The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-05-26

the conference called for February %,
1892, by six of the leading reform or.
CARNATIONS. :
4. That a national central committee
be appointed by this conference to be
| COMPOSED of a chairman, to be elected
by this body, and of three members
from each State represented, to be
named by each State delegation.
5. That this central committee shall
represent this body, attend the ma
tional conference on February %, 1892,
| and, if possible, unite with that and all
| other reform organizations there as
sembIed. If no satisfactory arrange
ment 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.
6, That the members of the central
committee for each State where there
is no independent political Organiza-
| ton, conduct an active system of 20
litical agitation in their respective
States.
ResOIUed, That the question of uni
versal suffrage be recommended to the
favorable consideration of the various
States and territories.
Resolved, That while the party in
power in 1879 pledged the faith Of the
nation to pay a debt in coin that has
been contracted on a deprecated cur
rency basis and payable in currency,
thus adding nearly 81, 600, 600, 900 to the
burdens of the people, which meant
gold for the b~OndhOlders and depre-
ciated currency for the soldier, and
Lo1I1o. 4I,o4 III MON wI0 ino-o,IIoI
their lives to save the life Of a nation
should have been paid in money as
good as that paid to the bOndholders
we demand the issue of legal tender
Treasury notes in sufficient amount to
make the pay of the soldiers equal to
par with coin or such other legislation
as shall do equal and exact Justice to
the Union soldiers Of this country.
ReSOlUed, That as eight hours consti-
tute a legal days work for government
employees in mechanical departments,
we believe this principle should be
further extended so as to apply to all
corporations employing labor in the
different States of the Union.
Resolved, That this conference con-
dennis in unmeasured terms the action
of the directors Of the Worlds Column
bian Exposition on May 10 in refusing
the minimum rate of wages asked for
by the labor organizations of Chicago.
Re8OLUed, Thatthe Acknowledgement
of the United States should make i'm
mediate provision to submit the action
of March 2, 1889, providing for the
opening of Oklahoma to homestead
settlement, to the United States SUI
preme Court, SO that the expensive and
dilatOry litigation now pending there
be ended.
The following resolution introduced
by Mason \. Green, of Massachusetts,,
in behalf of the Nationalist, was re-
ferred to the various reform bodies for
their consideration:
ReSOIUed, That when in the course of
business consultations in the form of
trusts and private syndicates, it be-
comes evident that any branch of com
merce is used for the behOof and profit
of a few men, at the expense Of the
general public, we believe that the peO-
pie should assume charge of such com
merce, through their national, State,
or municipal administration.
ADOPTED WITH \ WHIRL-THEN A COM
MITE WAS NAMED AND H CONyEN-
I ADJOURNED.
Great enthusiasm was manifested
when the first resolution naming the
new movement the Peoples Party Of
the United States was read, the victor
ious element indulging in several
rounds of applause.
At the conclusion of the reading
Schilling made an energetic argument
in favor of adopting the platform as
prepared, and appealed to the dele
gates to abstain from adding any pet
theories to the document.
T. H. Davis, of Texas, an eX-COn-
federate officer, and a six-fOOted.
gOateed, typical SOutherner, moved
the adoption of the platform and resO-
luton in their entirety, declaring that
it was time that the farmers of the
South and the laboring men of the
North clasped hands across the chasm
and buried the bloody shirt forever.
He was followed by a Union soldier,
Gen. John WadswOrth, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, who toward the close of an i'm
FASHIONED address, called upon the Tex
as eX-COnfederate to return to the plat
form. Davis complied, bringing with
him Col. R. w. Humphrey, the leader
of the cOlored Alliance Of the South,
which boasts Of a membership of
1,25O, 0G0. The three men clasped
hands and each uttered a fervent
God bless you"
The sight moved the delegates on
the floor to a frenzy. They broke
from their seats, bearing aloft the
banners designating the respective
States, and crowded upon and around
the stage. The ex-Confederate seized
one of the American flags that deco,
rated the desk of the presiding officer
and waved it in theair, and Wadsworth
and Humphreys followed his example.
The delegates were short Of bunting, so
they tore down the flags from the gal
leries and organ loft and literally
wrapped the three men in their folds,
while cheer after cheer echoed in the