The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-20

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LINCOLN, Neb, Feb IA spit and
walkout followed turbulent meeting of
the Populist national committee tonight,
the anti-fusion leaders, after having
number of their followers turned down by
the credentials committee, organizing
bolt and forming new committee. The
members favorable to fusion, after adopt
ing the report of the credentials commit
tee, adjourned until tomorrow, when, in
all likelihood, it will empower the chair
man or a committee of three to call the
national convention for the same city,
and at the same time the Democratic con-
vention is held.
Caucuses and conferences this morning
among the contending factions betokened
an tnharmonious meeting of the full
committee, which began at 8 o clock this
afternoon in representative hall of the
state capitol, and the indication that
breakers were ahead was emphasized ten
minutes after Chairman Butler called the
committee to order and announced that
1t would at once go into executive session.
The differences of the members, of
but holding proxies for nearly the full
committee, hinged primarily on the old
question of fusion. The element favoring
fusion, led by Senator Allen, which ap-
parently had the strongest following, in
sisted on fusion, and to that end a COM
mittee be appointed with power to call
the convention for the same day and
place as the Democrats. Senator Allen
said:
FIREBRAND THROWN IN
81 am not in favorsof adnitting to the
committee meeting this afternoon or reg
ognizing as members of the committee
any man who participated In the Cncin-
natl convention that nominated Barker
and Donnelly for president and vice pres
ident. I am not in favor Of recognizing
proxies from such men, neither am | in
favor of recognizing any such man who
holds a proxy. l do not believe the conf
mittee should admit any member who is
supporting ticket other than the one
to be nominated in the convention this
committee shall call The committee
should throw over the stransom every
member who has no right to participate
in its deliberations, and / believe it will
do !t.' ~
j. A. Parker, of Kentucky, replied on
behalf of the middle-of-the-road, or anti
fusion men.
The calling of the list Of committeeman
proceeded without incident to the end,
when Mr.. Parker asked why the proxies
of Committeeman A. w. Files, of Arkan-
sas, and Robert McReynolds, of Lincoln,
had been omitted.
Robert Schilding, of Wisconsin, said he
challenged the right Of any man to sit
in the meeting, regardless of his creden-
a hn ho Clncln-
natl convention which nominated Barker
and Donnelly.
Chairman Butler ruled that the whole
matter must go to the committee on Gre
dentials, and he thereupon appointed as
such committee Allen, of Nebraska;
Weaver of Iowa, and Tracey, of Texas,
all of the fusion faction, and declared the
meeting adjourned amid the protests of
the middle-of- the-roaders, who denounced
his action partisan.
COMPROMISE. REJECTED.
When the committee reassembled. at
S:45 D. m, the anti-fusionists presented
the following propositions
THAT the committee recognize only
legal proxies, stamped with revenue
stamps according to law.
''That the roll of the meeting at Omaha
in 1898 be accepted as the roll of this
committee except where subsequent state
conventions have elected new members,
except that cases of contests shall be be-
fore a committee composed of five mem
bers, two to be selected Shy the friends
of Butler, two by friends of Parker, these
four to select a. fifth member, and that IN
settling the contests no votes are to be
cast on these cases by either contestee or
contestants until all contests are set
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''This proposition represents fifty-seven
votes in this committee which is good
majority of the members in attendance
here and we demand these positions in
the name of the honest Populists of this
nation who are opposed to rascalityS in
politics"
This was signed by j. o. Parker, Ken
lucky; r. H. H. Wheelock, Ohio; N. W.
Gresham, Texas: J. B. Osborne, Georgia;
J. L. Knott, Maine; Robert .McReynolds.
Arkansas, and D. Glenn Beaver, of Ne,
braska, together with number of others
not-committeemen4
The proposition was ignored by the full
committee, the committee on credentials
report excluding all but five of the anti
fusion members, and in the midst of ain
uproar the middle-of- the-roads. led by
Parker. of Kentucky. and Walleck, of
Iowa. left the hall. engaged room down
town and organized a boiling meeting.
The main convention, shortly before