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Middle ot the Road Populist Con
vention in Cincinnati.
PAPER MONEY IS FAVORED
Bryei Populists si Slosi Falls Roundly 0
ounces' as Goals Fre Iks FlotkA
Fall Ticket Will Be Nomlnaled-.
Hewsre1 Will Be Ike Uidtr.
CINCINNATI. May .-Today at 1:30
o'clock the middle-of-the-road populist
nailonal convention- was culled to or
der at Robinson's opera house.
There were M)t persons In the dele
gates' chairs and 700 In the galleries
when National Chairman Deaver rap
ped fur order. The committees were,
appointed and retired to their halls.
At the evening session, the creden
tials "ommlttee reported and precipi
tated the first struggle of the con
vention. It aroae over the votes to be
allowed the delegations which were not
fully represented. It was finally voted
to nltow the delegates to cut the full
vote of their respective states.
For Instance, two delegates present
from Kansas will have (3 votes apiece,
At 11:15 p. m. the convention ad
journed until I o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. Tonight, It appeared almost cer
tain that former Congressman Howard
of Alabama will head the ticket and
the vice president lal norolnatloa will
probably go to Donnelly.
From the resolutions committee
progrest was reported, and It was stilt
In session at midnight. It appeared
that the declaration of principles to
be placed before the country will be
"t such nature at to practically estab
.llah anew the greenback question. That
plank will probably call for the un
limited Issue ot "government paper
currency. Silver la likely to be drop
Pd.
The convention was called to order
at 1 o'clitk. Nearly 700 delegates were
present, representing every state ex
cept Arltonn, New Mexk-o, North Car.
ollna, South Carolina and Vermont.
The hall waa elaborately decorated
with banners bearing th mottoes of
the !erty.
Chairman t). Clem Denver, or Ne
braska called the convention to order,
ar4 after the reading of the call by
Secretary J. M. Parker, tf the nation
sj fommuiM, opened proceedings In a
k-ngthy speech, lie was wildly cheer
ed by the assembly
Former Congtvmnnan M. W. Howard
jf Alabama waa then Introduced as
the temporary chairman. Howard.
m ho had been most prominently spok
en ot us the prellcntuU nominee with
Deaver for eecond placo, eras received
with great, enthwdaam,
Howard spoke aa follows:
"We have reached a enisle In the his
tory of the people's party. By your
action today you are to determine
whether the party la ta Uve for a glor
ious future, or to die an Ignomlnous
death. Py your action today you are
to light anew the beaoen fires of hope
In the breasts of the people who have
heretofore followed our flag or te
sound the death knell of the aspira
tions of those who have labored long
In the cause of reform.
'"W hen I look Into the earnest facea
of those before me, I think I caa read
what your answer win be. Ano If I
make no mistake that answer will be
that the people'a party ta born to live
and not to die. The chaotic condi
tions which now confront our party
were brought about by the otTlce-hold-era
and ofTlce-seektng politicians who
were willing to fuse the life out of our
party In order that they might obtain
petty office with Its emolumente.
"The folly of 1894, when we became
th tall of the democratlo kite baa
brought Us to the verge of disruption,
and the only thing today that can
avert the disaster Is s, straight-forward
course of Independent action.
Great problems and new conditions
have arisen and confront the thinking
men and women of the world, and
these problems and conditions must
be met and met in a calm, dignified
and dispassionate way.
"Too long has our party been cursed
by office-seekers, cranks with wild
thvirl"S and demagogues wlth'alluiing
S'lphlstrles and if we would win the
confidence and estem of thinking men
we must adopt such a platform of
principles as will appeal to the millions
a ho are today seeking for a solution
of these great questions which con
front us. .At the f'refront of these
stands the financial question.
"Klght here I want to say that one
of our great mistakes has been In ac
centuating our demand for the free
coinage of sliver to such an extent
that the democratic party took It up
as their battle-cry and thus produced
confusion In our ranks, when In fact
and In truth It Is one of the least of
the reforms which we seek. Heyond
this Is the broader and greater ques
tion of government paper currency Is
sued, not through the national banks,
but directly by the government itself.
"Ict us plant ourselves firmly upon
this proposition and while not aban
doning the cause of silver, tc-t us go
forward to the more fdvancrd and
more lonkal position. Another great
question, and one which has been met
by almost every civilised nation of
the glolie except this one, Is the ques
tion of government ownership of rail
roads. ' Under oar present system of rail
road ownership, trusts , are built up
and maintained. It has been'cUTfiCn
trated In other countries that freight
and. passenger rates undr govern
ment ownership can be reduced more
than one-half and atlll allow the rail
roads to earn profitable dividends. Un
der government ownership the smallest
shipper In the land rec?lv.s the benefit
of the same freight rate as the great
est trust. A great deal la being said
In an academic sort of way about the
best methods of controlling and sup
pressing trusts. J '
"But the only remedy suggested so
far by either of the great parties la
unworthy of a schoolboy In a kinder
garten. So long aa We maintain our
present system of private ownership
of railways, the truats will flourish.
and when the railways pass Into the
control of the government we will
have delivered trusts one of the most
effective blows possible. Along with
the government ownership of rail
ways should go the government owner
ship of the telegraph. Every civilised
country In the world today owns Its
own telegraph system. Under govern'
ment ow nershlp In other countrl'-a tele'
graph . tolls have been reduced one'
half. '
'The city should own Its street car
lines, its electric lights, gaa and water
works Ir. fact, all public " utilities
should belong to the people Instead of
to thf favored few. It Is through the
private ownership of these private In
stltollons wMch I have mentioned that
the millionaires have built up their
colossal fortunes, until today about
one hundred men own practically all
the. wealth of this country.
"Another great question whh-h
have already suggested Is the trust
question. The trust has come to stay
It Is the outgrowth of our Industrial
system. All talk of controlling the
trusts is mere nonsense. When we at
tempt to legislate against the trusts
they Wtn take the next atep In the pro
cees of evolution wnd become nionopO'
Ilea "What Is to las done with the mo
nopoly? When one man or few men
control absolutely any given line of
Industry, all comsvtltlon is crushed
and no Individual can hope ta ever
enter Into the same Una of bottlnesa.
As I wUJ. the trust la the natural out
growth af our political condition. Cap
rtai naa realised what labor has not
yi't found out that competition la not
the life but the death of ' business.
Therefore, capital has ceaaed to (com
pete and la now doing the more wise
and sensible thing of cooperating.
believe that whenever any line of tn
dastry becomes a monopoly there Is
only one solution possible. and that Is
tor the government central of the sso
nopoly and. to use and operate It for
the benefit at the peojls.
There la one other issue which 1
win mention, which I eensidef greater
than all the nest, because It underlies
the other and without this principle
engrafted upoa our fundamental laws.
all reforms will be Impossible. I refer
to the principle of direct legislation.
We will never obtain a wise financial
system, will never secure govern
ment and municipal ownership until
we first arrange a system nnder which
the question will be referred to the
people for their direct vote.
"I know how completely our legls
latlve bodies are dominated and con-
BRYAN POPULISTS
IN CONVENTION
They Make a Plain Declaration
and Ask Party Support.
LADY DELEGATES PRESENT
Vlce-PrriWescr Qotstlos Seems to Over,
shadow All Other Mstttrs Tse of
MisntMta How Carries Ike Bssser
Hew the few. Wow OpeacsV
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
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flIOCX FALLS, g. V., May .-The
national convention of the people's
party began business at !:20 o'clock
today In the big tent wigwam.
There have been few similar events
which have been marked by more evi
dent sincerity of purpose or more pro
nounced decorum of behavior. The
accommodations for delegates and for
distinguished guests, for the press and
vr ordinary visitors, proved excep
tionally good, equal to those of most
conventions held In buildings of a
more permanent character. '
There were probably 500 delegates In
their seats and surrounding them waa
a fringe of alternates and visitors num
bering (00 te 100.
Beats had been provided for a much
larger number but the attendance did
not appear meager and It may be re
marked that what was lost In attend
ance was compensated for in enthus
iasm. From the arrival of the Minnesota
delegation, bearing Bryan and Towne
banners, there were outbursts of ap
plause at every convenient opening
and upon the least provocation. Uanr
sentlmeuts were cheered to the cho
and this waa notably the case with
Governor Lee's reference to the Boers
and the Fillplnoa
Fresumably nine-tenths of the dele
gates, and a far larger per centare
of visitors, were from the. northern
Mississippi valley states. This circum
stance served to give the convention
a Western hue, but as the other sec
lions of the country were also repre
sented, the West was not allowed to
monopolise appearances In the con
vntion hall. .
Few of the picturesque characters
of the St Louis convention of 1S96 were
present, but there were some broad
brimmed nala here from Texas and
the southwest. There was also occa
slonal "whiskers," but ever these
seemed to have thinned out in the
party.
All told. It waa a well-dressed, good
mannered and thoroughly well behav
ed assesnblage of people.
Colorado led the list in the num-
oer 01 lemaoea, iwansaa, Idaho and
the District of Columbia also sent la
dy delegates.
The convention took, a recess until
i:30 o'clock. The evening session was
devoted entirely to singing and music.
When temporary Chairman illnadaJ
called the convention to order at 8:40
p. m. it waa announced that the com
mlttee on credentials, resolutions and
permanent organisation were not ready
to report.
The convention then adjourned until
tomorrow.
The am mlttee on credentials tonlcht
decided, br a vote of It to i, that the
delegates preeanl shall cast the entire
number of votes which their states are
entitled i .
It was :M p. m. when Senator But
ler, chairman of the national commit
tea, called the , convention to order-
The great tent, with a seatlna? cads
eity of tVOOO, was comfortably filled.
The interior of the tent vas beauti
fully decorated with the national col
ors. BlshOD O. Gormsn. f!fhnil rti.K.
op of Sioux Falls, offered prayer. The
cnairman then Introduced Governor
Le. ot South Dakota, who delivered
the address of welowne. . He said In
part:
senator . Marlon Butler, of North
Carolina, chairman of the national
committee, In calling the convention
together, said:
"I feel that It la my duty to state a
few facta concerning the party's his
tory since the last national conven
tlno. It Is well known that mora nr
less dissatisfaction resulted from the
unpleasant but seemingly unavoidable
episode of two vice-presidential con.
dldates In the last campaign. A few
men took advantage of this dissatis
faction to appeal to an honest senti
ment, or shall I say, prejudice, to ere-
ate a seism in the party.
"They charged that there waa a con.
piracy on foot, headed by myself, aa
your national chairman, to -deliver the
party bag and bagage to the demo
cratic organisation. In the spring of
JSSS. they loudly demanded a meet
ing of the national committee, "to save
the party." They said that I. as your
chairman.shouldcall them together and
let the committeemen from each state
outline a policy for the party until the
next national convention. You all re
member that I called a meeting of the
national committee In the summer of
1898, at Omaha."' - - " . ., ,
.'"X, dlddtti give 'those Belf-oonatU
tuted leaders a "chance to act after
hearing their grievance. Tou all know
the result. Those self-constituted pa
triots demanded, at the committee
meeting, that a resolution should be
passed, declaring that the next nation
al convention of the people's party
should be held at least one month
ahead of that of the old party conven
tion. "In the Interest of harmony, and in
order to m.wt those dissatisfied self
coruitltuted patriots more than half
way, the committee accepted their res
olutlon and it passed unanimously. This
resolution has since been known as
the Omaha agreement You all know
the result. These self-constituted pa
triots, only a few In number, but very
noisy, proceeded to bolt the action of
the committee meeting within less
than an hour after It had adjourned,
and Issued a call for a rump conven
tion that met at Clncinattl In Sep
tember. ,
"Despite this . treachery and bad
faith, the national committee, at Its
meeting held In Lincoln, Neb., a few
montha agi, stood by that Omaha
agreement to the letter and called this
convention to meet more than 30 days
ahead of both the. old party conven
tions. But what was the result? The
fame self -constituted patriots again
bolted the action of the committee at
Lincoln, after getting everything that
they had demanded in the Omaha reso
lution.
"They went to Omaha determined to
bolt and try to split the party, and
falling to And an excuse, they bolted
anyway. They went again to the
meeting of the committee at Lincoln
determined beforehand to bolt, and try
to find an excuse to bolt, and, falling
to find an excuse, they bolted again
anyway. But one member of the na
tional committee voted, and only two
or three who held proxies, and these
two or three were men who nad al
ready bolted in fact by supporting the
Barker and Donnelly rump ticket
These bolters, however, are few ' in
number, but, like the Irishman's frog,
they make - noise enough for a mil
lion."
After reciting some facta connected
with the management of the Darty,
Senator BuUer referred briefly to the
platform to be adopted by this eon
ventlon. saying in part: - '
. "I will not attempt to, or presume to
outline the platform that this conven
tion should adoot. but let me call
your attention to the three fundament
al planka In the last people's party
national . convention, and point out
their applica.il n to present cot.uitlons
"Every political party w'ill go into
this campaign denouncing ' trusts.
The English language will he exhaust
ed in . searching for adjectives with
which to paint the evils of criminal
and unlawful combinations: but mark
how many pltaforms will have the
courage or the honesty to point to
the cauaes that produce trusts, and to
offer a remedy tor them. That rem
edy Is already In every platform ever
adopted by a people's party con
tlon- It was first put forward as the
preventative. In short. If the present
people's party platform adopted had
been enacted Into law we would not
today have these great induscrial torn
binations called trusts.
'Then, In short, what are the causes
that produce trusts and what Is the
remedy for the evil. Any comblna
tion of people controlling . the three
great instruments of commerce will
control all commerce and can nut any
and every business In the nation Into
a trust at will they can go farther.
and will go -further, and have gone
further, and control the government
itself. What are these three lnatrn
ments of commerce T First, money
second, transportation; third, the
transmission of intelligence. When
they are controlled by private
hands th9y are private monon
olles, and they become the three great
mother trusts a trust on money.
trust on transportation and ' a trust
on the transmission of intelligence
and those who control these three
mother trusts can put every Industry
Into a trust - . ' s
"Is there anything radical in the no
sltton of the people's party demandlgg
that these three great Instruments
of commerce shall be taken out of pri
vate hands and controlled by the gov
ernment, as a government function. In
the Interest of all the people, to th
end that every Individual and every
business enterprise may have an equal
opportunity to use these instrument
of commerce without discrimination or
favoritism?
"Let us see. Turn to the constltu.
tlon framed by our forefathers. What
do you find? Among the powers and
duties of congress there is laid down
at the head of the" list that it is the
duty of congress to control the instru
ments of commerce. Has congress
done this? No. What Is the result?
A government of the trusts, for the
trusts, by the' trusts. What is the
remedy ? Stand by the constitution.
Let congress carry out Its sworn dutv
and control these Instruments of com
merce in, the Interest of all and not
permit them to be controlled by Drl-
vate Individuals for the benefit of the
few." . ' '
Next Senator Butler called atfentlon
briefly to the action of the' pwnle's
party in the last campaign and to the
situation that confronts the 'party
now. He satd:- "s
The British Advance Still "Rolls"
Steadily Outward.
PUSHING INTO
THE TRANSVAAL
THE ZAND RIVER CROSSED
SklrmfiBcs Are el Daily Oasrreace, Bat Ns
Bsttle Sttsd Will Be Mat by the
Boerf-Celoscl Badea-Powell Re
peiKd Woaatfed.
"Hever in the history of the world.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
LONDON, May 10. General Hutton'a
mount3d . Infantry brigade. Including
the Canadians with a part of General
French's cavalry, crossed the Zand
river Tuesday and began to work its
way cautiously - along the railway
northward in the track of the retir
ing Boers. About ,000 British horse
men were probably engaged In this
advance.
General Hutton, before he was Join
ed by the part of General French's
force, had a sharp fight This was on
Sunday, when he reached the river
and saw the' Boer convoys on the
other side and pressed forward. Intend
ing to cross and capture them.
The Boers, however, opened fire with
from eight to ten guns, forded the riv
er . above and below, seemingly in
thousands, and sought to envelop the
British. General Hutton fell back sev
eral miles, the Boers following until
the other British cavalry winforced
Hutton.
During the night the Boers retreated,
not further contesting the crossing-.
The Boers attack, on General Hal-,
ton does not Indicate any such panicky
conditions as have been alleged to ex
ist among them. Nevertheless, the
British advance rolls on steadily. '
General Broadwood and General
Bruce Hamilton have penetrated fit
teen miles beyond Wlnburg. Accord
ing to -Boer advices sharp skirmishes -are
of dally occurrence and there' was
a brisk rifle engagement . outside of
Winburg Saturday.
From Boer sources comes also a re
port that In a skirmish outside Ma
feking. May 5, Colonel Baden-Powell
was slightly wounded.
LONDON, May J. Although the
British expected considerable opposi
tion at the difficult drifts of the Zand,
river, the latest advices from Smaldeel,
Orange Free State, Indicates that the
Federals are not yet ready to make
a determined attack to stem Lord
Roberta advance. The latter's front,
indeed. Is so wide and overwhelming
in numbers that it .is difficult to see
how the Boers can help ielng cuatel
out of Virginia Siding, as they were
out of Smaldeel, ' even If they elected
to give battle. The same considera
tions would probably affect the situa
tion at Kroonstad; hence the belief
that little opposition will be encounter
ed south of the Vaal.
Repairs to the bridges over the Vet
River , and the Vaal are expected to
retard the general march from Smal
deel and Fourteen Streams for three
or four lays, when General BuUer will
also be ready. The general idea is
that General Roberta will direct hla
efforts on Harrismlth, In order to get
in touch with the Natal army coming
through Van Reenan'a Pass.
A dispatch from Maseru, dated Ma
. says the Boers deserted both Lady-
orana ana Flcksburg in a panciky con
dition", owing to reports that th Brt.
lsh had occupied Zeenlkal. thus threat
ening their retreat to the Transvaal
CAPE TOWN. May . It la
that General Buller is advaseln
Blggaxaberg and that the Boers are '
withdrawing.
THABANCHtT. May The tn.r-
have moved their headauartera it. tM
district from Ladybrand to Clocolan.
BRITISH SHIP WRECKED.
MELBOURNE. May .-Th R,in.i.
Iron ship Sierra Nevada, Captain 8cott,
from Liverpool, January W. for thia
port was totally wrecked outside the
heads. Five of her crew were saved,
but it is believed that 22 others, in
cluding the captain, perished. The
Sierra Nevada was owned by Thomp
son, Anderson & Company, of Liverpool.
JAPS AT SAN FRANCISCO. '
SAN FRANCISCO, May Jy-One hun
dred and. fifty-seven Japanese Immi
grants have Just been landed In this
city. Of this number 75 Were admit.
ted on certificates of landing, slirne.i
by the United States lmmlerntlnn
commissioner at Vancouver, and" on
certificates from the commissioner
Seattle. - ; ,
at
GENERAL BRAGG INJURED.
FOND DU I.AC. Wis., ilav a.-G.-,.-
eral Edward S. Bragg, commander of
the famous Iron brigade, was thrown,
from his horse today and his right leg
broken In two places. General Braee
Is' 74 years-old and his advanced age
renders his injuries very serious.