THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
APRIL H, 1904.
nant ttii3 year in the democratic par
ty, are for a middle-of-the-road pop
ulist ticket from president to road su
pervisor; .and those who believe that
this year will -mark the complete ex
pulsion of plutocracy from the demo
cratic party, are either in favor of go
ing at once into that party, or con
tinuing the policy of fusion until
eventually .the democratic party will
absorb all the various shades of re
formers into a vital, overmastering
organization dominated by the greit
middle class. Both factions are aim
ing at the same final result, but tuey
differ honestly as to how it may bc;t
be accomplished.
In passing, I owe an apology to the
genial treasurer of our national com
mittee, Mr. Washburn, for hinting in
my correspondence this morning that
Major Harvey, in urging his semi
ticket plan, was probably doing a
little "understudy" work upon the lines
usually followed by the great peace
maker. I confess the blunder. Tie
worthy major had a slate cleverly bid
from view but it got smashed into
several fragments in the "pacifica
tion" proceedings which followed this
afternoon. The clever booming of Sen
ator Harris, followed by his absolute
refusal to be a candidate withheld
from the public until the eve of the
convention was intended to keep the
field clear of populist aspirants for
the gubernatorial nomination until it
would be too late, when it would be
comparatively easy to land the prle
for Judge David M. Dale, a demo
crat, of Wichita. This is a "gambit"
In political chess which will be rec
ognized at once, by those who attend
ed the ' Nebraska state convention at
Grand Island in 1902: Mike Harring
ton's withdrawal in the gray of the
morning, after the populists had
stood solidly for him all night long,
was bo disconcerting that not an
available "candidate in that conven
tion would permit his name to be
used.
This afternoon the committees were
slow in reporting. Mrs. Annie L.
Diggs, who bad just returned from a
two years' stay in Europe, entertained
the convention for some time in kzr
happy style of speech-making al
though she vowed she was so glad to
get back to Kansas that she couldn't
maka a Rneech.
' The. committee on credentials was
ready to report about 3 o'clock, it
wag composed of the following per
sons: .First, J., P. Jluhlin, J. M. Hart;
Second, Jos. Hibner, J B. Conley;
Third, S. E. Beach, Frank Ellis;
Fourth, Green Sallyards, W. G. Jami
; son: Fifth. J. I. Brown, J. N. Lim-
bocker; Sixth, A. D. Gilpin, Benj. F.
Hilton; Secentb, II. S. Fish, II. W.
Ruble.
Its report .showed delegates present
from 56 counties which meant that
49 other counties were unrepresented
The delegates present cast the full
vote for the county represented. On
one roll call 421 votes were cast and
on the second, 412. The unrepresented
counties are as follows: Allen, Atchi
, son, Barber, Bourbon, Brown, Chau
tauqua, Clark, Coffey, Comanche,
Crawford, Dickinson, Doniphan, Elk,
Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant, Greeley,
Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgman, Jewell,
Kearney, Kiowa, Leavenworth, Lo-
' gan, Marshall, Meade, Montgomery,
Morton, Pottawatomie, Rawlins, Reno,
Rooks, Seward, Sherman, Stanton,
Stevens, Sumner, Trego, Wabaunsee,
Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wil
son, Woodson and Wyandotte.
The personnel of the committee on
permanent organization follows: Firsl,
F. H. Chase, W. B. Yeager; Second.
William Hendricks, T. H. Paddock;
Third. F. W. Slddle, D. B. McCoIlum;
Fourth, E. S. Waterbury, A. Bacheloi ;
Fifth, George W. Hanna, J. S. Cobb,
sum, u. jonnson. cnas. Daisy; Uv
cnth, Henry Langfield, 8. A. Miller.
Its report was that the temporary oi
ionization be made permanent, add
ing m name or John Curran as as
slstant secretary. This was adopted.
The committee on order of business
was composed of the following: Tint,
John Cnrran, John Stowell; Scccud,
n. F. Spooner. John T. Little; Third.
Charles Stevens. J. M. Allen; Fourth,
E. B. Brumback, L. McKlnsev: Fifth.
David Babb. If. M. Spauldtng: sixth.
jonn uonicy, i;. m. Coleman; Seventh.
A. J. Shaw, J. Ii. C. Cook.
Itg report was that after committee
reports wen mad the convention
should (1) elect fc'J dMeKate,i to tr.e
national convention to lw held at
PprlnRneUl. 111. July ; (J) (.).( a
mate commute; (3 nominate thrt
supreme court Justices, rovcrnor
irt'AKurer, insurance commissioner
two railroad rommlMlonera, and stu
mt a United State nator to stir
ed Burton.
The real tent of utrenelh came iinmi
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Incident occurred tteM tUt fWrrUry
turran naj read the report and moved
Its adoption. Chairman Harvey,
State Chairman Babb, Curran and a
few others, who had made the slate,
of course, wanted the report adopted
as quickly as possible. Harvey, as
lieutenant governor, had presided over
the state senate and knows a thins or
two about "railroading" a measure
through before the oppositon gets its
first wind. There was a minority re
port to be presented by David Babb
of Clay, but he was a little slow about
getting recognition. A comfortable
majority of both f usionists . and mid
roaders were dead against the semi
ticket scheme, but they lacked leader
ship. By accident, however or it may
be it was fate a leader was there to
take prompt action. It was David
Ritchie of Saline county. He gained
recognition of tpe chair and moved Lo
amend by striking out all the latter
part of the reports after the election
of national delegates, and Insert an
adjournment of the convention to
August 3, 1004. Immediately foliow-
ne this. David Babb presented his mi
nority report, to nominate a full ticket
nstead of part of one.
The chair held the minority report
to be an amendment to Ritchie's
amendment. Upon roll call delegates
from 26 counties cast 118 votes in fa
vor of nominating a full state ticket,
and delegates from 39 counties cast
303 votes against it. This represented
roughly the division as to mid-road
and fusion.
The question then recurred upon
Ritchie's amendment. The debate
upon this was spirited, and it was
rather difficult for Harvey, Babb ana
Curran to- convince the mid-roadeis
why the nomination of half a ticket
then should be preferable to naming
a whole one; or to show the f usion
ists why this long-distance, piece
meal method of fusing should be bet
ter than the good old way of holding
conventions on the same day and fifcht-
ing it out face to face. The roll call
showed delegates in 42 counties who
cast 251 votes for the adjournment
amendment, and delegates in 19 coua-
ties who cast 156 votes against it.
The straight ticket men, of course,
voted solidly for this amendment, and
with them were a slightly larger nuai-
ber of fusionists who preferred to
wait until the national conventions
are over. before entering into any al
liance with the democrats.
The joke is that Ritchie was not a
delegate to the convention. Further
more, he admitted privately that
Judge Alton B. Parker would be a
very acceptable candidate for presi
dent. Ritchie Is oh the Springfield
delegation but that's' not a joke!
The committee on resolutions next
reported. .Its membership was as iol-
lows: First, A. M. Harvey, II. B.
Shafer; Second, S. W. Case, A. F.
Allen; Third, L. P. King, M. A. House
holder; Fourth, Chas Moss, Dr. F. B.
Lawrence; Fifth, R.'A. Lovitt, F. C.
Johnson; Sixth, Fred Close, M. E,
Wells; Seventh, O. P. Bottorff, Sol
Nelswanger. , '
Dr. Lawrence read the report, say
ing that so far as he knew it was the
unanimous report of the committee.
Mr. Wells of Smith- county interrupted
him by saying that the minority had
no written report to offer, but would
attempt to amend by striking out one
paragraph. . The report follows:
"We, the people's party of the state
of Kansas in convention assembled
this 12th day of April, 1904. reafl'rm
our allegiance to the principles of the
people s party as set forth in its ma
tional platforms and pledge ourselves
anew to the advocacy of these nrin
ciples until they are finally crystal
lized into jaw.
Resolved, That the people's party rf
nansas, in state convention asseni
bled, promise railroad legislation in
line with the bill prepared by the
Kansas federation of commercial in
terests, as a measure of the greatest
importance and necessary for the ma
tcrlal advancement of the state aud
the welfare of Its people. We demand
the repeal of tho act of 1901 and favor
the enactment Into law of a bill sug
gested by the federation and wc
tnererore recommend that all people's
party candidates for state, senatorial
and legislative honors he n!dred nd
Instructed to procure railway les'a
tlon along the line laid down by the
federation of commercial intrresi as
of vital Importance to the mtrrlal
prosperity of the Kansas people.
We are In favor of a Jut and equit
able tax law. that will tax wealth In
Head of Indebtedness, and demand
that our tax laws be so amended as to
provide an adequate penalty for fale
and fraudulent listing of propertr.
Resolved, That we are In favor of a
free tollot and a fair count and con
drmn the republican natty In Kansas
for ltd clandestine, effort to dNfrat..
fhl a large la of the best rltlxeii
of Kaniut or ttunpH th-in to vote
under pirtr titles of parthnn rhoo.
In, thereby necking to subvert the
rrln-lra of mMity govern mT.t and
enthrone plurality rule Irutcad, by Uj
anti-fusion law whlvh United Stales
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S'enator Burton devised and supported
on the ground that 'fusion was im
moral.? We demand the unconditional
repeal of this iniquitous law.
We point with pride to the many
laws passed by the populists, some uf
which are:
The school text-book law.
The Bush corporation law.
The Breidenthal banking law.
Contempt cf court law.
Alien -land law. " ;
Anti-trust law.
Stock yards law..
Vestibule street car law.
Public utilities law.
Insurance taxation law.
Railroad law.
We condemn the republicans for
their extravagant expenditure of the
state's money, which compelled the
collection from the people of over five
hundred thousand dollars of taxation
above that of former years.
We also condemn them for lowering
the taxes of the railroads and rais
ing those of the other taxpayers.
That for a more perfect and belter
organization wo recommend the lay
ing aside of the convention method of
making nominations for national,
state, congressional and county offices,
and the adoption of the primary sys
tem under such rules and details as
may be recommended by our state ex
ecutive committee.
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this convention that to bring about
co-operation between the electors of
the people's party and the electors of
the democratic party m Kansas this
year it will be absolutely necessary for
the democratic national convention at
St. Louis in July to nominate Will
iam Randolph Hearst, or some equally
pronounced reform democrat for pres
ident":. Dr. Lawrence is blessed with a good
voice and he throw his whole soul
into the reading. Somehow, however,
in striving for a dramatic closing, he
slipped a cog and his usually clear
voice became husky just as he at
tempted to thunder forth the name of
William Randolph Hearst. Instead of
rolling and reverberating as he had
evidently expected, the name of this
millionaire savior of the laboring men
of this nation was uttered in tones
something between a squeak and a
wheeze. Considerable cheering fol
lowed but nothing which could be
called "wild applause."
Mr. Johnson of Decatur county ob
jected to the last paragraph for Hit
reason that he considered It an un
warranted interference in the affaiu
of another party. What the demo
crats should do at St. Louis was the;r
affair. It was their convention. They
should be permitted to run it. After
it was over, If results suited us, then
we might act. He moved to strike out
the last paragraph.
State Chairmm Babb said that Le
admitted paternity of the Hearst res
olution. He had hern watching Mr.
Hearst for a number of years and con
sidered him a "grand democrat." Babb
did not believe the resolution at all
klmpolltle or Impertinent. He be
lieved It proper for us tc say to the
democratic national convention, 'Do
this, or you need not count on us.
No roll call was demanded and the
motion to strike out was lost, few le-
upomllng on either idde. Hearst nad
a majority of the delegates to UIs
convention and although he was not
talked of for the populist nomination,
It seems evident that the Kansas pro
gram will be to nominate hint at
Springfield Just as quickly as It tan
be dnne, so hla nomination ran be
used ns a club over the St. Iotil c;u
vcntlon. From what I can learn here, It
regarded that somewhere about 4m l&
4 of the Sprm-rlMd llriar at
1 learnt men; a jrood many itf the if
walnJer are more or le pronouncvd
against him.
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It a ft mUUU fur the Kmuuk
populists to name tih an farly date
for thflr nominating: convention. At
the time It waa done last Januarj, I
am told that Judge Rabb, John Cuiuq
and Major Harvey (officers of the state
committee) were earnestly advocating
a straight middle-of-the-road populst
Etate ticket; but before many woes
elapsed they had modified their views
to the extent of about half the tice'w
The action todav was the best way
out, because the ticket nominated Aug
ust 3 will be a straight ticket in any
event. If the Bryan forces prevail at
St. Iouls, there will be so-called fu
sion, of course, but the ticket will &o
on the ballot as "democratic" and the
peoples party In Kansas will go Cut
of business. On the other hand, if
the Clevelandltes prevail, the ticket
August 3 will fxi on the ballot a& a
"people't party" ticket, although thci
will be undoubtedly several Inan
democrats on It an populist candidates,
I had a pleasant talk with Judge I.abb
today rcKardlns his position on Ins
Hearst randldary. I must drier a re
port of It until next week; but udie
It to say that Jttdj; Ilahba Inowu in
trprlty natlvr the lda of any o
lllhal commercialism luHacmlng his
action. U.
One of the tt dkt. tniwt Iridtult!
ous workers In behalf of the Oh! tluard
and th Vannnrd is Hon. John J.
Milfi of Clay county, Irnn. H )
dom pae a week without anvllLf
!i Irora one to fle enrollments.
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