the people
of the United States was adopted. It
reaffirns the previous platform Of the
populists and covers many additional
questions.
A Stormy Scene.
Previous to the adoption of the ad
dress and the nominal tions Mr.. Foster,
of Minnesota, created a scene by his
bitter objections and was Kissed down
as were others of the Butler faction.
The Butterflies then left the hall and
adopted an address protesting against
the action of the. convention in naming
| a ticket, and imploring the populists
of every state to pay no heed nor at
tach Importance to such action.
Ticket Named.
After numerous nomina ting and Sec
onding speeches in presenting two
names for presidential candidates, a
ballot was taken resulting Is follows:
Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania,
1913 As; Ignatius Donnelly, of Mime
| sofa, 80 is. On motion of Mr. Don
nelly the nomination of Mr.. Barker
| was made unanimous. Ignatius Don
| nelly was then nominated by acclama-
| tion for vice president.
A Long Platform.
A very long platform was adopted
which incorporated the provisions of
the Omaha platform as we'll as the ad-
dress adopted at the morning session.
| The most important action of the
| convention was the adoption of the
referendum system as the cardinal
| principle in the future of the govern
ment of the reorganized party. After
| the nomina tions had been made a reso-
luton was offered by Capt. Frank Bur.
kett, of Mississippi, providing that the
| nomina tions just made be referred to
! referendum of the voters of the
peoples party of all states and terri
tories and that said referendum be
taken in accordance with the rules
adopted by this convention for the fu-
ture government of the peoples party.
The Candidates.
The candidates for president and vice
president have been identified with the party
ever since its inception and both are known
as ultra-radicals on the most extreme doc
ported Thomas Watson for vice president
in 1896 and bitterly opposed the efforts at
fusion at that time and ever since.' They
are both bitterly opposed to Col. Bryan, and
charge him with instigating Senator But
ler as the chairman of their former ma ationa al
committee in his efforts to drive them into
fusion and to break up the peoples party.
Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, the can
dldate for president, is the editor of the
American, the national organ of the mid
dle-of-the-roaders.
1gnatius Donnelly, of st. Paul, the candi-
date for vice president, has been known for
years as the author who advocated that
Lord Bacon wrote the plays credited to
Shakespeare, ard is also the author of nu-
merous works on finance, especially on the
silver question and on socialistic questions.
Mr.. Donnelly has long been prominent in
Mimi politics. He served in both houses
OF the state legislature and as representa-
tive in congress for a number of years.