The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-17
APPRECIATED THE BANeUUr
evening Spread the Most Enjoyable
OF the POpuIlst Events

Inc Lincoln Washington banouet of
the Peoples party of Minnesota held
in Harmonic hall last evening. was in
every respect q success. Covers bed
been laid for $50, but this number wa
found insufficient. and many of those
gaining admission to the banquet hail
were forced to picnic" wherever cbai,.,
could be placed
There was slight delay in getting
started, and it was some time after o
o'clock before every one was seated.
shortly before II o'clock Paul Fon
tame, postmaster. introduced T. c.
Gibbs, who delivered the opening adj
dress. After complimenting the Popu
llStS of the state upon the results of
the days conference and upon the sue
cess of the banquet. Mr.. Gibbs under
TOOK to caricature the name ,of "sornd
money, causing considerable amuse-
ment and applause. Next in the order
given the following toasts" were re-
sponded to:
The Issues of 9S" p NJ. Ringdabl,
Abraham Lincoln" s. NJ: Owen; Relation
son; The Reform Press" II. G. Day: The
Young Man in Politics. Spurgeon OdeI;
Sound Finance in City Government. J.
U. Stacy; The Refcrmer" L. G Long.
The Relation of Law to Progress Iobn
A Reyes; The Mission of PopuIism
Francis II. Clark; National Issues. " r, +
Catcn. o.
In conclusion, Senator Butler. Ga,,
Weaver and Senator Dubois delivered
brief addresse
nGFninG Conference
Harmony" with a great big cues
tlon mark in front of it, brooded over
the deliberations of the PopuIist com
mftteemen at the meeting in the
morning. AT times the HARMONY"
was so noisy that you could not dis
tneuish it from the worst sort of dis
cord.
l-The first trouble arose over an at
/ tempt to secure the appointment of a
committee to wait upon Senator Du-
pols and John Lind and invite them to
address the gathering. No sooner was
the motion before the house than the
uproar began. 1t was insinuated .by
one speaker that an invitation to in
Vlte the barOnS of Wall street to par
tcfpate would be equally appropriate.
or course such sacrilege met with 2
storm of Kisses, but for all that il was
thought best by the fusionists that tn,
motion be withdrawn, although it was
great disappointment to many who
wished to hear Mr.. Lind.
The regular order in it's turn brought
forth speech from u. D. Austin, a
delegate from Duluth, who scored with
burning words the mid-rOad Obstruc-
tlonists, as he termed them. When he
had proceeded this far Dr. II. 3. Fay.
of Minneapolis. one of the leaders of
the mid-road faction, got the floor long
enogh to ask the speaker to define the
difference of an alliance with the Re-
publican party as compared with an al
lance with the Democratic or any 9TH
er party.
Then the real fun began Half the
delegates seemed to rise to their fee.
at one and the same time, and the air
was full Of Kisses and cries of ''Sit
down, Turn him out" and the like
Messrs. Fay and Austin held their
places on the floor throughout the tur-
moil, and the doctor waved his hands
in the air and shouted something which
was not heard because of the noise
Finally, az quiet was being restored. a
voice was heard to say, referring to DR..
Fay: Is
Don't mind him. he's only a Re-
publican colonizer, anyway"
Il know that by the cut of his lib"
was the quick response Of Austin, and
the house applauded vigorously.
1t was evident from the beginning
that the fusionists were in ma jority
so far as the conference meeting was
concerned. and soon after this incident
the mid-roaGers began leaving the hall
and matters proceeded smoothly for
the balance of the session.
Before finally adjourn ing the meeting
listened to a report from the committee
on naturalization, and a resolution de-
claring that the war in Cuba should
cease was unanimously agreed upon,
and a short speech from Prof Cation
was listened to-