The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-06
0HI0'S PEOPLES PARTY.
THE STATE CONVENTION AeSEl1-
BLES IN SPRINGFIELD.

The Temporary Chairman's Speech.
He Pays His Respects to Sherman,
ingalls,, Brice, Denouncing Shylocks
and Money Lenders of Wall Street.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Aug. 5.-The Peoples
party convention was called to order at
2:S0 this afternoon, by Ii. f. Barnes of Tifin,
chairman Of the state committee, after a
long delay waiting for the Hamilton county
district meeting TO settle its difficulties and
join. There were about 400 delegates pres
ent.
After prayer by Rev. Joshua Crawford,
the chairman read letters Of regret from
prominent people in sympathy with the
movement, one from George +. Gather,
chairman of the Alabama state committee,
promising to carry that state in 1892, which
elected loud applause. Another from Sena-
tor PETER. reciting the causes OF the par
ty's organization, the adoption Of the Gin
cinnati resolutions and plank advocating
honest money. was also greeted with
cheers.
THE TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN's SPEECH.
The chairman next read the call for the
convention, after which he introduced as
temporary chairman Hugh Cavanaugh,
who assured the assembly he es-
teemed it high honor to pre-
side over the first convention held in
Ohio by the Peoples party. composed of men
aud women who have no ak to grind, and
are not the tools Of any politicians. Their
purpose Is to serve notice on the old parties
that they have outlived their usefulness.
1t differs from conventions already held,
because they are assembled in support of
principle. to protest against the overburden-
ing Of farmers aud employees in the work
shops of the country by grinding capital.
Too long have the farmers observed
the injunction, "You till the soil and we'll
manage public affairs"
THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF IT.
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 resou-
tions and met with hearty approval from
the auditorium. He said he cared not who
the nominees of the party are, So they are
strong in the faith. They are in the NOV
ment for the commonwealth and will not
stickle for office. The question with which
this party has to deal is who will be the
successor Of the gentleman from Mansfield.
PAYS RESPECTS TO SHERMAN.
This movement will settle that question,
and relegate John Sherman to the political
oblivion that is enjoyed by his friend, ex-
Senator Ingalls,. He would not be surprised
| then to hear Senator Sherman, like Ingalls,
| denouncing shylocks and oney-lenders in
! Wall street. The party will not elect money
| king, neither will it elect man tainted with
| coal oil, to the Senate. He referred in
scathing terms to Senator Brice, and said
they would at the polls protest against seat
| ing the senator from two states. wild
cheers He closed by saying that it would
be in good taste TO make short speeches all
the way through and that he would set the
| example; that future generations would
remember this convention as not only the
first Of The Peoples party, but remember its
work as that of patriots.
A quartette sang Hold the Fort" In
response to an encore they sang
| "Good-by, Old Parties" which convulsed
the delegates. who appeared to enjoy it
better than the work at hand.
II. b. Hinchman Of Urbana was chosen
temporary secretary, and the work began
by calling the districts for vice presidents.
| The districts were requested to report the
members OF the respective committees, when
| it was discovered the seventh had
none to offer, and when it retired
| to select, the convention was converted into
a haudshaking party, and the scenes as the
| delegates many of them cOatlessl circulated
| hTOuuu Ju6 utu Whs lLloiiil luBs hC CiOAt
sang almost Persuaded" and enthusiasm
reigned.
| sCHILLING ADDRESSES THE CONVENTION.
While the committees were out Robert
| Schilling, national secretary, addressed the
| convention. He was lntr roduced by the
| chairman, who said: mo gathering of
| labor interests in this country for the past
| thirteen years has been consid red com
| plete without Bob Schilling.n Mr..
! Schilling recounted the history of this
| movement sin the first organization, n
| handful Of men at Columbus thirteen years
| ago and expressed pleasure at the proper
tions to which it had grown. he advocated
| government control of railroads, and
| offered q long list Of statistics show
ing how railroads are built for $1,000
per mile and then bonded for go 900; how
| foreign capital operates in a great move~
| ment against the interests of the working
| people of the country. He prescribed the
platform of tbs Peoples party as a panacea
for all the evils wrought by foreign
capitalists. He advocated the loans by the
government TO farmers of money at 2
| per cent. on non-perishable products, such
as wheat, cotton, wool. ETC., III sums pro-
psrtioned to the security offered for short
| periods. in order to tide them over embar-
| ressments He denounced the misrepre-
sentations of the old party organs, and said
1t was not the object Of the party to have
unrestricted loans.
| IL would restrict them to the needy, fix
| ing the maximum loaned to any one. person
at s., 900. thus excluding such men as Jay
! Gould, who would want to come
in otherwise and pledge his watered
| stock railroads for vast sums. He
said the party leaders are not
crazy vet. and would so regulate the supply
of currency that the country woulc not be
| flooded with An over supply Of irredeemable
| currency, as Is charged by the harpies OF
the old parties,
THE FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
He said the Peoples party has declared
| In favor Of the free coinage Of silver, but a
majority of the members are not in favor
| of it, but they tolerate 1t as an entering
wedge by which they hope to overturn the
| present monetary system. De said they
| hold that it is just as safe for the govern
ment to loan money on the products
! of the farm, taking first mortgages,
as il is for it TO loan on gold and silver, as it
| is now doing when it issues silver and gold
| certificates. He said when Warner Miller
| of New York, president of the Nlcarauguen
| Canal Company, wanted to borrow millions
to dig that ditch Senator Sherman and
other great men who oppose the loaning of
money to the farmer on good security
raised their voices in favor OF the govern
ment loaning those miilionaries the enor-
nous sum asked. He said that if the peo-
ple built railroads, the people should own
/ them, and if the government builds canals,
IL ought to own them. The national bank
| ing system be denounced as more infamous,
1 IL possible, than the wrongs already de-
! scribed and said the cry Of honest money"