The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-23
~PoPULISTS HAVE A ROW
Yesterdays CONVENTION RESULT
ED IN A SPLIT IN THE PARTY.
State Committee Recognized by the
lions Against Trusts.

The official split in the Populist party of
Indiana occurred yesterday. The middle
of-the-roaders' held a conference in the
Criminal courtroom and the "fusionists"
held one in a room in the Vajen block. The
'fusionists' drew about twenty-five dele
gates and the opposition about two hundred.
Though the call for the convention was
signed by A p. Hanna, the chairman of the
state central committee, he and his cohorts
-~denominated the Observation-Disclosures in
the Vajen block and could not be induced to
join the "middle-of-the-roaders" in the
Criminal courtroom. Whereupon the mid
observation-disclosures determined to reorgan-
lie the state committee. All this took the
whole day of discussion of LOCALITIES, parlia-
mentary rules and continued pickering. +.
J. S. Robinson, of Cleveland, was made
chairman and L. A. Collier, of Kokomo, and
c.. M. Walters, Of this city, secretaries. N.
II. Motsinger was at all times apparent and
did lots Of speaking, He won the election
for member of the national committee. 1t
was supper time before the choosing of the
new state committee began. The result was
as follows:
First District. II. Carroll, Evansville.
cennes
Third District-J. C. Stewart, West Baden.
Fourth District-Captain Bryant, YER
sailles.
Fifth District-J. H. Allen, Terre Haute.
Sixth District-Elam Leary, Greenfield.
Seventh District-A. J. Williams, Need
ham, vice John Medert, deposed.
Eighth District-C. F. w. Bartling, Deca-
tur.
fort, vice A. p. Hanna, deposed.
Tenth District-J. c. smith, Monticello,
vice James Zion, deposed.
Eleventh District-L. E.. Collier, Kokomo.
Tho TuaIfth an1 1rhirtaapfhL dfcfricfc ro-
main the same as heretofore. The delegates
from those districts stood out from the cleo
ton in order to better influence the fusion
lsts' to accept the entire action of the con-
~vention. The central committee met at once
on adjournment Of convention at Z o'clock
and elected r. ]. S. Robinson, of Clover
land, Clay county, state chairman, and c.
M. Walters, of Indianapolis, editor of the
PopuIist Journal, secretary.
Many bitter things were said about Han
ma, the "fusionist," and John Medert was
made the subject of a -condemnatory reso-
luton. Besides the usual resolutions about
supporting the various P0pulist platforms
the following was adopted:
That we regard all private moneyed cor
porations,. monopolies and trusts as menaces
to a republican form of government and to
personal liberty, and we think they ought
to be lawfully abolished and lawfully over
thrown"
Afterward the leaders grew ashamed of
the resolution and it was changed to read
all banks of issue, Another resolution
which was Enthusiastically adopted was:
That we make the following permanent
rules of the Peoples party of Indiana: That
when any central committeeman, whether
state, district, county. township or any
other, shall propose or talk faVorably to
fusion, his office shall be vacated, and the
act Of so working for fusion shall be deemed
to vacate his position and his place shall be
filled at once in the usual method Of filling
vacancies; that the chairman and secretary
Of the state central committee need not
necessarily be members of the state central
committee, but such members shall be ELI
gible the same as other members of the
party"
The 'fusionists'' were through their work
early in the day. They Endorsed all the
committees and elected A. r; Hanna ma
tional committeeman. They decided to fuse
with any party supporting free silver. The
,mlddle-of-the-roadersa. expressed great
happiness last night. They felt that ali was
now in h~armonyy-the disturbers having been
cast out-and the party would begin to
strengthen steadily. They expressed no UNI
easiness as to whether their national com
mitteeman or the "fusionists' would be ac-
cepted.