Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-09

! lol tue opening OF the FuNuIlHt uduoual
/ convention 10 was fully twenty minutes
. later when United States Senator But
/ ler chairman of the National commit
] tee. raped for order The great tent,
/ which has "a seating capacity of 5000,
I was comfortably filed. The interior OF
+ the tent was beautifully decorated with
/ national c1lOrs and streamers Of bunt-
/ ing. senator Butler called ON Bishop
! % dorman Catholic bishop of Sioux
! Falls tu offer prayer After the prayer
| Senator BItler announced that the city
/ of Sioux Falls and the state az South
! Dakota desired tu make iu a formal
/ manner "a tender OF that hospitality
/ which AN the visitors 90 the convention
! had already expressed in $50 great meas
] ure. lie then introduced Gov Andrew
: 10. Lee, OF South Dakota. who well
! coined the delegates in behalf OF the
/ city and State.
The remarks Of Gov. Lee were re-
ceiyel with great applause.
Secretary Edgerton, Of the national
committee then read the call for the
convention, after which Chairman But
Ter advanced tO the front OF The rus-
rum 90 formally open the convention.
he began.
H'.A NIANN lN ." NIIN NNNN TO state "a
ieW laets concerning the party's his
tory since the last national convention.
TO is wen known that more or less dis
satisfaction resulted from the uupIeas-
amt but seemingly unavoidable episode
OF two Vice presidential candidates in
the last campaign a few men took adj
vantage of this dissatisfaction 90 app
peal 90 an honest sentiment. ur shall
sdy prejudice. 90 create d sChism In the
party They charged that there was a
conspiracy on foot. headed by myself.
as your national chairman, TO deliver
DE party bag and baggage 90 the
Democratic organization. I'm the spring
Oi latA they loudly demanded % meet
ms Of the national committee 20 save
the party They said That ]. as your
chairman should call them together
and Den the committeeman from each
state outline % policy Tor the party
untl the mex, national committee met IN
the summer of lsgs. 40 Omaha did Il 90
give those seIf-c0nstitutcd leaders
chance Go Dc heard and TO- give the full
committee of jhe party a chance 20 act
after hearing their grievance. You AN
know The result These self-constltuted
patriots demanded. at the committee
meeting that % resolution should Doe
passed declaring chat the next ma
t.0nal convention 0f the Peoples party
should Doe held at least one month ahead
of that OF the old party conventions.
"In the interest of harmony. and in |
order t0 meet thes. dissatisfied self I
constituted patriots more than han /
way The committee accepted their reso- I
tuition and passed ID unanimously This /
resolution has since been known ds the .
Omaha agreement You all know the /
result These sclf-clusttute1 patriots. I
only a few in number bat very noisy |
proceeded to bolt the action of tho CONF /
mittee meeting within less than am /
hour after 90 had adjourned and ISSUED I
% call for "a rImp convention that met .
Do Cincinnati in September Despite /
this treachery and bad faith, the ma
tional committee, at its meeting held |
iu Lincoln Ncb., "a few months ago,
stood boy that Omaha agreement 10 the
letter aud called this convention 90
meet more than thirty days ahead 0f
both OF the old party conventions But I
what was the resuIt2 THE same self
constituted pat siofs again buIted the |
action OF the committee at Lincoln after
getting everyth.ur that they had dee
naudcd iu the omaha resolution They |
went Go Omaha determined 90 bolt and
,ry 20 split the party and falling 20
lnd AN excuse. they buitel anyway |
They went again 90 The meeting OF the |
committee az Lincoln. determined be-
'ore-hand 90 bolt and try 90 find an /
excuse 10 bolt and falling 90 find an
Excuse they botcd again anyway. But |
ine member of the national convention !
committee voted ana only two on three |
Who held proxies. and these two OF
hree were men who had already bottled |
n fact 10y supporting the Barker and !
)0nnelly rumn ticket These boilers. |
lowever are Few Boo number. but. like
he lrlshmau's frog they make noise
n0ugh Tor O. million"
The remainder of his speech was a
.igor0us presentation of party issues
10 the conclusion of his address Sena-
or Butler announced The following
emporary officers of the convention:
Chairman. p ~ Ringdale OF Mime
ola; secretary, r. T.. Bray. OF okla
omai assistant secretaries Lee Vim
emit Of Colorado. and Eugene Smith, Of ]
Illinois.