The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-17
the NATIONAL II

Foundation and Growth Of the
Party-A Mass-lIeeting at New
York.
TheeIecutive committee Of the national
party met at New York on Friday last
and perfected plans for the systematic
organization Of the party throughout the
respective states. A vigorus campaign
will be organized in all the states, and
particular attention will be given to the
states where United States senators are to
be elected, to get abalauce ofpower in the
state Legislatures. The matter Of Way
and means 10 procure documents and
place suitable speakers IN the field was
discussed at length.
The national party was organized at
Toledo, o, Feb. %, 1878, and was the
outgroWth OF the Independent greenback
party and the various labor reform
associations throughout the country. Al
the Toledo convention thirty states were
represented, and since the adjournment
the work oil organization has been going
on through all the states and territories,
II Is the intention OF the executive commit
tee to run candidates for every office with.
In the gift Of the people OF the United
States. The growth Of the party in many
Of the states has been very great. Fol
example, in the state Of Maine, where the
party polled but FIVE hundred votes in
1870 Il polled thirteen thousand in 1878.
In many other states the party increased
in like proportion, until At the present
time its adherents claim 1t holds the
balance OF power in nine states, viz
Maine. Connecticut, New York Pennsyl'
yania, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ore
gon and California. In the spring cleo,
lion ia Michigan, Just passed, the party
polled seventy thousand votes, nearly a.
many as Peter Cooper polied as greenback
candidate for:president in 1876. In Steu'
ben, Chemung, and Allegany counties in
New York, the party polled thirteen
thousand votes, e~lecting tWenty.six super
yisors and the mayor Of Elmira. 1t also
elected the mayors Of Utica, Auburn, and
Utsego last spring. II polled four thous'
and nine hundred votes In Rochester
three thousand five hundredin Syracuse,
and five thousand five hundred in Albany
two weeks ,go.
The names Of the executive council are
D. B. Sturgeon, Toledo, o.; Alexander
Troup, New Haven, Conn. Thomas J
Durant, Washington, D. C.;F. T. Devices
Pottsyille, Pa; o. J. Smith, Terre Haute
Ind, The above were present at ths
meeting OF the executive committee Fri
day. There were also present Ralph
Beaumont, Of Elmira, N. Y, and Scion
Chase, Of Chases Mills, Me.
Ahandsone engraved charter Tor sub
ordinate councils has been Issued. II
may be described as follows:
The vignette represents the character
istic principles Of the national party.
viz. industry and money. On the righ'
Of the vignette are the the sentences
aThe rights Of industry are in jeopardy
therefore it Is time to work. c'Time e
works being the motto OF the party.) II
the centre Of the yignette is the American
eagle, in the attitude Of flying, bearing II
its beak q scroll upon which Is inscribed
aThink, write, discuss, work, economic
and be free men," This sentence Il
Illustrated by the figure oil a writer II
the attitude Of writing, an orator In the
attitude OF speaking, q blacksmith, with
his iron in The furnace, the interest o.
agriculture being represented BY. a team
and load Of hay, The general activity o
the countryt industries are Represented
by n train Of cars in rapid motion. Do
mestic happiness, peace, and prosperity
are represented BY q female in the fore
ground engaged In culitivatingsfowers
On the left side Of the yignette the senti
ments OF the party on the money question
are fguratiyely represented-6rst BY TIL
greenback paper dollar, bearing the IN
scription, "Rull legal tender for all debit
and duties y second, both sides Of thu
silver dollar ; third, one side 0 fthe golt
dollar-underneath which Is inscribed
aUnlimited coinage Of silver and gold
aFull legaLtender paper money II
amount to meet the wants oil industry,
TThe avenues to wealth equally opei
10 all"
The body Of charter read as follows
The national party Of the unitet
States hereby grants this charter to-otii
GERS ot-and their successors in office, Il
institute q council, No.-of the State 0
-.county-, for the purpose Of effectini
a thorough organization Of the pations
party Of the United States, and sal
council being duly organized 10 hereb.
authorized and empowered 70 admit legal
voters residing in the election district \
which this council Ia chartered to ful
membership in said party in accordane
with the con.titution and bylaws Of th
national party, and in default thereo
this charter may be declared null an
void by the State executive committee o
the State in which this council is char
tered, or the United States executiy
committee oil the national party.
In witness whereof We have hereuntl
rseaI1 attached our signatures and al
axedt The seal Of the national party. Don
Done at Toledo, O., this-day Of
Nv DAVID B, STURGEON,
ChairmanNatioLa Executive COMMITTEES
National Party.
al Executive Committee of the Natioua
Party.
Alarse m,ss.meeting Of nationals wa
held in Cooper Institute, New York, O.
Friday night, at which speeches Wer'
made by a number Of leaders Of the ns'
party. Alexander Troup, Of Ne'
Haven, Conn., said, in part: The Nation
al Party declares that government has n
right to delegate It's power to any eorpo
rations-national banks or others. leal
upon the laboring men here TO organic
. party which shall be pure In prineipl
and redeem the city Of New York. Th
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