The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-07
BUTLER'S FOLLOWERS BOLT.
MIDDLE-OF-THE-RO POPULISTS
REORGANIZE PEOPLES PARTY.

atOr Butler as the Benedict Arnold
of the Party - wharton BARKER of
Pennsylvania Nominated for Presi-
dent and Ignatius DOnnelly OF
Minnesota for Vice President.
BOIting Delegates Claim They
Were without Instructions to
Nominate Ticket Campaign
Considered Open.
Cincinnati, Sept. 6.-The Middle-of-the-
Road Populists to-day reorganized the
Peoples party, renewed its former decla-
ration of principles, and nominated its ma
tional ticket two years and two months
in advance of the date of the election. The
object of this early action was TO hold off
any such fusion as that of 1896.
While the radicals controlled the con-
vention, they could not carry out their
programme without bolt from Northern
delegates.
The Western and the Southern delegates
nominated Wharton Barker and Ignatius
Donnelly, and declared the principles of
the reorganized party. The Eastern states
were not represented.
1t was the smallest national convention
on record, and it adopted the longest plat
form on record, one of over 1000 words.
Most of the usual rules of convention We're
ignored, as most Of the delegates came
with self-constituted credentials, owing to
the confusion over the call. 1t was a very
noisy convention, and no connected report
of the proceedings viii ever be recorded.
While the Peoples party was heretofore
divided on the issue of fusion, it has now
been found that even the anti-fusionists
are badly divided, and that the fighting
among the middle-of -the-roaders them
selves has just begun.
An elaborate address to the people of
the United States was adopted.
1t reaffirms the previous platform of
the Populists, and covers many additional
question, and in referring to the present
situation. says:
The Peoples Party vote in 1894 and
1895 rose to nearly 100000 and everything
indicated it's speedy national triumph
I'm this emergency the Democratic
party saw that it had no recourse but
to steal one of the principles of the de-
spised Populists.
Senator Butler, who is the chairman of
our national committee, preached dis
integration ana Generalization, just as
Benedict Arnold stipulated FOR the scat
tering of the American forces that the
British might the 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.
can efforts to chain the boundless sub
tIety of this cunning man has been in
vain. Our chief battle is not against the
| demonetization of one metal for the bene-
fit of another, but against the claiming
of the worlds progress to the car wheels
of a prehistoric superstition in the shape
of both metals.
The whole world to-day is held in check
by a system of gold barter, while enter
| prise languishes, industry suffers and the
cemeteries are populous with the bodies
of bankrupts and suicides.
I'VE will end the tricks of officeseekers
by putting our national ticket in the field
at once.
I'VE have nothing but kind words for
Republicans and Democrats individually.
| 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 cur
rency this country ever possessed was she
full legal tender greenback of the civil
war. and we look forward to the day when
gold shall be relegated to the diseased
teeth of the people and that the human
family shall possess, free of tribute TO
bankers a government full of legal ten
| der measures of values made of paper that
goes side by side with the growth of
wealth and population"
Previous to the adoption of the address,
Mr. Foster of Minnesota created scene
by his bitter objections and was hissed
down. as We're others of the Butler fac
tion. A bitter discussion then followed on
a motion to proceed with the nomination
for President and Vice President.
The Butler faction moved to amend by
referring the whole matter to their ma
tional committee. This caused great dis
turbance and the Butler men were knock
ed out
Josenh Palmer of Illinois then called the
Butler faction together an another part
of the hall and it was announced that
they would bolt and leave the hail II
the motion to proceed with the nomina-
tions prevailed, and such action was taken
when there had been no regular call,
and when only a portion of the states and
territories were represented.
There was a scene of confusion and COM
motion which was finally queled by MIR.
walker of Illinois taking the platform and
addressing the convention in the interest
of order and harmony
After ne was defeated on his motion 20
refer nominations and other decisive ac-
lion TO the national commissioner Mr..
palmer attempted repeatedly to get the
aoor on a question of personal privilege.
He was interrupted by DR.. Fay and
| cborus of other objectors, who insisted on
proceeding with the nominations.
At this juncture the disturbance of the
small crowd became so fierce that Mr.. Ha-
zelsett, manager of the lyceum, appeared
| and requested the assemblage to vacate
| the hail. as he was apprehensve of the Sc
curitv of his property. The Butler fac
| ton, led by MIR. Palmer of Illinois, then
| left the hall, ana the otner lactlons pro
| ceeded with the nominations
After several nominating and seconding
sneeches in presenting the names of@two
candidates for respective officers, the bal
| lot was taken as follows: Wharton Bar
| ker Of Pennsylvania l2S 40; Ignatius Dom
nelly of Minnesota, 80 10.
on motion of Mr.. Donnelly the nomina-
| tion Of Mr. Barker was made unanimous.
| rn,atitra DonnellV was then nOroioa so5