Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-21

| DEFEArEp-THE CONVENTION ApJoURNs.
| The national union conference at Cincin
natl completed its work yesterday and adj
journed sine die. The work consisted chiefly
Of the formation of new third party, to be
called ''The Peoples Party of the United States
Of America" This was done with a display Of
the greatest enthusiasm and unsnimity ON the
| part Of those present. A resolution favorine
| the prohibition Of the liquor traffic was over.
whelmingly defeated A national committee
4 was selected.
| On the reassembling Of the convention, after
taking recess until 2 pm, as announced in
the dispatches to yesterdays STAR, q letter
from l.. L. Polk, which was read, advising the
conference to issue an address and defer action
on third party until 1892, caused . breeze,
| and when a motion to refer it to the commit
| tee on resolutions was declared carried there
was 3 loud demand-notably from the Mime
| sofa delegation-that the negative be put more
forcibly by the chair. The demand was re-
newed and continued from time to time during
| the reading Of q number Of miscellaneous tele-
grams. Mr.. Fish of Minnesota argued that Mr..
Folks letter ill-timed, and claimed that il
| showed how useless it would be to refer the
third party question to the meeting in 1892, at
| which Polk and his followers would be leading
| spirits.
REPORT OF THE PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
Ignatius Donnelly, the chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions, climbed upon the ros-
trum at this juncture and almost his first words
caused q whirlwind of excitement. The declara-
ton from Donnelly which set the convention
Wild was to the effect that he was there to re-
port that the committee on platform was a unit
for the organization of q third party.
He gave way to Robert Schilling o; Wiscon-
sin. secretary of the committee, who read the
platform, a. follows:
THE PLATFORM.
Your committee on resolutions beg leave to
submit the following:
First. That in view Of the great social, indus
trial and economical revolution now drawing
upon the civilized world and the new and liv-
ing issues confronting the American people, we
believe that the time has arrived for a crystal
hzation of the political reform forces of our
country and the formation of what should be
known as the peoples party Of the United
States of America.
Second. That most heartily indorse the
demands OF the platforms as adopted at St.
Louis, Mo-, in 1889. in Ocala. Fla, in 1880, and
Omaha, Neb., in 1891, by industrial organiza-
tlons there represented, summarized as follows
A. The right to make and issue money is a
sovereign power to be maintained by the peo-
pie for the common benefit, hence we demand
the abolition Of national banks as banks of
issue. and az a substitute for national bank
notes We demand that legal tender treasury
notes be issued in sufficient volume to transact
the business of the country on a cash basis,
without damage or especial advantage to any
class or calling such notes to be legal tender in
payment of all debts, public and private and
such notes, when demanded by the people, shall
be loaned to them at not more than 3 per cent
per annum upon non-perishable products as
indicated in the sub-treasury plan, and also
upon real estate, with proper limitation upon
the quantity of land and amount Of money
B. We demand the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver.
c. We demand the passage of laws prohib-
lung alien ownership Of land, and that Con-
gress take prompt action to devise some plan
TO obtain all lands now owned by alien and
foreign syndicates, and that all land held by
railroads and other corporations in excess Of
such as Is actually used and needed by them
De Reclaimed by the government and held for
actual settlers only.
ID. believing the doctrine Of equal rights to
all and special privilege to none, we demand
that taxation, national, state municipal, shall
not be used &c build up one interest or class at
the expense OF another.
E. We demand that all revenues-national.
state or county-shall be limited to the neces-
sary expenses of the government, economically
and honestly administered.
+. We demand just and equitable system
OF graduated tax on income.
G. We demand the most rigid. honest and
just national control and supervision of the
means OF public communication and TRANSPORT
tation. and if this control and supervision does
not remove the abuses now existing we de-
msnd the government ownership of such means
OF communication and transportation.
II. We demand the election Of President
Vice President and United States Senators by
direct vote Of the people.
Third That We urge united action of all
progressive organizations in attending the
conference called for February o. 1892. by six
o
Fourth. That . national central committee
be appointed by this conference to be COM
posed Of chairman. to be elected by this
body, and Of three members from each state
represented, to be named by each state dele
CATION.
Fifth. That this central committee shall
represent this body, attend the national con-
ference on February %, 1892, and il possible
unite with that and all other reform organiza-
tions there assembled. II no satisfactory ar
rangement can be effected this committee
shall call a national convention not later than
June l, 1892, for the purpose Of nominating
candidates for President and Vice President
sixth That the members Of the central COM
mittee for each state where there is no indie
pendent political organization conduct an
active system of political agitation in their re-
spectiye states.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS.
These resolutions were also passed:
Resolved, That the question Of universal
suffrage be recommended to the favorable
consideration Of the various states and terri
tories
Resolved. That while the party in power in
1859 pledged the faith Of the nation to paw
debt In coin that had been contracted on a de-
preciated currency basis and payable in cur
rencys thus adding nearly one billion dollars to
the burdens Of the people, which meant gold
for the bondholders and deprecated currency
for the soldier, and holding that the men who