The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-20
SPLIT AMONG THE POPuLISTs.
ANTI-FUSI0N ELEMENT BOLTED
THE LINCOLN MEETING.


Boilers Called National Conven-
tiOn Mt Cincinnati for May 9-Went
Ont in the Face of "a Proposition
Intended TO Restore HarmOny-Fu-
sion Element VIII Call Its Con-
ventiOn for the Same Date and
Place as the Democrats.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. ia split and a
walk-out followed a 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 a
bolt and forming a new committee.
The members favorable to fusion, after
adopting the report of the Credentials
Committee, adjourned until to- morrow,
when in all likelihood they will empower
the chairman of a committee of three to
call the national convention for the same
city, and at the same time the Democratic
convention is held.
Caucuses ana conferences early to-day
among the conteuding factions betol1ened a
harmonious meeting of the full committee,
which began at 8 o'clock this afternoon in
Representatives, Hall in the Capitol, and
the indication that breakers were ahead
was emphasized ten minutes after Chair
man Butler called the committee to order
and announced that it would at once go
into executive session.
The difference of the members, of whom
there were about eighty present, but hold
ing proxies for nearly the full committee,
hinged primarily on the old question of
fusion. The element favoring fusion. led
by Senator Allen, with apparently the
strongest following, insisted on fusion,
and to that end that a committee be ap-
pointed with power to call the convention
for the same day and place as the conven-
ton of the Democrats. Senator Alien
said:
senator Allen Emphatic.
Il am not in favor of admitting to the
committee meeting this afternoon or of
recognizing as member of the commit
tee any man who participated in the Gin
cinnau convention that nominated Barker
and Donnelly for President and Vice
President am not in favor of recogniz-
ing proxies from such men, neither am |
in favor of recognizing any such man who
holds proxy. | do not believe the COM
mittee should admit any member who is
supporting a ticket other than the one
" bC hOHuAudtSQ III tue convention this
committee shall call. The committee
should throw over the transom every
member who has not the right to partici-
pate in it's deliberations, and l believe it
will do it,
j. A. Parker of Kentucky replied on be-
half of the middle-of-the-road, or anti
fusion men. Mr. Parker asked why in
calling the roll the proxies of Commit
teemen Files of Arkansas and McRey-
nolds Of Lincoln had been omitted.
Chairman Butler ruled that the whole
matter must go TO the Committee on Gre
dentials, and he thereupon appointed as
such committees Allen of Nebraska, Weav-
er of Iowa and Tracy of Texas. all of
the fusion faction, and declared the meet
ing adjourned, amid the protests of the
,e-of-the-roaders, who denounced his
action as partisan.
The Bolt Followed This.
When the committee reassembled at S:45
O'clock the anti-fusionists presented the
following proposition:
That the committee recognize only fe-
gal 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 COM
mittee, except where subsequent state con-
ventlons have elected new members, ex-
cept that cases of contests shall go before
committee composed of five members, two
10 be selected by the friends of Butler,
two by friends of Parker. these four to Sc
lect fifth member, and that in settling
these contests no votes are to be cast on
these cases by either contestees or con-
testanrs until all contests are settled.
In the midst of an uproar the middle-of-
the-roaders, led by Parker of Kentucky
and Weller of Iowa, left the. hall, eng1 ged
a room down town and organized a boiling
meeting.
The main committee shortly before noon
adjourned until tomorrow morning.
The boilers called a national convention
for Cincinnati on wednesday, May 8.