The age-herald., 1900-05-11

NELLY, of Minnesota.
 Cincinnati, May 10.-Above is the ticket
 placed in the field today by what is com
 monly known as the middle-of-the-road
 popuist party, but which, according to
 leaders Of the movement, is the one and
 only peoples party.
 For time during today's session of the
 convention 1t appeared as if nothing could
 prevent complete disruption of the plans
 so carefully wrought by the handful of
 men who separated themselves on Febru-
 ary 19 at Lincoln, Neb., from the fusionist
 element, of the populist party. Since
 Tuesday, when Wharton Barker, who had
 been selected in 1898 by the initiative and
 referendum plan to head the party ticket,
 a steady current against the cut and dried
 choice of Barker and Donnelly had almost
 destroyed the foundation upon which that
 ticket stood. Former Congressman How
 ard of Alabama had suddenly become the
 idol of an apparently winning number of
 delegates, and he clinched his claims on
 the presidential nomination through his
 eloquent address in assuming the tempor-
 ary chairmanship of the convention on Wednesday.
 Howard Wanted Harmony Today as the time drew near for nomi-
 nations word was quietly passed, confirm
 ed by Mir. Howard himself, that the Bar
 ker following would bolt the convention should their leader be turned down. owing to the fact that the Alabama delegation
 could not support MT. Howard, matters were further complicated. Howard took the only course for the restoration or mar mony He announced that he had no am bition to head the ticket, and came to Cincinnati without the slightest expecta- ton of being named. Nevertheless "neii the roll call was presented on the l,s' ballot Howard was at the top or the
 osI,,n,n-onlv a few short of the nomina- ton. ,,, On the second ballot Towards plainly stated desire for harmony took enect anu the seventy votes which went to Donnehy on the first roll call were gradually "orheu over to the Barker column, 1t being uhoer- stood that MT. Donnelly's name hao oeeh , withdrawn.
 The generous Howard moved to make the selection of Barker unanimous, which was done Without a dissenting voice lgnatius
 Donnelly as declared ce-presidentiai nom inee After electing Jo A. Parker chairman of the national committee, the conVentlon after having been in session continuously with the exception of 20 minutes recess, | from S:3of a. m. till 43o p. m, adjourned sine die.
 Called to Order
 The convention was called to order at
 S;3o a. m. with Colonel w. D. Peek in the chair The matter which so disturbed last nights session-a report from the creden- tials committee-was immediately reopened by R. M Chenault of Kansas, who moved
 that the vote of his delegation be based on congressional districts, allowing Kansas Il
 votes in place of S6. This was considered as an olive branch thrown out to the faction
 which made such a strong fight at the ses- | sion of the preceding evening and the mo- ton was adopted unanimously. | A motion was carried limiting the first
 nominating speeches for president and vice. president to ten minutes.
 | The committee on party organization re- | commended that the rules of the party all | ready In use be approved; the division of the country into seven districts and sub districts to facilitate organization, all dele gate conventions for nominating candidates and preparing platforms to be abolished {; instead, nominations and platforms and
 amendments thereto be made by direct vote of the political subdivisions affected there- by
 The Platform
 Chairman Felton read the platform for
 mulated by his committee. Jo A. Parker of
 Kentucky offered an amendment plank op- posing trusts and favoring public owner ship of public utilities which was adopted after an extended debate. The platform
 was then adopted practically by unanimous
 vote. It read as follows:
 '"rhe peoples party of the United States,
 assembled in national convention, 10th day of May. 1900 affirming unshaken belief In the cardinal tenets of the peoples party as set forth in the Omaha platform, and pledgng ourselves anew to continued ad- vocacy of those grand principles of human liberty until right shall triumph over
 greed, do adopt and proclaim this declara-
 tion of faith:
 "First-We demand the initiative and re- ferendum and the imperative mandate for such changing of existing federal and statute laws as will enable the people in their sovereign capacity to propose and com pei the enactment of such laws as they de- sire; to reject such as they deem injurious to their interests and to recall unfaithful public servants
 "Second-we demand the public ownership and operation of those means of communi- cation, transportation and production which the people may elect, such as railroads, tel egraph and telephone lines coal mines, etc ''Third-sThe land, including all natioanl sources of wealth, is a heritage of the peo-