Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-05-29
A New Political Party IL horn.


liticle giant has been born into tn,
world. 1t is the literal truth to stat,
also that no more wonderful exhibit
ton OF lung power at a national even
was ever heard than in the Cincinnati
music hall yesterday. From the mo
ment In the morning when the grea,
gathering OF farmers and wage work.
ers voted eagerly for making the form
alton OF a n htional executive commit
Tee q part OF the programme the re-
suit was, to a certain extent foregone
All doubt W hs removed in ten second:
whcn toward evening, after scenes o.
turmoil, the fresh, clear countenance
OF 1gnatius Donnelly of Minnesota
chairman of the committee on resolu
tons, beaained from the rostrum or
the struggl ng, yelling mass of hu.
mainly In the convention. and Dom
nelly with dignity befitting his
WORDS. ammo nnced that the committee
had become IA unit for starting a third
party in the nation without another
iustant's delhy.
1t was marvellous to see the effect on
the delegates and spectators alike.
Fatigue fortboding quarrels vanished
as If struck put by lightning. Breath
less and hus he'd the listening hundreds
waited as Ddnnelly continued, earnest
ly; 1--WE tn ink we have performed a
l.
work that wi u affect the politics of this
country for the next fifty years. That
was enough. The audience could con-
tain itself ND longer. but with dyna-
mite force exploded In a terrific thun.
der of applause.
The committee on resolutions ap-
pointed by the national union confer
ence remained in session until $3.50 in
the morning when an adjournment was
taken until 10 o'clock.
when the convention reassembled a
letter from y. L. Polk. which was read.
advising this conference 10 issue an
address and defer action on a third
party until 1892, caused breeze. and
when Il motion TO refer it to the COM
mittee on res solutions was declared car
rled there WI is II loud demand-notably
from the Minnesota delegation-that
tho negative DE put more forcibly by
the chair. Tho demand was renewed
and continued from time to time dur
Ing the reading of number of miscel-
laheous teleg rams.
Mr.. Fish OF Minnesota argued that
Mr.. Folks letter was ill-timed and
claimed that it showed how useless it
would be to refer the third party aues-
uon to the meeting in 1892.
Ignatius D onnelly. chairman of the
committee on resolutions, climbed upon
the rostrum at this juncture and almost
MS first words caused a whirlwind of
excitement. The declaration from
Donnelly which set the convention wild
was to the effect that he was there to
report that the committee on platform
was unit fot the organization of the
third party. Donnelly evidently felt
that his moment of triumph had come
IN the struggle which he himself so
deity began Just twenty-four hours be-
fore. and for which she had been so
publicly castigated by General Weaver.
Two alternatives were presented, he
said-either to ignore third party or
divide the friends of reform.
He then gave way to Robert Schill.
ing OF Wisconsin, secretary of the COM
nlttee, who read the platform as fol- |
ows:
Your committee on resolutions begs
20 submit the following:
l. That in view OF the great social, |
Industrial and economical revolution |
low dawning upon the civilized world. |
ma the new and living issues con-
ronting the American people, we be- |
leve that the time has arrived for a |
of the political reform
orces OF our country and the forma-
lon OF what should be known as the
peoples party OF the United States of |
America.
z. Ihat we most heartily endorse
ne demands OF the platforms as
ldopted at ST. Louis. Mo-, in 1889; of
)caia, Fla, in 1890 and Omaha, Neb.,
n 1871, by the industrial organiza-
ions there represented, summarized as
ollows:
A-lne right to make and issue
money as u sovereign power to be
maintained by the people for the COM
non benefit, hence we demand the
.oolition OF national banks as banks
Il issue, and as a substitute for ma
ional bank notes we demand that legal
ender treasury notes be issued in
ufficient volume to transact the bust
ess OF the country on a cash basis
Without damage or especial advantage
o any class on calling such notes to
e legal tender in payment OF all debts,
uolic and private, and such notes
Then demanod id by the people shall be
oaned to them at not more than 2 per
ent per annum upon non-imperishable
roducts, us indicated in the SUBJ
plan and also upon real es-
ate, with proper limitation upon the
uality of land and amount of money.
B-We demand the free and unlim-
ted coinage OF silver.
C--We dem and the passage OF laws
alien ownership OF land and
nat congress take prompt action to
evise some Plan to obtain all lands
ow owned by alien and foreign syn
icates, and that all land held by rail-
oads and other corporations in excess
such as Is actually used by them be
sclaimed by the government and held
Or actual settlers only.
D-Believing in the doctrine OF equal
ghts to all ahd special privileges to
one. we demand that taxation-na-
onal state or municipal shall not he