The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-07

Cincinnati, Sept 6.-The middle-of
the-road Populists today reorganized
the Peoples party, renewed its former
declaration of principles and nominated
its 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 radicals controlled the
convention, they could not have carried
out their programme without bolt
from northern delegates. The western
and southern delegates nominated
Wharton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly
and declared the principles of the re-
organized party. The eastern states
were not represented.
It was the smallest national conVen-
ton on record, and it had the longest
platform on record-one of over 1000
words. Most of the usual rules of con-
ventions were ignored, as most of the
delegates came with self-constituted
credentials, owing to the confusion over
the call. 1t was a very noisy conven-
ton, and no connected report of the
proceedings viii ever be recorded.
While the Peoples party was here
tofore divided on the issue of fusion, 10
has now been found that even the anti
fusionists are badly divided, and that
the fighting among the middle-of-the-
roaoers themselves has just begun.
The Populists convened their second
days session at an early hour today,
when the temporary organization was
, made permanent. Chairman Ignatius
Donnelly made another radical speech,
denouncing all those who had Coop
Grated with fusion movements, and
strongly advocating the reorganization
of the party, not only for an indepen-
dent presidential ticket, but for indie
pendent candidates for congress, state
officers, etc.
A letter was read from Ex-Governor
Waite of Colorado, in which he de-
nounced Senator Butler as a treacher-
Gus chairman and false leader, and ad-
vocated the nomination of straight
Populistic tickets for president and
other offices.
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
An elaborate address to the people of
the United States was adopted. 1t re-
affirms the previous platform of the
PopuliStS and covers many additional
questions, and, in referring to the pres
ent situation, it says:
THE Peoples party vote in 1894 and
1895 reached nearly 1000, 900, and every
thing indicated its speedy national tri-
umph. In this emergency the Demo-
cratic party saw that it had no re-
course but to steal one of the principles
of the despised Populists. In the Chi
cago convention of 1896, in a prear-
ranged theatrical scene of great uproar
and enthusiasm, it moved to the front
as the devoted friend and lifelong
champion of that which it had always
opposed.
Senator Butler, who is the chairman
of our national committee, preached
disintegration and decentralization. just
as Benedict Arnold stipulated for the
scattering of the American forces, that
the British might more readily over
throw the young republic.
Mr.. Butler taught our forces that
the first duty of a soldier was to break
ranks and go over to the enemy. All
efforts to chain the boundleSS Subtlety
OF this cunning man have been in vain
Our chief battle is not against the
decentralization of one metal for the
benefit of another but against the
claiming of the worlds progress to the
carwheels of a prehistoric superstition
in the shape of both metals. The whole
world today is held in check by a sys-
tenn of gold barter, while enterprise
languishes. industry suffers and the
cemeteries are populous with the bodies
of bankrupts and suicides.
We will end the tricks of the office
seekers by putting our national ticket
in the field at once. We believe that
the. soul is bigger than the pocket
book; we have nothing but kind words
for Republicans and Democrats indi-
Vidually. Our hearts go out to the
wretched and oppressed of the whole
world.
While we demand that if either gold
or silver is to be used as money, both
shall be so used, we insist that the best
currency this county ever possessed
was the full legal tender greenback of
the civil war. And we look forward
with hope to the day when gold shall
be -relegated to, the diseased teeth of
the people and the human family pos
sess, free of tribute TO bankers, a gov
ernmental full legal tender measure of
values, made of paper, that will expand
side by side with the growth of wealth
and population"
CONFUSION AND DISORDER.
Previous to the adoption of the ad-
dress. Mr.. Foster of Minnesota created
q scene by his bitter objections. and i
was Missed down, as We're others of the !
Butler faction.
A bitter discussion then followed on |
q motion to proceed with nominations !
for president and vice president. The |
Butler faction moved to amend by re-
ferring the whole matter to their ma (
tional committee. This caused a great |
and the Butler men were |
knocked out
Joseph Palmer of Illinois then called /
the Butler faction together in another |
part of the hail, and it was announced |
that they would bolt and leave the hall /
if the motion to proceed with nominal
tons prevailed. They insisted that such
action should not be taken, as there
had been no regular call, and only a
portion of the states and territories
were represented. There was a scene of
confusion and commotion which finally
was quelled by Mr.. Walker of Illinois
taking the platform and addressing the
in the interest of order and
harmony.
After he had been defeated on his
motion to refer nominations and other
decisive action to the national commit
tee, Mr.. Palmer attempted. repeatedly
o get the floor on a question of personal
privilege. He was interrupted by. DR..
Fay and "a chorus of other directors,
who Insisted upon proceeding with the
nominations.
At this juncture the disturbance of
The small crowd became so fierce that
Mr. Hasebett, manager of the Lyceum,
and requested the assemblage
% vacate the hall, as he was apprehen-
i've of the security of his property.
rhe Butler faction, led by Mr.. Palmer
If Illinois, then left the hall, and the
,ther faction proceeded with the nomi-
nations.
BARKER FOR PRESIDENT.
After numerous nominating and sec
,nding speeches in presenting two
James for presidential candidates,
ballot was taken resulting as follows:
Wharton Barker of PENNSYLVANIA,