The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-28
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.

Resolved, That the question OF uni
versal suffrage be recommended TO the
favorable consideration of the various
states and territories
| Resolved, That while the party in
power in 1889 pledged the faith of the
nation to pay a debt in coin that had
been contracted on deprecated cur
rency basis and payable In currency,
thus adding nearly one billion dollars to
the burdens of the people, which meant
gold for the bondholders and depreciat-
ed currency for the soldier, and holding
that the men who imperiled their lives
to save the life of nation should have
been paid in money as good as that paid
to the bondholder, we demand the issue
of legal-tender treasury notes in sufii-
cient amount to make the pay of the
soldiers equal to par with coin, or such
other legislation as shall do equal and
exact justice to the union soldiers Of
this country.
Resolved, That as eight hours con-
stitute legal days work for govern
ment employees in mechanical depart
be farther extended SO as to apply to all
corporations employing labor IN the diff
ferent states of the Union.
Resolved, That this conference con-
demns in unmeasured terms the action
of the directors of the Worlds Colum-
bian exposition on May 10 in refusing
the minimum rate of wages asked for
by the labor organizations of Chicago
Resolved, That the attorney general
submit the act of March Q, 1889, provid-
ing for the opening of Oklahoma to
homestead settlement, to the supreme
court of the United States at the earli-
est possible moment, that the unhappy
settlers of that afflicted territory may
understand the lawful and constitu-
tional meaning of said act, and thus
put a stop to so much litigation and ex-
pense."
Mr.. Schilling re-read the plank in
reference to the pay of soldiers, and ex-
planned that it had been adopted by a
meeting of union veterans Tuesday
night and handed in to the committee as
expressing their sentiments. The com
mittee, with desire to be careful in
the extreme, had it referred as to the
southern soldiers, who favored it unani-
mously. This statement was greeted by
a genuine ''rebel yell" There wasgreat
laughter and applause. Loud cries
arose for Davis, the tall delegate from
Texas. More than six feet high, slen-
der and wearing light suit he loomed
up on the projecting platform. When
the cheering ceased he gave ''the rebel
yell" He then proceeded to make a
brief speech, declaring that the day
meant resurrection for principles and
burial for rings and monopolies
Amid a whirlwind of applause, as
Davis was about retiring, Delegate
Wadsworth, of Indiana, a union, vet
eran. rushed on the stage and seized
Davis by the hand.
Zone of the G. A. R." said the chair
man. "The blue and the gray shake
hands,"
Davis and Wadsworth gave each other
hearty clasp, and shook hands for
several minutes, while the hall rang
with applause.
Wadsworth said he believed the noble
braves who wore the gray had been just
as honest as those who wore tho blue.
Both had been duped since the war.
They had been kept divided, while the
trickster got away with the country.
Now they would stand together to fight
a common foe more formidable than the
rebellion. They proposed to bury for
ever the bloody shirt and the hatchet.
and shake hands across the bloody
chasm. He called for Davis, who soon
reappeared on the stage with the stars
and stripes.
Then followed the most sensational
erans clasped hands as Davis waved the
flag over his former foe. They were
quickly Joined by Humphrey, the colored
delegate from Texas, who also had a
flag. The delegates went wild with en-
thusiasm. The cheering was deaf
ening. Many jumped on their
chairs, waved their hats and threw
them in the air. The conference
seemed crazed with Joy. Suddenly a
movement of the State banners started
toward the stage, already packed
with notables Soon they were clus-
tered around the trio, forming the Ia
bleau of restored friendship between
the North and South. The banner of
| hHnSdS, 1bS Stdu JWlntu Will Vic ud-
tional colors, was held high above the
rest on a human pyramid formed by
delegates of that State mounted on each
others shoulders.
Minnesota started my Country, 'Tis
of Thee" and the whole assembly
| quickly took up the national air and
sang it with will and mighty volume.
The Kansas Glee Club sang Good
bye, Old Parties, Goodbye" and then
the entire conference joined in the
Doxology with fervency in striking
contrast to the excitement.
| G. NJ. Miller, of California, presented
the following amendment to tho plat
form: Resolved, That we favor the
prohibition of the liquor traffic" After
debate the previous question was order
ed on Miller's amendment, and IL was
overwhelmingly defeated.
At this stage of the proceedings, when
the excitement had somewhat subsidized,
President PETER asked to be relieved of
his position. saying that he had to go to
Washington on important business.
The convention agreed to excuse him,
and Gen. Weaver. of Iowa, was called
to the chair.
A call of states was made for the ap-
pointment of the National Peoples
party committee. Three were to be
/ selected from each state, and recess
was taken to enable the various dele