Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-26
pOpuLlsTs HOLD A CONvENTIol
Permit Themselves Ia he SwnlIOwe,
by tie DcmOcrMts.

pcrEsit Themselves tO BE Swallowed
by the Democrats.
TIE populists OF the Ninth congressional
district held their convention yesterday aft
ernoon In the district court room across the
hall from the room where the free silverites
were holding forth. s. II. Keene OF Logan.
chairman OF the committee, called the dele
gates to order at . o'clock and named l.. II.
Tabor OF Guthrie Center as temporary chair
man and l.. Kinnehan of Council Bluffs tenn
porary secretary. After n few formalities
such as the appointing OF committee on
credentials. consisting of II. d. Smith OF
Harrison county; j. w. Brown Of Cass and
J. Il. Gowdy OF Guthrie and a committee on
resolutions composed OF A. NJ. Hutchinson,
Pottawattamie; $. Il, Keene, Harrison, and
N. Miller Mills. the temporary organization
was made permanent.
While the committees were at work N
Miller made a speech, In which he urged
that fusion was the only salvation OF the
populist party. At his suggestion a COM
mittee Of three. consisting Of G. Dennis,
Montgomery; S. Il. Kcene, Harrison, and
G. l.. Gillette, Pottawattamie. was appointed
to confer with the like committee from Bry-
ans followers on the other side of the hall.
While the committee was comforting the
committee on resolutions reported the fol-
lowing. which were adopted:
We, the representatives of the people 8
party OF the Ninth congressional district OF
Iowa. In convention assembled, endorse and
reaiIrm our allegiance to the economic prih-
ciples laid down in the St. Louis people s
party platform of 1896
Resolved, That we hold the principle OF
direct legislation to be OF paramount i'm
portancc and antecodence and above all
other questions now pending for solution be-
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principle first enacted into law there can be
no government of the people. by the people
and for the people, and We pledge the un-
ceasing support Of the peoples party to this
principle. And be It further
Resolved, That any person expecting the
support of the peoples party OF this dis
trict for any Legislative office, must endorse
and champion this principle OF direct legls-
lation.
Resolved, That we are opposed to banks
OF issue and demand that all mcncy be Ia
sued directly by the government and he
made u full legal tender for all debts both
public and private,
Then Miss Bonnie Bryan was brought over
from the democratic convention and re-
peated the speech she had made to the free
silverites. and then came the announcement
that Captain Lyons had been nominated
across the hall, AMI a motion to indorsc him
and declare him the candidate OF the popu-
list convention prevailed. Some of the dele
gates, however, were anxious to know how
the democratic nominee would take their
platform as expressed In the resolutions. so
q committee was appointed to request the
presence before the convention OF Captain
Lyons.
He accepted the invitation, but when he
appeared nothing was said about the popu-
list platform, and the democratic nominee
was instead permitted to declare himself.
He reiterated the remarks made before the
other convention, and after shaking hands
with the delegates, bade them good by, say
ing he would meet them at the polls this
fall. The convention was then declared ad-
journed.