The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-06
THE OHIO FARMERS
The Peoples Party Assemblies in
Convention.
THE CRY is FOR MORE MONEY
The Government Should Furnish it TO the Peo-
ple-No Platform Adopted Yet-Aa-
tional Banks Denounced.

SPRIxGFIELD, O., Aug. 5.-The Peoples
party state convention was called 70 order
this afternoon by H. F. Barnes, Of Tlffin,
chairman of the state committee. There
were about four hundred delegates pres
ent after prayer, the chair read letter
from George Gather, chairman of the
Alabama state committee, promising the
carrying of that state in 1892. Another
from Senator PETER advising the adoption
of the Cincinnati resolution and plank
advocating honest money, was greeted
with cheers. The chair introduced as tenn
porary chairman Hugh Cavanaugh, who
said il part: TOO long have the farmers
been observing the injunction. You till the
sell, we Will manage public affairs. They
are tired OF it and that is the reason Of the
meeting here to-day" He treated finance,
tariff and other questions in the manner
Set forth in the Cincinnati resolutions.
Cayanaugh added: This movement will
relegate John Sherman to the political
oblivion that is enjoyed by his friend In
CALLS
II. Il. Hinchman. of Urbana, was chosen
temporary secretary and committees were
appointed. While the committees were
out, Robert Schilling, national secretary,
addressed the conven ton. He prescribed
the platform of the Peoples party as
home and foreign capitalists. He de-
nounced the misrepresentation of the old
party organs, and said it was not the OBJ
Ject of the party TO have unrestricted loans.
1t would restrict them as to the needy, fixing
the maximum amount TO be loaned to any
one person at 5000. The party leaders
are not crazy yet and would so regulate
the supply CT currency that the country
would not be flooded with an over supply
OF irredeemable currency as is charged by
the harpies Of the old parties. The Peo-
pies party has declared in favor of the
free coinage of silver. A majority of the
members are not in favor of it. but
tolerate IL as an entering wedge by which
they hope to overturn the present none
tary system. Schilling said it is just as
safe fer the government to loan money on
the products Of the farm, taking first
mortgages as for il 10 loan on gold and
silver IS 1t Is now doing when it issues
silver and gold certificates. Senator Sher-
man and other great men who oppose loan
ing money to the farmers on good security
had raised their voices in favor of the gov
eminent loaning money to the millonaires
Warren Miller and colleagues, the enor-
nous sum asked 10 dig ditch in Mica
ragua- Tie national banking system he
denounced as infamous and said the cry of
honest money makes him mad. He de-
voted much time to comments of the old
parties on the tariff question and found the
difference when divided among the mem
bers of them amounts to just / x cents
apiece. He felicitates the party on It's sue
cess in Nebraska, Kansas ana other states,
and urged them to stronger efforts in Ohio
Congressman-elect Otis, of Kansas, spoke
briefly.
The committee on device reported a
plot and hammer for the state party.
The convention adjourned until to-mor-
row without adopting the report. The
committee on resolutions has been wrestling
with the platform since 3 p. N, and at 10
adjourned until tomorrow. The sticking
points are prohibition, land tax and the
farm product loan features. The city dis
tricts insist a prohibition plank would cost
the party thousands of votes, and they
will fight it to the bitter end. Regarding
the ticket everything is chaos tonight.
There are dozen candidates, and the pros
poets are for lively time to-morrow.