Evening journal., 1891-05-20
LOOKING FOR new LIGHT
Third Party Men Will Make a
Hard Fight.
IGNATIUs DONNELLY sQUELoHED.


He Eneeavored TO Hastily Commit the
Convention 10 the New Party idea,
but Was Knocked Out on "a Teehnioall-
ty-Pener for Permanent Chairman.
CINCINNATI, May 20.-The decorationsin
the hall at the National Union convention
were entirely confined to American flags
aud few knights OF Labor banners.
There were but three mottoes-one
stretched across the stage, Omitted We
stand, Divided We Fall, y and the Others
on the galleries, Mine Million Mortgaged
Homes and Opposition 10 All Monopo-
lies The delegates were remarkably
prompt in getting together. They were
bubbling over with enthusiasm and the
leaders Of the various movements were ac-
corded hearty greeting The five Ali.
ance congressman came in together, and
as they passed down the aisle the vast ali.
dience rose to its feet and cheered again
and again. Calamity" Weller Of Iowa.
slipped into his seat without being seen,
while Senator PETER and Speaker Elder,
who came in late, received an ovation So
did Streeter, of Illinois; Washburn, Of
Boston; Weaver, Of Iowa, and Congress.
man Livingstone, Of Georgia From a cor
ner in the gallery John p st. John, the
Prohibition leader, looked on.
The silver Question.
While the delegates were assembling 1t
was developed that at conference be.
tween the representatives OF the New York
and New England industrial organiza-
tions the congressional participants and
the leaders Of the various alliances an un-
derstanding had been reached regarding
the silver and eight hour questions, with
the result that the following planlxs would
be reported in the PLATFORM
The restoration Of silver to the position
IL occupied before lS13-viz., on an equality
with gold as a monetary standard Of
value. !" This Is a substitute for the free
coinage plank in the Ocala platform which
has been SO roundly denounced At the
same time while the phraseology is differ
ent, the sentiment Is practically the same.
The Eight Hour Plank.
On the eight hour question the plank
will read: "As eight hours constitute a
legal days work for government employees
in mechanical departments, we believe
this principle should be further extended
so as to apply to an firms and corporations
employing labor in the different states 81
the Union, thus reducing the hours o.
labor and ia proportion increasing the de.
mand for IT,
They Repeated Prayer.
The duty Of calling the convention to or.
der devolved upon w. G. Wrightmayer,
and then led by the big organ the partici.
pants Joined in the stirring strains Of the
national hymn. There was a striking
scene after the close Of fervent prayer by
Rev. G. p. Foster Of Cincinnati, when
every man and woman rose to their feet
and IN loud, distinct tones repeated the
Lords Prayer. Hon. Charles Cunning
ham, of Arkansas, who was chosen as
temporary chairman, was escorted to the
platform by four Union soldiers. In d
brief speech he outlined the circumstances
under which the convention had been
called. A century ago their fathers said
that when the government became insup-
portable they had a right not only to pro.
test, but to resist 1t was that right they
had met to exercise 1t was not war ol
pestilence that had ground down the toll
ers to the condition they were in today. II
was the heel Of the Shylocks The people
however, had diagnosed the disease and
proposed to fiud a remedy here and now.
Donneliy's Little Game.
After Kansas glee club had told how Il
was proposed to make the monopolists
loosen up their claws Ignatius Donnelly.
the sage of Minnesota created considera.
BILE OF diversion by attempting to take a
snap vote on the third party question 10
moving the appointment Of a national
committee. Amid applause from about
two-thirds of the benches he said that he
supposed there was no doubt that all were
agreed that they were there to form third
party, and certainly not there to act as pa
appendage to either Of the old parties.
Donnelly had scarcely gotten through
when his proposition was antagonized by
General Weaver, Of Iowa, who heatedly
denounced it as an improper and unfaii
attempt to commit the convention on tie
sly.
DonneIIy's Motion squelched.
He wanted the subject discussed freely
when the proper time came, but Donnelly
was taking an undue advantage in spring
ing it with the evident intention Of taking
snap judgment. Donnelly protested thai
motion was squelched on q technical
point, and the anti-new party people Wig
orously applauded.
Further progress was suspended by the
announcement that the committee on ere
dentials was not prepared to report, and
after the state delegations had selected
their representatives on the committee on
on platform and resolutions a recess was
taken.
The Committee on Platform.
The personnel Of the committee is as fol
lows;
Arkansas, j. X. Obush; California H. O. Dill
lon; Connecticut Robert Pine; South Dakota
John M. Deane; District Of Columbia, ID. NJ
Bland; Georgia, @. c. Post; Illinois, James NJ
Din; Indiana NJ O. Rankin; Iowa, General
James b. Weaver; Kansas, John @, Otis; Ken
lucky, b. L. d. Guffy; louisiana T. j Mears
Maine, s. B. Hobbs; Massachusetts Mason A.
Green; Michigan, Mrs. s. f. Emery; Minnesota
Hon Ignatius Donnellyi Nebraska, Hon. John
H. Powers; Missouri, Leverett Leonard; New
York, William Henry; North Carolina, John A
Savage; Ohio, John Seltz; Pennsylvania, f. r.
Agnew; Rhode Island, H. Vallette; Tennessee
II. z. Osborne; Texas J. H. Davis; West Vir
ginia, v. A. Gaines; Wisconsin, Robert Schil
ling; Wyoming, R. d. Merritt.
The committee met at o'clock and or.
ganized by the selection Of Ignatius Don.
nelly as chairman and George Schilling as
secretary.
A Sort of Omnibus Biz.
Several of the members are inclined to
take the report as a kind of Omnibus bill'i
by incorporating planks touching woman
suffrage, prohibition, government control
OF railroads and a score more of radical
theories. Mr.. Weaver and Mr.. Flower,
moreover, will strenuously resist any ref
erence to third party, although on this
they will be largely outvoted. The major
ity want a platform short and sweet.
touching but three or four of the principal