The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-22
GRERNBACKLABOR CONFERENCE.
Twenty Nine States Represented.

The conference of the Greenback Labo
party assembled in Fenton Hall, in thi
city, at noon on the 9th. The meeting wa
called 10 order BY Hon. F. w. Devices, o
| Pennsylvania, who in the course of hi
sIeech said:
1t is important that we should know pre-
cisely the terms upon which you hav'
been called together in conference
They were to adopt platform Of princi
pies for the party and fix time and plac,
and basis of representation for nationa
convention for selecting candidates TO
presiden. and vice president. The impor
lance Of this work has brought togethe
delegates of the honest working classe
from the piny woods Of Maine to the greer
pastures of Texas. At the mentioning o
Maine there was deafining applause.l Th'
Democratic and Republican parties have
their wrangles, but we must have harmo-
ny. We must correct the evils of the cur
rency question. Every man here believes
the national bank system fraud of the
worst kind. We never had such an OPP
portunity as now 10 crush this and other
evils.
First, there is the Republican party, with
its three great evils Grant, Sherman and
Blaine. What does
THE GRANT BUSINESS
mean? 1t means a man for whom the
constitution is not strong enough; it means
a man who wonld override that institution
to gain his ends. He is over and beyond
the constitution, and with Grant comes
the third term. There is an unwritten law
known to you all. In third term lies
one point on which we agree. Then comes
Sherman, the Bankers friend. Andrew
Jackson crushed national banks when we
had but thirty million people. Now Sher-
man is their representative. He represents
all the ideas of aristocrscy against the peo-
pie; capitalists and all monopolies; unpro-
ductive capital against productive capi-
tai. That is the second point upon which
we agree. Our third enemy ia Jim Blaine,
candidate for the Presidency. He posses
sess pretty much all the bad qualities
which Grant has. Blaine still waves the
the bloody shirt. The war has been over
for fifteen years, but Blaine says: "Trans-
nit this fight to your children" Why
don't he and the rest
LET THE SOUTH ALONE?
They are gradually forgetting the past,
and now endeayoring to regain pros perity;
but these men won't let them. Well, that
is the third point upon which we agree:-
Now we come to our greatest enemy-the
worst enemy of every thing and every
sound principle. This is the Democratic
party. We can't accuse it of emf ire, but
they would embrace it ifthey thought that
by SO doing they could get into power
They would wave the bloody shirt if that
would put them on top. They don't wave
it for the simple reason that they are
afraid of losing some southern votes
They are party entirelyiwitbout principle.
To get into power they would nominate a
a Greenback man on Greenback platform
or hard money man on hard money,
or soft money platform. In fsct
they would do anything conceivable to
get control of the government once more.
Mr.. Devices srech was loudly applau-
ded. Mention of Blaine's name was
greeted with hearty Kisses. At the conclu-
sion of the address hs nominated as tenn
porary chairman. Mr. Gen. P. Sanderson,
Greenback Mayor of Lynn, Mass, who
was then selected as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Sanderson, in taking it congratula-
ted the Greenback Labor conference on
the numbers and character of its represen-
tatives present, and proceed to arrange for
permanent organization.
( James Buchanan, of Indianan, movedfor
a committee on permanent organization;
carried.
A recess of five minutes prevailed, at
the close of which a permanent organiza-
ton was appointed.
Pending the recess, Mr.. Davis of Phila-
delphia, asked that Mrs. Chandler. a del
egate from the Citizens Suffrage Associa-
ton of that city might occupy few mo-
ments' time. A motion was Immediately
made to limit all speeches to ten minutes,
and after various chivalrous motions to al
low the lady twenty five minutes, and "all
the time she wanted" Mrs. Chandler as
cended the platform, where in a few brief
remarks she stated that the objebt of the
Citizens Suffrage A. sociation, which she
represented, was to "obtain suffrage for
women and secure it to men," On this text
she based an appeal for the recognition of
the right of woman suffrage by the Green
back Labor party, and she made the ap-
peal in a womanly way that won the en-
thusiastic applause. A basket of flowers
was presented to her, but q motion to add
her name to the committee on permanent
organization was overruled ON the ground
that that committee had nearly completed
their work.
Dr. Mlller, "a I've" Iofh, 1S'iu Aettea
of regret from Hon. Peter Cooper and pre-
senting advice for the government of the
conference. Mr.. Cooper suggested the
name of Senator Thurman for Greenback
president, and the volume OF Kisses was &C
prolonged as almost to drowned the rea
der's voice. The suggestions of the name
of Weaver, of Iowa, and Ben Butler TO
first or second choice, commanded CORE
spending applause
The committee on permanent organiza
ton, which, in addition to nominating OF
fcers, provided for committee of thirtee
to act with the national executive commit
tee in selecting time and place and basi
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