Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-05-20
TIE NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Mrs. Cougar Addresses the
Convention for Prohibition
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Price of Lumber Reduced, Cn
BIaine's Candidacy, The Report
of Presbyterian Committee, Coal
or no Coal, State and Foreign
News, Etc.
NATIONAL UNION CONFERENCE.

NATIONAL UNION CONFERENCE.
CINCINNATI, May 2O.-A largely
attended mass meeting was held
last night, the orator of the evening
being Senator Pfeffer, of Kansas.
He began by saying these people
before him were harbingers ofa rev.
olution that will dethrown money
and re.estabiish the authority of
the people. 1t is a movement not
to destroy but to create; not to tear
down, but to build up; not to destroy
the wealth of the rich, but to re-
store to labor its just reward. Refer
ring to the placard on the balcony
of the hall, "Nine million mort
gagged homes" Pfeffer said it told
volumes. "What shall we do with
the money power? Well raise up
power among the people, make our
own money and use it. (Tremen
dous applause.) Take the railroads?
No; we'll build our own. More ap
plause.) We will fight with ballots
and prayer, for the alliance is nj
great measure taking the place OF
churches"
Pfeffer closed by giving the new
party a great boom in these words:
"Does this mean a new party?
(Cries of "yes.") What else are we
here for? The prophecy of the hour
is that new party is to be born
here and its name is to be the
national party"
Powderly addressed the meeting.
Among other things he said; "Tl e
Knights of Labor will vote the
principles Of their organization, and
when you form party embodying
such principles as have beea an
nounced here tonight you will find
every Knight Of Labor standing at
the polls and doing his full duty"
The meeting dispersed, cheering
again and again for Powderly and
the Knights of Labor.
The committee on permanent or
ganlzation selected Senator Pfefler
for permanent chairman. Hugh
Kavanaugh, of Cincinnati, j. A.
Brooks, president of the farmers
alliance, and Gideon Delamater, of
Colorado, an old-time greenbacker,
were made vice-chairmen.
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 20.-The
national conference resumed its ses-
sion this morning. After the open
ing exercises, reports from commit
tees on arrangements and creden-
tlals helped to kill time pending the
exciting developments that many
look for when the platform commit.
tee is ready to report, The creden-
tials committee announced that any
delegates representing several organ
izations could only cast one vote.
This created quite n sensation,
Total number of delegates reported
was l417. The report was unani-
mously adopted. A terrific uproar
was suddenly caused at this point
by Grover, of Wisconsin, starting a
harangue In opposition to organizing
new party. Yells of"Sit down" "
put him outW and similar shouts
from the floor and gallery had no
effect. The chairman pounded
wildly with his hammer, and finally
the Wisconsin man was hauled
down by the sergeant-at-arms,
When order was restored, Mrs,
Helen Cougar, of Indiana, was
given an opportunity to express her
sympathy with the movement, and
pleaded for prohibition plank in
the convention platform. Mrs,
Cougar denounced the banquet 10
be given tonight, declaring that the
brewers were backing IL.
United States Senator Pfeiler was
introduced as permanent chairman,
The assemblage before him, he pro-
claimed, was one Of the most i'm
portant ever convened on American
soil They had before them apower
that was crushing people, not only
In America, but in all the world.
The money power must he deposed.
There was now no such thing as
stopping the avalanche.
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