The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-07

| A Resolution Adopted FavOring the
vention Before That of the Re
pubHcans or Democrats-A Love
Feast to BE Held During the Conn
ing Winter.
The Peoples party state central cop-
! mittee held meeting at the Clarendon
hotel yesterday afternoon. 1t had been
| predicted that 1t was going to be a heated
two or three hours session. The predic-
diction was wrong only in putting a
time limit on the gathering, for 1t began
at 2 o'clock and It was I o'clock before
1t had finished the work. The meeting
| was interesting from a negative as well
as a. positive standpoint. The prediction
In the G b 9 Of two weeks ago that
Gov. Lind was not making hit With
the politicians in the Peoples party, or
with enough OF them, was verified. The
committee didn't indorse the state admin
istration Frank Warner, of Buffalo
Lake, wanted 1t done. Zeke Austin was
willing; SO was Chairman Clarke like
wise Frank Stacy, of Minneapolis. But
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numerous. and when a number of them
had expressed themselves the subject I'M
derwent benevolent assimilation with the
smoke in the room and disappeared in the
same way. So long as there is so much
Wolfer- Houlton- McMillan-Parshan Alton
to the administration the Peoples party
representatives are not going to crack
their voices shouting ''Hurrah for 'Lindr'
That was the sentiment.
When the meeting opened there
were present; Francis B. Clarke.
Secretary z. H. Austin. Adolph
Paradis. St Paul: Thomas J.
Meighan. Forestville: T. D. D. Evans,
Tracy; A. H. Hendrickson. Sank Center:
C. M. Ferro. Minneapolis; R. A. Walsh,
St Paul. proxy for M R. Prendergast F.
P. Olney. Benson; Richard Glavin, War
rem: Frank n. Stacy, Minneapolis; ].
Mayhem. st. Cloud C. N. Perkins. Stew
art; Paul Fontaine. Minneapolis; W. A.
Hotchkiss, Preston.
The interest began when the following
resolution was introduced:
Resolved. That 1t is the sense of the
committee that the National Peoples
Party convention for 1900 should be held
cratic conventions.
The resolution passed after an hours
debate. AS originally drawn. it read
state and national conventions" The
state was, under the fight made by some
of the committeeman, knocked out 1t
was peculiar thing that some of those
who favored the resolution as adopted q d
SO because they thought by having TIE
convention first ii would compel the
Democrats to nominate the choice of the
Peoples party, thus insuring fusion and
others favored it because it. in their
mind meant anything but fusion So it
passed, with Messrs Stacy, Mayhem,
Austin and Glavin voting no.
Committeeman Stacy furnished a num-
Der of resolutions that took up time in
discussing. and one of them found in
dorsement. This provided that members
who are instructed to take up the work
in their respective districts, forward the
names Of all committees or officers of or
CARNATIONS in their respective districts to
the chairman of the state central COM
mittee.
The committee decided to have grand
midwinter love feast at time to be later
selected. 1t was provided for In the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the chairman of this
committee be Instructed to call county
convention at an early date for the pur-
pose of general discussion and more per-
feet organization and the selection of DEL
egates to a state convention for the same
purpose, and said conventions to be un-
der the direction of local organizations
where any such active and cooperating
organizations exist.
The Idea Of the committee. expressed i'm
conversation, is to have a convention that
will last three or four days, when num-
Der of the most prominent Peoples party
men In the country will be invited to at
tend and expound some of the up-to-date
questions of party policy
The committee decided to urge the for
nation of direct legislation leagues in
each county in the state. and some funds
were raised to begin the work which will
be under the direction of Chairman
Clarke.
Between times came the discussion
about the state administration referred
to, and. while none of the committeeman
would say much about it, number OF
them admitted that the discussion was
pointed and spirited while 1t lasted,