Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-07

attempted repeatedly to get the floor on
a question Of personal privilege. He was
interrupted by DR.. Fay and a chorus OF
other objectors. who Insisted on proceed
ing with the nominations. At this juno
ture the disturbance of the small crowd
became so fierce that Mr.. Hasebett. man
ager OF the Lyceum, appeared and request
ed the assemblase to yacate the hall, as he
was apprehensiye OF the security of his
property.
The Butler faction, led by Mr.. Palmer of
Illinois. then left the hall and the other
faction proceeded with the nominations.
After numerous nominating and second
ing speeches. In presenting two names for
presidential candidates. a ballot was taken,
resulting as follows: Wharton Barker, OF
Pennsylvania. 12S 4-5; Ignatius Donnelly, of
Minnesota, 80 1-5. On motion OF Mr.. Don
nelly. the nomination of Mr.. Barker was
made unanimous. Ignatius Donnelly was
then nominated by acclamation for vice
president.
very long platform was adopted. which
incorporates the provisions of the Omaha
platform, as well as the address adopted at
the morning session. The declarations In
the platform do not differ from those of
other Populist platforms except in the
plank which especially denounces Senator
Butler, OIL NOTt1 tdTOIlllG, dS tidlI-
man of their national committee. for at
tempting Ito drive the POpulist party into
the Democratic organization. The reso-
lutions also provide for the reorganization
of the party with Milton Park, of Dallas.
Tex, as chairman.
The boiling delegates said they were in
structed not to participate in the nomlnd-
ton of a ticket.
The convention adjourned without fixing
any time or place for another convention,
and they consider their campaign for lvO
now opened.
The most important action of the conyen-
tion was the adoption OF the, referendum
system as the cardinal principle IN the 1u-
ture of the government OF the reorganlZed
party. After the nominations had been
made, a resolution was offered, by Capialn
Frank Burkett, of Mississippi. providing
that the nominations just made be re-
ferred TO a referendum of the voters or
the People party OF fandn an STAIN aa he taken
in accordance with the rules adopted bg
this convention for the future government
of the Peoples party.
for those adopted at st. Louis in lSb. Ihe
main change provides that the new feople >
party should never again h0ld "a deiesale
Convention of any sort.-national, state, dis
trict or iocal-but that the nominauons LOT
all offices shall be made through the mi
tiative and referendum, or petitlonS III
Another suppiementsl resolution was
adopted providing that the new natlonal
committee of which Milton Park IS chalr- =
man shall take such action as il may IND
necessary in the courts or otherwise TO
see that the names of all the candidates.
of the People's party in all localities snail
appear on the regular and legally pre-
Those Who followed Palmer. OF Illinois,
out of the convention afterward held a con-
ference and appointed Joe A. Parker, OF
Kentucky; James Z. Mcbride, Of Michigan;
James II. Ferris. of Illinois. and Horace
another address. This committee reported
the following. which was unanimously
adopted by the bolters: -,
ITO the Peoples Party of the United
States:-On behalf of our delegates VINO at
tended the meeting called at Cincinnati by
some old members of the Peoples party, We
Of that body:
we attended the convention for the pur-
pose of preserving harmony among those
who espoused the straight. pure and sim
pie Peoples party doctrine. But those who
controlled the convention were prompted
by some purpose provoking them TO over
ests of the party.
THE convention proceeded properly 10
establish referendum system through
which nominees of the party for the gev-
eral offices could be selected by the mem
bers of the party voting in their resqec-
tive precincts. When We sought TO have The
national central and national organization
committees put the programme into ef-
feet within an hour they refused. dis
regarded the plan adopted by themselves,
and Immediately proceeded to the nomina-
tion Of president and vice president: and
by their action we believe they have placed
themselves outside the Regular organiza-
themselves new party. Thereupon quite
one-half of the delegates withdrew, pre-
ferring 10 remain loyal to the PeoDle's s
party and willing to trust future develop
ments 10 remedy party difficulties.
we implore the POpulists of every state
10 pay no heed nor to attach Importance to
this small sloughing of of party timber, but
to maintain an aggressive warfare on the
line hitherto followed. TO build up and pre-
serve our state and local organizations in
accordance with the recommendations of
the national organization committee, as
adopted at Nashville. July 4, 1887, and the
subsequent agreement between our two
national committees at Omaha, June IL.
1EB relying on the patriotism and good
judgment Of men advocating both policies
of party management to heal their diff
ferences before the time fixed for our regu-
lar national convention"
The above resolutions were unanimously
adopted by delegates in whole or part from
the states of Michigan. Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and
Arkansas.
While the candidates OF the reorganized
middle-of-the-roaders for president and
wice ,,1e president nave never been in public
life. yet both OF them are well known.
They have been identified with the Peoples
party ever since its inception and both are
known as ultra-radicals on the most ex-
treme doctrines of the Populists. Both OF
them supported Thomas Watson for presI-
dent In 1886 and bitterly opposed the efforts
NJ fusion AT mat time ana ever since. They
are both bitterly opposed to Colonel Bry-
an and charge him with instigating Senator
Butler as the chairman of their former
national committee in his efforts to drive
them into fusion and to break up the Peo-
pies party. Wharton Barker. OF PhiIadel-
phia, the candidate for president. is the
editor OF the American, the national organ
of the middle-of-the-roaders. Ignatius
Donnelly. OF st. Paul. the candidate for
vice president. has been known for years
as the author who advocated that Lord
Bacon wrote the plays credited 10 Shake
speare. and IS also the author of numer-
Gus works on finance, especially on the sill
yer question. and on socialistic questions.