Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-20
fusion STATE CONVENTION
The Most Harmonious Ever Held In the
State---A Winning Ticket
Nominated.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. ITHE P0PuLS1 LOVE FEAST.
The POPULIST LOVE FEAST
An Immense Gathering Of Liberty
Loving Patriots Select a
Strong Ticket.

SlI0ng liCk6l.
The Yankton Convention was a hum
mer from start to finish. The greatest
convention ever held in the state of
South Dakota. On Tuesday the trains
got in there from every direction load
ed with enthusiastic delegates to both
the Peoples party and the Democratic
conventions and by Wednesday at three
O'Clock when the convention was called
to order there were at least fifteen
hundred delegates in the city, about
eight hundred to the Populist conven-
tion and about seven hundred to the
Democratic convention. The people of
Yankton had made great preparation
for the entertainment of both conven-
tions and the delegates A large tent,
the same that was used in Canton for
the state convention to send delegates
10 the national convention, was erected
and large stage of sufficient capacity
to accommodate over one hundred chairs
and the body of the tent itself was pre-
pared with seats for at least fifteen
hundred people. Everything was done
by the people Of Yankton necessary for
the comfort Of everybody and praises
were heard on every side of the gener-
ous manner in which the Mother City"
had prepared for her children from the
great state which had grown since
Yankton ceased to be the capital. At
three o'clock in the afternoon of the II
inst. when Chairman Kidd called the
Peoples party convention to order he
looked into the faces of as large body
of delegates as had ever been assembled
in the State of South Dakota at any
single convention of men, recognizing
that the time had come when every
lover of liberty should stand up fear
lessly and contend for freedom against
the Imperialism now dominating the
Republican party. After reading the
call the convention was opened by]
prayer, by Rev. Dougherty after which
the mayor of Yankton, in very felici-
tous speech welcomed the sons of South
Dakota to the old home, Yankton, the
home nest from which the great state
had grown. He said in substance that
the Mother City" rejoiced to have her
sons return and greeted them as heart
lily as mothers always welcome the
grown mp children returning to the old
homestead, and he threw open the city
and told them to take anything they
found without let, or hindrance or
price. Everything was free and the
delegates right royalty accepted and
enjoyed the welcome and freedom tend
cred to them by the official head of
their Mother City" Everybody
recognized the fact that there was a
tendency on the part Of the delegates
from both the conventions to work in
harmony. Very few manifested a
desire for friction or unreasonable de-
n,auds and whenever any would express
such desires he was suppressed by the
unaaimous condemnation of every
body. It was evident that there was a
sharp contest on for congress and also
for governor. Thos. Ayers, private
to Gov. Lee, felt confident that
he had sufficient instructed delegates to
make his nomination sure. Mr.. Louis
N. Grill of Union county was contest
ing this nomination earnestly and many
right royal and able friends seconded
his efforts and from the time he arrived
in Yankton till the time when the roll
was called for the nomination of candi-
dates for congress on the east side of
the river he gained steadily until every
body recognized that as between him
and Mr.. Ayers that Grill was the
winner. The convention organized by
the election of Hon. A. E. Hitchcock of
as temporary chairman, and
Mr.. Lovett of Aberdeen as secretary,
with Mr.. Ashley Of Clark and Miss
Aasved as assistant secretaries and Mr.. |
Rhodee, the boy orator of the Jim" as
reading clerk. Mr.. Hitchcock, in
taking the chair, delivered magnificent
speech on the issues of the day to the
and was greeted with ap-
plause, and the manner in which he
the temporary organization did
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