The morning call., 1891-08-06
PLOW And HAM MER.
State Convention Of the Ohio
Peoples Party.
4 Temporary Organization Effected and
Committees Appointed.
Speeches by Hugh CaYanaush, Il. B. HlnCh-
man, Congressman Elect Otis and
Others Contemplated Reforms.
Special to THE MoRNINa CALL

SPRINGFIELD Ohio, August 1.-The
Peoples party State Convention was called
to order this afternoon by II. f. Barnes of
Tiflin, Chairman of the State Committee.
There were about 400 delegates present
After prayer the Chairman read a letter
from George F. Gather, Chairman of the
Alabama State Committee, promising to
carry that State In 1892. Another letter
from Senator PETER, advising the adoption
of the Cincinnati resolutions and the plank
advocating honest money, was greeted with
cheers.
The Chair introduced as temporary Chair
man Hugh Cavanaugh, who said in part:
TOO long have the farmers observed the
injunction, you till the soil, We'll manage
public affairs They are tired of it, and
that is the reason of the meeting here to-
dny." He treated the finance, tariff and
other questions in the manner set forth in
the Cincinnati resolutions, and added ::
''This movement will relegate John Sher-
man to the political oblivion that is enjoyed
by his friend ingalls,"
II. B. Hinchman of Urbana was chosen
temporary Secretary, and committees were
appointed. While the committees were out
Robert Schilling, National Secretary, ad-
dressed the convention. lie prescribed the
platform Of the Peoples party as a panacea
OF all the evils wrought by both home and
foreign capitalists. He denounced what he
termed the Misrepresentation OF the old
party organs, and said it was not the object
OF the party to have unrestricted loans. 1t
would restrict them to the needy, fixing the
maximum loaned to any one person at
S5000 The Peoples party leaders are not
crazy yet, and they would so regulate the
supply of currency that the country
would not be flooded with an oyersupply of
irredeemable currency, as it is charged by
the harpies of the old parties. The Peoples
party has declared in favor Of free coinage
of silver A majority of the members are
not in favor Of it, but tolerate it as an ell
teriGg wedge by which they hope to over
turn the present monetary system. Schil-
ling said it is just as safe for the Gov
ernment to loan money Oh the prod
ucts of the farm, taking first mortgages,
as 1t was TO loan on gold and silver,
as it is now doing when it issues
silver and gold certificates. Senator Shpr-
man and other great men who oppose the
loaning of money 10 farmers on good secu-
rity had raised their voices in favor Of the
Government loaning the millionaires-War-
rem Miller and his c0lieagues-the enormous
sum asked to dig ditch in Nicaragua. The
national banking system he denounced as
infamous, and said the cry of 'honest
money" makes him mad. He de-
voted much time TO comparison of
the old parties on the tariff question,
and found that the difference. when divided
among the members of them, amounts to
just one and two-thirds cents apiece. He
felicitated the party on its successes in Ne
braska, Kansas and other States, and urged
them to stronger efforts in Ohio.
Congressman-elect Otis of Kansas spoke
briefly.
The Committee on Device reported a plow
and hammer for the vlgnette Of the State
nartY