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TH3I3 AJDVOOilTUX 5 SATURDAY EVENING. A moBt uulque veteran love feast was held Saturday night In the big hall, to which the public were Invited. John G. Mangherman, of Indiana, a one-legged veteran, opened the meeting with a vigor ous epeech which stirred everyone. Re closed by inviting southern veterans to coma up and shake hands and bur? the past. At once a procession was formed and a reunion held on the Btage, when "Marching Through Georgia" and other songs were sung. Then a drum corps, on motion of W. T. Smith, of Kansas, struck up, and arm In arm, two by two, the blue and the gray several hundred strong marched up and down the aisles mid the wild applause of the audience. It was the most striking object lesson of all the meetings so far .held, stirring the hearts of all with its impulse toward political harmony and unity. Five min utes speeches, followed, Ben. Terrell, of Texas, introducing them. The Hat of speakers Is as follows, all of them meet ing with a grand reception: W. T. Wlm herly, of Georgia; T. P. Lloyd, of Florida; C. A. Powers, of Indiana; Col. S. F.Nor ton, of Illinois; Mrs. M. E. Lease, of Kan sas; II. L. Roberts, of Tennessee, and Paul Vandervoort, of Nebraska. A tele gram of congratulation was read from 200 veteran soldiers at Kedfleld, South - Dakota. Nothing was done perfunctorily; every thing was done with genuine enthusiasm. Numerous songs were sung during the evening and the meeting did not adjourn until after 11 o'clock. Sinceritas. Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, July 4. On Sunday afternoon an audience filling the Immense coliseum gathered to com memorate the lives and services of the ' late Col. L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, and the late Rev. Gilbert De Lamater, of Ohio. It was a genuine consecration meet ing, at which every representative of the people dedicated himself to work in heaven's name in the cause for which these representatives died. Never be fore was a national convention permitted to pause during its session to ask heav en's blessing upon its leaders and its cause. No national convention ever was held under circumstances which so called for the religious element, and never, we may add, was a nation repre sented by more serious or devotional representatives. This meetiog seemed only to emphasize the deep meaning of the People's party movement and to consecrate its leaders and its members to new zeal In the noble work undertaken in the name of humanity. At this meet ing address after address of eloquent, loving remembrance was delivered, touch ing the hearts of the immense throng and united them in thrilling, devotional zeal for the cause of tie people. Its in fluence must go out through all the land and quicken the enthusiasm and deepen the devotion of every lover of his land. No religious gathering ever felt heaven's blessing so manifestly present. The col lected addresses would make a grand volume, and thousands, could they be published, would be Stirred as were all who heard them, to new consecration, new zeal and new devotion to humanity's needs. H. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, pre sided. The following Is a complete list of the speakers and in the order in which they spoke: Dr. C. W. Macune, of the District of Columbia; Mrs. Marlon Todd, of Michi gan; Gen. J. B. Weaver, of Iowa; Mrs. M.E. Lease, of Kansas; Hon. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota; Mrs. Fannie Vlckery, of Kansas; Hon. . H. Gillette, of Ohio; Mrs. Emma Ghent Curtis, of Colorado, who read an original commem orative poem; N. A. Dunning, editor of the National Watchman, Washington, D. C; T. V. Powderly, of Pennsylvania. The following motion was then offered by Mr. Dean, of New York, seconded by Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, and unanimously adopted: Moved, that a committee be appointed to take the necessay legal steps to pro vide for the family of Col. L. L. Polk. Lotho Wilson, of North Carolina, then thanked the speaker and the convention on behalf of North Carolina for the gen erous expression of appreciation of one of the noblest men that America has ever produced. In closing the audience joined In singing with great spirit, Sweet Bye and Bye." Sinceritas. Convention Hall, Omaha, July 4. The one hundred and sixteenth anni versary of the declaration of indepen dence opened clear and cool, seemingly adding heaven's blessing upon the de liberations of the convention. Various meeting of individuals and side organiza tions were held Sunday all over the city, but the convention officially observed the day as a day of rest. The Nationalists had a meeting at 9 a.m. and the single tax adherents at 10 a. m., while a local society of women held a meeting late Sunday afternoon, at which a goodly number of distinguished speakers were announced to speak. At the latter meet ing Mrs. Diggs, of Kansas, explained why the women didn't Insist upon a woman's suffrage plank In the platform, much to the dlscomforture of Susan B. Anthony, whowas present at the same meeting A three hour's meeting in the convention hall was also held Sunday evening, at which numerous speakers, mostly from the Pdcitic coast, interested a good sized audience at the Millard hotel, the head quarters of many important committees and delegations, a crowd flowed in and out all day long, listening to speech af ter speech from the central staircase, whre the ladles above, as well as the throng below, could see and hear. An enthusiastic crowd at this hotel for hours during the evening sang campaign songs, while presidential candidates were dls cussed on every hand. The various state delegations held meetings to decide on their action in Monday's convention. But officially the convention observed the day, even the important committees, with much work on hand, deciding to hold no Sunday sessions. The convention opened at 8:10 with prayer by Rev. William McCready. The report of the .committee on credentials was received and adopted, reporting the names of 1,652 delegates as present and entitled to seats. The report of the com mittee on permanent organization was adopted as follows: Chairman H. L. Louoks, of South Da kota. Secretary John W. Hayes, of New Jer sey. Assistant Secretaries S. S. King of Kan sas, u. a. wuson or ancmgan, J. w. Den mark of North Carolina, D. W. Monroe vioe rresiaents: Alabama J. C. Manning. Arkansas J. B. Sutler. California Marion Cannon. Colorado G. C. Griffin. Connecticut H. C. Baldwin. Delaware Florida W. D. Condon. Georgia T. Picket. Idabo-W. H. Taylor. Illinois N. Baraett. Indiana J. B. Milroy. Iowa A. J. Weetfall. Kansas Fred J. Close. Kentucky Paulioh Barber. Louisiana Maine Presoott Robinson. Maryland N. A. Dunning. Massachusetts Ilenry Winn. Miohigan C. W. Gibbeon. Minnesota Ignatius Donnelly. Mississippi G. W. Dyer. MiaeouriII. Ward. Montana J. H. Shober. Nebraska William Neville. Nevada G. S. Dixon. New Hampshire New Jersey J. R. Buchanan. New York Joel I. Hoyt. North Carolina T. B. Long. North Dakota Walter Muir. Ohio John Seitz. Oregon Nathan Pierce. Pennsylvania T. V. Powderly. Rhode Islaud-W. A. Arnold. South Carolina ' South Dakota A. Wardall. Tennessee J. R. Roberts. Vermont Virginia J. B. Beverly. Washington O. O. Wright, west Virginia W. M. Smith. Wisconsin Robert Schilling. Wyoming William Taylor. Alaska Arizona District of Columbia T. P. Wilde. Indian TerritoryS. D. Dicker. Oklahoma-A. E. Light. We cannot give the address of the per manent chairman until next week. A gavel was received, made from a tree grown on the first farm recorded under the homestead act,prescnted by the owner of the farm, Daniel Freeman, of Beatrice, Nebraska, who Is a People's party man. . The chairman re ceived it, saying that the People's party did not have to steal Its gavel, referring to the gavel presented t the Republican convention made from wood stolen from this same farm. A man named J. Armstrong, of Cali fornia, was then permitted to address the convention, at the request of Secretary Taubeneck. Mrs. S. E. V. Emery, author of the book entitled "The Seven Financial Consplra cles," was then presented to the conven tion, and made a short address, which aroused the audience. During the day It was reported that this book had been denied the use of the malls. Professor M. J. Shaw, a good speaker from Oregon, presented a gavel on behalf of John Dean, editor of the Marshall, Oregon, Sun, and pledged the state of Oregon to the People's party ticket. The following was received from the committee on rules and order of business and adopted: Cushing's manual shall be ohosen to regu late the proceedings of this convention. For the presentation of candidates for president and vioe president the roll of states shall be oalled alphabetically. Nomi nating speeches shall be limited to fifteen minutes, and remarks on all questions in debate shall be limited to five minutes. In balloting the secretary shall oall the roll of states and the chairman of each state shall announce the vote of his state as called. Each state delegation shall appoint its own tellers, collect and count its own ballots, and the chairman shall announce the rsaulf to the convention. In case no nominee shall receive a majori ty on the first ballot, a eeoond ballot shall at onoe be taken where each delegate must write on his ballot the name of his first choice and his second chioe, placing the names in the order of his choice first choice first, second ohoioe second a first choice being counted as one vote and a second choice as half a vote. The two receiving the largest number of votes shall be voted for on the third ballot, votes for the other persons not being counted. All resolutions offered before this conven tion shall be read and referred to the oora mittee on resolution without debate. Each state and territory shall be allowed a number of votes equal to the number of delegates reported by the committee on credentials. The following shall be the order of busi ness: The announcement of the names of the national committee. Report of the committee on platform and resolutions. Nomination of candidates for president. Balloting for candidates for president. Nomination of candidates for vioe presi dent. Balloting for candidates for vice presi dent. At 10:30 the convention took a twenty minutes recess to witness the procession of the citizens of Omaha who were cele brating the anniversary of the nation's independence. At 11 o'clock the con vention re-assembled. The following national committee was then elected by states: Alabama J. B. Ware, C. II. Manning and George F. Gftither. Arkansas J. W. Dolliaon, J. M. Pittman, E. R. Day. California Jesso Poundatone, George B. Johnson, E. M. Hamilton. Colorado I. G. Berry, J. A. Wajland, A. Coleman, Connecticut Robert Pyne, A. S. Hough ton, Henry C. Baldwin. Florida S. S. Harvey, P. L. Jenkins, F. II. Lytle. Georgia J. n. Turner, J. F. Brown, C. II. Ellington. Idaho A. T. Lane, J. H. Anderson, D. R. Munro. Illinois H. E. Taubeneck, Eugene Smith, W. H. Hess. Indiana M. C. Rankin, C. A. Robinson, Fraser Thomas. Iowa-W.D.Calhoun, W. S. Scott, A. J. Westfall. Kansas S. H. Snyder, W. D. Vincent, J. W. Laybourn. Kentucky A. F. Garden, J. O. Blair, W. J. Soott. Louisiana G. W. Bruce, B. F. llardeety, J. W. Burt. Maine H. S. nobbi", Henry Betts, E. W. Boynton. Massachusetts E. G. Brown, George F. Washburne, J. Peter Gardner. Miohigan John O. abet, H. I. Allen, Ed S. Greece. Minnesota Ignatius Donnelly, K. Hal verson. H. B. Martin. Mississippi D. S. Dwyer, I. S. Millraps, N. W. Bradford. Missouri-M. V. Carroll, A. Roselle, G. M. Goooh. Montana Charles Hansoom, J. W. Allen, J. H. Baoher. New Hampshire L. B. Porter. New Jersey, II- D. Opdike, John Wilcox, Joseph R. Buchanan. New York L. J. MoLartin, Henry A. Hicks, L. C. Robert. North Carolina W. R. Lindsay, Thomas B. Long, S. O. Wilson. North Dakota Walter Muir, W. T. Mo Cullooh, Herman Miohaelson. OhioHugo Pryor, C. 11. Cobb, M. W. Wilkins. Oregon Joseph Waldrop, J. W. Marks berry, Charles F. Fitch. Pennsylvania V. A. Loter, J. E. Leslie, J. B. Akin. South Dakota A. Wardall, A. M. Allen, F. Ziphl. Tennessee W. H. Gynne, L H. Taylor, W. E. Wilkin. Txas Thomas Gaines, W. R. Coleman, J. H. Davis. Virginia I. H. Hodaon, Marion Page, Samuel L. Newrberry. WashingtonI). B Hannah, F. M. Knox, C. W, Young. West Virginia--S. H. Piereol, John E. Staley, N. W. Fitzgerald. Wisconsin Robert Schilling, C. M. Butt, Henry O'Brien. District of Columbia -Lee Craadall, Annie L. Diggs, T. A. Bland. Oklahoma P. O. Cassidy, S. D. Decker. The states and territories of Delaware, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevadajlhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Wyoming, Alas ka, Arizona. Indian Territory, New Mexico and Utah nave not yet selected their com mitteemen. A telegram of congratulation was here received from the secretary of the state convention of the Knights of Labor of Colorado, now in session at Leadvllle, and another was read from Ohio, asking the convention, in the name of suffering millions, to keep in the middle of the road. The convention then had pre sented a motion that a committee of three be appointed to confer with those railroads which had not granted the usual rates. Marlon Cannon, of Cali fornia, took the convention by storm, when in the name of the whole Califor nia delegation he protested against kneeling to the railroad corporations. The California delegates to both the Re publican and Democratic conventions were granted half fare by a corporation that denied the same privilege to the delegates to the People's party conven tion. They paid full fare, and did not propose to'aak any favors of the railroad. They proposed soon to own the railroads, when justice would be done to all. The convention went wild after this speech, and for several minutes yelled its ap proval The motion was withdrawn, and after some discussion another was passed by a close vote that a committee be in- (Continued on thirteenth potf.)