Populist Convention Debates Platform and Nomination
The May 10 1900 Sioux Falls convention heard the platform plank on trusts and currency amid tensions as Barker supporters threaten to bolt if M W Howard is the nominee. Donnelly later delivers a fiery address as nominations unfold with Donnelly and Howard in play.
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Cincinnati
W. L. Peek
Kansas
Jackson
Missouri
Nebraska
People’s Party of the
United States
People's Party
Scch
J. A. Parker
J. B. Osborn
Felton
Parker
J. A. Boyce
Nebraska City
M. W. Howard
Alabama
General Phillips
Georgia
Wharton Barker
Pennsylvania
Howard
Gates Discharged In A Steel Company Case
In New York on May 10 Magistrate Zeller dismissed the complaint against J. W. Gates chairman of the board of American Steel and Wire company and discharged the defendant. In Marion Indiana also May 10 an attempted assassination targeted Chief of Police Bert White as he arrested rookman Pod Barnes alias Huntington White alias George Davis alias Washington Whitney. Barnes resisted then fled as the shot went wide. Barnes is described as a dangerous figure with a photo in the rogue’s gallery and has been linked to several major schemes in various cities.
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Sioux Falls
Thomas M. Patterson
Colorado
People’s Party
South
Democratic Party
Bryan
People's Party
W. J. Bryan
Patterson
J. H. Curran
Kansas
Leo Vincent
William Deisher
Pennsylvania
Epon
Gates
New York
J. W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Zeller
Marion
Ind
Bert White
Rogue’s Gallery
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Voassoe
Penick
Ford
Shreveport
Bremner
Larrabee
Howell Bras
Coppee
A. D. McConnico
Insurance
GIN Insurance A
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Companies
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
SHOP
UFP
Burt Norwood
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Middle-of-the-Roaders
Barkers
Barker
Datter
Ignatius Donnelly
Donnelly
Norton
Waite
Deaver
Economist
Epicure
Groce
Ries
Searcy
Ben S. Read
Paul M. Raysof
Texas
James Drug Store
Brogdon’s Market
TRANT
R.L. Brocdon
Franklin Bros
John B. Mike