The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-03

ly the last fusion campaign in which j
shall participate"
During the height of the confusion
and the abuse of Whitmore hat gen.
tIeunan appeared in the hall He was a
delegate to both conventions, and had
been visiting with the Democrats He
was called o e P1atferFn-~
Mr.. Whitmore trembled from head to
foot His knees wobbIed k those of
a man standing on a church rostrum
dangIed as though they were suspended
ON a clothesline. -He-waA much agI-
tated. Mr.. Lathrop started in on b
more
a brother Populist2' yelled Lathrop,
pointing TO Burgess.
YES. I did" retorted whitmore- II
had = right 70"
pense of Lathrop. who was growing
more and more excited.
Are you a fusionist." u Lath-
rop.
who had found the volume OF his voice
b.. this time, but 1t was decidedly trem-
Lathrop made another effort. but the
down. Then L A Stebbins, who was
sitting on the edge OF h platform near
Whitmore said:
IBID you vote the fusion ticket two
wears ago. MI. W ulLA11O1S-
Yes, I did" shouted Whitmore 50
that every delegate in the hall could
Cheers again interrupted the proceed
ings, and were again renewed when
Whitmore said:
Prom top to bottom"
There was a fresh outburst Of cheer
ing augmented by n of the Demo-
Gratis who had been attracted by the
rumor of trouble
Wien oniat was being restored Whit
more stood defantly at the edge OF the
platform nearest those who had opened
the fght on him Ihere was a ara
matte silence. broken by Whftmore, who
leaned over as far as safety would per-
nit. He shook his fists violently at
Lathrop, Boutwell,. Robbins and Bur-
CESS and shouted:
I want to say that the men who
have been abusing me behind my back
are a set of towards
This fen like a bombsheH in the ex-
cited convention Silence preva1leo,
which was broken by a coiored delegate
who. from the top of a chair, said:
Il move the nomination of Mr.. Whit
more by reclamation
saBufalo Jones" the chairman of the
convention. had scarcely time to state
The motion before the now thoroughly
enthusiastic convention voted
Mr.. Boutwell, alone voted mo- This
ended the hostilities and the convention
was concluded in order.
The officers of the Democratic conven-
ton were: D. H. BRAKEMAN chairman
w. H. Thompson, secretary
Buffalo Jones was made permanent
chairman of the PopuliSt c~onvent1oni
Otis L. Allen secretary.
The committees representing the DEM
ocratic convention were as follows:
Con<erence-L M. Penwell. u. Whip
pie. w. J.. Whittekind, c. G. Hardy. }.
Credentials-W. A. Roberts. o. p.
Shreve. s. T. Cromwell. Buck Miller d.
s. Morgan. Andrew Scott.
ResolutiOns-S. B. Isenhart, Joseph
Ward. A. b. CrOSkey. Sam Roberts, J.
G.. Seybold. John Dagg.
Permanent organization-J- w Bios
som. r W. Blair. W. E Atehison.
order of business-N. P Arnold, C. E
Soule. Tom Hanley.
The Populist convention a
some Of h old-fashioned kind OF re-
formers. l. A. Stebbins made a speech
asking the party to support the proposed
constitutional amendment charging the
court
whats the use of that2" said J. W.
Our party wants arbitration
don't need courts"
The resolutions adopted by the con-
are the shortest on record IN
Shawnee county. Each convention rati-
fed as briefly as the statement could be
made. the platforms of the national and
state conventions of ther respective par
ties