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i r> *% he Irwin mm-.? County News.
Idal Organ of Irwin County.
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’LATFORM AS ADOPTED
ceilings in Brief of the Pop-
fist National Convention.
TOR ALLEN, OF NEBRASKA,
ERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
lames Placed in Nomination
I for Vice-President.
populist national convention
ailed to order at St. Louis Wed-
lay in the name hall in which the
Lblicau convention was held last
aventlon L.25 Catted to Order.
Chairman Taubcneck
‘fixe front of the platform to
I nvention to order. At the
Iff^immediately ^KTim the Illinois below delegation the piat-
u rose up and cheered. Quiet
e with the first rap of the gavel.
W. L. Smith of the First Baptist
1 ;h of St. Louis, delivered the in¬
ion. The delegates stood rever-
L as he appealed to the throne of
ft to drive out all evils and bring
I good.
I# -Taubeneek’s gavel again de¬
ft ;d on the conclusion of the
Hie There was some surprise
chairman introduced Gover-
of M'-sueri, ’"it win;' v«-r
^Ry ^R-aions removed -wero by the raised were
announce-
9 bat the governor was merely ex-
Htto made a welcoming address
)B B tins Donnelly, Governor of Stone’s Minnesota,re- speech.
it to
^Tipeorance B roused burst the of middle-of- enthus-
ad element to a
^ft ^ftnrary introducing chairman Senator Air. Taubcneck Butler as
But Air. Butler had been selected
B^lie national committee without a
dissenting voice, and he added his be-
’ that when the convention odjourn-
t would be found that it had acted
|x as great unanimity as chairman. had come
■ u./osing the temporary
& enator Butler was received with
■ jrs and addressed the convention.
rM tho suggestion of Committeeman
Vashbnrn tlireo cheers wero given for
ie young senator from tho North
‘ 9 tf.
' 'Ve are here,” said the senator,
‘i, cause there is need for us here.”
, , referred to McKinley as the Candi¬
da ce for aggregated capital and com-
ued greed.
jf H e declared both the old parties had
I - years kept the greatest issue in
iint-rican politics in the backgrofind.
( ’hey would shun issues and fight sham
t ttles. No matter wbero the victory
■ y, Wall street and Lombard street
>n.
Aleantime he said the populist party
reposed to bring relief to the people
rd continued to grow steadily,
“If the people’s party should aban¬
don its organization,” said be, “the
democratic party at its next national
convention would repudiate the plat¬
form adopted at Chicago, and Air.
Bryan would not hav6 any more
chance of being nominated than Thdm-
as Jefferson would if he were alive to¬
day.” financial question,he continued,
The
bad been as mnch an issue since 1873
ns b was today, when it remained for
hf people’s party to force the issue to
the front. “Right here,” he said,
“comes our responsibility—the great¬
est responsibility that ever fell to any
larty. Shall we save the party or al-
nv it to go down to defent? Should
t lid that this great band of pa-
h. .ota had broken the party ties and
allow themselves to be controlled more
by prejudice than by patriotism.”
This query was responded to by
' ( of “no” and by loud applause.
, jet us find tho truth in the middle
s yjfciwoy.” 4 -. & j j
Mft Bsc. senator Ho called finished for the amidst report great of
Bu Bdentials committee.
tho report of the credentials
B Bil ,ee tho convention took a ro-
8 o’clock p. m.
Bj lie Night Session Brief.
Bq Btion the populists got together in
B hall in the evening they
A on fronted with trouble. No
B,m B|k bad been made for lighting
^ftof N-oither gas nor electricity
light. There was a full
SYCAMORE. IRWIN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY81.189.6.
attendance on the floor and runny spec¬
tators in the galleries. For linlf an
hour humorously iuclinod people in
the galleries and on I he floor indulged
in jokes.
The real explanation of the trouble
was that those who were iu charge of the
arrangement had neglected to engage
setvice from tlio electric light compa¬
ny until lato iu the evening, when it
win too bite to turn on tho current |
without great risk, us preliminary tests
of the circuits were necassitry. Soma
suggestions of adjournment were made
but met with no favor—tho crowd
rather enjoying tho darkness and tho
fun.
The baud kept up its music— “Dixie”
and other popular airs—and tire crowd
shouted and varied the shouting with
cheers and jocular remarks.
This condition of things went on
without a particle of light, save from
the few candle points stuck on the
reporters’ tables and one on the chair¬
man’s table. Some negro melodies
were intuued from different parts
of the hall. John Brown’s spir¬
it went marching on and college patience yellB
were indulged in. Finally the
of the managers was exhausted, there
waB no prospect of tho electric light
being turned on, and yielding to the
necessities of the case, it was announc¬
ed at 8:50p.m. that the convention
had adjourned until Thursday at 10
a. m.
THURSDAY’S SESSION.
The populists began assembling in
convention .shortly after 9 o’clock
Thursday morning. Tho air in the
hail was extremely oppressive. The
delegates, with their coats slung over
their arms, stood iu the sultry atmos¬
phere discussing the situation—the
-advisability of indorsing Bryan, the
pint form and kindred topics.
At 10:05 Senator Butler, temporary
chairman, appeared on tho platform.
Simultaneously tho band struck up
“Dixie” and the delegates let loose
some of their pentup enthusiasm. Not
more than 500 people were in the bal¬
conies.
Five minutes later Chairman Butler
called the convention to order and tho
Rev. Air. Smith pronounced the invo¬
cation. The report of the committee
on credentials was then called for,but no
one responded and the states were
called for members of tho committees
on permanent organization and reso¬
lutions.
After the announcement of tho com¬
mittee'on permanent organization th'e
members retired.
The announcements were completed
at 11:45 a. m. Delegate Dixon, of
Oklahoma, then mounted the stage
and after abjuring the delegates to be
quiet and not interrupt, introduced
Clarence E. Comley, of Oklahoma,
who regaled the convention with some
campaign songs.
Delegate Crawford, of Kansas,moved
that the delegates of the silver conven¬
tion be admitted on exhibition of their
badges. There were cries of “No, no,”
from the middle-of-the-roaders.
Sergeant-at-Arm% AIcDowell got on
the platform and said it was impossi¬
ble to carry out such instructions.
Thereupon Jerry Simpson mounted a
chair and said it was no more than
common courtesy to extend to tile
other convention, which was hero iu a
■common cause, the same privilege
which it had extended to the delegates
to this convention.
After some wrangling Chairman But¬
ler ruled the motion out of order. Air.
Washburn, of Alassachusetts, from the
stage, announced that he had an im¬
portant resolution to offer. It proved
to be one deprecating the talk of a split
iu the convention. It waB intended to
bind the convention and it was as fol¬
lows :
“Whereas, we are all populists and
deprecate the talk which has appeared
in some newspapers that there is a dis¬
position on the part of any portion of
this convention to refuse to abide by
the action of this convention; there¬
fore
‘ ‘Resolved,That we repudiate all such
references as a reflection upon the fi¬
delity of the members of this conven¬
tion and of the people’s party.”
Air. Washburn said the question of
preserving the organization of this
“grand party” was vital, and called
for a full discussion. A storm of pro¬
test came from the middle-of-the-road¬
ers, and one of them made the point
of order that before the convention
was permanently organized no such
resolution could be acted Upon.
Chairman Butler ruled that during
tho temporary organization a resolu¬
tion could be passed expressing its
sense. Thereupon Congressman How¬
ard, of Alabama, moved to refer the
resolution to the committee on resolu¬
tions.
Delegate Branch, of Georgia, fol¬
lowed with a motion to table the
whole subject. There was a great deal
of confusion as the vote was taken,
viva voee, Chairman Butler deciding
that the motion was carried.
This disturbing question out of the
way, Delegate Willis of North Dakota,
moved to take a recess, v but the crowd
desired more music and speeches, and
promptly voted the motiun down, and
another song was sung from the plat¬
form. The baud then occupied the
time while the delegates fanned and
sought the water barrels. At 12:42
another motion to take a recess until 3
o’clock was made and was adopted.
The convention reassembled at 3
“In UnioiR Strength and Prosperity Abound.”
o’clock, tho hottest part of the day.
Most of the delegates set aside nil idou
of personal dignity and divested them¬
selves of their coats.
After a number of contests wore set¬
tled the report from the committee on
permanent- organization was presented.
Mr. Cox stated the recommendations
of the committee, tho name of Soun-
tor Allen, of Nebraska, being (Loud reported
as permanent chairman. and
prolonged obeers.)
The minority report was rend, pre¬
senting the name of James E. Cam¬
pion, of Maine, as permanent chair¬
man. (Cheers and applause from the
adherents of tho “middle of tho road”
section of the convention.)
The conveutiion then, at 7 :15 o’clock,
began to vote by states on the adop¬
tion of the majority report—Allen for
permanent chairman—the utmost con¬
fusion prevailing.
The vote was announced at 8:06p.
in. as: For Allen, 7G8; for Campion,
564; for Donnelly, 1.
Senator Allen was escorted to the
chair by Lafc Pence, “Cyclone” Davis
and Ignntus Donnelly, and was groeted
with cheers. /
The speech which Chairman Allen
made upon assuming control of the
convention solidified tho Bryan ranks.
Air. Allen drew a happy parallel be¬
tween the political Napoleon of today
and tho great m in whom he simulates.
He soid:
“The great Frenchman made two
fatal mistakes, which post himhis crown
and his liberty. The one was when he
crossed the Pyrenees into Spain, the
other when he marched into Moscow.
His punishment cuino when he met
the allied forces under ’Wellington.”
The illustration of “allied forces”
caught the audience. ’
Senator Butler moved the appoint¬
ment of a committee of twenty-fire
delegates confer wath a conference
eommmittee of the silver convention.
The motion, was agreed to.
Air. Burnham, of Iowa, offered a res¬
olution for the appoiufmesit of a com¬
mittee of vine delegate from each state
to consider and report in what manner
the people’s party can co -operate with
other parties on the question of free
coinage of silver. Referred to the
committee on rules.
The report of thq comm itteo on
rules was then presei-.tedwud real, but
without notion on it £h« convention, «t
eight minutes past 10 o’clobk.p. m. ad¬
journed until Friday morning at J.0
o’clock.
FRIDAY’S SESSION.
The convention was called to order
at 10 o’clock Friday morning by Sena¬
tor Allen, permanent chairman. Prayer
was offered by Rev. Air. Williams, of
the Union Methodist church of St.
Louis..
A gavel, constructed in the state of
Ohio, out of forty-eight different kinds
of timber, representing every state,
was presented to the chairman as a
“middle of the road” gavel, and it
was accepted by the chairman.
The states were then called for the
appointment of delegates to act on the
conference committee with tho silver
convention.
The report of the committee on
rules and order of business, which was
made Thursday night, was taken up
for action. The majority report had
previously been read. The minority
report was read—the point of it being
that nominations for vice president
should be made prior to nominations
for president. After a long wrangle
the minority report was voted down
by a small majority.
Before the result was announced,
Air. Skinner changed the vote of
North Carolina, casting tho whole 95
voltes for the minority report, which
was thus adopted.
The official total was:
For the minority, 785; for tho ma¬
jority, 615.
The report, as thus amended, was
declared adopted.
The chair announced that the com¬
mittee on resolutions had prepared a
report, but the minority members who
wished to sign a minority report, re¬
quested time for this.
General Weaver, of Iowa, a member
of the committee on resolutions and
platform, took the stand at five min¬
utes past 3 o’clock to read the plat¬
form and resolutions, which had been
agreed to, he said, with great unanim¬
ity, but not with entire unanimity,
as minority reports would be pre¬
sented by Mr. Kearby, of Texas, and
Air. Coxey, of Ohio. Ho then read
tho platform and resolutions.
There was very little applause given
to any of the various declarations of
the platform. The one iu favor of
recognizing Cuban independence was
most appreciated.
A minority report of one member of
the committee on rules was presented
by Air. F. Vallette, of Rhode Island.
It was read, the opening paragraph
being a paraphrase of the declaration
of independence.
As soon as the delegates “caught on
to it” they broke out into derisive
shouts and laughter and cries of
“Thomas Jefferson.”
The convention grew impatient as
the reading of the paper continued
and there was a motion made and car¬
ried to refer the “declaration of inde¬
pendence” to the committee on plat¬
form, with a derisive suggestion that
its author “have leave to print.”
Its author, however, became quite
angry at the treatment accorded Jiim
and made such an indignant an extrav¬
agant protest on the platform that the
chairman ordered his removal by force.
Three uniformed policemen laid
hold of Mr. Vnlletto and had to use
force to remove him, as he resisted
with all his might.
Some of the deputy sergeant-at-arms
interposed to prevent violence being
done to a delegate and there was a
scene of uproar and excitement on the
stand and in the body of the hall—in
the midst of which shouts were heard
take him to “Rhode Island.”
Finally tho efforts of the convention
officers wero successful, and Mr. Val¬
letta was rescued out of the hands of
the polico officers and escorted hack to
his seat and thus peace was restored
once more.
Tho question was then put and the
platform reported by the majority of
the committee on roles was agreed to
and all the amendments were laid on
the table.
Several motions to take a recess un¬
til evening were made and voted down;
a remonstrance on the part of the con¬
ference committee against proceeding
with nominations until a report should
be received from that committee, was
treated with disdain and a motion to
call the states for nominations for vice
president was, at 4:2ft), p.m., carried
amid applause.
After the roll of states had been en¬
tered upon the convention reconsid¬
ered its determination not to take a
recess and, at 4:32 p.m., adjourned to
meet again G p.m.
The Nomination of Watson.
It was noticeable that many of the
delegates on their way to the even¬
ing session had their gripsacks in
hand, as if they had given up their
rooms in hotels and lodging houses
and intended to take trains for their
homes.
At 6:35p. m. the convention was
called to order and Chairman Allen
announced that a message had been
received from the silver convention
and would bo read.
Delegate Pollock, of Mississippi, a
member of the silver convention, was
introduced by the chairman and pro¬
ceeded to read the platform adopted
by that body.
When he reached the conclusion to
the effect that Mr. Bryan had been
nominated for the presidency, there
was an outburst of applause, drowning
thi further announcement of the nom¬
ination of Sewall for the vice presi¬
dency.
The call of states for nominations
for vice president was resumed. Mr.
Baurmann, of Alabama, nominated
for vice president Representative
Skinner, the populist congressman
from North Carolina.
Representative Howard,of Alabama,
placed in nomination Hon. Thomas E.
Watson, the late populist congressman
from Georgia. Mr. Sovereign, master
workman of the Knights of Labor,sec¬
onded the nomination of Mr. Watson
on behalf of tho state of Arkansas,
and said that the contest was “be-
tween the common people of this
country and the combined forces of
two continents.”
Air. Watson’s nomination was also
seconded by Delegate Johnson, of
California.
Colorado being called, yielded to
Air. Lafo Penoe, now of New York,
formerly a congressman from Colorado,
who made an address nominating Air.
Arthur Sewall, of Maine.
Air. Alurphy, of Georgia, in second¬
ing the nomination of Tom Watson,
spoke of the populist party in the
south as being the protectors of the
colored man in his right to vote, as
evidenced by tbe Georgians having a
“black African” in their delegation.
Mr. L. H. Stockwell, of Indiana,
also seoonded Tom Watson.
Air. Weller, of Iowa, nominated
Frank Burkitt, of Mississippi.
Air. W. A. Harris, of Kansas, sec¬
onded the nomination of Air. Sowall,
but Judge Frank Doster, of the Kan¬
sas delegation, rose in his seat, and
speaking for a portion of the delega¬
tion, expressed their dissent and sec¬
onded tho nomination of the “often
elected and often defrauded” Thomas
Watson, of Georgia. Bur-
Kentucky yielded to Captain
nam, of Tennessee, who nominated A.
L. Alimrns.
Illinois, through Air. C. AI. Miller,
seconded the nomination of Mr.
Mimms.
Louisiana seconded Tom Watson.
Nominating and seconding speeches
were continued for some time, after
which the roll call of states was in or¬
der.
The voting for vice president began
at 12 :10 a. m. Tbe roll was completed
at 12 :25. Then Air. Burkitt, of Mis¬
sissippi, took the stand to withdraw
his name and to ask his friends to
change their vote to other candidates.
Mr. Mimms, of Tennessee, next took
the stand and asked his friends to east
their vote for Watson.
Then changing of votes began and
delegates almost tumbled over one
another to change their votes to Wat¬
son, who soon had enough to insure a
nomination, though the whole proceed¬
ings were so irregularly conducted that
t.lJe clerks could not make a record.
Finally Texas changed 103 to Watson
and settled it.
Amotion was made to suspend the
rules and make Mr. Watson the unnn-
inlous choice of the convention. As
PMob wLjt as this had been done the lights
out. This throw a damper on
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the ufuil “hilariousness” which had
been all arranged for. The hall re¬
mained in almost total darkness ex-
cept for candles which the reporters
supplied. The band struck up and
the sergeant-at-arms implored tho
great audience not to be stampeded.
At sixteen minutes to 1 o’clock (the
correct ratio) the electric lights gave
out a feeble glimmer again, which
slowly increased until faces were dimly
visible. The chair announced that
Air. Watson had been declared the
unanimous nominee for vice president,
Then the electric lights became once
more fairly brilliant and the candles
were blown out.
General Weaver again tried to get
the convention to adjourn, but was
cried down. The chairman announced
that the next order of business was the
selection of a national committee. The
convention refused to accent that- and
put the motion to 1 adjourn and de-
clured it carried and at 12:50 a. m.
the convention adjourned until 9 a. m.
Saturday.
Bryan Nominated.
The convention was again called to
order at 9 :45 Saturday morning, and
after prayer by the Rev. Air. Kent, of
Washington, the chairman repeated his
ruling of Friday night that tho amend¬
ment adopted by the Convention giv¬
ing tho nomination of a vice president
preference over the nomination of
president made the (election of nation-
al committeemen the next order of
business. •
Air. .T. K. Burnett, of California,
protested that this was not so and eon-
tended that the convention simply
transported the nomination of vice-
president and president. The chair-
man replied that the gentleman’s state-
ment of fact was entirely mistaken and
went on with the naming of the na-
tional committeemen. When this was
completed he called next for commit-
tees on notification.
The chair announced that the next
order of business was nominations for
president. Nebraska, the
Air. Green, of got on
platform to make a motion and a
speech. The latter was to tho effect
that this was one of the most import-
nst conventions that ever assembled
on American soil, as it was to name a
man who was not only to head the
tioket, but who was to be elected.
Alabama being called, Mr. George
Gaither, of that Btate, addressing his
“brothers arid sisters of the eonven-
tion,” yielded to James B. Weaver,
who, he said, would name the man who
would bo the running mate of Tom
Watson and run tho gold bugs out of 1
existence.
Air. Weaver came forward "and was
presented by the chairman.
Air. Weaver opened his speech with
the remark that the condition of the
people’s party this morning was most
“oritical.” Hu had but two aspirntione
—one was to preserve untarnished and
unbroken the great principles of the
party, and the other was to preserve
the party organization “for preseut
and future uses in evory section of the
country.” all delegates
He assumed that had
read in tho papers the telegram from
Mr. Bryan declining to accept the
nomination of the people’s party dis¬
associated from Air. Sewall. “No
man could have done less and be a
man. Mr. Bryan’s attitude challenges
the respect of every delegate present
and of every man who reads the pro¬
ceedings of this convention. But,”
he continued, “this is a greater ques-
tiou than the personality of our can¬
didates. After I read Mr. Bryan’s
telegram I utterly refused—and I
now utterly refuse—to concur with the
desire of Mr. Bryan or of Senator
Jones as to svho Bhall be tho nominee
of this convention.”
The rest of Mr. Weaver’s speech
was read from atype-written copy, and '
1.00 A Tew.
put. Bryan in nomination.
Air. Bryan’s name was received with
applause, the whole convention stand¬
ing on chairs and waving hats. A gi¬
gantic wooden cross, surmounted by a
golden crown, thus reversing Mr.
Bryan’s famous epigram, was brought
in and carried around the hall.
A portrait of Bryan was displayed,
and numerous devices were carried
around the hall,
General Weaver, chairman of the
Bryan steering committee, outlined
the new plan of action. lie said:
“We will place Air. Bryan in nomi-
nation for the presidency. We will
do it iu the exercise of our national
right to call upon any citizen for
public service, Mr. Bryan has
no voice iu the matter and will
not be listened to. It is his duty
to serve his country when called
upon. I will have no communication
with Chairman Jones, Governor Stone
or any other democrat. What we do
will be upon our own responsibility.
When Mr. Bryan is nominated by us
we will not embarrass him by asking
him or telling him anything about it.
This will relieve him from all embar¬
rassment as regards platform and run¬
ning mates.”
An attempt to nominate Eugene
Debs was cut short by that gentleman’s
declination. A Air. Norton, editor of
a l ja P er in Chicago, was then placed in
nomination and tho lun proceeded,
A11 day *°ng seconding speeches eon-
tinued until about 4 o’clock, when the
balI °t waa ‘“ken, resulting—Bryan,
L042: Norton. 321.
Tben tb e cooler and conservative
nien of the party felt that they had re¬
deemed the name of their organiza-
Lon. For over half an hour the jubi-
lotion kept up, the delegates singing:
What s the matter with Bryan.”
Only to be answered from the other
si de by the refrain, “He’s all right.”
Then occurred one of the best coups
of the day. It was well known that
the radicals had prepared resolutions
insisting upon the division of electors
in e ^ery state, the securing of pledge 8
{r om the democrats and the oalling
ll P° n Mr. Bryan to choose as between
Watson and Sewall. All this was stop-
P ed by a well executed motion to ad-
j° urB , which prevailed, and the power
of the disturbers in an organized ca-
pacity was at an end.
Mr. Bryan Refuses.
Saturday Senator Jones wired Mr.
Bryan at his home in Linooln, Neb.,
as follows:
St. Louis, AIo., July 24.—The pop-
uli «fs have decided to nominate the
vice president first. If it is not Sewall
what shall we do? I favor your de-
clination in that event.
James K. Jones.
Within sixteen minutes after the
receipt of this telegram Mr. Bryan re¬
plied as follows:
Lincoln, Neb., July 24.—I agree
with you fully. If Sewall is not nom¬
inated have my name withdrawn.
W. J. Bbyan.
ONVICTS MOVE.
They A Taken From the Camps at
Cole City, Rising Fawn and Bartow.
On account of the failure of Julius
L. Brown as president of Peniten¬
tiary Company No. 1 to pay the fine
of §750 imposed by the governor, 400
of the most desperate criminals in the
state of Georgia, heavily chained and
frowned upon by grim-looking breech¬
loading shotguns, walked out of the
camps at Cole City, Rising Fawn and
Bartow Monday morning, most them
headed toward Atlanta.
IrarglarsTfcfi AmoDjAthis lot of oonvicts are 158
murderers, 14 robbers, 12
forgers, 21 rapists, 12 horse thieves, 4
cow tbievrts, lights 2 bigamists and a number
0 f lesser iu the criminal world.