The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-05-26
TIE THIRD PARTY.
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE GIN
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FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE GIN
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The Platform Adopted--A Lucky CARROLL
ma Darkey--soino Dramatic stage Play
The Executive Committee Appointed--
The Coiored Man ant. Brother.
CINCINNATI, May 2o.-When the Con,
yention met this morning chorus
from the Farmers Alliance song book
proceeded prayer by the Rev. Gilbert
Delamater, the Greenback Ex-Con-
gresham. Delamater was roundly ap-
plauded when he rose to pray. Ere
quent and earnest amens from the au-
dience punctuated the invocation, and
then the Kansas Glee Club regaled
them with q humorous ditty. Reports
from committees of arrangements and
credentials now helped to kill time
pending the exciting developments
that many looked for when the plat
form committee was ready to report.
a collection was taken to reimburse
Chairman Power, of the arrangement
committee, 1896 which he had eXpend-
ed and on account of which he had re-
ceived only $36. The report of the
credentials committee showed 1 AT del
egates present. The larger delegations
were: Kansas 407, Ohio 317. Indiana
Senator PETER was then presented to
the Convention as permanent chair
man. An appeal was made from the
platform for funds to pay the home
fare of colored delegate from South
Carolina. The delegate, Savage by
name, came forward personally and in
a clever speech said that the reason SO
few OF the colored organizations were
represented was that the colored people
were too poor. 1t was perhaps as well
for the Convention, he added, eyeing
the hats that were being passed around
for his benefit, that so few colored dele
gates came. He was handed hatfuls of
small change, and retired amid great
cheering for the Jolored Alliance.
The proposition to adopt unit rule
was overwhelmingly defeated on the
ground that every man that came to
havei counted. The five minute rule
for speeches was adopted. A recess
was taken until 2 p. m.
when the Convention reaSsembled a
letter from L. l.. Polk, which was read
advising this Conference to issue an ad-
dress and defer action on the Third
Party till 1892, caused breeze, and
when motion to refer it to the COM
mlttee on resolutions was declared car
ried there was a loud demand, notably
from the Minnesota delegation. that
the D2gatlye be put more forcibly by
the Chair. The demand was renewed
and continued from time to time during
the reading of a number of miscellane-
Gus kilograms.
lgnatius Donnelly, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, climbed upon
the rostrum at this juncture, and amid
whirlwind of excitement announced
that he was there to report that the
COMMITTEES platform was q unit for the
organization Of the Third Party. He
gave way to Robert Schilling, of Wis
consin, secretary of the committee, who
read the platform as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
First. That in view of the great So
clal, industrial and economical revolu-
tion now dawning on the civilized
world, and the new and living issues
confronting the American people, we
believe that the time has arrived for
the crystaliZation Of the political re-
form forces of our country and the
formation of what should he known as
the Peoples party of the United States
Of America.
Second. That we most heartily en-
dorse the demands of the platforms as
adopted at st. Louis, Mo, in 1889:
Ocala, Fla, 1890, and Omaha, Neb., in
1891, by the industrial organizations
there represented, summarized as fol-
lows:
(A) The right to make and issue
money is a sovereign power to be
maintained by the people for the com E.
mon benefit, hence we demand the abO.
lition of national banks as banks of
issue, and as substitute for national
bank notes be issued in sufficient vol
ume to transact the business of the
country on a cash basis, without dam.
age or especial advantage to any class
or callings, such notes to be legal ten
private, and such notes when demand
ed by the people shall be loaned to
them at not more than per cent per
ahnum on non-perishable products, as
| indicated in the sub treasury plan. and
also upon real estate with proper limi-
tation on quantity of land and amount
| OF money.
(B) We demand the free and unlimi.
ted coinage of silver.
60 We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land
and that Congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain all lands
now owned by alien and foreign syndl.
Gates, and that all land held by rail-
roads and o.her corporations in excess
OF such as IS actually used and needed
10y them be reclaimed by the Govern
ment and held for actual settlers only.
/ O) Believing in the doctrine of equal
fights to all and special privileges to
eone, we demand that taxation, nation
lal, State or municipal, shall not be
used to build up one Interest or class at
the expense OF another.
(E) We demand that all revenues.
national, State or county, shall be limi.
ted to the necessary expenses of the
Government economically and honestly
administered.
FO We demand a just and equitable
system of graduated tax on income.
CD We demand rigid, honest and
just nationel control and supervision
of the means of public communication
and transportation, and if this control
and supervision does not remove the
abuses now existing we demand Gov
ernment ownership Of such means of
communication and transportation.
CID We demand the election of the
President, Vice-President and United
States Senators by the direct vote of
the people.
Third. That we urge ahited action of
all progressive organizations in attend
ing the Conference called for February
%, 1892, by six of the leading reform
ORGANIZATIONS.