The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-02-20
FUSION is STRONG.
The Middle of the Readers Left The
Committee Meeting.
DECIDEDLY IN THE MINORITY.
They Wanted to Have a Voice After
Having BOlted the Party.
NO BARKER NOMlNATORS RECOGNIZED
Allen Insisted that Their Names Be Struck
from the List Of Members.
THE P0pUlIST CONVENTION WILL MEET
/. Che Time and Place of Holding
Or Democratic Convention,
, T5,.<oA Is Now Relieved.

Lii ~ ffeDTuAlN IA split ana
a walkoa lowed turbulent meeting
of the populist National committee to-
night the antl-fusion leaders, after hay
irg number OF their followers turled
down by the credentials committee. or
ganzing a bolt and forming new com
mlttee The members favorable to flu
sion, after adopting the report OF the
credentials committee, adjourned until to-
morrow, when in all Likelihood It VII
empower the chairman or committee OF
three to call National convention for
the same city and at the same time the
democratic convention is held.
Caucuses and conferences this moraing
among the contendiag factions OF the
populist National committee betofened an
inharmcaious meeting of the full COM
mit;ee. which began at 5 o'clock this af-
toruoon in representative hall Of The state
capitol and the indications that breakers
we're ahead was emphasized ten minutes
after Chairman Butler called the COM
mittee TO order a-d announced that i
would at once go into executive session
The difference OF the members, Of which
there are about eighty present but hold
Ing ptoxies for nearly thu flll commit
tee, hinged primarily on tnc old ques ION
of fusion Ths element led by SeuAtnf
Alien, with apparently ths strongest toll
lowing. Insisted upon fusion and 20 that
end a committee was appointed with pow
er to call a convention for the same day
and place as the democrats.
Senator Allen said; Il am not in favor
of admitting to the committee or To reo3g
nizng as members OF the committee any
man who participated in the Cincinnati
convention chat nominated Baker and
Donuelly for president and vice president.
am not in favor of recognizing proxies
for such men, neither am ! in favor 81
recognizing any man who holds such a
proxy. do not believe the committee
should admit any man who is supporting
ticket other than the one to ba noml-
mated in the convention this committee
shall call The committee should throw
over the trausom every member who has
no right to participate in its dcllnerauon,
and believe It win do it,"
j. \. Parker OF Kentucky replied on be-
half of the middle-ol- the road or anti
fusion men.
The calling OF the list of the list Of the
committeeman proceeded without incident
10 the end. when Mr.. Parker asked why
the proxy Of Committeeman a, W. Files
of Arkansas and Robert McReynolds OF
Lincoln had been omitted.
Robert schllng of Wisconsin said h
challenged the right of any man to sli
in the meeting, regardless Of his creden-
tials, who had taken part IN the C.ncli-
natl convention which nominated Baker
and Donnelly.
Chairman Butler ruled that the whole
matter must go to the committee on Gre
dentials and he thereupon appointed az
such committee Allen of Nebraska, Weav-
or Of Iowa and Tracey OF Texas, all Of the
fusion faction and declared the meeting adj
journed amid the protests OF the middle
If the readers, who denounced his action
as partisan.
When the committee reassembled at
p. NJ tine anti fusionists presented the fol-
lowing proposition
That The committee recognize only Legal
proxies. stamped with revenue stamps ac'
cording to law
Thar the roll OF tho meeting at Omaha
In 1895 be accepted as the roll OF this
committee. except where subsequent Statt
conventions have elected new members
aud except that cases Of contests shall a
members, Two 10 be selected by the friends
of Butler. TWO BY friends o. Parker. theaC
four to select a nth member and that IL
settling these contests no votes are tt
be cast on these cases by either conteG-
tees or contestants until all contests are
settled.
This proposition represents fity-sever
votes In this committee, which Is gool
majority of the members In attendance
here. and we demand these proposition
in the name OF the honest populists OF thi:
Nation who are opposed to rascality II
politics.
This was signed by J. \. Parker Ken
lucky: r. II. Wheeler, Ohio; Newton
Gresham. Texas; j. b Osborne Georgia
]. X Knott, Maine; Robert MeReynolds
Arkansas. and D. Glen Devor. Nebraska
together with a number OF others no
mentioned The proposition was Ignored
by tho full committee.
The committee on credentials reported
excluding all but FIVE Of the auti-fusior
members and IN the midst OF an upr0a'
the mlddle-of- the-roaders. led by Parkel
Of Kentucky. and Weller OF Iowa, left th'
hall. engaged q room down iowr and or
ganized a boiling committee. The reeu'
lar committee shortly before midnight
without deciding on a date or place To-
the National convention, adjourned unit
tomorrow at o'clock.
The boilers secured a room at the Crane
hotel. prepared an address and called
National convention for Cincinnati. Ohio
Wednesday. May ..
An ADDRESS