The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1891-06-05
a New Political Party f. Born.

world. 1t is the literal truth to state
also that no more wonderful exhibit
ton OF lung power at n national event
was ever heard than in the Cincinnati
music hall yesterday. From the mo-
1nent in the morning when the great
gathering OF farmers and wage work.
'ers voted eagerly for making the form
alton Of a national executive commit
tee a part OF the programme the re-
suit was, 10 a certain extent, %foregone.
All doubt was removed in ten seconds
when toward evening, after scenes Of
turmoil, the fresh, clear countenance
OF lgnatius Donnelly of Minnesota,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
lions, beaamed from the rostrum on
the struggling. yelling mass of hui
manlty III the convention, and Dom
nelly, with q dignity befitting his
words, announced that the committee
had become 4 unit for starting a third
party in the nation without another
%instant's delay.
IL was marvellous to see the effect on
the delegates and spectators alike.
Fatigue I~orebodlng quarrels vanished
as if struck out by lightning. Breath
less and hushed the listening hundreds
waited as Donnelly continued, earnest
ly: 1--WE think we have performed q
work thatwill affect the politics of this
country for the XXI fifty years" That
was enough. The audience could con-
tain itself 10 longer. but with dyna-
. mite force exploded in a terrific thun-
der OF applause.
The committee on resolutions aD-
pointed by the national union confer
ence remained in session until $50 in
the morning when an adjournment was
taken until 10 o'clock.
When the convention reaSsembled q
letter from l.. /. Polk, which was read,
advising this conference to issue an
address and defer action on a third
party until 1892, caused a breeze, and
when a motion to refer it to the COM
mittee on resolutions was declared car
ried there was a loud demand-notablv
from the Minnesota delegation-that
the negative be put more forcibly by
the chair. The demand was renewed
and continued from time to time dur
ing the reading OF a number of miscel-
l~aneous kilograms.
Mr.. Fish of Minnesota argued that
Mr.. Folks letter was ill-timed and
claimed that 1t showed how useless it
would De to refer the third party ques-
ton to the meeting in 1892.
Ignatius Donnelly, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, climbed upon
the rostrum at this ~juncture and almost
his first words caused a whirlwind OF
excitement. The declaration from
Donneliy which setthe convention wild
was n the effect that he was there to
report that the committee on platform
was a unit for the organization of the
third party. Donnelly evidently felt
that his momen of triumph had come
in the struggle which he himself so
dettly began just twenty-four hours be-
fore. ana for which he had been so
publicly cas;igated by General Weaver.
Two alternatives were presented. he
:said-eitner TO ignore a third party or
divide the friends OF REFORM
He then rave way to Robert Schill-
ing OF Wisconsin, secretary OF the COM
mittee, who read the platform as fol-
lows:
Your committee on resolutions begs
10 submit the following:
l. That in view of the great social,
industrial ana economical revolution
now dawEing upon the civilized world,
ana n new and living issues con-
fronting the American people. we be-
lieve that the time has arrived for Il
capitalization OF the political reform
forces OF our country and the forma-
ton OF what should be known as the
peoples party OF the United States OF
America.
,. That we most heartily endorse
the demands of the platforms as
adopted ut s.. Louis, Mo, in 1899: OF
Ocala Fla. in 1890. and Omaha, Neb.,
in 1891, by the industrial organiza-
tons there represented. summarized as
follows:
A-Ihe right to make and issue
money as y sovereign power to be
maintained by the people for the COM
mon benefit, hence we demand the
abolition OF national banks as banks
of issue, and as a substitute for ma
tional bank notes we demand that legal
tender treasury notes be issued in
sufficient volume to transact the bust
ness Of the country on a cash basis
without damage or especial advantage
-to.any class or calling. such notes to
be legal tender in paymentof all debts,
public and private, and such notes
when demanded by the people shall be
loaned TO them at not more thar . per
cent per n upon non-imperishable
products, as indicated in the SUBJ
treasury plan and also upon real es-
tate. with proper limitation upon the
quality OF land and amount Of money.
B-We demand the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver.
C-We demand the passage Of laws
prohibiting alien ownership ofland and
that congress take prompt action to
devise some plan to obtain all lands
now owned by alien and foreign syn
-dicates, and that all land held by rail-
roads and other corporations in excess
of such as is actually used by them be