Show THE CRANKS ID IN conventions IONI polk of the alliance is permanent chairman PLATFORM I 1 COMMITTEE SELECTED third party fight Is on in earnest the silver question sub treasury scheme prohibition etc ST louis feb 23 when the industrial conference 0 opened ted this till s morning chairman connor st stated that if anybody present for harmonious action they might t get betout out of the way or be stepped upon Tille he th then en announce announced ed tt that bat the committee on credentials denti als had been in se session slon all night and was now ready to present a partial report coln A at an informal conference of prominent prohibition its this morning chairman dickie le kie and 1194 W willard ard morin united ag te in a resolution to the effect that as a party the pro could treat only with political forces that declare for the tile ame same principles this miss willard ex explained bained does not in the least interfere with ip th the efforts being fl put ut I 1 forth b by y hers herself elfand and other prohibition ests t as individuals to secure such declarations from the industrial conference as maye may serve as a basis for future political action acton among ng the tile labor and temperance reformers the report of the committee ee on credentials 1 I entla denti als s recommended the seating sc atin of a total number of delegates ing organization organizations were represented the farmers alliance farmer farmers mutual benefit association knights of labor national farmers alliance national ati citizens alliance colored Par farmers benefit association national citizens independent alliance patrons of india industry stry patrons of husbandry the farmers Far farnie rs alliance were given awen I 1 ty five delegates at large and thirteen I 1 minor ainor detached organizations and indi visuals were giovenia representation of fifty el eight lit I 1 ignatius it D donnella 0 inelly lv moved an amend go mait d that mis frances prances willard lay Bonier bersett sett clara II offman and F 11 ingalls be seated as delej delegates ates representing the national at lonal womans comans christian temperance union linion both the amendment and the report were ado adopted ted president r 1 of the farmers alliance was unan unanimously elected chairman miss frances willard and ben terrill of texas were elected vice presidents john W ilayev of the knights of labor w was as made secretary and warwick the tile colored delegate from virginia assistant secretary while a motion by simpson kansas to adjourn for two hours was pen pending dl in D dr r mccune mccline read a telegram from fe s s r a whitaker and davis urging t the he conference feren ceto to adopt a resolution aski asking ng congress to pass the anti option bill mccune made a motion that a special committee be appointed but finally a recess for thirty minutes was secured with the understanding that the committee be a appointed anted change in the plan for the selection of the platform committee was made and the hig big bodies were civen given additional representation aha basis being for each bloh one representative and an additional representative for each twenty five delegates of the organization in the convention and one representative for each state as a geographical division the third party fight tight was brought on in earnest by the report of the committee on credentials seating post and branch two third party delegates whom it had been sought to shut out in the general scramble for the floor post got in first and in a bit irl speech denounced congressman living abton of or georgia as attempting to hand over the alliance in that elate state bound hand and foot to the democratic party the excitement caused by this accusation was as intense but after a scene of extra extraordinary ordina confusion the report of the creden credentials qa s committee was adopted by a large majority a substantial triumph for the third party ites the row among the tile geo georgians r a is continued fiercely and was only enda ended by y the sergeant at anna arms forcibly seating the warring southerners when quiet Kwas measure ably restored the long list ot of members of the platform corn committee nil atee was finally completed and read making a total of nearly members the announcement of post as the com from georgia started another row in the georgia delegation whereupon jerry bimpson simpson suggested that half of the georgia delegates be appointed to alaska I 1 to 04 give a them a chance to cool off soon n after willetts national lecturer of the pa farmers amers alliance moved that the convention demand the the pa passage sa of f the alib ab nb treasury billas bill as a means of of relief reier for fol the people instead of petitioning congress to enact the proposed anti option law wheat lecturer for the tile knights of labor moved to lay ss motion on the table and this was done kelly of kansas offered a resolution that the appropriation pending in congress for a pern permanent anent census bureau be endorsed if p provision 1011 was made for continuing the investigation vesti gation offard of farm mortgages as a permanent part of the work of the tile bureau simpson and livingston seconded his motion livingston seizing the opportunity godeny to deny the accusation made by post lost he invoked harmony after some desultory discussion ahn convention adopted the census resolution by an emphatic vote the free coinage trouble w was as liok now pit pitched C h P d among the delegates by wilson of 01 geo georgia r S I 1 a 0 offering ring a resolution that the convention pe petition e congress for the adoption of the pe pending n d ng bill for the free and unlimited ed coinage of silver livingston fought hard to have this carried but this time he h a was hampered instead of helped by the tile kan bans tracy of oregon apparently attebe at the instance of a kan kansas kanas As man near by tacked on an amendment de demanding mandin the passage of the sub treasury bill I 1 thunderous un derous protest protests were raised at tills this critical moment against the consideration of more resolutions against t agns gns outside the platform m committee and the free silver molion motion with its sub treas ury tall tail was in effect unceremoniously enion 1 bously dumped upon the able the tile convention waited a long time after upper supper bobear to hear from its mammoth committee on resolutions ona and finally adjourned until tomorrow to morrow the committee on oil platform is working late tonight to night generah general worthy foreman of of the knights of labor having been elected chairman after general weaver declined ignatius Ignat lua donnelly said to an As associated soc press representative tonight to night that it had been practically decided to incorporate in the platform the sub treasury scheme the free coinage of liver milver woman suffrage and prohibition the latter point would probably ably cause an animated discussion eat but he fie believed that in a modified form it would be a part of the platform |