Show PEOPLES PARTY enecks course is approved the meeting at chicago shouts itself hoarse free silver and inde pendent action chicago june 27 three hundred delegates representing the peoples party of cook county assembled in convention here today 11 E chairman of the national committe ewas one of the distinguished populists lists on the platform he not only took away with him to st louis tonight the pleasant memory of tributes paid to bis fidelity by other leaders but he received the hilarious plaudits pl audits of the delegates and a unanimous vote of confidence by resolution every mention of hia name and his acts as a populist evoked the enthusiasms of the convention when mr rose to respond he expressed his thanks for their confidence but made no direct reference to the st louis teller incident he said a crisis was on the party at the present time and the party was facing it there was enough generalship and enough statesmanship in the ranks of the party to steer it through in safety no matter how many rocks it might encounter the bolt of the silver republicans at st louis baid he amid an outburst of applause practically assures us of the vote of every elector west of alio mississippi it ensures us of the success of all our tickets and that section of the country to which henceforth belong the populist column when the democratic convention adjourns in chicago tho result of their action will be that the territory south of the ohio river will also belong to the peoples party at our convention in st louis thero will be no sal sql reader of party rights or party prin ciplys rivard S taylor chairman of the county central committee who was also chosen permanent chairman ot the convention was the object of a demonstration as flattering as that accorded 10 sir he was nominated second pace on the ticket lr taylor is a chicago lawyer who has been an active leader ot the party sinca its binh and chairman in his speech expressed the hope that the conventions choice would bo nominated and elected as he certainly would surpass the last two vice presidents ijar taylor and christopher obrien were the tv 0 chosen delegates at laree the sentiment of all speeches was tor independent action at st louis |