The age-herald., 1900-05-11
BRILLIANT ADDRESS
 BY BOURKE COCHRAN
He Boldly Advocated Repeal of Fifteenth Amend
 ment at the Montgomery Race Conference.

by the government and held for actual set
 tiers only.
 "Fourth-A scientific and absolute paper
 money, based upon the entire wealth and
 population of the nation not redeemable in
 any specific coin, but made full legal ten der Tor all debts and receivable for all taxes ana pubic dues and issued by the govern ment only, without the intervention of banks and in sufficient quantity to meet the demands Of commerce, Is the best cur rency that can be devised; but until such financial system is secured, which we snail press for adoption, we favor the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the legal ratio of 16 to l. 'Fffth-We demand the levy and collec- ton of graduated tax on incomes and
 inheritances and a constitutional amend
 ment to secure the same if necessary. Sixth-We demand the election of presi- dent, vice-president federal judges and
 United States senators by direct vote of
 the people.
 "Seventh-We are opposed to trusts and
 declare the contention between the old
 parties on the monopoly question is
 sham battle and that solution of this
 mighty problem is possible without adop- ton of the principles of public ownership
 of public utilities.
 Nominations for the presidency were then, at 1005 a. m., declared in order.
 Prof. J. A. Boyce of Nebraska placed in
 nomination former Congressman M. A. Howard of Alabama, whom he said had
 always been true populist and who as
 an orator is the peer of William J. Bryan
 and whose magnitude excelled that of
 Eugene V. Debs He declared that the
 dry bones of fusion already rattllng at
 the mention of Towards name and pre- dicted the regeneration of popuism with sucn man at the head of the ticket-"a man with whose name we can conjure.' General Phillips of Georgia the famous Confederate officer, then named Wharton Barker of Pennsylavna. In doing so he said that MT. Howard was one of his dearest friends but that he wished to carry out the instructions of his state conVen- ton. He mentioned the name of Thomas Watson of Georgia at which there was a great outburst of applause. When he
 named Barker as the nominee, a cheer rose that shook the building But the
 speaker received an ovation when, in closing he said, pointing to the American flags which were seen everywhere about the hall: "The time has again come when l the old banner is in danger. You men | of the north and we men of the south love 1 it. We always did for Georgias star is | there"
 l Barker and Donnelly, he said were the | choice of Georgia and that they would l rejuvenate the peoples party in Novem- | Der.
 Judge Williams of Indiana placed before
 the convention the name of Ignatius Don nelly of Minnesota, whom he lauded as q
 lover of mankind and man whom it was | unnecessary to place upon probation. H. l.. Wheeler of Iowa seconded the
 nomination of Barker.
 A. w. Kicker of Iowa presented for the conventions consideration but not nomi- nee, the name of Eugene V. Debs. Debs
 name was received with dead silence. MT. Chenault of Kansas and Joe Parker | seconded the nomination of Howard. Ar kansas Michigan and Mississippi followed in lengthy speeches seconding Barker's l nomination.
 Former Governor Waite of Colorado sec- | onded the nomination of Howard and made
 the allegation that the western states were | now returning good for evil in endorsing a | southern man. despite the fact that, as he | put it, that south had forced Weaver on l the west in
 New York; Pennsylvania, Tennessee and | Georgia seconded the nomination of Bar | ker, and MT. Rahilly of Minnesota seconded l the nomination of Donnelly.
 | Howard's speech
 When the roll call on presidential nomi-
 nations was finished MT. Howard advanced | to the chairman's desk and expressed a de- 1 sire to be heard. He said:
 T said we had reached a crisis. Subse- | quent events verified that statement. We | at St. Louis made a tremendous mistake. | l thank God that 1 was not responsible for | that mistake. 1 stand for unadulterated | populism. I led the fight for Watson Not 1 withstanding the deluge that swept the con | vention, l do not believe that must com
 mt blunder today that will cause another disruption in our party l do not possess the ambition which overleaps itself and | falls the other side l thank you my
 friends, who have supported me, but pecu- | liar conditions confront I stand before you unsupported by Alabama, and under | these conditions could not afford to accept l the nomination at the hands of this con | vention. 1 came to do what 1 believed was | right, and never dreamed that this nomna- | tion would be offered me. l realize that l you, my friends, in the majority, but | for the good of the party-placing it above | Howard and Towards ambition-I with 1 draw my name.
 l A tumultuous uproar followed MT How ards statement, three cheers were given | him and his friends stated that their votes l would be cast for Howard notwithstand- | ing.
 Roll calls on the report for president be- gan at 1925. The first ballot resulted in
 no choice, being: Howard, S56.6; Barker
 314.4; Donnelly, r S. M. Norton, 8; neces- | sary to choice, 4SS.
 Grove Creates Uproar Chairman Grove of the Alabama delega- | ion then created uproar by charging former Governor Waite of Colorado with | insulting the southern delegates in his reference to the nomination of Weaver. | f1OWlS ana cal cdllS Cdile lTOlil every ul- rection and the chairman found 1t impos- sible to restore order. Governor Waite struggled down the aisle to the orchestra circle and in feeble voice stated that his
 remarks had been misunderstood, and that
 if the delegates from Alabama construed them as reported he would apologize. When order had been restored Judge Will jams of Indiana announced the withdrawal of Ignatius Donnelly's name. P. H. Rahilly shouted that the Minnesota dele l gate refused to have Donnelly's name | withdrawn, and that the roll call on the second proceed. Minnesota, with IS votes, was passed.
 The chairman had previously ruled that the candidate having the majority of all | the votes cast this ballot was entitled | to the nomination. When all the states had voted and 1t was seen that 1t was close be- | tween Wharton Barker and Howard-the latter's friends had insisted on voting for l lContinued on Second Page).