The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-07
WILMINGTON, DEL, FRIDAY, AUGUSTA, 1891.
THE PEOPLES PARTY
The Third Party Men Nominate
q Full Ticket in Ohio.
JOHN sE1Tz NAMED FoR GOVERNOR

He Was q Former Greenback Nom
inee for the Same omce-Frank
Rist for the Second Place-The
Platform Favors Woman Suffrage
and Free Silver.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Aug. THE Peo-
ple's party convention has placed in
nomination the following state ticket:
For governor, John Seitz, of Seneca, o
former Greenback nominee for governor;
for lieutenant governor, Frank Rist, o
compositor on the Cincinnati Post; for
auditor, d. M. Cooper. Of Athens
county; for attorney general, Rial NJ.
Smith, of Akron; for supreme court
judge, A. Yaple, of Cincinnati; for
school commissioner, J. E. Peterson, of
Green county; for state treasurer, Henry
Welt, of Cuyahoga county; for member
of the board of public works, j. 8.
Bower, of Franklin; for food and dairy
commissioner, w. j. Weaver, of Port
age.
Chairman Cavanagh called the meet
ing to. order by pounding with brand
new sledge hammer upon the anvil that
stood upon the flag bed at the front of
the stage. The committee on devices
recommended that the plow and ham
mer be adopted as the device for the
Peoples party ticket. The report was
adopted.
When nominations were declared in
order Henry Flicker, of Pickaway, nom
mated John Seitz, of Seneca, for COVER
nor. The nomination was made unani-
nous.
The widest enthusiasm followed
Seitz's nomination, and the reforIner
was called to the stage for a speech by
hundreds of voices. Seitz thanked the
convention for his nomination and said
he thanked God that he saw before him
the most honest, the most noble conven-
tion of men ever assembled in Ohio He
hoped to meet them all before the cam
paign closed and promised to do all he
could to carry the standard of victory in
November. He believed the tidal wave
of the Peoples party sentiment would
rise high enongh to elect the entire
ticket.
Nominations for lieutenant governor
were then in order. Ernest Weir nomi-
mated Frank Rist, of Cincinnati, in an
eloquent speech, setting forth the
strength among the labor interests of
his candidate. J. s. Stout and j. Nagle,
Of Hamilton county, seconded Rist's
nomination. Delegates from the Tenth
and Thirteenth districts also seconded
Rist's nomination.
Ed M. Vail, Of Cuyahoga, nominated
Henry Welt, Of Cleveland, and his nom-
ination was seconded by j. T. Meals, Of
Canton, and a Cuyahoga delegate.
The candidates were then called to the
stage to announce their stand upon the
platform. Rist spoke first. He was re-
ceived with cheers, and when they had
Bubsided SO that he could be heard he
said that he was In sympathy with the
movement and would support the plat
form, but he believed in expediting bus
mess, and therefore would not inflict
them with speech.
Upon motion by a delegrate from
Trumbull county Rist's nomination was
made unanimous.
The ticket was then completed as
given above.
The platform demands the forfeiture
Of the Standard Oil company's charter,
favors the election of president and vice
president by popular vote, demands anti
gambling laws, free school books, prohi-
bition of child labor, abolition of convict
labor, free silver. a graded income tax
and laws abolishing alien land owner
ship. 1t fayors woman's suffrage and
government control of railroads and
telegraphs, and urges liberal pensions to
Union soldiers.
Customary resolutions of thanks to
everybody We're adopted, and the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
Many of the delegates declare their
intention to bolt the ticket on account
of the liquor p anlk sin the platform,
which they say they did not intend to
adopt as part of the platform. The
leaders are confident of forming coali-
tion with the Prohibitionists not later
than '02 and going into national cam
paign very strong. The bolting ele-
ment's strength cannot be estimated
until the delegates report to their con-
stituents. Old politicians of both par
ties consider grave mistake has been
made. The personnel of the ticket is
generally considered good.