The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-07-13

and long, but the fusionists were again
| taken by surprise and no one of the fusion
| lists called for division of the house. The
| decision of the chair stood the chairman
| and quite a number OF mid-roaders i'm
! medately left the hall. Another contingent
| of mid-rOaders waited in the hall to see
how the fusionists would breathe new life
| into a convention that had ceased to exist
| as a legal convention by virtue of an ad-
| jOurnment sine die.
| AS soon as the mid-roaders had left, M l..
| Fosseen moved that q. W. Westphal be
| elected chairman. which was carried with a
whoop. DR.. O. M Terro was elected sec
| retary.
John Peterson moved that conference
| committee consisting of one from each ward
| and two from the country, be appointed by
| the ward delegations This was adopted,
| and recess taken to enable the delegations
| to caucus. The committee finally appointed
| was as follows:
First ward, Thomas Chapman; Second
ward H. !. o. Reed: Third ward, H. s.
| Seed; Fourth ward w. G. Thornton; Fifth
ward. Chris Purcell; Sixth ward, John Pc
terso4; Seventh ward. E. H: Godfrey;
Eighth ward, D. W. Emery; Ninth ward.
Charles Gibson; Tenth ward. w. x. Nor
| gan; Eleventh ward, Andrew Hurum;
| Twelfth ward F. N. Stacy; Thirteenth
! ward T. B. Farmer.
| Country-Tim Ryan, Thomas Rutherford.
| On motion, the chair was instructed to
appoint committee Of Ave on resolutions.
After the report of the committee on
credentials, in the afternoon, the mdroad-
ers, consisting Of s. II. Fairchild, ]. W.
| Oyen, Capt. A. H. Nelson and G. w. Day
withdrew from the hall, leaving the fusion
lists to conduct the proceedings in peace and
harmony.
| A RECESS TAKEN.
NJ. L. Fosseen, II. A. Hanson, Paul Fon-
tame, NJ L. Holt, W. s. Chisolm were
named by the chair as the committee on
A recess was then taken until 7:3o o'clock,
when the report of the conference commit
tee and the committee on resolutions will be
| presented.
1t was $50 o'clock before Chairman West
phal called the Popuhst county conven-
ton to order last night. There was no
and the rumors that had worked
their way down to Labor Temple
| were to the effect that an agreement was
unlikely, and that, in any event, it would
7, probably be late before he committee would
| be ready to report to the convention.
Someone suggested that While the dele
| gates were waiting for the result of the
| conference someone address the meeting,
l. and as Maj. j. NJ. Bowler, of Bird Island,
| candidate for lieutenant-governor on the
| fusion ticket, was in the hall, he was called
| upon. Following, Paul Fontaine and 4. j..
Cation entertained the convention, the lat
| ter giving the delegates the first informal
| tion in regard to the feeling Of the Demo-
| Gratis to his candidacy tol congress. He
| reported that he had placed in the hands Of
| the POpuliSt conference committee his resig-
| nation to be used by them if they saw tit.
| This was received by cheers from the dele
| gates.
| During Prof. Catons address a delegate
| announced that the conference committee
| had been heard from to the effect that an
! agreement was altogether unlikely, and
| asking instructions from the convention as
to whether the body would sit until the
| committee ready TO report the result
of its labor OF the afternoon and evening
! Upon motion committee consisting of two
| was appointed to inform the conference
committee that the convention would await
| in session it's report.
| At 1005 o'clock the committee appeared
| The secretary of the committee presented
! its report, which was substantially as fol-
i lows:
| LAS an opening wedge the Populists asked
| for congressman, register Of deeds, judge
| Of probate, coroner, two county comms-
| sioners, IL representatives. To the Demo-
| Gratis the Populists conceded sheriff, county
attorney, auditor, treasurer, superintendent
| of schools, court commissioner, surveyor,
seven state senators, six representatives.
! The Democrats were then asked what
| their position was in regard to congress-
! man, but they refused TO state. Asked if
| they represented the congressional conven-
| ton as well as the county they replied that
| had the resignation of Prof. Cation in their
| hands. They replied that they had not at
| that time, but would confer with Cation
during the recess. During the session the
| Democrats moved three times to adjourn
sine die, but in each case the motion was
| defeated by the vote of he Populists and a
! majority of the silver Republicans. AT 6
| o'clock a recess was taken until 1880.
/ AT 73O o'clock the Populists appeared
with the resignation Of Prof. Cation in their
| hands, stating that Prof. Cation had ten
dered it in the hope OF securing co-opera-
! ton. The Popuists had learned that the
Democrats had made attempt to nomi-
| nate sheriff and asked if the position was
still open. The Democrats SAID they be-
| lieved it was. The Democrats then demand
ed that they be given the Office OF congress
| man. This the POpuli5ts agreed to give
! them if they in return Should have the
| office Of sheriff. The Democrats thereupon
| caucussed and returned with the PROPOSE.
ton that the silver Republicans fill the
| positions of congressman and sheriff The
| POpulists then caucusse1 and returned with
the following two resolutions:
| 1T is the function OF this conference
| committee to apportion positions and not to
| select men to fill them
| This the Democrats agreed was COR
rect
| ~"The second resolution presented by the
| PopulistS was follows:
| THAT on the position of congressman and
sheriff, the Populists agree to leave 1t to
the silver Republicans to arbtrate between
the demands of the PJpulists and Demo-
| Gratis
THE Democrats then moved to adjourn
| sine die without further conference. The
| Populists opposed this, but majority Of
| the silver Republicans voted with the Dem
| ocrats. and the conference adjourned"
This was the report. The secretary said
that the committee had worked hard for
cooperation, and that it was not secured
was no fault of the members OF that COM
mittee. The report was approved by the
convention.
A motion was then made that when the
convention adjourn III adjourn until II
o'clock this morning. the conference COM
mittee to be continued in order to give the
Democrats a further opportunity to Coop
crate. The motion carried
The following resolution was presented:
Resolved, That the Peoples party Of
Hennepin county, in convention. is first. last
! and always for cooperation of the allied
| reform forces that our conference COM
mittee be continued to that end; that we
l GREATLY donloro tho act of the DemOcra tic