The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-22
PoPULIST CONVENTION.
Spirited Proceedings During the
Three Sessions.

PocatellO July 21.-In executive SeS-
sion this morning, after a debate as ex-
citing as any that has occurred in the
Democratic convention, the Populists
ordered their conference committee 10
ignore their last nights ultimatum and
proceed with the aDpOrtionment OF or
fees on the lines mentioned IN these
dispatches last night. When the Pop
ulists assembled at 10 o'clock, wan and
worn from their all-night vigil, they
were in a pacific humOr.
Glenn of Montpelier secured the floor
first and made a motion to reconsider
the vote by which the ultimatum was
passed MulIens of Boise opposed the
motion on the ground that the COM
mittee should wait until some word
could be received defining the attitude
l.of the silver Republicans
Martin H Jacobs of Ada, chairman of
the Populist state central committee,
made q heated talk against reconsider
alton He asserted that the Demo-
Gratis should be forced to accept the
ultimatum. In the hope of influencing
delegates Mr.. Jacobs declared that the
Steunenberg men would control the
Democratic convention and force the
nomination of a gUbernatorial candi-
date who would be diStaSteful to the
| Populists.
Delegate MCGEE made the point that
the convention had no power. to recede.
The chair ruled against him. Other
points of order were made and the
body became involved in hopeless
parliamentary tangle. Several points
were still in the air when Jones of
| Ada took the floor to talk against re-
! consideration. He insisted that the ul-
timatum was fair and the distribution
/ of offices fair. He thought each party
should have one member of the state
board of pardons which would give the
! advantage to neither
Wanted the Senatorship.
| Mrs. Wright of Kootenai made a talk
| for peace. She said the silver Republi-
| cans were not strong as a party and
| thought the senatorship ought to go to
/ the Populists. "Steunenberg has been
/ turned down." she continued hOtly,
and there is no danger from that
source. Steunenberg and ShOup are to-
| day working together to prevent fusion.
l am in favor of recalling our ultima
tum We can always undo a wrong.
Mrs Wright finished her argument
with plea to the Populists to stand
with the Democrats for victory in No
vember.
Then ]. H. BARLEY of Latah offered
a substitute TO Glenn's motion to re-
consider. The amendment was accept
ed by Glenn and put before the house
as the original motion 1t was as fol-
lows:
Resolved by the Peoples Party. That
our conference committee be instructed
to again meet the respective commit
tees of the Democratic and silver Re
publican conventions for the purpose
of further attempting TO form an hon
orable fusion on electoral and state
ticket
Much at Stake
Mr.. BARLEY made an eloquent plea
in support of his resolution. He was
against everything calculated to jeo-
pardize the election of Bryan electors
After the storm of the preceding night
he saw disposition among all elements
10 meet and calmly face the fact thai
failure TO form a fusion would result
in the election of an entire Republican
ticket and Mckinley electors. He die
not want to see Idaho placed in the
Mckinley column.
M. D. Andrus of Bingham asked hi.
party to be consistent and made {