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Show OR BE STEPPED ON. j THE CRANK CONVENTION DECLARES FOR HARMONY AT ANY COST. The I'rohibltiouists Heady to Act With the Reformers to a Certain Ftout A Ills Fight is Promised us a v arinttou. St. Lot i-, Feb. 23. Had a bombshell exploded ex-ploded Hfierday afternoon in the midst of the Industrial conference it would not have surprised the third party people one iota more than did the motion made by Secre-tan Secre-tan Hayes of the Knight ol Labgr late ill J the afternoon, A curious series of events led up to it. B. F. Terrill of Texas had been selected to call the convention to Order, ami, during all the welcoming addresses ad-dresses and throughout the speeches of Poll:, Powderly and Donnelley, he tenaciously tena-ciously held tliu chair, no move being Blade to eilei t a temporary organization. jAt the conclusion of the addresses, Hayes Jum ied up and moved that Actiug Chairman Terrell appoint the regular committees, a proceeding which would practically have given the Texan entire charge of tho contention. con-tention. The third party meu were diunli-toundeil, diunli-toundeil, and the convention was immediately imme-diately in an uproar. General Weaver sprang to his feet and yelled that the convention was out of order, and quickly made a motion that the com cntioii proceed to a temporary organization. organ-ization. The friends of the new movement move-ment rallied and carried the motion with a hurrah. The cause of the sensation is disclosed when it is explained that the third party men believed, whether justly or unjustly, that a combination had been made between Macunc, Livingston, Hayes and Terrill to down the New York parly scheme. If the motion had carried, they say, Terrill would have appointed the committee to suit the ' ntiV Apparently, however, the. opponents .f the third party movement are in a hope-inority. hope-inority. A nftist serious split in the Industrial con-ferenee con-ferenee now in session is threatened by a large number of southern delegates. At a caucus held here last night it became evident evi-dent thai many of the southerners were r.ot in favor of a third party. Any disaffection from their old party, the democrats, would only strenthen the republicans. Before the closed all the delegates from Georgia announced that should the confer, encc determine on a third party they would withdraw from the body. Four of the six .Alabama delegates announced that they would do likewise, as did also the delegates from Tennessee, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the president of the North Carolina state alliance. .There are also a number of protesting delegation;, del-egation;, representing national organizations which are knocking loudly for admission, and which threaten a second conference if barred out. These orguni.ations, which are not represented on the credential committee, com-mittee, and which have applied for representation repre-sentation in the conference, are the Reform Press association, the Woman's Alliance, the United order of Anti-Monopolists, the Union Hcfonn association, the Central Nationalists, the Farmers' league, the Alliance assemblies, assem-blies, Industrial and many smaller organiza- vjviij""-. the Industrial conference Cjpcncd Jr Jj ning Chairman Connor stated that Xdy was not present for harmonious a'c . Jhey might get out of the way or be steppiT: upon. He then announced the Committee on credential had been In 'session 'ses-sion all night and noir ready to present a partial report. At an informal conference of prominent prohibitionists this morning. Chairman Dickie and Miss Willard united iu a resolu tion to the-effect that as a party the prohibitionists prohibi-tionists could treat only with political forces that declare for the same principles. This, Miss Willard explained, does not in the least interfere with the efforts being put forth by herself and other prohibitionists , as individuals, in-dividuals, to secure such declarations from the Industrial conference as may serve as a basis for future united political action among the labor and temperance reformers. The report of the credentials committeo recommended the seating of tHO delegates from the farmers' alliance; fifty-three from the F'armers' Mutual Benefit association; eighty-two from the Kniirhl of Labor; ninety-seveu from the national farmers' alliance; al-liance; tcnty-flvc from the national citizens' citi-zens' alliance; ninety-seven from the Colored Farmers' Benefit J association; gtweuty-scven gtweuty-scven from the national oltlswit' independent indepen-dent alliance ; sixty-five from the patrons of industry; twenty-live from the patrons of husbandry; total, 677. The fanners' alliance was given twenty-five twenty-five delegates at large and thirteen minor detached organizations and individual were given a repnesentative of fifty-eight. lirnatius Donnelly moved au amendment that Miss Frances Willard, Lay Soinersett, Clara Hoffman and F. H. IngalU, be seated as delegates representing tho National Wcmen'i Christian Temperance union. Both the amendment and the report were adooted. It was resolved during the recess that the lommittee on platform be appointed on a lomproniise basis. The plan wa to give Kach national organization three repreoenta-Jve repreoenta-Jve on the platform committee and each itate one representative. liencral Weaver moved the election of 'resident Polk of the farmer's alliance as .ermanent chairman of the convention, and t was carried unanimously. In au instant Powderly of the Knight of Labot1 was on his feet, hotly protesting that the proceedings were irregular. Others uided their protests, and the Illinois dele ;:itc made a motion for a reconsideration of lb.' election of Polk. The motion was promptly carried, dc-i dc-i bled by a vote by states instead of by or-a or-a iiiiatious, and l'uik was unanimously r I eled. Polk then announced the next order of h minim was the election vice presidents and oilier officers. Miss Frances Willard and lieu Ferrill of Texas were elected vice presidents. John W. Hays of the knlghta of labor was made secretary, and Warwick, the colored lie legate from Virginia, assistant seerelary. While a motion by SimpeOn (Kansas) to idjourn for l wo hours was pending, Dr. McCune read a telegram from Messrs. Whif-Jter Whif-Jter and Davis urging the conference to idopt a resolution asking congress to pass ill- auti-optlon bill. McCune made a motion that n special coin-nilttee coin-nilttee be appointed, bin Anally a recese lor l:irt minutes was secured with the uiider-I uiider-I tt. Hiding thai the committee be appointed, I A change in tbe plan for the selection of ; Hli plat form committee - made and the li'4 bodies were given additional represent-I represent-I ktlou, I lit: baals beinr for each organi.alion, llpne reprteentsvUve and an additional repre- tentative for each twenty. live delegates of pjh organisation in the convention, and one il resentatlre for each state ai a goograph-I goograph-I leal division. I , |